TV series

El Chema

2016–2017· 2 seasons· 45 min episodesTV-MA★ 7.7Ended

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Synopsis

Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.

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E1 Episode 1Next upDec 6, 2016 · 43 min · ★ 6.6
Synopsis
The president sends Chema a message in jail. The boss orders his men to kidnap the prison director’s family to delay his transfer to the USA.
E2 Episode 2Dec 7, 2016 · 43 min
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José María “Chema” Venegas stands up to the authorities and starts a riot in the jail. After, he flees through the tunnel built just for him.
E3 Episode 3Dec 8, 2016 · 43 min
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Auristela calls Chema for an interview in Venezuela but the FBI follow the journalist’s tracks and capture the narco. Rutila falls for Chema.
E4 Episode 4Dec 9, 2016 · 43 min
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Auristela and Chema both score. She gets her interview and he seduces her. The narco finds protection, more business and secret routes in Venezuela.
E5 Episode 5Dec 12, 2016 · 43 min
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Just as he promised, El Chema tells Auristela his life story, growing up with his parents Joaquín and Elvira — under the watchful eye of enemies.
E6 Episode 6Dec 13, 2016 · 43 min
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José María is promoted in the organization and gets a present. Oteiza is his first challenge. Elvira and Don Ricardo face off for Chema’s toy.
E7 Episode 7Dec 14, 2016 · 43 min
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Chema takes the next step and uses his toy in his first murder. Amanda goes on a date with Chema in the stables. Joaquín gets beat up.
E8 Episode 8Dec 15, 2016 · 43 min
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Oteiza’s death shakes the narco’s foundations and the basis of corruption. Ricardo doesn’t trust Chema’s accomplice. Chema confronts Ricardo.
E9 Episode 9Dec 16, 2016 · 43 min
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Amanda and Chema spend the night together but he asks her to keep it a secret. He thinks he’s having a fling with his boss’s sister but it’s not true.
E10 Episode 10Dec 20, 2016 · 43 min
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Blanca finds out that Chema slept with Amanda. Ricardo puts pressure on Tobias to show his support for the organization.
E11 Episode 11Dec 20, 2016 · 43 min
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Chema receives five times what he earns and dreams of becoming leader. Ricardo knows that he wants to go out on his own. Amanda isn’t his priority.
E12 Episode 12Dec 21, 2016 · 43 min
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Once she finds out Ricardo is her father, Amanda demands her inheritance. Elvira tells the boss that Chema has found out Amanda is his daughter.
E13 Episode 13Dec 22, 2016 · 43 min
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Regina is Ricardo’s lover but he knows that Rojo is crazy about her. They go to the boss’s office and make love. Chema swears loyalty to his boss.
E14 Episode 14Dec 23, 2016 · 43 min
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Chema defines his strategy for trafficking arms and undocumented immigrants. He leaves the merch with the boss. Ricardo and Amanda make amends.
E15 Episode 15Dec 26, 2016 · 43 min
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Amanda takes revenge on Chema and tells him that she and Saúl are dating. Regina and Amanda get in on the plan. José María congratulates Saúl.
E16 Episode 16Dec 27, 2016 · 43 min
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Saúl confronts Chema and demands that he stay away from Amanda. A determined Saúl gets Ricardo’s permission and asks for her hand.
E17 Episode 17Dec 28, 2016 · 43 min
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Chema takes Wendy away from prostitution. In Miami he meets Imelda Rosado and must give her a trophy. Amanda says yes but asks Saúl for time.
E18 Episode 18Dec 29, 2016 · 43 min
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Chema defeats the Cuban narcos in Miami. Imelda offers him twice what he earns with Ricardo but he stays loyal to his boss. Ricardo is mad at Rojo.
E19 Episode 19Dec 30, 2016 · 43 min
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Amanda becomes Blanca’s accomplice and finds out about her relationship with Centeno. She also meets Wendy, her rival.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E20 Episode 20Jan 2, 2017 · 43 min
Synopsis
A high level council requires an explanation of the situation after Oteiza’s death. Centeno and Don Ricardo have a plan for Chema.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E21 Episode 21Jan 3, 2017 · 43 min
Synopsis
Don Ricardo’s and Centeno’s play is complete. Chema is arrested for Oteiza’s death and Wendy visits him. Elvira discovers the truth and breaks down.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E22 Episode 22Jan 4, 2017 · 43 min
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Rojo and his allies rescue Chema in prison. An earthquake in Mexico distracts the security guards. Don Ricardo orders them to let him escape.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E23 Episode 23Jan 5, 2017 · 43 min
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Chema lays a trap for Púas. Chema warns Don Ricardo that Centeno has to be dealt with. Chema works with Juan Lee to enter the Chinese market.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E24 Episode 24Jan 6, 2017 · 43 min
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Chema starts thinking about how to expand his business. He orders a tunnel to be built and puts Juan Lee in charge of half a ton of heroin.
E25 Episode 25Jan 9, 2017 · 43 min
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Amanda wants a bachelorette party with Chema before marrying Saúl. Chema makes Wendy return to the club and gets involved with Juan Lee's daughter.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E26 Episode 26Jan 10, 2017 · 43 min
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On her wedding day Amanda admits that she’s not in love. Elvira and Joaquín go on a date. Chema does a full turn and makes a pact with Don Feyo.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E27 Episode 27Jan 11, 2017 · 43 min
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The big day. Amanda has a private conversation with Don Ricardo. Chema and his boss take the opportunity to do business with their competitors.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E28 Episode 28Jan 12, 2017 · 43 min
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Chema’s independence plan is almost ready. Chema takes over at the business and Don Ricardo appears weak. Joaquín resurfaces drunk.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E29 Episode 29Jan 13, 2017 · 43 min
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Alcohol brings out the worst in Don Ricardo, who succumbs to Regina. He also accuses Chema of stealing control. Blanca is crazy about Centeno.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E30 Episode 30Jan 15, 2017 · 43 min
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Chema goes to Tucson for business. Torres, the authorities’ informant, meets José María Venegas and records everything. Regina leaves with Rojo.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E31 Episode 31Jan 17, 2017 · 43 min
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Mabel and Gary are a couple but that doesn’t stop her from putting herself at Chema’s disposal. Tobias and Inés suspect Regina. Torres is worried.
Guest stars: Jhoan Martinez
E32 Episode 32Jan 18, 2017 · 43 min
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Mabel confirms Chema’s suspicion: the DEA knows about the operation. They open new routes and get rid of those in trouble to save the business.
E33 Episode 33Jan 19, 2017 · 43 min
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Don Ricardo makes it to the Roberts’ ranch where he asks for information about the DEA and confronts Rojo. Mabel helps Regina. Torres wants immunity.
E34 Episode 34Jan 20, 2017 · 43 min
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Mabel calls Torres to give him information. Regina joins the team. Centeno doesn’t want to see Blanca. They kidnap Óscar Cadenas’s sister.
E35 Episode 35Jan 23, 2017 · 43 min
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Chema and the Roberts get away with it. Mabel gets involved with José María Venegas. Ricardo looks for Chema's wife in the bar.
E36 Episode 36Jan 24, 2017 · 43 min
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Torres returns to the Roberts and Chema without a wire but the DEA keeps observing him. Even though his family is far away, they are still in danger.
E37 Episode 37Jan 25, 2017 · 43 min
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Mabel is willing to leave her husband but Chema can’t stop thinking about the business. Cadenas turns himself in on one condition. Ponce gets nosy.
E38 Episode 38Jan 26, 2017 · 43 min
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Everything started out as a game but now Mabel confesses her feelings. José María Venegas expands his networks and will soon start working in Miami.
E39 Episode 39Jan 27, 2017 · 43 min
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Chema is occupied with their sponsor while Don Ricardo and Gary are about to betray him. This mistake could become a mortal sin.
E40 Episode 40Jan 30, 2017 · 43 min
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Óscar Cadenas remains faithful to el Chema, and Gary and Leslie try to remove him from the business. Don Ricardo seduces Inés.
E41 Episode 41Jan 31, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema mounts a revolution in the drug business and decides to confront Don Ricardo. Torres wants to become a member of the DEA.
E42 Episode 42Feb 1, 2017 · 43 min
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Elvira and Amanda hug and kiss, Don Ricardo and el Chema lock eyes. Elvira says her goodbyes to Joaquín. Los Paiva come across Regina after a mission.
E43 Episode 43Feb 2, 2017 · 43 min
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Elvira demands a death toll. The mother-son relationship is damaged, but he will always protect his mother. Regina is pregnant.
E44 Episode 44Feb 3, 2017 · 43 min
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After a great deal of time, el Chema and Amanda make love. She wants to have children with him, although she has to keep this a secret for now.
E45 Episode 45Feb 6, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema visits Elvira and discovers a disturbing truth. El capo prepares to “clean” the zone. Regina finally speaks with Inés after four years.
E46 Episode 46Feb 7, 2017 · 43 min
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Mabel has made up her mind and makes a request of el Chema. Gary acts under pressure from the DEA. Elvira cracks and makes a painful decision.
E47 Episode 47Feb 8, 2017 · 43 min
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Mabel falls victim to the trap and must reveal where el Chema is hiding in order to win her freedom. Ricardo goes after Inés, but she evades him.
E48 Episode 48Feb 9, 2017 · 43 min
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In order to trap el Chema, the DEA searches for a collaborator. Amanda and Inés are happy to finally see Regina and her two children.
E49 Episode 49Feb 10, 2017 · 43 min
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Severely compromised, el Chema realizes that now is the time to negotiate, but makes sure to do so with guile.
E50 Episode 50Feb 13, 2017 · 43 min
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Now that el Chema is behind bars, Amanda has a new mission: helping him escape from prison. Mabel goes to José María’s cell, but he rejects her.
E51 Episode 51Feb 14, 2017 · 43 min
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El Rojo and his man set out to free el Chema. Amanda also completes her objective and distracts the DEA high command. The Colombians trap Torres.
E52 Episode 52Feb 15, 2017 · 43 min
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With more equipment, el Chema gets rid of Jones and Torres and leaves Andrews alive in order to keep an ally in the DEA.
E53 Episode 53Feb 16, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema and Andrews make a pact. The DEA agent receives money in exchange for finding Roberts. El Chema is thankful for Amanda. Regina is locked up.
E54 Episode 54Feb 17, 2017 · 43 min
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The capture of el Chema is now an affair of state, but Don Ricardo now has him in his sights. The DEA works for José María who now eyes Mexicali.
E55 Episode 55Feb 20, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema’s confrontation of Gary and Mabel doesn’t end well. Don Ricardo asks Nelson to become his partner and infiltrate El Chema’s men.
E56 Episode 56Feb 21, 2017 · 43 min
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Mabel decides to go to the south of Italy to leave everything behind. Centeno doesn’t find El Chema but claims a different victim.
E57 Episode 57Feb 22, 2017 · 43 min
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Colonel Centeno faces serious consequences when he is caught in bed with Blanca. El Chema grants El Rojo the honor of killing his ex-boss.
E58 Episode 58Feb 23, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema orders a ceasefire against Ricardo, who wants to continue the war. Centeno’s disappearance is under investigation.
E59 Episode 59Feb 24, 2017 · 43 min
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Everything has to be ready once war is declared. Ricardo passes information to Fabrizio Ponce, who arrives in Sinaloa to catch El Chema dead or alive.
E60 Episode 60Feb 27, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema shoots at the army and flees. Joaquín confronts Ponce and is shot. El Chema looks to Central America as a new route.
E61 Episode 61Feb 28, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema allows Ponce to live and decides to attack the corrupt leaders. Joaquín and Elvira are given a new chance as a couple. Inés rejects Ricardo.
E62 Episode 62Mar 1, 2017 · 43 min
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A round table defines Ricardo Almenar as the common enemy. Imelda confronts El Chema. Fabrizio detains Clark and Marta for an inquiry.
E63 Episode 63Mar 2, 2017 · 43 min
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The drug enforcement agent has a witness and proof of movements that Tobías Clark can’t justify.
E64 Episode 64Mar 3, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema negotiates with Nelson and Tostao in order to find out and reduce Ricardo’s routes in Central America.
E65 Episode 65Mar 6, 2017 · 43 min
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After breaking up with Saúl, Amanda looks for el Chema. A single question raises suspicions. Nelson may use an event at the racetrack as his alibi.
E66 Episode 66Mar 7, 2017 · 43 min
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Nelson Martínez gets around the security tape and enters into Marta’s apartment, who is the key witness in the case against Tobías Clark.
E67 Episode 67Mar 8, 2017 · 43 min
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The drug business finally makes it to the “big leagues;” Nelson Martínez swears allegiance to el Chema. Clark feels miserable because he’s a killer.
E68 Episode 68Mar 9, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema expands his reach to flood Central America with drugs, and now counts on the CIA and death threats against Andrews.
E69 Episode 69Mar 10, 2017 · 43 min
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After losing a leg, Narváez uses Joaquín to exact his revenge. Meanwhile, Ponce and his men go to Sinaloa, where they are torturing el Chema’s father.
E70 Episode 70Mar 13, 2017 · 43 min · ★ 6.5
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Benito Narváez wants el Chema to fall into the trap while he patiently waits for him. Meanwhile, Nelson flirts with Regina.
E71 Episode 71Mar 14, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema surrounds Benito Narváez and those who protect him. Someone intervenes to stop the counterattack. Ricardo visits Tostao.
E72 Episode 72Mar 15, 2017 · 43 min
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Regina makes love to Nelson. Joaquín is laid to rest, and el Chema swears to exact his revenge for his death.
E73 Episode 73Mar 16, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema and his men attack Ricardo while he is meeting with Inés. The DEA and Ponce identify Marta’s assassin.
E74 Episode 74Mar 17, 2017 · 43 min
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Blanca threatens the journalist who wrote negatively about Ricardo and her family. Tobías and his son find out that Inés was killed.
E75 Episode 75Mar 20, 2017 · 43 min
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Regina doesn’t believe Rojo and Chema sows the seeds of doubt: Who got rid of Inés? Narváez makes a bribe and flees. Salma becomes Chema’s accomplice.
E76 Episode 76Mar 21, 2017 · 43 min
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Ponce frees Narváez and gets lynched. El Chema thinks he is the “world’s best trafficker.” Nelson wants to “steal” Regina. El Chema confronts him.
E77 Episode 77Mar 22, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema convinces Philip to negotiate with him. Salma thanks el Chema for the appointment. Narváez collaborates. El Rojo wants to retire.
E78 Episode 78Mar 23, 2017 · 43 min
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Ricardo offers Nelson money to kill Regina and plots to finish off El Chema with Blanca. El Rojo is frightened for Regina. Amanda asks for a truce.
E79 Episode 79Mar 24, 2017 · 43 min
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Nelson flees with Regina. El Chema consolidates his business with help from the DEA and the CIA. Tobías goes after El Chema. Nelson is acting strange.
E80 Episode 80Mar 27, 2017 · 43 min
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Clark reveals that Almenar is responsible for the death of his wife. Salma tells Chema about Ponce’s intentions. El Chema and El Rojo go after Nelson.
E81 Episode 81Mar 29, 2017 · 43 min
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Nelson goes against Regina and her children. U.S. planes bomb El Chema’s people. Salma agrees to sleep with Ponce for investigative purposes.
E82 Episode 82Mar 30, 2017 · 43 min
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El Rojo considers leaving the business. Ricardo claims responsibility for kidnapping Regina. El Chema and El Rojo order to have Blanca kidnapped.
E83 Episode 83Mar 31, 2017 · 43 min
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El Chema and El Rojo receive a special delivery. El Rojo goes crazy. Nelson is captured. El Chema tells Salma that he wants to retire.
E84 Episode 84Apr 3, 2017 · 43 min
Synopsis
Ponce thwarts El Chema’s operation. El Chema and El Rojo go after Ricardo. Blanca makes a deal with El Chema. Ponce traps Ricardo.
E85 Episode 85Airs Dec 6, 2016 · 43 min

Cast & crew

Created by Luis Zelkowicz

Mauricio OchmannJosé María 'Chema' Venegas85

Julio BrachoDon Ricardo Almenar Paiva

Itatí CantoralBlanca

Fernando NoriegaEutimio 'Rojo' Flores

Arcelia RamírezElvira Mendivil Sergio BasañezTobías Clark

Alejandro SpeitzerDon Ricardo Almenar Paiva (joven)

Scarlet GruberBlanca Joven

Jorge Luis MorenoVíctor Casillas Jr.Iván TamayoJorge Elías Salazar

Isela VegaCelia Rafael AmayaAurelio Casillas

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