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The president sends Chema a message in jail. The boss orders his men to kidnap the prison director’s family to delay his transfer to the USA.

Episode 1

José María “Chema” Venegas stands up to the authorities and starts a riot in the jail. After, he flees through the tunnel built just for him.

Episode 2

Auristela calls Chema for an interview in Venezuela but the FBI follow the journalist’s tracks and capture the narco. Rutila falls for Chema.

Episode 3

Auristela and Chema both score. She gets her interview and he seduces her. The narco finds protection, more business and secret routes in Venezuela.

Episode 4

Just as he promised, El Chema tells Auristela his life story, growing up with his parents Joaquín and Elvira — under the watchful eye of enemies.

Episode 5

José María is promoted in the organization and gets a present. Oteiza is his first challenge. Elvira and Don Ricardo face off for Chema’s toy.

Episode 6

Chema takes the next step and uses his toy in his first murder. Amanda goes on a date with Chema in the stables. Joaquín gets beat up.

Episode 7

Oteiza’s death shakes the narco’s foundations and the basis of corruption. Ricardo doesn’t trust Chema’s accomplice. Chema confronts Ricardo.

Episode 8

Amanda and Chema spend the night together but he asks her to keep it a secret. He thinks he’s having a fling with his boss’s sister but it’s not true.

Episode 9

Blanca finds out that Chema slept with Amanda. Ricardo puts pressure on Tobias to show his support for the organization.

Episode 10

Chema receives five times what he earns and dreams of becoming leader. Ricardo knows that he wants to go out on his own. Amanda isn’t his priority.

Episode 11

Once she finds out Ricardo is her father, Amanda demands her inheritance. Elvira tells the boss that Chema has found out Amanda is his daughter.

Episode 12

Regina is Ricardo’s lover but he knows that Rojo is crazy about her. They go to the boss’s office and make love. Chema swears loyalty to his boss.

Episode 13

Chema defines his strategy for trafficking arms and undocumented immigrants. He leaves the merch with the boss. Ricardo and Amanda make amends.

Episode 14

Amanda takes revenge on Chema and tells him that she and Saúl are dating. Regina and Amanda get in on the plan. José María congratulates Saúl.

Episode 15

Saúl confronts Chema and demands that he stay away from Amanda. A determined Saúl gets Ricardo’s permission and asks for her hand.

Episode 16

Chema takes Wendy away from prostitution. In Miami he meets Imelda Rosado and must give her a trophy. Amanda says yes but asks Saúl for time.

Episode 17

Chema defeats the Cuban narcos in Miami. Imelda offers him twice what he earns with Ricardo but he stays loyal to his boss. Ricardo is mad at Rojo.

Episode 18

Amanda becomes Blanca’s accomplice and finds out about her relationship with Centeno. She also meets Wendy, her rival.

Episode 19

A high level council requires an explanation of the situation after Oteiza’s death. Centeno and Don Ricardo have a plan for Chema.

Episode 20

Don Ricardo’s and Centeno’s play is complete. Chema is arrested for Oteiza’s death and Wendy visits him. Elvira discovers the truth and breaks down.

Episode 21

Rojo and his allies rescue Chema in prison. An earthquake in Mexico distracts the security guards. Don Ricardo orders them to let him escape.

Episode 22

Chema lays a trap for Púas. Chema warns Don Ricardo that Centeno has to be dealt with. Chema works with Juan Lee to enter the Chinese market.

Episode 23

Chema starts thinking about how to expand his business. He orders a tunnel to be built and puts Juan Lee in charge of half a ton of heroin.

Episode 24

Amanda wants a bachelorette party with Chema before marrying Saúl. Chema makes Wendy return to the club and gets involved with Juan Lee's daughter.

Episode 25

On her wedding day Amanda admits that she’s not in love. Elvira and Joaquín go on a date. Chema does a full turn and makes a pact with Don Feyo.

Episode 26

The big day. Amanda has a private conversation with Don Ricardo. Chema and his boss take the opportunity to do business with their competitors.

Episode 27

Chema’s independence plan is almost ready. Chema takes over at the business and Don Ricardo appears weak. Joaquín resurfaces drunk.

Episode 28

Alcohol brings out the worst in Don Ricardo, who succumbs to Regina. He also accuses Chema of stealing control. Blanca is crazy about Centeno.

Episode 29

Chema goes to Tucson for business. Torres, the authorities’ informant, meets José María Venegas and records everything. Regina leaves with Rojo.

Episode 30

Mabel and Gary are a couple but that doesn’t stop her from putting herself at Chema’s disposal. Tobias and Inés suspect Regina. Torres is worried.

Episode 31

Mabel confirms Chema’s suspicion: the DEA knows about the operation. They open new routes and get rid of those in trouble to save the business.

Episode 32

Don Ricardo makes it to the Roberts’ ranch where he asks for information about the DEA and confronts Rojo. Mabel helps Regina. Torres wants immunity.

Episode 33

Mabel calls Torres to give him information. Regina joins the team. Centeno doesn’t want to see Blanca. They kidnap Óscar Cadenas’s sister.

Episode 34

Chema and the Roberts get away with it. Mabel gets involved with José María Venegas. Ricardo looks for Chema's wife in the bar.

Episode 35

Torres returns to the Roberts and Chema without a wire but the DEA keeps observing him. Even though his family is far away, they are still in danger.

Episode 36

Mabel is willing to leave her husband but Chema can’t stop thinking about the business. Cadenas turns himself in on one condition. Ponce gets nosy.

Episode 37

Everything started out as a game but now Mabel confesses her feelings. José María Venegas expands his networks and will soon start working in Miami.

Episode 38

Chema is occupied with their sponsor while Don Ricardo and Gary are about to betray him. This mistake could become a mortal sin.

Episode 39

Óscar Cadenas remains faithful to el Chema, and Gary and Leslie try to remove him from the business. Don Ricardo seduces Inés.

Episode 40

El Chema mounts a revolution in the drug business and decides to confront Don Ricardo. Torres wants to become a member of the DEA.

Episode 41

Elvira and Amanda hug and kiss, Don Ricardo and el Chema lock eyes. Elvira says her goodbyes to Joaquín. Los Paiva come across Regina after a mission.

Episode 42

Elvira demands a death toll. The mother-son relationship is damaged, but he will always protect his mother. Regina is pregnant.

Episode 43

After a great deal of time, el Chema and Amanda make love. She wants to have children with him, although she has to keep this a secret for now.

Episode 44

El Chema visits Elvira and discovers a disturbing truth. El capo prepares to “clean” the zone. Regina finally speaks with Inés after four years.

Episode 45

Mabel has made up her mind and makes a request of el Chema. Gary acts under pressure from the DEA. Elvira cracks and makes a painful decision.

Episode 46

Mabel falls victim to the trap and must reveal where el Chema is hiding in order to win her freedom. Ricardo goes after Inés, but she evades him.

Episode 47

In order to trap el Chema, the DEA searches for a collaborator. Amanda and Inés are happy to finally see Regina and her two children.

Episode 48

Severely compromised, el Chema realizes that now is the time to negotiate, but makes sure to do so with guile.

Episode 49

Now that el Chema is behind bars, Amanda has a new mission: helping him escape from prison. Mabel goes to José María’s cell, but he rejects her.

Episode 50

El Rojo and his man set out to free el Chema. Amanda also completes her objective and distracts the DEA high command. The Colombians trap Torres.

Episode 51

With more equipment, el Chema gets rid of Jones and Torres and leaves Andrews alive in order to keep an ally in the DEA.

Episode 52

El Chema and Andrews make a pact. The DEA agent receives money in exchange for finding Roberts. El Chema is thankful for Amanda. Regina is locked up.

Episode 53

The capture of el Chema is now an affair of state, but Don Ricardo now has him in his sights. The DEA works for José María who now eyes Mexicali.

Episode 54

El Chema’s confrontation of Gary and Mabel doesn’t end well. Don Ricardo asks Nelson to become his partner and infiltrate El Chema’s men.

Episode 55

Mabel decides to go to the south of Italy to leave everything behind. Centeno doesn’t find El Chema but claims a different victim.

Episode 56

Colonel Centeno faces serious consequences when he is caught in bed with Blanca. El Chema grants El Rojo the honor of killing his ex-boss.

Episode 57

El Chema orders a ceasefire against Ricardo, who wants to continue the war. Centeno’s disappearance is under investigation.

Episode 58

Everything has to be ready once war is declared. Ricardo passes information to Fabrizio Ponce, who arrives in Sinaloa to catch El Chema dead or alive.

Episode 59

El Chema shoots at the army and flees. Joaquín confronts Ponce and is shot. El Chema looks to Central America as a new route.

Episode 60

El Chema allows Ponce to live and decides to attack the corrupt leaders. Joaquín and Elvira are given a new chance as a couple. Inés rejects Ricardo.

Episode 61

A round table defines Ricardo Almenar as the common enemy. Imelda confronts El Chema. Fabrizio detains Clark and Marta for an inquiry.

Episode 62

The drug enforcement agent has a witness and proof of movements that Tobías Clark can’t justify.

Episode 63

El Chema negotiates with Nelson and Tostao in order to find out and reduce Ricardo’s routes in Central America.

Episode 64

After breaking up with Saúl, Amanda looks for el Chema. A single question raises suspicions. Nelson may use an event at the racetrack as his alibi.

Episode 65

Nelson Martínez gets around the security tape and enters into Marta’s apartment, who is the key witness in the case against Tobías Clark.

Episode 66

The drug business finally makes it to the “big leagues;” Nelson Martínez swears allegiance to el Chema. Clark feels miserable because he’s a killer.

Episode 67

El Chema expands his reach to flood Central America with drugs, and now counts on the CIA and death threats against Andrews.

Episode 68

After losing a leg, Narváez uses Joaquín to exact his revenge. Meanwhile, Ponce and his men go to Sinaloa, where they are torturing el Chema’s father.

Episode 69

Benito Narváez wants el Chema to fall into the trap while he patiently waits for him. Meanwhile, Nelson flirts with Regina.

Episode 70

El Chema surrounds Benito Narváez and those who protect him. Someone intervenes to stop the counterattack. Ricardo visits Tostao.

Episode 71

Regina makes love to Nelson. Joaquín is laid to rest, and el Chema swears to exact his revenge for his death.

Episode 72

El Chema and his men attack Ricardo while he is meeting with Inés. The DEA and Ponce identify Marta’s assassin.

Episode 73

Blanca threatens the journalist who wrote negatively about Ricardo and her family. Tobías and his son find out that Inés was killed.

Episode 74

Regina doesn’t believe Rojo and Chema sows the seeds of doubt: Who got rid of Inés? Narváez makes a bribe and flees. Salma becomes Chema’s accomplice.

Episode 75

Ponce frees Narváez and gets lynched. El Chema thinks he is the “world’s best trafficker.” Nelson wants to “steal” Regina. El Chema confronts him.

Episode 76

El Chema convinces Philip to negotiate with him. Salma thanks el Chema for the appointment. Narváez collaborates. El Rojo wants to retire.

Episode 77

Ricardo offers Nelson money to kill Regina and plots to finish off El Chema with Blanca. El Rojo is frightened for Regina. Amanda asks for a truce.

Episode 78

Nelson flees with Regina. El Chema consolidates his business with help from the DEA and the CIA. Tobías goes after El Chema. Nelson is acting strange.

Episode 79

Clark reveals that Almenar is responsible for the death of his wife. Salma tells Chema about Ponce’s intentions. El Chema and El Rojo go after Nelson.

Episode 80

Nelson goes against Regina and her children. U.S. planes bomb El Chema’s people. Salma agrees to sleep with Ponce for investigative purposes.

Episode 81

El Rojo considers leaving the business. Ricardo claims responsibility for kidnapping Regina. El Chema and El Rojo order to have Blanca kidnapped.

Episode 82

El Chema and El Rojo receive a special delivery. El Rojo goes crazy. Nelson is captured. El Chema tells Salma that he wants to retire.

Episode 83

Ponce thwarts El Chema’s operation. El Chema and El Rojo go after Ricardo. Blanca makes a deal with El Chema. Ponce traps Ricardo.

Episode 84

Episode 85

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The Best Seasons of El Chema

The Best Seasons of El Chema

Season 1