Narcos: Mexico is the sister series to the crime-drama show Narcos. The original series is centred on the illegal drug trade in Columbia whereas Narcos: Mexico focuses on the rise of the illegal drug trade in Mexico. In December last year, the green light was given by Netflix for a second season which is expected to premiere very soon on the global streaming site.
Will El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzman Lopez appear in season 2?
Ovidio ‘The Mouse’ Guzman’s inclusion in Narcos: Mexico season two looks increasingly unlikely.
The second season will be set in the 1980s and early 1990s when Ovidio would have been a young boy.
The 28-year-old is one of four sons from his father’s second marriage to Griselda López Pérez.
Today, Ovidio is thought to be the leader of the Sinaloa cartel alongside his older brother Ivan.
The first season of Narcos: Mexico was set in the 1980s, charting the rise of the Guadalajara drug cartel and the second season will pick up from the death of US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Kiki Camarena (played by Michael Peña).
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Camarena was tortured and killed in 1985 by members of the Guadalajara drug cartel after they discovered he had infiltrated their operation.
The new series is expected to see the rise of Sinaloa Cartel which was established in the late 1980s, following the Guadalajara drug cartel’s demise.
Narcos fans will have to wait until future series of Narcos: Mexico which would be set in the present-day for Ovidio to potentially appear.
Ovidio hit headlines in October 2019 after his capture by Mexican security forces led to violence on the streets of Culiacán, Sinaloa
The second season is expected to be released at some point this year of early 2020.
Therefore, Narcos: Mexico had already finished filming before the recent capture and release of Ovidio.
However, that is not to say that the events will not feature in future seasons.
What happened to Ovidio Guzman Lopez?
On Thursday, October 17, members of the National Guard and Army were patrolling in Culiacán, Sinaloa when they fired upon from a nearby house.
The security forces fought off the gunfire and found El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzman Lopez within the house.
Ovidio is currently wanted in the US for drug trafficking charges.
His father El Chapo was head of the Sinaloa drug cartel who was stunned to life in prison in the United States in July the year for drug trafficking and money laundering.
The Sinaloa cartel became one of the biggest traffickers of drugs to the United States.
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Since their father’s imprisonment, his many sons are believed to be fighting to operate the cartel on his behalf.
Following the capture of Ovidio, gunfire broke out on the streets between cartel members and security forces.
Footage shared on social media showed burning vehicles, civilian in black ski mask’s shooting and bodies on the streets.
At least 50 inmates from the local prison are also believed to have escaped, The Sun reported.
Due to the outbreak of violence following Ovidio’s capture, the security forces withdrew without Ovidio in their custody.
Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said: “The decision was taken to retreat from the house, without Guzman, to try to avoid more violence in the area and preserve the lives of our personnel and recover calm in the city.”
Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended the decision to free Ovidio.
He said: “The officials who took this decision did well.
“The capture of a criminal is not worth more than people’s lives.“
Jose Luis Gonzalez Meza, a lawyer for ‘El Chapo’s’ family, told The Associated Press that Guzman’s family has said ‘Ovidio is alive and free’
Narcos: Mexico season 2 is coming soon to Netflix.
