''Perseguidos'', also known as ''El Capo'', is a Mexican

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produced by Horacio Díaz Morales for

Imagen Televisión Imagen Televisión is a national broadcast television network in Mexico, owned by Grupo Imagen. It launched on October 17, 2016, at 8 p.m. History Imagen on television In 2006, Imagen's parent, Grupo Empresarial Ángeles, acquired XHRAE ...

together with TeleMéxico Studios. It is a remake of the Colombian series, '' El Capo''. It stars

Mauricio Islas Mauricio Islas (born Juan Mauricio Islas Ilescas, August 16, 1973) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas produced by Televisa, TV Azteca, Telemundo, and Venevision. Early life Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Islas i ...

as the titular character.

Plot

The series presents José Vicente Solís Armenta, a delinquent who is prosecuted by the state, tried and condemned to the maximum penalty for crimes against humanity. By being betrayed, the authorities finally manage to track him down and want him dead or alive. Solis Armenta, as he escapes, has to deal with his wife whom he deceived, one of his lovers who seeks to assassinate him and a bodyguard who seems to succumb to his charms.

Cast

Main

as José Vicente Solís Armenta / El Capo *

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 Sofía Cáseres *

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as María Guadalupe Luján Flores * Sara Maldonado as La Perris * Miguel Rodarte as Pancho Solís Armenta * Gerardo Taracena as Gustavo Benítez / Tavo * Roberto Mateos as Hernán Molina * Alejandro de la Madrid as Uribe * Claudio Lafarga as Sergio Machado / Checo

Recurring

* Mauricio Rousselon as Juan José "Jay" Solís * Isabel Burr as Camila Solís * Guillermo Quintanilla as General Payró * Verónica Merchant as Irene * Gustavo Sánchez Parra as Coronel Avilés * Julio Bracho as Señor H *

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as Connie * Javier Díaz Dueñas as General Segovia * Mimi Morales as Valeria Buenrostro * Pablo Cruz Guerrero as Emiliano * Ariane Pellicer as Doña Esperanza Armenta * Eduardo Arroyuelo as Agente Barrales * Mario Loría as Teniente Monroe * Ricardo Polanco as Eduardo Solís Armenta * Melissa Barrera as Laura Solis

Problems and broadcast

The premiere of the series was scheduled for October 31, 2016. However, ''El Capo'' quickly came under a firestorm of criticism. The presidents of the Radio and Television Commissions in the

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and

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wrote a letter asking the RTC, Mexico's broadcast content regulator, and the

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to take action against

, which aired the novela, for broadcasting a "narcoseries". The network may have feared that the program would receive a D rating from the RTC, in which case it could not air before midnight; days before the planned October 31 premiere, the title was changed to ''Perseguidos'' (Pursued) for its run on Imagen. The series was broadcast from November 7, 2016 until January 27, 2017. In the United States the series premiered on April 4, 2017 in the timeslot of 10pm/9c with its original name, "El Capo". Due to the low rating of the series,

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changed the schedule of the series to 8pm/7c.

U.S. broadcast

The following is a list of episodes with titles and release dates in the United States, the ratings are also shown.

Notes

References

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