#DRUG WARS THE CAMARENA STORY NETFLIX SERIES#
embassy cable.īreslin’s and other protagonists’ dense expository narrations have led many to refer to both Narcos-which detailed the rise and fall of Colombia’s Medellín and Cali cartels-and Narcos Mexico as highly “informative.” In a recent interview, showrunner Eric Newman even referred to the series as “unspoilable” because viewers could simply read the “Wikipedia article.” The show’s visual cues also emphasize its veracity. His highly stylized expositions are also central to the show’s distinct tone: neo-noir meets U.S. While many characters move in and out of the story, Breslin provides a consistent point of view throughout the show’s two seasons. The strongest evidence of the target audience is the initially-anonymous male narrator, DEA agent Walt Breslin (Scoot McNairy), whose hardboiled, Texas-tinged voiceovers take viewers on a decades-long tour of complex Mexican history and U.S. Perhaps for this reason, the show has also found an audience in Mexico, where on February 26 it was ranked the number two show on the platform.īut make no mistake, the show’s imagined audience is decidedly gringo. If they are attentive, they may even notice the characters’ distinct regional Mexican accents. viewers, who may have little knowledge of Mexico beyond sensationalist headlines and trips to Cancún, can thus witness the distinct regional geographies of the country, from the vast Chihuahuan desert to the dense cityscapes of the Federal District and Guadalajara. men, Narcos Mexico provides a strong sense of place thanks to the Mexican directors, writers, and actors who helped make the show, which was filmed on location. Despite its claims to accuracy, however, this season of Narcos Mexico delivers a DEA version of events, silencing the anti-left politics that undergirded the expansion of the drug trade in the 1970s and 1980s. It also doesn’t hurt that it delivers a pre-history of the inter-cartel violence that fascinates U.S. The popularity of Narcos Mexico is easily explained: It is a well-crafted show with a big production budget, stellar acting, and a strong aesthetic sensibility. One week after its Februrelease, the show boasted nearly 50 million average demand expressions.
Even in this saturated “peak TV” market, Narcos Mexico catapulted to the top five streaming shows on Netflix in the United States. viewer, Narcos Mexico is likely the only representation of Mexico they will consume all year. The Padrino of the Guadalajara Cartel, Félix Gallardo united the various plazas, or the distinct zones that controlled Mexican drug production, in the 1980s.įor the ordinary U.S. Like previous seasons, this one charts an episode in the rise and fall of Central and South American drug trafficking dynasties, focusing on another photogenic, charismatic man at the top: Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (played by the magnetic Diego Luna). The second season of the critically acclaimed Netflix series, Narcos Mexico, recently dropped.
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