In 1995, the Arizona DEA try to arrest Chema at a bull-fight in Nogales, Sonora, leading to a shootout and blood-bath. In prison, he plans his escape. Mexican President expedites his extradition to the USA so that it is done the next day.
Chema orders Sludge new deadline for tunnel. Meneses arranges a plane by force. Teran sends Ponce to extradite Chema. Chema incites a riot to cover his escape and rides a motorbike to freedom. Manny shoots Ponce who is protected by a vest.
Chema calls Duran. Bull unites Ruti and Chema Jr with Chema. Chema shares romance with Ruti on a horseback ride to a green pasture meadow. Interview crew is being cast. Ponce has a lead. Manny is rewarded. Elvira meets Humberto and Rutila.
Chema is smitten with TV journalist Auristela, but she plays hard to get, wanting to get his complete story. He arrives in Venezuela to give her an interview and to finalize business with the Venezuelan army. Ponce plans to arrest Chema.
Young Chema points a gun to his dad, who flees. Mother and son go to work for Ricardo Paiva. Chema suggests a tunnel from Nogales to Arizona for smuggling weed. He and other young kids make the runs. A grown Chema is given his first hit.
Chema talks his boss Ricardo out of killing Colonel Oteyza. Amando wins the equestrian competition. The Colonel rankles Chema. Chema's gun worries Elvira. Blanca and Ricardo are constantly embarrassed that Amando is their secret daughter.
Amanda says Yes. Wendy moves into the love nest. Chema and Sicarios are off to Miami. Isidro introduces Chema to Oscar Cadena who in return presents him to Imelda Rosado. Ernesto Ingeniero Arias delivers a shipment to Mabel in Nogales, US.
Eliminating the Cubans and grenades Abellan's boat. Imelda offers Chema a position which he respectively declines. Loyalty to Ricardo marks his ascent amongst the Mexican-Columbian Cartels. Mabel makes the drop in Tucsan escorted by Torres.
Ricardo knows about Regina and Rojo. Chema witnesses Blanca's rendezvous with Col. Centeno. Amanda learns of her mothers lover and meets Chema's. Red proposes to Regina. Joaquin overhears Centeno and Narvaez plotting to setup his son.
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