El Chapo

About El Chapo

A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.

El Chapo is a crime series that ran on Univision. The series is filed under drugs, cartel, drug lord, and mexican cartel.

It ran for 3 seasons and 32 episodes between April 2017 and July 2018. Seasons run to about 11 episodes.

Marco de la O stars as Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, Valentina Acosta as Alejandra, Juan Carlos Olivas as El Güero, and Humberto Busto as Don Sol. Produced by Univision Studios.

It streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, and REELZ+ Amazon Channel in the United States. Breaking Bad, Narcos, and Narcos: Mexico make useful companions to El Chapo. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 1,689 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.