Season 2 • Episode 6
LatestFernando Barrientos, Head of the National Security Directorate, Mexico's Secret Police, is trying to reach the highest position in the country. On his way, he'll have to manipulate, betray, and kill, and he's well prepared for it. However, his path will be full of obstacles. Nobody, not even his family, will be immune to the chaos left in his quest for total power.
Acting
Daniel Giménez Cacho's reptilian stillness
Production
1970s Mexico recreated with paranoid detail
Writing
Real history woven into fiction seamlessly
Creator
Gabriel Ripstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series dramatizes the real 1968 Tlatelolco massacre and the CIA's role in Mexican politics—subjects rarely explored in mainstream Mexican media due to lingering political sensitivities.
Creator Gabriel Ripstein is the son of acclaimed producer Daniel Ripstein; the family has spent decades trying to get this story made, facing pressure from figures connected to the actual events depicted.
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