''Enemigo íntimo'' is a Spanish-language

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that premiered on

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on 21 February 2018 and ended on 21 September 2020. Produced by Telemundo Global Studios and Argos Comunicación and distributed by

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. The series tells the story of two siblings separated when they were small children and who were united years later. Both ignore that they have many things in common, the same parents, a happy childhood and a great crime that separated them. He has never stopped looking for her and she now she has no memories and now fate puts them face to face in a war without quarter. On 7 May 2018,

confirmed that the show has been renewed for a second season. The production of the second season began on 9 September 2019.

Plot

Season 1 (2018)

The season follows the story of two siblings who witness the murder of their parents in the hands of one of the drug cartels in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, after this murder, Roxana Rodiles (

Fernanda Castillo María Fernanda Castillo García (born 24 March 1982), known as Fernanda Castillo, is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her work in several telenovelas, including her role as Mónica Robles in '' El Señor de los Cielos''. Career Sin ...

) the younger sister of Alejandro Ferrer (

Raúl Méndez Raúl Méndez Martínez (born 11 April 1975 in Laguna, Torreón, Mexico) is a Mexican actor of film, theater and television. Biography He studied acting at the Center for Arts Education Monterrey and La Casa del Teatro with Luis de Tavira ...

) is kidnapped. 25 years later, Alejandro Ferrer is now the captain of the Federal Police and only seeks revenge against the narcos for destroying his family. Roxana that after 25 years disappeared and ignoring that her brother is Alejandro enters a business of buying and selling diamonds. However, everything will be reduced when the interpol that silently followed the trail of money tries to capture it. After being detained and interrogated, Roxana enters the prison of Las Dunas, a boarding school with almost unique characteristics throughout Mexico, since it simultaneously houses, although in different pavilions, men and women deprived of liberty for being accused or condemned. for the most diverse crimes. Alejandro knowing this is responsible for sending Daniel Laborde ( Matías Novoa), as an infiltrated agent who will try to fall in love with Roxana to obtain information, after several misunderstandings between the two siblings and without knowing they are relatives, they will try to destroy the narcos.

Season 2 (2020)

The second season takes place two years after the first season. Roxana (

), who can no longer hide under the alias of "El Profesor", will fight to reestablish the Mil Cumbres cartel and grow her empire, but Alejandro (

), commander of the Anti-Drug Unit, will not be willing to leave her now that he knows that "El Profesor" and her missing sister are the same person. These conflicts between opposing sides unleashed a war of revenge between two blood brothers, now turned into worse enemies.

Cast and characters

Main

Introduced in season 1

as Alejandro Ferrer (seasons 1–2) *

as Roxana Rodiles (seasons 1–2) * Matías Novoa as Daniel Laborde / Eduardo Tapia "El Tilapia" (season 1; guest season 2) *

Rafael Sánchez Navarro Rafael Sánchez Navarro (born 1958) is a Spanish- Mexican actor. He is the son of Manolo Fábregas, an actor from Spain who established himself in Mexico. Biography Navarro grew up in a family of actors. Seeing his relatives on television, film ...

as Leopoldo Borges * Guillermo Quintanilla as Anselmo López "Guillotina" *

Leonardo Daniel Leonardo Daniel (; born 26 July 1954) is a Mexican actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the t ...

as Commander David Gómez (season 1; guest season 2) *

Otto Sirgo Otto Sirgo (, born Otto Sirgo Haller; December 19, 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Moral ...

as Nemesio Rendón * Alejandro Speitzer as Luis Rendón "El Berebere" (season 1; guest season 2) * Armando Hernández as Héctor Fernández "Colmillo" * Samadhi Zendejas as María Antonia Reyes "Mamba" *

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as Olivia Reyes *

Itahisa Machado Itahisa Machado (born April 10, 1980, in Tenerife, Canary Islands), is a Spanish-born Mexican actress and model. She currently resides in Mexico City, Mexico. Career She began her career as a model of commercial television. In 2006 she part ...

as Marimar Rubio * Elvira Monsell as Zoraida * Mayra Rojas as Clarisa *

Alpha Acosta Alpha Acosta (born 21 January 1973), birth name Ana Alfa Christina Acosta Lucas, is a Mexicans, Mexican actress and assistant director best known for her roles in ''Morelia (1995)'', ''Dias de combate (1994)'' and ''Absuelto para matar (1995)''. ...

as Minerva Zambrano * Mar Zamora as Ochún *

María del Carmen Félix María del Carmen Félix (born October 31, 1982, in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico) is a Mexican actress best known for her role of Leticia Cabral in the Telemundo's series '' La Doña'' (2016–2017). Her first notable roles was in ''Drunk History'' ...

as Ana Mercedes Calicio "La Puma" (seasons 1–2), a lesbian woman. * Mauricio Rousselon as Robaldo Bolado "El Bowser" * Natalia Benvenuto as Puki * Alan Ciangherotti as Bernardo Rendón "El Buitre" * Tania Niebla as Tamara * Miguel René Moreno as Lieutenant Gabriel Puenzo * René García as Priamo Cabrales * Francisco Calvillo as Rafael Mantilla Moreno "El Patojo" *

Diego Soldano ''Diego Soldano'', (born January 11, 1969) is an Argentine actor. Better known for his notable roles in the telenovelas, '' La Patrona'', ''Las trampas del deseo'', '' Los miserables'' and ''Señora Acero ''Señora Acero'', also known as ''Señ ...

as Federico Montalvo * Flavio Peniche as Pedro Bencomo Saldivia "Sanson" * Sandra Benhumea as Lula Pineda * Rafael Nieves as Lieutenant Carlos Muñán * Mónica Jiménez as Eladia Cornejo * Iván Aragón as Juan Romero "El Chamaco" *

Jean Paul Leroux Jean-Paul Leroux (born January 7, 1976) is a Venezuelan film actor. His career started in small roles in theater, but his true career started in the critically acclaimed movie '' Secuestro Express'' in 2005, along with Argentine actress Mía Maest ...

as Ángel Cordero * Roberto Uscanga as Fermín Pedraza "El Cristero" * Eduardo Reza as Gibrán Mendiola

Introduced in season 2

Aitor Luna Aitor González Luna (born 18 September 1981), professionally known as Aitor Luna, is a Spanish actor. He earned early public recognition in Spain for his performance in '' Los hombres de Paco''. He has since featured in series such as '' Gran Res ...

as Martín Ustariz *

Irán Castillo Irán Castillo Pinzón (Veracruz, January 4, 1977) is a Mexican singer and actress. She is known on television for her work in Televisa telenovelas during the 1990s and early 2000s, such as '' Agujetas de color de rosa'', ''Soñadoras'', '' ...

as Carmen Govea *

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film ''Romancing the Stone''. C ...

as Don Jesús *

Elyfer Torres Elvia Fernanda Torres Pérez, most known as Elyfer Torres (born 15 February 1997 in Mexico), is a Mexican actress. Her first major role was portraying the titular character in the Telemundo telenovela '' Betty en NY'' (2019). Although previously ...

as Alicia García * Luis Alberti as Javier Rivera * Tiago Correa as Diego Lozano *

Germán Bracco Germán Bracco (born 22 August 1998 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican television actor, and stage actor. Best known for his role Federico Becker in the Televisa's telenovela ''Caer en tentación'' (2017–2018), role for which he won the award ...

as Manuel Salas * Amaranta Ruiz as Gladys Bernal "La Mariscala" * Erick Chapa as Arturo Morillo *

Yuvanna Montalvo Yuvanna Montalvo (born 15 March 1988) is a Venezuelan model and actress. Biography She began her acting career in 2007 with a guest role in the teen telenovela '' Somos tu y yo''. Since then, she has appeared in several telenovelas produced by V ...

as Karla Padilla * Arturo García Tenorio as Díaz *

Claudette Maillé Claudette Maillé (born 11 November 1964) is a Mexican actress best known for her roles in Mexican telenovelas and films. She has won two Ariel awards, one in 1992 as Best Supporting Actress for her participation in the film '' Like Water for Cho ...

as Elisa Torres * Héctor Kotsifakis as Héctor Moreno "El Sargento" * Ruy Senderos as Ricardo Medina * Julio Casado as Raúl Ortega "El Habanero" * Jorge Gallegos as Alan Rodríguez *

Luis Zahera José Luis Castro Zahera (born 23 May 1966) is a Spanish actor from Galicia. He is known for his performances in supporting roles in Galician and Spanish films and television series. Biography José Luis Castro Zahera was born on 23 May 19 ...

as El Gallego *

Tony Plana José Antonio Plana (born April 19, 1952) is a Cuban-American actor and director. He is known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show ''Ugly Betty'' and for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video ga ...

as Santilla

Television ratings

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2 (2020)

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Enemigo intimo 2018 telenovelas Spanish-language American telenovelas Telemundo telenovelas 2018 American television series debuts 2018 Mexican television series debuts Argos Comunicación telenovelas 2020 telenovelas Works about Mexican drug cartels