Alias El Mexicano (Aka. 'The Mexican') is a 2013 Colombian television series produced by Fox Telecolombia for RCN TV, loosely based on the story of Colombian drug lord Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha and which mixes scenes with stories and fiction. The series has been criticized for its increased focus on entirely fictional characters, taking away the spotlight from the real characters, however, the performances of Calero, Fabio Rubiano and Novoa were praised.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Alias El Mexicano
Created byMauricio Navas
Developed byFox Telecolombia
RCN TV
Directed byDiego Mejía
Mónica Botero
StarringJuan Sebastián Calero
Rafael Novoa
Flora Martínez
Country of originColombia
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes79
Production
Executive producerÓscar Guarín
ProducersAmparo López
Óscar Guarín
Production locationsPacho
Nemocón
Medellín
Cartagena
La Guajira
Puerto Gaitán
Bogotá, Colombia
Mexico City
Los Angeles
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time42-45 minutes
Original release
NetworkRCN Televisión
Mundo FOX
ReleaseNovember 5, 2013 (2013-11-05) –
March 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)

Starring Juan Sebastián Calero who plays Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, with Rafael Novoa, Carolina Gaitán and Flora Martínez.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Plot

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At 15, Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha left his town with his pride wounded when the woman he had set his sights on called him a liar for giving her a stone that was passed off as an emerald. Years later, working for the emerald businessman Gilberto Molina, he found a legitimate gem in the emerald mines that, instead of taking him to his imaginary lover, helped him buy his first shipment of marijuana in La Guajira, Colombia. Seeing the business that was opening up before his eyes, Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha understood that drug consumption in the United States could only be satisfied by setting up an industrial production chain that originated in the plains of Colombia and that in less than 5 years became the nucleus of a multinational cocaine sales company with global reach, thus becoming the true leader, behind the scenes, of the Medellín Cartel.

Cast

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Actor Character Real character
Juan Sebastián Calero Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
Biassini Segura Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (Joven)
Rafael Novoa Coronel Jaime Ramírez Gómez
Fabio Rubiano Rodrigo Lara Bonilla
Alberto Palacio Luis Carlos Galán
Andrés Aramburo Carlos Lehder "Charlie"
Carlos Barbosa Romero/Gerardo Calero Fabio Ochoa Restrepo
Waldo Urrego Comandante Javier Jacobo Arenas
Rubén Zamora José Domingo Valencia/Ernesto Avellaneda "El Cuyanito" Luis García "Kojak"
Víctor Rodríguez Libardo Muñoz "El Flaco"
Thaddeus Phillips Ellis McKenzie/Barry Seal
Juan Carlos Serrano Coronel Diego Erazo "Radar" Coronel Hugo Martínez Poveda
Rodrigo Oviedo Miguel Ángel Félix Gallego Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Andrés Ogilvie Agente Benjamin Steve Murphy
Daniel Rengifo Freddy Rodríguez Cabiedes Freddy Rodríguez Celades
Juan David Manrique Freddy Rodríguez Cabiedes (Joven)
Héctor García Héctor Lineros Víctor Manuel Linares
Víctor Hugo Trespalacios Bartolomé Ovalle
Nikolás Rincón Julián Ruiz
Rodolfo Silva Cabo Marco Antonio Abril
Andrés Felipe Martínez General Dueñas General Víctor Alberto Delgado Mallarino
Walter Luengas Mayor Ordóñez
Alfonso Otiz Gilberto Molina
Luis Fernando Montoya Humberto "El Ganso" Ariza
Pedro Mogollón Pedro Pablo Rodríguez
Álvaro Rodríguez Julio Rincón
Daniel Rocha Comandante Jorge
Toto Vega Arturo Valencia
Kenny Delgado Juan Manuel Ángel
Mauricio Navas Romeo
Andrés Castañeda Ángel Gaitan Mahecha
Tim Janssen Agente Joseph Celtz
Alejandro Tamayo Capitán Sánchez
Mauiricio Cujar Político Valderrama
Alejandro Gutiérrez Padre Juan Carrasquilla
Saín Castro Félix Fernández Padre
Luis Fernando Salas Procurador Bernardo Romero (Novio de Isis)
Julio Correal Don Adelfo
Brian Moreno Alias "El Chulo"
Erick Cuéllar Félix Fernández
Fernando Arango El Mono (Traficante)
Kike Mendoza Marco Polo Jorge Velásquez "El Navegante"
Hermes Camelo Ferney Vesga
Guillermo Gálvez Embajador de Estados Unidos
Diego Vásquez Jairo Ortega
Harold De Vasten Américo
Juan Pablo Barragán Hermes
Luly Bossa Verónica Rivera
Juliana Posso Nancy Restrepo de Lara
Carolina Gaitán Ana Belén Páez
Xilena Aycardi Helena de Ramírez
Flora Martínez Isis Cardona
Marcela Valencia Benilda Arguello de Páez
Elkin Córdoba Alonso de Jesús Baquero 'Negro Vladimir'
Jennifer Steffens Rosa Gacha de Rodríguez María Guadalupe Gacha Montes
Manuela González Rosmary Caviedes Luz Mary Celades
Ángela Vergara Roxana Salamanca
Alejandro López Alejandro Farías
Yesenia Valencia Cecilia Calero
Consuelo Luzardo Dueña de hacienda
Michelle Manterola Rosario
Carolina López Teresa de Loaiza
Víctor Hugo Ruiz Licenciado Suárez
Héctor Mejía Comandante guerrillero
Víctor Cifuentes Euclides
George Slebi Capitán del ejército
Gastón Velandia Mayor del ejército
Andrés Soleibe Mayor del ejército
Pedro Andrés Calvo Byron Velázquez "Quesito"
Álvaro García Ismael
Harold Córdoba Humberto

References

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  1. ^ "Llega la historia de alias el 'Mexicano' a la televisión". 3 November 2013.
  2. ^ https://www.kienyke.com/entretenimiento/juan-sebastian-calero-el-mundo-de-los-bandidos-no-es-facil
  3. ^ https://www.diariolasamericas.com/la-historia-desconocida-el-mexicano-llega-mundofox-n2897986
  4. ^ https://issuu.com/diarioadncolombia/docs/adn-cali_39c62ee836f08a/15
  5. ^ https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/adicto-telenovelas/la-telenovela-alias-el-mexicano-tiene-mucho-realismo-100742295.html
  6. ^ https://www.las2orillas.co/la-serie-alias-el-mexicanoun-ejemplo-para-repetir/
  7. ^ https://www.noticiasrcn.com/tendencias/la-pasion-de-juan-sebastian-calero-68351
  8. ^ https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2014/04/07/952745
  9. ^ "Novela el mexicano". 2 November 2013.
  10. ^ https://www.elpais.com.co/entretenimiento/juan-sebastian-calero-demuestra-su-casta-de-actor-en-alias-el-mexicano.html
  11. ^ https://www.produ.com/television/noticias/protagonistas-de-alias-el-mexicano-dieron-su-opinion-a-produ-de-esta-produccion-realizada-por-foxtelecolombia-para-rcn/
  12. ^ https://www.vanguardia.com/entretenimiento/farandula/2013/11/17/juan-sebastian-calero-en-la-psiquis-de-los-malos/
  13. ^ https://www.noticiasrcn.com/tendencias/juan-sebastian-calero-te-cuenta-sobre-alias-el-mexicano-66131