Scripted series · Netflix
Narcos: Mexico
The uncut story of Mexico's first cartel.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Diego Luna
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
21 eps
José María Yázpik
Amado Carrillo Fuentes
30 eps
Michael Peña
Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena
10 eps
Alejandro Edda
Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán
30 eps
Fernanda Urrejola
María Elvira
20 eps
Luis Gerardo Méndez
Victor Tapia
10 eps
Matt Letscher
James 'Jaime' Kuykendall
21 eps
Gorka Lasaosa
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
20 eps
Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Rafael Caro Quintero
11 eps
Alfonso Dosal
Benjamín Arellano Felix
20 eps
Mayra Hermosillo
Enedina Arellano Felix
20 eps
Miguel Rodarte
Danilo Garza
10 eps
Alyssa Diaz
Mika Camarena
10 eps
Jesse Garcia
Sal Orozco
10 eps
Matt Biedel
Daryl Petsky
10 eps
Jero Medina
Ossie Mejía
10 eps
Luisa Rubino
Andrea Nuñez
10 eps
Alberto Zeni
Amat Palacios
10 eps
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Guillermo González Calderoni
13 eps
Andres Londono
Enrique Clavel
10 eps
Manuel Masalva
Ramón Arellano Felix
22 eps
Kristen Lee Gutoskie
Dani
10 eps
Bobby Soto
David Barron
12 eps
Lorenzo Ferro
Alex Hodoyan
10 eps
José Zúñiga
General Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo
10 eps
Ernesto Alterio
Salvador Osuna Nava
10 eps
Alejandro Furth
Ramon Salgado
10 eps
Alberto Guerra
Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada
10 eps
Teresa Ruiz
Isabella Bautista
15 eps
Aaron Staton
Butch Sears
10 eps
Lenny Jacobson
Roger Knapp
10 eps
Scoot McNairy
Walt Breslin
30 eps
Joaquín Cosío
Ernesto 'Don Neto' Fonseca Carrillo
16 eps
Fermín Martínez
El Azul
6 eps
Clark Freeman
Ed Heath
13 eps
Alberto Ammann
Pacho Herrera
9 eps
Mark Kubr
Tony
7 eps
Bad Bunny
Arturo 'Kitty' Páez
4 eps
Gerardo Taracena
Pablo Acosta
11 eps
María Rojo
Norma Arellano Felix
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Narcos: Mexico actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Narcos: Mexico reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 30 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201810 episodes
7.9IMDbWitness the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s as a gritty new "Narcos" saga chronicles the true story of the Guadalajara cartel's ascent.
Best episode · S01E10 Leyenda
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202010 episodes
7.5IMDbFélix fights to maintain control of the cocaine trade, but the DEA’s thirst for revenge and feuding within his organization threaten his ambitions.
Best episode · S02E10 Free Trade
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
202110 episodes
7.0IMDbAs a new generation of cartel leaders vie for power, journalists hunt for truth while government agents walk a thin line between justice and corruption.
Best episode · S03E03 Los Juniors
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E10
Leyenda
As pressure mounts, Félix returns to Sinaloa. An enraged Jaime and Mika seek justice and answers.
- Directed by Andrés Baiz
- Written by Carlo Bernard
S01E09
881 Lope de Vega
A desperate Jaime is stymied by bureaucratic paperwork. Mika worries about her husband. Félix urges Rafa to disappear.
- Directed by Andrés Baiz
- Written by Clayton Trussell
S01E05
The Colombian Connection
A threat leaves Mika shaken. Félix envisions a different kind of future for the Guadalajara cartel.
- Directed by Amat Escalante
- Written by Andrew Black
S01E01
Camelot
When the army pillages Sinaloa, an ambitious pot farmer pitches a plan to build a drug empire in Guadalajara. A young DEA agent transfers to Mexico.
- Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka
- Written by Eric Newman, Clayton Trussell
S01E02
The Plaza System
Félix tries to unite all of the plazas while Rafa searches for water for his seedless weed. Police corruption and the DEA’s complacency frustrate Kiki.
- Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka
- Written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro
S02E10
Free Trade
After meeting with Pacho, Félix presents the plaza bosses with a new business plan. Walt receives a surprising invitation.
- Directed by Andrés Baiz
- Written by Carlo Bernard
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E05
Boots on the Ground
- Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella
- Written by Iturri Sosa
S03E06
La Jefa
- Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella
- Written by Isaac Gómez, Alec Ziff
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Carlo Bernard
Creator
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Doug Miro
Creator
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Chris Brancato
Showrunner
Sidonie Dumas
Executive producer
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Gene Stein
Executive producer
Eric Newman
Executive producer
Adam Fishbach
Executive producer
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Alexandra Hunter
Executive producer
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Nicolas Atlan
Executive producer
José Padilha
Executive producer
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Christophe Riandée
Executive producer
Katie O'Connell Marsh
Executive producer
Andrés Baiz
Executive producer
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Isaac Gómez
Writer
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Andrew Black
Writer
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Bart Nickerson
Writer
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Wes Taylor
Writer
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Alec Ziff
Writer
Jessie Nickson-Lopez
Writer
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Maggie Cohn
Writer
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Eva Aridjis
Writer
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Ashley Lyle
Writer
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Johnny Newman
Writer
Scott Teems
Writer
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Iturri Sosa
Writer
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Clayton Trussell
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Sidonie DumasExecutive Producer
- Carlo BernardExecutive Producer
- Gene SteinExecutive Producer
- Eric NewmanExecutive Producer
- Rafael CuervoProducer
- Adam FishbachExecutive Producer
Writing
- Carlo BernardWriter
- Eric NewmanWriter
- Isaac GómezWriter
- Andrew BlackWriter
- Bart NickersonWriter
- Doug MiroWriter
Direction
- Marcela SaidDirector
- Alejandra Márquez AbellaDirector
- Luis OrtegaDirector
- Josef Kubota WladykaDirector
- Alonso RuizpalaciosDirector
- Wagner MouraDirector
Cinematography
- Adrian TejidoDirector of Photography
- Dariela Ludlow DeloyaDirector of Photography
- Adrian TeijidoDirector of Photography
Music
- Kevin KinerOriginal Music Composer
- Gustavo SantaolallaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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