Documentary series · HBO Latin America
Colosio: Political Assassination
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Luis Donaldo Colosio
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Self
3 eps
Laura Elena Colosio Murrieta
Self
3 eps
Norma Meraz
Self
3 eps
Miguel Ángel Zimbrón López
Self
3 eps
Dora Elena Cortés Juárez
Self
3 eps
Ernesto Ruffo Appel
Self
3 eps
Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega
Self
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Colosio: Political Assassination actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Colosio: Political Assassination reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Tension.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
A docuseries examining one of Mexico's most controversial political events: the 1994 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio. It explores the investigation, contradictions, and unanswered questions surrounding the case.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- José OrtizDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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