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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 Juan Sebastián Calero, Fabio Rubiano and Rafael Novoa were praised.

Starring Juan Sebastián Calero who plays Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, with Rafael Novoa, Carolina Gaitán and Flora Martínez.

Plot

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

References

1. "Llega la historia de alias el 'Mexicano' a la televisión". 3 November 2013.
2. "Juan Sebastián Calero, "el mundo de los bandidos no es fácil"".
3. "La historia desconocida de El Mexicano llega a MundoFox" [The unknown history of The Mexican arrives at MundoFox].
4. "5 de noviembre Cali by Diario ADN - Issuu". 5 November 2013.
5. "La telenovela "Alias el mexicano" tiene mucho realismo". 27 January 2014.
6. "Alias el Mexicano: ¿homenaje a otro bandido?". 5 November 2013.
7. "La pasión de Juan Sebastián Calero". 31 October 2013.
8. "'Alias el Mexicano': Retrato de un narcotraficante". 7 April 2014.
9. "Novela el mexicano". 2 November 2013.
10. "Juan Sebastián Calero demuestra su casta de actor en 'Alias el Mexicano'". 5 November 2013.
11. "Protagonistas de Alias el mexicano dieron su opinión a PRODU de esta producción realizada por FOXTelecolombia para RCN". 27 November 2013.
12. "Juan Sebastián Calero, en la psiquis de los malos". 17 November 2013.
13. "Juan Sebastián Calero te cuenta sobre 'Alias el Mexicano'". 28 October 2013.

External links

• RCN Ventas Internacionales: Alias El Mexicano

• 2013 telenovelas
• 2013 Colombian television series debuts
• 2013 Colombian television series endings
• Spanish-language telenovelas
• Television shows set in Bogotá
• Works about Colombian drug cartels