A narco hitman wants to marry his dead buddy's sister. Her dad's not exactly thrilled.
Narco hitman narrowly escapes capture in a police action that kills one of his gang members. He wants to marry the sister of the dead guy, but her father blames him for his son's death. Meanwhile, that police squad is still looking for him... and other stuff...
Acting
Fernando Almada's glare could stop traffic on the Mexico City beltway.
Direction
Urquieta squeezes maximum melodrama from minimal budget.
Director
José Luis Urquieta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El traficante belongs to Mexico's 'narco cinema' boom of the 1980s, where low-budget films dramatized real cartel violence for working-class audiences.
Director José Luis Urquieta was prolific in this era, sometimes directing multiple narco films per year with recycled sets and rotating casts.
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