The Mexican telenovela continues to address the world’s current problems with ‘Lobo, morir matando’, the Telemundo series that in the midst of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tries to explain that there are still people in law enforcement trying to do justice, but above all, trying to protect the security that Americans deserve.
“We are living in such critical times that you, me and, especially in the United States, but also around the world, the only thing we want is for our police officers to take care of us and I think that’s what my character represents,” explains actress Fátima Molina on the production’s red carpet.
Molina is proud to be able to tell stories of “good cops, who really want to do justice,” in the midst of a crisis of protests following the massive deportations of migrants and the deaths of protesters such as Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
Lobo, morir matando’ tells the story of a refugee girl trying to reach the northern border after being persecuted by a corrupt prosecutor’s office. In her escape, she will only have the help of an ex-cop who is forced to take justice into his own hands to protect her.
In the midst of televisions plagued with series and movies in which the only avengers that appear are those who wear tights like Batman or Spiderman, Lobo sneaks in, a man who, according to his interpreter Arap Bethke, “is not a superhero far from reality, but someone who no longer believes in the system”.
“(Lobo) decided that justice has to be done by his own hand because the law doesn’t work. So therein lies the difference between the law working and justice arriving. This works in a world where sometimes the law is not the right way,” reflects the 45-year-old actor.
Although “going outside the system and using your own fists” is not the most orthodox method, it is the one Lobo ends up finding so that “the worst criminals one can imagine” end up being judged.
Lobo, Dying by Killing: Protecting Children
At the center of corrupt intentions and a power struggle is Renata, a girl who sees her childhood cut short by an inheritance she did not know about, a foreign and difficult-to-understand subject that, as the cast explains, should be none of her business.
“I think that in general, the more time children have in their childhood, the more they keep the game, the better (…) if there was something wonderful in the eighties is to have a childhood free of television programs (…) The amount of narcos, of violence exposed (on television) is brutal and I think there are many other stories that could be told”, explains Dominika Paleta, sister of the also French-Polish performer Ludwika Paleta.
The approach of children to violence in Mexico is one of the main concerns of the country, with an increasing number of minors committing crimes, around 45% more between 2021 and 2023 of adolescents charged, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), a problem that put thousands of young people at risk.
Lobo, morir matando’ premieres this Tuesday on Telemundo’s international channels, along with the return of another of its most viral international programs, ‘La casa de los famosos’, an example that the Latin accent is becoming more relevant every day.
Here you can see the trailer of ‘Lobo, die killing’.
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