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Preso No.1 (2019)

Preso No.1 poster
Original title
Preso No. 1
Genre
telenovela, political thriller
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 64 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 130 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The president of Mexico is imprisoned and must navigate a web of corruption involving journalists, drug dealers, and political rivals. The story follows his struggle to maintain power and uncover the truth from behind bars.

tensesuspensefulpoliticaldramaticcorrupturgentseriousintricate

What happens

Preso No. 1 is an American political thriller drama television series produced by Keshet International and Telemundo Global Studios based on an original idea of idea by Shira Hadad and Dror Mishani who are also executive producers. It premiered on 30 July 2019 and ended on 27 September 2019. The series stars Erik Hayser as imprisoned president of Mexico Carmelo Alvarado, along to Alejandra Ambrosi as the non-official First Lady of Mexico Carolina Arteaga, Alejandro de la Madrid as Bautista Fernández, Mariana Seoane as Pía Bolaños, a corrupt journalist woman, Arturo Peniche as Pedro Islas, the main villain of the history, Angélica Celaya as Miranda Collins, the second non-official First Lady of Mexico, Otto Sirgo as official president of Mexico, Guillermo Quintanilla as Ignacio Mayorga, a corrupt Colonel, Fabiola Guajardo as Carolina's young version, Luis Felipe Tovar as Hugo Piña, a corrupt commander of the police, Roberto Sosa as Ramsés Cota, the drug dealer that Carmelo extradited to the United States, and Damián Alcázar as Salvador Fraga, the owner of the newspaper El Plural. Although Telemundo did not renew the series for a second season, the final episode of the series ended without the respective phrase "End" or "to be continue". Finishing the series with an open ending possible to produce a second season. The first season of the series became available for streaming on 10 December 2019 on Netflix. On Netflix the series has a total of 64 episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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