

Season 1 • Episode 195
LatestPolice chief Fernándo Gomez Miranda kills his friend, the well-respected lawyer and likely candidate for Attorney General, Raúl de Los Reyes and his youngest daughter of only thirteen in a vehicle ambush. Gomez' son, Luis Mario – a sad-eyed broadcast journalist of passionate conviction – arrives on the scene soon after with his camera and discovers a wounded survivor in the car; Camila, the eldest daughter of de Los Reyes. Luis rushes her to the hospital, saving her life and thereby creating a bond between them that he cannot escape. Luis' half-brother, police detective Alfonso Carbajal, is assigned to the case. An old schoolmate of Camila's, Alfonso has long been in love with her and conflicts arise when all evidence points to Camila being involved in the drug trade. The two brothers find themselves caught between their professional duty that would require them to expose Camila and their desire to protect her.
Acting
Demián Bichir brooding before he was Oscar-nominated
Writing
Barrera Tyszka scripts twistier than a pretzel factory
Creator
Alberto Barrera Tyszka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired during Venezuela's golden age of telenovelas, when the country dominated Latin American screens before political collapse.
Barrera Tyszka later won the Alfaguara Novel Prize—proof that telenovela writers are literary heavyweights in disguise.