Discovery en Español premieres Narcobsumarinos in November

On July 17, 2008, Mexican headlines throughout the country carried an astonishing piece of news: a 39 foot long semi-submersible had been intercepted by the armed forces about 250 miles from Oaxaca in the South East of Mexico. Aboard the vessel the authorities found cargo amounting to five and a half tons of cocaine on its way to the Sinaloa Cartel. This novel approach to drug trafficking, along with its origins and evolution, are explored at length in Narcosubmarinos (Narcosubmarines), a Discovery en Español original production premiering on Sunday, November 7 at 9pm.Developed in Colombia over 20 years ago, these semi-submersibles have become a key method in the smuggling of narcotics from South America to Mexico and the United States. Filmed over an eight month period, Narcosubmarinos takes viewers deep into the Colombian jungle, uncovering the secret shipyards where these crafts are built using the most rudimentary materials. Narcosubmarinos is an original production by Discovery en Español under the direction of Michela Giorelli, executive producer and Rafael Rodriguez, supervising producer. The special was filmed in conjunction with Colombian production house Lulo Films, under the direction of Jaime Escallon Buraglia, who also contributed to two recent successes by Discovery en Español: Fuga de las Farc y El rescate perfecto.