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 Ten friends get in the illegal drugs business, thinking it is the fastest way to become rich, but it is not going to have a happy ending because in this business, everything vanishes in the end.
The illegal drugs traffic world seems to be really attractive for
fifteen years-old Martín Gonzales, an
ambitious and bold young man, coming from a middle-class Colombian
family. Martín asks his friend, Pepe Cadena played by Diego Cadavid, to
talk to his brother to get him a job in the dangerous business.
Ignoring this choosing is just the beginning of a turbulent and
troubled life that is going to change his fate forever, Martín alias
"Fresita" gets a job in a drugs lab sponsored by the big boss Óscar
Cadena. Martín learns really fast and he starts to
send illegal drugs to the United States, while his boss makes an
alliance with the Villegas Brothers, from the West Cartel, to take down
the biggest drug dealer ever: Pablo Escobar.
With Escobar down, a new cartel is up: The Pacific Cartel, the most
dangerous in Colombia, led by Óscar Cadena, so Óscar (the teacher) and
Martín (the student) make a pact of friendship and business.
Martín becomes a rich man and he falls for Sofía, a
beautiful woman, but he gets her heart by lying to her. But Sofía
discovers the origin of Martín's wealth and he has to choose: Sofía or
the business.
Óscar helps the police to finish the West Cartel. The snitches (sapos)
make the war between these criminal machineries to reach a point of
breaking.
Martín refuses to take part in this war and decides to go to Miami with
Sofía and his children, but what he does not know is that it is not a
safe place anymore, and he must keep going with the old illegal
activities, watching his old friends die by the enemy.
Business partners and brothers dead or caught, forces Martín to run to
Mexico looking for protection. He realizes too late that in this
business; you can never win...
Characters
Manolo Cardona as Martín González
Martín González is a young man from the middle class
society. He lives with his grandmother and sister since his mother left for
America for the better fate to earn money. This family is sick and tired from
financial problems and Martin asks his best friend to get access to drug
trafficking business to earn money just to survive at least. He intends to get
money and go out of business, though everything goes the other way and very
soon Martin becomes a big fish in a drug trafficking business.
Karen Martínez as Sofía
Sofía is a beautiful and attractive woman who steals
Martin’s heart. Later on, he finds out that her boyfriend relates to the
illegal drug business and that she is in desperate love with him. But
eventually she accepts the way he earns money. Sofia dreams of living as a
queen and she makes all attempts to achieve this.
Róbinson Díaz as El Cabo
El Cabo is teh chief of Cartel of the Pacific Ocean area. He is the expert in
modeling and arrangement of attacks. He is loyal to his boss Óscar Cadena and
he is ready to kill anyone who prevents them in any way. His enemies try to
kill him but incidentally the situation turns in the way that he leads the
cartel himself and sets his rules to follow.
Diego Cadavid as Pepe Cadena
Pepe Cadena is the younger son to Cadena and he is sure to have everything he
mentions and dreams. He does not afraid of anything for he is raised in
atmosphere where power and violence dominate. His elder brother Oscar is the
example for him to follow.
Juliana Galvis as Eliana
Eliana is a high-class girl. She is Pepe’s girlfriend but she is afraid to go
deeper into relations since illegal business is something threatening to death
to her. The fate plays a trick to her and she goes to marry for a baby.
El cartel de los sapos - tv series
(2008 - 2009) - Manolo Cardona, Karen Martínez
CAST
Manolo Cardona ... Martín Gonzales
Karen Martínez ... Sofía
Diego Cadavid ... Pepe Cadena
Róbinson Díaz ... El Cabo
Joavany Alvarez ... Silvio Mendez
Daniel McEvoy ... FBI Agent #2
James McEvoy ... U.S. Federal Judge
Gabriel Morales ... Tony
Juan Carlos Arango ... Buñuelo
Julián Arango ... Gaudaña
Fernando Arevalo ... Julio Trujillo
Natalia Betancurt ... Juliana
Juliana Galvis ... Eliana
John Gertz ... Sam Mattews
Armando Gutierrez ... David Paz
Santiago Moure ... Don Mario
Andrés Parra ... Anestesia
Juan Pablo Raba ... Pirulito
Sandra Reyes ... Amparo Cadena
Fernando Solórzano ... Oscar Cadena
Nataly Umaña ... Juanita
Jimmy Vasquez ... Revólver
Luis Velasco ... Samuel Morales
Writing credits
Juan Camilo Ferrand
Andrés Lopez (original idea)
Cinematography by
Juan Pablo Puentes
Edgar Gil
Germán Plata
Language : Spanish
Country: Colombia
Directed by
Luis Alberto Restrepo
Produced by
Cristina Palacio
Amparo Gutiérrez
Canal Caracol
Telemundo Studios
Trivia
Based on the book of Andrés López, alias Florecita (a former drug dealer), who wrote the book during his years in prison
As of July 2008, El Cartel was the highest rated show on Colombian television
Forum Telenovela World - El Cartel de los Sapos
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