''El Pantera'' (English: ''The Panther'') is a Mexican

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series that aired on Canal 5 from May 14, 2007 to November 26, 2009. It is based on a

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of the same name. It narrates the life of Gervasio, a young man who fights crime in

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. The title role is performed by Luis Roberto Guzmán. The character of El Pantera was created in the 1970s by the writer Daniel Muñoz and artist Juan Alba for Mundo Vid. A novel called ''El Pantera'', or ''La Noche del Pantera'' was written by Muñoz in the 1990s, followed by ''El Misterio de la Amenaza Negra''.

Plot

Gervasio Robles Villa, son of a white man and a

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n Indian woman, is imprisoned for assassinating his

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, a crime that he did not commit. During the time he was in jail, he learned

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from a mysterious man called "El Indio" (a Native American convicted for tax evasion). The Main General of the police, Porfirio Ayala, convinced of Villa's innocence, decides to release him and return him the life he was taken from. Nevertheless, this act of kindness is conditional. Gervasio will be able to remain free under one condition: he must work secretly with the police and to catch criminals who inhabit the city. Now, El Pantera must find himself, recover his life and discover what his destiny is, to be known as “The Panther”. Once in the city he meets a beautiful woman named Lola. Despite the fact that Lola has a past that not every woman would be proud of El Pantera falls in love with her. In the 2nd Season, El Pantera must confront a new truth, that his girlfriend Rosaura was not killed, but faked her death in order to ascend to the title of "Reina del Narco" loosely translated as "Queen of the Drugtrade", as daughter of "El Rubio Barrios" she was in charge of running the Gulf Drug Cartel. El Pantera then must fight against Police, the Mexican Army, the Pacific Cartel, Korean Mafias and the DEA to save the woman he still loves from torture, death, and even her own ambition.

Cast

Main

* Luis Roberto Guzmán as Gervasio/El Pantera *

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as General Porfirio Ayala *

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as Diana (season 1) * Raul Padilla "Choforo" as El Gorda * Vanessa Terkes as Lola * Miguel Pizarro as El Curro (season 1) * Jessica Mas as Ángeles (season 1) * Opi Domínguez as Artemisa

Recurring

* Gerardo Taracena as El Mandril * Javier Escobar as Tereso * Vanessa Mateo as Lolet * Cristina Bernal as Lolet * Fernanda López as Fernanda * María Rocio García as Lolet * Oscar Bonfiglio as Godinez * Andrés García as El Rubio Barrios *

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as Rosaura * Luis Gatica as El Procurador * Issabela Camil as Virginia * Luis Couturier as El Secretario de Defensa Alconedo * Rodolfo de Anda as Santos *

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as Procuradora * Salvador Zerboni as Gabriel * Alexis Ayala as Comandante Orozco * Ximena Herrera as La Reina * Fidel Zerda as Ausencio * Roxana Rojo de la Vega as Paulina * Thaily Amezcua as Mayra * Nancy Taira as Ana * Lila Aviles as Raquel * Alessy as Sofía * Krizia as Camila * Joss as Brenda

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2007)

Season 2 (2008)

Season 3 (2009)

References

External links

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- El Pantera , FansiteComic book site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pantera, El 2007 Mexican television series debuts 2009 Mexican television series endings Canal 5 (Mexico) original programming Television shows based on Mexican comics Mexican crime television series 2000s Mexican drama television series Superhero television shows Works about Mexican drug cartels Television series about organized crime