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Narcos: Mexico

★ 8.3 102K votes 2018–2021 3 seasons · 30 episodes Ended Netflix
Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 7/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Scoot McNairyJosé María YazpikAlejandro EddaAlfonso DosalFermín MartínezDiego Luna
Written by
Carlo BernardChris BrancatoDoug Miro
Starring
Scoot McNairyJosé María YazpikAlejandro EddaAlfonso DosalFermín MartínezDiego Luna
Written by
Carlo BernardChris BrancatoDoug Miro
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About

"How one cartel's rise corrupted a nation's institutions"

This spinoff shifts the Narcos story to Mexico, tracing how one ambitious operator unites scattered marijuana growers into a single trafficking network while a dogged DEA agent tries to expose him. It plays out as a slow-building rise-and-fall saga, heavy on political maneuvering, betrayal, and the corrupting reach of money through police, government, and journalism. The pace is deliberate rather than flashy, favoring institutional rot over shootouts, though violence erupts when it counts. It's dense, procedural, and grim, carried by strong lead performances and a real sense of historical weight.

Watch it for

the slow-burn portrait of a cartel founder building an empire through pure political leverage.

Maybe skip if

you want fast action over patient, dialogue-heavy political and criminal maneuvering.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12018
8.432K1010h 6m
Witness the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s as a gritty new "Narcos" saga chronicles the true story of the Guadalajara cartel's ascent.
Season 22020
8.226K109h 33m
Félix fights to maintain control of the cocaine trade, but the DEA’s thirst for revenge and feuding within his organization threaten his ambitions.
Season 32021
7.922K109h 27m
As a new generation of cartel leaders vie for power, journalists hunt for truth while government agents walk a thin line between justice and corruption.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Scoot McNairy Walt Breslin, Narrator
José María Yazpik Amado Carrillo Fuentes
Alejandro Edda Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán
Alfonso Dosal Benjamín Arellano Felix
Fermín Martínez El Azul
Diego Luna Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Manuel Masalva Ramón Arellano Felix
Matt Letscher James Kuykendall
Mayra Hermosillo Enedina Arellano Felix
Joaquín Cosio Don Neto

Crew

Carlo Bernard
Chris Brancato
Doug Miro

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