Mexican actor Rafael Amaya announced Monday on his social networks that he will be the protagonist and producer of the new series about Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, which will be told from the perspective of his wife, Emma Coronel, and the life she had with the drug lord currently detained in the United States.
In the publication, Amaya includes the exclusive in which Deadline magazine stated that the actor, known for the series ‘El señor de los cielos’ will be one of the executive producers of the project, as well as Coronel and Maritza Ramos with the Amaya Productions label.
The production team is also joined by Zero Gravity Management, a company that has participated in the development of titles such as the Ozark series, which – starring actor Jason Bateman (Marty Byrde) – narrates the links between organized crime in Mexico and the United States.
The creative team is currently searching for a screenwriter to write the script for the as-yet-untitled production.
Although it is known that the series will be a crime drama with fictional elements covering themes such as power, loyalty and survival through Coronel’s experiences with Guzman, who was considered one of the most powerful drug lords in the world along with Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias ‘El Mencho’, who was killed Sunday by Mexican authorities.
Rafael Amaya and his history with drug lords
According to the production team, Guzmán will not participate in the series, however, Coronel pointed out that her husband has followed Amaya’s work after having played Aurelio Casillas in the ten seasons of ‘El señor de los cielos’.
In addition to being an executive producer, Coronel will have an active participation in the selection of the cast of the series, especially in the character that will embody her story.
Emma Coronel is known for being the third wife of ‘El Chapo’ and for having served a three-year sentence in the United States for various drug trafficking-related charges until September 2023.
With a 32-year age difference between them, Coronel and the Mexican drug lord met in 2006 during a local festival in her hometown of Canelas (Durango, Mexico), where she was crowned beauty queen.
The producer’s father, Nacho Coronel, was one of the Mexican drug lord’s main business partners until his death in 2010.
Guzmán’s figure has fueled the popularity of drug trafficking series around the world, reported Agencia EFE, as his criminal activity has been portrayed on screen in other titles such as ‘El Chapo’, starring Marco de la O, as well as ‘Narcos: Mexico’, starring Alejandro Edda.
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