Scripted series · Caracol TV
The Cartel
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Paulina Gálvez
Katherine
57 eps
Carlos Augusto Maldonado
Miguel
57 eps
Manolo Cardona
Martín González 'El Fresita'
57 eps
Juliana Galvis
Eliana Saldarriaga
57 eps
Robinson Díaz
Milton Jiménez 'El Cabo'
57 eps
Juan Pablo Raba
Pirulito
107 eps
Diego Cadavid
Pepe Cadena
107 eps
Sandra Reyes
Amparo Cadena
107 eps
Fernando Solórzano
Oscar cadena
57 eps
Sergio Borrero
Emilio Sarmiento
107 eps
Majida Issa
Soledad
57 eps
Santiago Moure
Mario Lopera "Don Mario"
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Cartel actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Cartel reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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 Cartel follows ten friends, all of them members of a dangerous drug cartel, whose ambition for power and money will cause them to eventually kill each other. For it is an undeniable truth that, in this business, you always lose.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Where to watch
Streaming
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