''El General Naranjo'' is a Colombian

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television series created by Anita de Hoyos and produced by

Fox Telecolombia TIS Productions, commonly known as just TIS and formerly known as The Independent Studios, Estudios TeleMéxico, Fox TeleColombia and TeleColombia, is a Colombian television production company owned by the Paramount Networks Americas division of ...

based on the book ''El general de las mil batallas'' written by

Julio Sánchez Cristo Julio Sánchez Cristo (born 9 January 1959) is a Colombian radio personality. He is best known for his morning news, radioshow and variety show '' La W'', in the Spanish-owned broadcasting station W Radio. The show is currently syndicated by ...

. The series revolves around Óscar Naranjo (

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), a Colombian general who was very influential in ending

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in Colombia and destroying

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and his army of criminals. The series premiered in Latin America 24 May 2019 on Fox Premium, and during its premiere Fox released the full episodes through its subscription app, the full seasons can be viewed all by subscription, while Fox airs one episode on television every Friday, except for the second season, which aired the last episode on a Saturday. The series consists of 52 one-hour episodes, divided into 3 seasons, which were filmed consecutively. The first season tells about Óscar Naranjo's beginnings in the Police and focuses on the fight against the

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. The second season focuses on how he was ascending in the police institution, and the entire strategy to catch the

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of the

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and

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s, who kept a lower profile and were much smarter and less impulsive. While the third season continues the conflict with the

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and with the

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, and the role of Naranjo in the peace agreement. In Colombia, the series premiered on 15 April 2020 on

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, broadcasting the first two seasons consecutively from Monday to Friday.

Plot

This is the story of Óscar Naranjo (

) and Colombia in recent decades, told from the point of view of those who did their best to maintain order and law against

, paramilitarism,

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s and the

Cast

Main

as General Óscar Naranjo *

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as El Liso * Juliana Galviz as Claudia Luque *

Diego Cadavid Diego Cadavid (born Diego Andrés Cadavid on December 8, 1978) is a Colombian actor, cinematographer and musician known for his roles in telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin ...

as Teniente Héctor Talero (season 1) *

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Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela (30 January 1939 – 31 May 2022) was a Colombian drug lord and one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel. Orejuela formed the cartel with his brother, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, José Santacruz Londoño ...

* Laura Ramos as Rita Cienfuegos *

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as Esperanza (season 1) * Federico Rivera as

* Walter Luengas as

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* Andrés Toro as Gustavo Gaviria Rivero * Juan Pablo Franco as

Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Orejuela (born August 15, 1943) is a convicted Colombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali. He is the younger brother of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. He married Miss ...

* Aldemar Correa as Teniente Fonseca * Brian Moreno as Agente Bustamante * Carlos Manuel Vesga as Sargento Andrande * Morris Bravo as Interno 2 (season 2) * Diego Garzón as Pablo Jr (adolescent)

Recurring

Diana Hoyos Diana Hoyos is a Colombian actress and singer, known for her starring role in the Caracol Televisión telenovela ''Oye bonita''. She is also known in her native country for other productions such as ''Amar y temer'', ''El Chivo'', and ''Sinú, rí ...

as Valentina Montoya * Susana Rojas as Zaida Guzmán * Katherine Vélez as Amparo de Naranjo * Luis Carlos Fuquen as Darío Correa * Joavany Álvarez as General Sarmiento * Maruia Shelton as La Canciller * Esmeralda Pinzón as Yesenia * Luis Guillermo Blanco Rossi as Juan David Naranjo * Guillermo Gálvez as General Naranjo Father * Juan Carlos Arango as

Miguel Maza Márquez General Miguel Alfredo Maza Márquez (born 1942 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a retired Colombian general, who was director of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) from 1985 to 1991. On May 30, 1989, a bombing attempt on his life ...

* Ernesto Benjumea as Belisario Bentacourt * Liss Pereira as Carla Gómez * Carlos Camacho as Sergio Maldonado * Mauro Mauad as Amado Carrillo Fuentes, "El Señor de Los Cielos" (Season 2)

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2019)

Season 3 (2020)

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:General Naranjo Colombian television series 2019 Colombian television series debuts Spanish-language television shows Television series about organized crime Television series produced by Fox Telecolombia Fox Broadcasting Company original programming 2020 Colombian television series endings Works about Mexican drug cartels Works about organized crime in Colombia