The search unit shows up at Manuel's home, but he manages to escape with Palencia's help; Calleja tells Ricardo Irene has died in an accident.

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Luis Fernando Hoyos

Carolina Acevedo

Saín Castro

Lucho Velasco

Ricardo Vesga

Bruno Díaz

Manuel Antonio Gómez

Cristóbal Errazúriz

Gustavo Ángel

Patricia Tamayo

Fabio Restrepo

Simón Rivera

Andrés Soleibe

Andrea Nocetti

Gerardo Calero

Diego Vásquez

Fernando Corredor

Héctor de Malba

Se queda o se va

Atrapado

Infamous Cali drug cartel is the biggest criminal organization in the world and its leaders are the most wanted men in Colombia, but finding out their location seems an impossible mission due to the support they get from the police.

La Vida En El Infierno

Chacho gets in trouble with Flavio over a woman; Ricardo agrees to work for Manuel so as to be able to kill Escolar.

El Comienzo

Irene is in charge of taking Orlando and Richie to Cali with the aim of catching Pablo Escobar; Richie and Lena spend the night together.

Amor En Tiempos de Guerra

Flavio Escolar's men try to kill Wilson's girlfriend, but Ricardo thwarts their plans; Lena discovers she expecting Ricardo's child; Toa tells Lena Ricardo is working for the mafia.

Bebé en Camino

Ricardo finds the gifts Toa left Lena and she lets him know he is going to be a father; Ricardo and his hit men go on a mission to capture Escolar.

Amenazas

Manuel lets his business partners know they are going to take control of Escolar's routes to try to make peace with the rest of the drug lords; Tigre's pilot dies in a helicopter accident; Ricardo tells his father Lena is pregnant.

La calma antes de la tormenta

Anala promises Ricardo she will get Lena an appointment with a specialist.

Ajustes

Ricardo tells Lena they're moving in to the same building where the Ramrez-Orjuela live; Anala tells Manuel she is pregnant with his child.

Entre la espada y la pared

The young man who taps phone calls for Manuel is found dead with a message from Flavio Escolar; Ricardo suspects a hit man is going to try to kill Chacho at the soccer field.

Todo Listo

Although hit men open fire at the soccer field, Chacho escapes unharmed; Anala asks Manuel for money to help her brother.

Cancelada

Niurca and Ricardo open a term deposit account at a bank in Panama, which strengthens Ricardo's ties with the cartel even more; Lena asks Ricardo to break away from the cartel, but he lets her know it is not that easy.

Influencias

Gerardo admits to Ricardo that he is working for Escolar; Amanda belives Anala could be her cousin's accomplice; Lena is promoted to manager at the bank.

Traicion en la Familia

Ricardo examines the plane and realizes it doesn't belong to a collector, but to the Federal Police; Ricardo learns Thompson works for the Senate, so he runs away to El Salvador.

Lealtad

It becomes public that Cali Cartel has ordered Ricardo to kill Flavio Escolar; Manuel tells Ricardo to take a vacation to get away from the organization; Edilberto tells Manuel to turn himself into police.

Puntos de Encuentro

Ricardo is discharged from the military reserve; Ricardo fakes his own death during the explosion caused by Escolar and Agredo prevents Lena from being hurt.

La Venganza

The Ramrez-Orjuela kill two of Escolar's men as a warning; Ricardo tries to find the way to break away from the cartel; Manuel tells Ricardo that Escolar has been captured.

Gol?

Manuel is not willing to hand himself over to the authorities because he's not happy with the conditions; Oquendo kills one of Manuel's men for sexually harassing his wife Sandra, but a man sees him and reports the murder to the police.

Interrogatorio

Ricardo manages to obtain Oquendo's radio frequency to get information; Manuel commands his men to kill Oquendo and comforts Sandra; Marcelo's brother tells Sandra the Ramrez and Orjuela families had Marcelo killed.

Oferta de Paz

The colonel tells Palencia that he already knows everything; Manuel explains to Sandra that he only wants to protect her.

Ricardo obtains pictures and videos in which Nelly and Vzquez are exposed; Alejo escapes from his home to meet Ricardo; Ricardo finds the microphone that Vzquez placed in Manuel's office.

Amanda and Anala attend Wilson's event to meet with Sandra, but the search unit shows up; Heraldo tells Manuel on the phone he has full control of the presidential campaign.

Que sigue?

Otero orders Jaime to asks the Cali cartel for more money, but he admits to be really scared of them; Colonel Vsquez discovers the cartel has attached a bug to the prosecutor's office's phone.

Traicion Latente

Ignoring whether the informant is still loyal to the Cali cartel or has been convinced by Escolar to damage it, Ricardo arrives at the Basilica to face the enemy.

Entre la vida y la muerte

Palomino admits to being the Ramrez-Orjuela brothers' accountant; the General orders the Colonel to quit his post in the military and to hand over the non-official documents he is supposed to have.

Pistas

Ricardo tells Ramss Manuel suspects he is passing on information to the DEA; Fernando proposes to Lena; the General orders the Colonel to move to Urab.

Miedo

Ricardo shows up at the notary because he will be Fernando's best man; Ricardo admits having invested in Fernando's company with the only aim of laundering money; the police show up at Edilberto's house and arrest him.

A punto de explotar

Manuel threatens Ricardo that, if he doesn't help him avoid being caught, he will reveal the names of the people Ricardo has bribed, who betrayed him, how they developed the constitution and the details of the election.

Bienvenido

Ricardo finds out Samuel has been released on bail; Lena is upset after finding out Ricardo is again in trouble because of the cartel.

Terminos

Ricardo tells two DEA agents he can work with them to capture Manuel; Wilson tells Manuel Ricardo is betraying them.

Explosion

Ricardo fakes a phone call between Lena and Toa to make Manuel believe he is still loyal to him; the DEA agents arrive at Manuel's apartment to carry out an operation, but Builes thwarts their plans.

Sin Trabajo

Fine offers Ricardo the opportunity to leave the country with his family, but he is determined to finish what he started; Builes manages to rescue Manuel before Colonel Aragn finds him.

Decisiones

Mendoza is arrested and taken to a hearing with the prosecutors; Ricardo wants to pay Diego a visit in jail, but Lena warns him it could be a trap.

Retiro

Builes states Ricardo is in charge of guarding Manuel, but the prosecutor orders his arrest anyway.

Entregarse a la justicia

The prosecutor and the police go to Manuel's house; after finding the stash, the police arrest Manuel; the press asks him if he contributed to the San Pedro's campaign, but he denies supporting the president financially.

Atrapando a un Pez Gordo

Wilson makes an appointment with Ricardo with the aim of killing him and asks Lunarejo to take care of the him; Michael asks Ricardo not to attend the meeting, but the decision has been taken.

Encuentros

Ricardo and Lena confront Wilson's gunmen; Wilson's men follow Toa to the hotel where Lena is staying.

Prioridades

Lena leaves a message for Ricardo on the mirror at the motel room and tries to escape from Wilson's men; Ricardo sends his GPS coordinates to the DEA agents, unaware that Wilson's men are listening.

Conquistando nuevos territorios

Fine appears in a chopper to try to rescue Lea, Toa and Ricardo; Wilson lets Manuel know Ricardo managed to run away; Ricardo has been living in the States for 16 years.

Guerras personales

Callega and Irene come to Ricardo's house to try to settle their differences.

El Ultimo y nos vamos

To Ricardo's surprise, the informant is one of his neighbors from the time he worked at the battery factory in Cali.

Vecinos Peligrosos

Manuel pays a visit to his wives at the Club de los Rojos to update them on the new security measures.

Esposas

At the office, Lena finds out somebody has taken 10 million dollars from the company's bank account.

10 Millones

Everything has been set up to develop the plan to make Colonel Vzquez fall for Nelly.

Besos

After discovering a microphone hidden, a furious Manuel looks for Ricardo, underestimating his great skills.

Microfonos

In order to preserve the little dignity he has left, Ricardo tells Lena what he did to Colonel Vzquez.

Distancia

Luisa interrupts a meeting organized by Vsquez; she promises to support him and asks him not to give up the fight to destroy the cartel.

Apoyo

Vazquez and his team finish searching the venue where the party has taken place, puzzled to find none of the cartel bosses attended the party.

Burlas

Manuel and Edilberto decide to keep Vsquez and Nelly's video a secret for the time being, as they rather bring the video to public attention when the Colonel is no longer protected by the government and can be dismissed.

Vision a futuro

Ricardo confirms the fat cats in Cali can get anything they want with money.

El dinero compra todo

Ricardo and Lena are forced to spend the night together in an improvised camp, and they end up bonding.

En la adversidad

Ricardo is forced once again to break his code of honor; this time he will do it to protect all the politicians who work for the cartel.

Honor

Manuel gets back together with the widow; Heraldo calls Manuel on the phone to inform him their conversations have been taped.

Grabaciones

The press publishes a letter from the Ramrez brothers to Attorney Grautoff, in which they state no political campaing was willing to accept their financial support, but also suggest Aldana's campaign was legal.

Campañas

Palomino arrives at the prosecutor's office with the aim of giving his testimony.

8000

Manuel puts Ricardo's loyalty to test and invites him to his fake birthday party, to which Ramss and other three people have also been invited.

Pruebas

After witnessing Gmez's death, Ricardo is about to see another murder, a lot more brutal than the last one.

Lluvia de asesinatos

Manuel is perplexed after the president decides to stop supporting the operation; the President's office starts pushing the prosecutor's office; Palomino's cold case is reopened.

Casos Pasados

The DEA operations prove to be really effective when finally the drug lords hear about Blumenthal's arrest.

La DEA en acción

With the Americans leading the operation, there is no way back, and the procedure continues as planned.

Sin Retorno

Unaware of the fact that Palencia collaborates with the cartel, the Americans and Marisol try to convince Captain Vegalara of joining the mission to apprehend Manuel.

Allanamiento

Todas las pistas cuentan

Desperate, Ricardo finally tells Lena about his plans to break away from the cartel; meanwhile he pretends to be helping Yusti get everything ready to kill the Chilean guy.

Desesperado

Lena offers Ricardo to move back in with them because that way he will be able to find out more about the boss's whereabouts.

Dobles Intenciones

Through Blumenthal, Ricardo communicates with Bokowski, an American agent who is willing to help him.

Traicion

Lázaro asks Alberto to teach him how to shoot; Diógenes sets Rosita a trap and takes her with Abbes; Urania tells Susana Agustín handed her over to Rafael to have his forgiveness.

Tan cerca y tan lejos

Ricardo manages to convince Lena that his plan with the DEA is a good idea.

Salvarse o morir

Ricardo patrols the streets where he believes Manuel could be hiding; an encounter with Quique finally leads him to the boss's whereabouts.

Informacion

The agents and the rest of the team break in the boss's apartment, only to find Ever inside.

Misión Casi Cumplida

As the Americans cannot seem to locate Manuel's hideout, Ricardo asks them to look in Manuel's desk, where they will find a valuable object.

Documentos

Autorizacion

Manuel puts Ricardo to test when he asks him to find Palencia a lawyer.

La ultima prueba

At the hearing, Mendoza states that he has a strong link with the cartel.

En el limite

In accordance to Diego del Mazo's plan, Builes shows up at the prosecutor's office to inform on Ricardo.

Evidencia

Otero is deeply distressed after hearing he is a recurrent name in Mendoza's testimony.

Declaraciones

While the DEA agents train a team to begin a new operation to capture Manuel, he is in his apartment organizing a new hideout.

Escondite

Pilar takes her son to see his dad for the first time in a very long time; even though their visit makes him feel anxious, he is happy to see them again.

Visitas

By tapping the cartel's phone calls, Ricardo is able to confirm that same night the criminals are going after him and Palomino; their only shield is the DEA's protection.

La ultima esperanza

Ricardo gets desperate when he realizes Fine is late for their appointment, unaware that Lena and Toa are about to be caught by members of the cartel.

Entre la muerte y la libertad

While Palomino leaves the country with his son, Ricardo, Lena and Toa are finally rescued by Fine, the DEA agent.

Based on a true story and the book, At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel by award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel, En la Boca del Lobo follows the series of events that ultimately lead to the dramatic downfall of Colombia’s infamous Cali drug cartel. The story centers on Ricardo Salgado, an engineer and soldier who rises ranks and became in charge of the security of the godfather of the Cali Cartel, one of the largest criminal organizations in the world and rival of the Medellin Cartel.

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