Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad

Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for TelevisaUnivision. It is an adaptation of the 2016 Chilean telenovela Preciosas, created by Diego Muñoz. The series stars Daniela Álvarez, Sachi Tamashiro, Rocío de Santiago, Marlene Kalb, Arap Bethke and Erika Buenfil. It premiered on Las Estrellas on 1 July 2024.

Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad
Genre	Telenovela
Based on	Preciosas by Diego Muñoz
Developed by	Lucero Suárez Jimena Merodio
Written by	Carmen Sepúlveda Luis Reynoso
Directed by	Jorge Robles Santiago Barbosa
Starring	Arap Bethke Erika Buenfil César Évora Juan Martín Jáuregui Arturo Carmona Daniela Álvarez
Theme music composer	Jordi Bachbush
Opening theme	"Fugitivas" by Jordi Bachbush
Composer	Christian Moreno
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Lucero Suárez
Producer	Ángel Villaverde
Editors	Rodrigo Morales Socorro Manrique
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	TelevisaUnivision
Original release
Network	Las Estrellas
Release	1 July 2024 (2024-07-01) – present (present)

Premise

The telenovela follows four women who escape from prison and take refuge in a bar looking to start a new life.

Cast

Main

• Arap Bethke as Alejandro Castillo "El Abogado"
• Erika Buenfil as Martha Pineda "La Superiora"
• César Évora as Patricio Rojas "El Polícia"
• Juan Martín Jáuregui as Ismael Domínguez "El Fiscal"
• Arturo Carmona as Nicolás Arteaga
• Daniela Álvarez as Lorena Martínez "La Martillo"
• Guillermo Quintanilla as Arturo Márquez
• María Alicia Delgado as Charo Hernández
• Sachi Tamashiro as Frida Segovia
• Edsa Ramírez as Amanda Rojas
• Rocío de Santiago as Lisset Parra
• Marlene Kalb as Montserrat "Montse" Torres
• Chris Pascal as Dario Estrada
• Paulette Hernández as Florencia Márquez
• Flor Martino as Verónica Linares
• Aldo Guerra as Erick Sotomayor
• Luz Edith Rojas as Sofía
• Gema Garoa as Carmen López "Perla"
• Edward Castillo as Vicente Márquez
• Michelle Pellicer as Gabriela Martínez
• Alex Carabias as Matías Estrada

Guest stars

• Sugey Abrego as Melania
• Carlo Guerra as Juan Pablo Correa
• Dari Romo

Production

Development

In December 2023, it was reported that Lucero Suárez would be producing a remake of 2016 Chilean telenovela Preciosas, with the working title of the telenovela being Profugas. Filming began on 26 February 2024, with Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad being the official title of the telenovela.

Casting

Scarlet Gruber was initially considered for one of the four lead roles but later dropped out. On 26 February 2024, Sachi Tamashiro, Daniela Álvarez, Rocío de Santiago and Marlene Kalb were announced in the lead roles, with the rest of the cast being announced as well.

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad

Season	Timeslot (CT)	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
			Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	Mon–Fri 8:30 p.m.	4	1 July 2024 (2024-07-01)	3.22	TBA	TBD	2.97

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date	Mexico viewers (millions)
1	"Lorena es condenada"	1 July 2024 (2024-07-01)	3.22
Lorena is excited about her first day at work and meets Ismael, with whom she begins a relationship. Ismael confesses to Lorena that he is a married man, but is currently separated because his marriage is going through a crisis; Lorena discovers that he is the husband of her boss. During the construction company's anniversary ceremony, Juan Pablo is found dead; Ismael tries to revive him, but to no avail. Alejandro fails to collect enough evidence and Lorena is found guilty of Juan Pablo's death and is sentenced to 45 years in prison. Ismael, knowing that Lorena was sentenced, does not want to know anything about her and refuses to support her as a lawyer.
2	"Si te vas a fugar, me voy contigo"	2 July 2024 (2024-07-02)	2.88
Martha, witnessing Lorena's suffering, asks her not to let anyone hurt her because she could have a very bad time in prison. Lorena overhears a conversation with Lisset where she confirms that she is going to escape from the prison, she assures her that she can keep her secret as long as she helps her escape. Frida, seeing Lorena's nervousness, confirms that she is going to escape with Lisset and joins her plan. Florencia does not hesitate to surprise Ismael with details to make him forget a little of the pain he is going through because of the death of his best friend. Lorena, Lisset and Frida along with other inmates try to escape from the prison, however, a guard prevents them from escaping.
3	"¿Tiene una razón personal para capturar a Lorena?"	3 July 2024 (2024-07-03)	2.87
Martha helps her jailmates escape from the prison, Lorena takes them to her home to change their clothes and asks Gabriela, her sister, to be ready to flee the country. Lisset arrives at the place where some time ago she had saved 200,000 pesos so that when she regained her freedom she could invest them, but discovers that Erick, her boyfriend, stole them. Ismael confirms to the media that Lorena Martínez is among the inmates who escaped from the prison and denies that it is a personal matter to find her whereabouts. After serving her sentence, Martha returns home, but when she is reunited with her son Darío, he does not hesitate to ignore his mother. Ismael discovers that Gabriela is about to meet with her sister, so he begins to follow her, and when he arrives at the park, he surprises Lorena.
4	"Voy a demostrar tu inocencia"	4 July 2024 (2024-07-04)	2.90
Ismael intercepts Lorena to arrest her, she defends herself and manages to flee; however, her sister Gabriela does not have the same fate and is interrogated by the authorities. Lorena arrives at Alejandro's apartment to take shelter, he assures her that he will continue his investigations to prove her innocence. Florencia tries to convince Ismael to abandon the case of the escaped prisoners, but when he refuses, she demands an explanation about what happened with Lorena. Ismael confesses to Patricio and Nicolás that he had a romantic relationship with Lorena months before Juan Pablo's murder. Lorena and the other escaped prisoners arrive at a bar ready to get a job, but when they enter they find Martha who puts them in safety so that they will not be discovered by the commander and his family.
5	"¿Me engañaste con Lorena Martínez?"	5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)	TBD
Martha confesses to Carmen that after Darío's father died, she distanced herself from her son for work reasons since he stayed with his grandparents. Florencia meets with Nicolás to find out if Ismael has another affair, he does not hesitate to reveal to her that her husband had a relationship with Lorena Martínez. Vicente asks Gabriela out, he discovers that she is Lorena Martinez's sister and learns of her strong family history. To avoid being discovered, Lorena, Frida, Lisset, Elsa and Montse change their appearance to avoid being identified by the authorities and seek Alejandro's help. Ismael apologizes to Florencia for the argument they had the night before, she takes advantage of the moment to question him if he cheated on her with Lorena.
6	"Eres maravillosa"	8 July 2024 (2024-07-08)	TBD
Lorena confesses to Alejandro that Verónica had many motives to eliminate Juan Pablo, since the night of the construction company's anniversary he confronted her to get her to stay away from him. Lisset surprises Erick at the bar to demand some false documents for her and her friends as well as some cell phones, seeing his refusal, she forces him to answer after the robbery he did to her. Elsa manages to put her son in a safe place, Lorena begs her to leave before the police arrive, knowing what happened to Ramón, but she prefers to turn herself in. Frida convinces Darío to give her and her friends a chance to work at the bar. Lorena informs her friends that Elsa turned herself in to the authorities. Florencia arrives at Nicolás' apartment to unburden herself for what Ismael did to her; however, he lets himself go and kisses her.
7	"Así que te llamas Estrella y tú Carmen"	9 July 2024 (2024-07-09)	TBD
After learning that Lorena and her fellow jailmates are planning to cross the border, Ismael orders an operation to find the fugitives before they put their plan into action. Frida asks Carmen to keep her mouth shut, otherwise, she is ready to reveal to Darío that his wife is actually named Perla and worked for El Turco. Gabriela invites Vicente to watch a movie at her house, he steals a kiss and tries something else, but she puts a stop to it. Alejandro gets tired of Amanda's pestering for wanting to know if he has contact with the fugitives, mainly Lorena, so he asks her to consider if it is worth continuing their relationship. Carmen changes her mind and asks Darío that it would be better not to fire the girls he hired for the bar.
8	"Nunca más me vuelvas a buscar"	10 July 2024 (2024-07-10)	TBD
Matías confirms that his father's employees are the fugitives and in exchange for his silence, he gives them a list of requests that includes a video game console, Lisset is in charge of getting it and contacts Erick. After hearing that the fugitives have already crossed the border, Gabriela contacts Ismael to complain to him for not speaking the truth and now fears for her sister Lorena's life. Martha reminds Frida that her son Darío already has a partner and forbids her to approach him with other intentions, she confesses to Lorena that Carmen's real name is Perla. Lorena confirms to Alejandro that she had a relationship with Ismael, he goes mad with anger and assures her that he never wants to see her again and kicks her out of his house.
9	"¿Qué te pasa con Lorena Martínez?"	11 July 2024 (2024-07-11)	TBD
Verónica and Florencia insult Gabriela for being Lorena's sister, Vicente defends her and assures them that Juan Pablo was just a hustler, Verónica slaps him for defaming her former partner. Verónica confesses to Florencia that she is beginning to have feelings for Nicolás, so she is determined to win him over. Alejandro wants to prove with the information provided by Sofía that Lorena is innocent because a woman named Rosario could be the presumed culprit of Juan Pablo's death. Lorena warns Gabriela to stay away from Vicente since his family cannot be trusted. Darío gets upset with Martha and assures her that she is the only criminal in the house, so he is sure that she is the one who stole the money.
10	"¿Será su amante?"	12 July 2024 (2024-07-12)	TBD
Darío confesses to Carmen that his mother was not really in La Paz, but in prison, Martha tries to explain that she did not kill Darío's father, she simply defended herself from his attacks, but they do not believe her. Alejandro shows Lorena the image of the woman with whom Juan Pablo had contact, she discovers that it is Charo, the lady who works for the Marquez family. Lorena finds Juan Pablo's second cell phone in Verónica's apartment, but they are almost discovered by her and Nicolás. After recovering Juan Pablo's cell phone, Alejandro calls the last number he had registered and it is Florencia's cell phone.
11	"¿Quién tiene ese celular?"	15 July 2024 (2024-07-15)	TBD
Frida, seeing that Carmen is trying to make her life impossible, warns her not to mess with her, otherwise she will confess to Darío her dark past, and she will look for El Turco to reveal her whereabouts. Gabriela receives a message from Lorena asking her to be careful because she found a possible clue that could lead her to Juan Pablo's murderer. Gabriela confesses to Vicente that she left the nightclub because his friends made her feel bad for not having money and riding public transportation, he apologizes for giving her a bad night. Lisset, seeing that Carmen is very close to Erick, asks him to be cautious since she was the one who planted the money that was supposedly lost at the bar. Alejandro thinks that for the moment it is better to stop the search for possible clues to Lorena's innocence, as they must be very cautious, otherwise things could get complicated.

External links

• Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad at IMDb