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 Teresa Mendosa was born in Sinaloa state, known in Mexico as one of the drug trading centers. Her husband Raimundo being a member of criminal group works as a pilot at the plane to transport drugs. In the result of inner shoot-out Raimundo is murdered by hired killer, and the people, who organized this murder, are going to kill Teresa as well. But she was warned about this and had time to run out the house in a hurry and hide in her husband’s secret place. She finds a special notebook there Raimundo told her about before. Her husband asked her to give this notebook to his chief Epifanio Vargas’ hands after his death. Teresa is going to perform his last will, but two armed gangsters suddenly burst into her shelter and are going to kill her. One of gangsters rapes Teresa what gives her time to use the possibility and reach to the gun she has in her bag and shoot. She wounds both bad guys, nevertheless they are managed to disappear.
She finds Epifanio Vergas and asks for a meeting with him. Epifanio
always felt sympathy with Teresa, so he advises her to escape to Spain
and promises his help. He gives her the name of the person to contact
in Spain for work and live. Teresa starts her new life at Spanish
colony Melillia in Morocco due to Epifanio help. She is a waitress in
the night club. She meets Santiago there who is involved in the local
drug trade. He is the owner of the boat and he uses it for drug
transportation. Teresa starts to assist him at the boat during his sea
trips. After a while she is appeared to be involved into criminal
underworld. One day during a skirmish to coast guard Santiago is killed
while Teresa is arrested and got to prison. She meets a girl named
Patricia there, their relations are gradually transforming into love.
Patricia tells Teresa her husband was killed by Russian mafia some
years ago after he hid 500 kilos of mafia’s cocaine. When Teresa and
Patricia are free from prison they are going to realize their idea to
find the hidden cocaine, sell it back to Russian mafia and offer
Russians the new sea transporting facilities for girls lives. Teresa
meets Oleg Yasykov in this way. Yasykov is the leader of local
smugglers and has relations to Solntsevo criminal group. Relations
between Teresa and Oleg are partnership that comes into friendship.
Teresa spends most time in Spanish city Malaga located in the south of
Spain. She turns into a smuggler, or even the local smuggling mafia
leader.
Teresa notices soon she is followed by two men. It wasn’t difficult for
her to recognize them. They are those two gangsters who tried to kill
her in her secret place in Sinaloa just before her escaping to Spain.
She tells Yasykov about it. Russian guys catch those fellows in some
days and question them cruelly in some basement. Then those gangsters
are shown to Teresa. She decides to kill the one who raped her many
years ago. But she is not angry with the second guy so she lets another
one go. The graceful saved guy (named Pote Galves) proposes Teresa to
be her bodyguard. She agrees. Day after a day they livу and work
together, and gradully their relations are changed into a friendship.
Pote is her only memory about Mexico, so he is valuable for her. After
a while Teresa meets Spanish lawyer Theo Alcharafe who helps her to
legalize a part of her drug dealing. At this time Patricia is turned
into alcoholic and dies in the traffic accident. the free Teresa starts
love relations with Theo. But she suspected to have a snitcher in her
group. Oleg Yasykov during one of talks to Teresa is hinting Theo to be
the snitcher. It is logical to kill Theo, but Teresa has just found out
she is pregnant from Theo. She doesn’t know what to do.
Meanwhile an officer of Mexico Embassy in Madrid is askong for
a meeting with Teresa. He comes to the meeting together with the agent
of USA drug fighting Agency named Billy. The latest tells Teresa that
Raimundo, her first husband and the big love of her life, used to be
the informer of this Agency and worked for Americans. He was going to
arrest his boss Epifanio Vergas. Teresa found out that was not an
unknown big mafia boss who ordered to kill him, but the man she has
trusted and sympathize – her husband was killed after the order of
Epifanio Vergas. Teresa is shocked she used to trust the killer of her
husband. And now Epifanio prospers and has a successful politic career
in Mexico. He is even going to be voted for Sinaloa state senator.
Teresa makes the decision to come back to Mexico and meet Epifanio
personally for getting square with him. She desires for revenge.
La Reina del Sur - telenovela
(2009) - Kate del Castillo, Guy Ecker
CAST
Kate del Castillo ... Teresa Mendoza
Guy Ecker ... Fernando
Writing credits
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (original novel)
Roberto Stopello (adaptation)
Valentina Parraga
Language : Spanish
Country: USA
Telemundo
Trivia
Adaptation of famous novel of Arturo Pérez-Reverte
A feature film based on the book has been in development with Eva Mendes, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley attached
The telenovela is to be shot in USA, Colombia, Spain and Mexico
One of changes will be character of Sandra Mendoza, daughter of Teresa, which doesn't exist in book. Also there will be character of journalist who risks her life for true about Reina del Sur.
Consists of 70 episodes (projected)
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