Miniseries · ViX
El Mochaorejas
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Damián Alcázar
Daniel 'El Mochaorejas' Arizmendi López
12 eps
Paulina Gaitán
Lucía Salas
12 eps
Enoc Leaño
Luis Salas
12 eps
Giovanna Zacarías
María Luisa
12 eps
Julio Bracho
Wilfrido Robledo
12 eps
Gustavo Sánchez Parra
Artemio
12 eps
María Antonieta Hidalgo
Eva Luna
12 eps
Alfredo Herrera
Malcolm
12 eps
Álex Perea
David 'Chaneque' Vega
12 eps
Alberto Estrella
Enrique Arizmendi
12 eps
Armando Hernández
Ramiro
12 eps
Sonia Couoh
Eugenia
12 eps
Armando Espitia
El Niño
12 eps
Abril Mayettt
Mamá Lucía
12 eps
Arcelia Ramírez
Emilia Bermejo
12 eps
Claudia Ramírez
Juliana Rivera
12 eps
Alejandro Tommasi
Padre de Clara
12 eps
Mayra Batalla
Cecilia
12 eps
José Sefami
Herrera
12 eps
David Montalvo
Juan Carlos León
12 eps
Juan Carlos Barreto
Señor Cava
12 eps
Norman Delgadillo
Carlos
12 eps
Fernando Álvarez Rebeil
Antonio Silva
12 eps
Fernanda Salgado
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How El Mochaorejas actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
El Mochaorejas reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The story of Daniel Arizmendi's rise, the corruption and fear that allowed his gang to terrorize Mexico in the 1990s, where he became known as "el mochaorejas" for his shady crimes
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.
Executive production
- Carlos BardasanoExecutive Producer
- Priscila Amescua MéndezProducer
Cinematography
- Andrés León BekerDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- YouTube TVStreaming
- ViX Premium Amazon ChannelStreaming
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