Telemundo will premiere the series El Capo on Tuesday April 4

The series El Capo, starring Mauricio Islas, premieres on Tuesday, April 4 at 10pm on Telemundo.

Filmed in Mexico in its entirety, it narrates the story of José Vicente Solís Armenta (Islas), a man of humble beginnings who became the drug trafficking leader in Central America. In his fight against his enemies, El Capo will unleash a war in which only the strongest man will survive.

A story developed by the renowned Colombian writer, Gustavo Bolivar and directed by Lilo Vilaplana and Alfonso Pineda, El Capo is a production of Estudios TeleMéxico filmed 100% in Azteca territory.

In addition to his loyal team of trusted and loyal assassins, which includes Perris (Sara Maldonado), Checo (Claudio Lafarga), Tavo (Gerardo Taracena) and his brother Poncho (Miguel Rodarte), El Capo’s world will also create uncertainty in the lives of his wife Maria Guadalupe (Marisol del Olmo), a naïve and devoted mother of two; and Sofia Cáceres (Irán Castillo), a defiant and intellectual woman with a desire for vengeance against him.