In season seven, to avoid falling into the hands of the American Justice, Amado Leal "El Águila Azul", now Amado Casillas, has turned himself in to Bernardo Castillo, Secretary of Security of Mexico. The DEA commissioner, Joe Navarro, has made every attempt to achieve his extradition. What he does not know is that Baltazar Ojeda, a CIA Agent, has the plan to eliminate Amado before, since he is the only one who can prove that within the organization in which both worked together, there is a scheme of corruption and murky management that endangers its existence within it and its freedom. He has already been transferred to a jail on the outskirts of the State of Mexico and is about to be taken to the airport, under strict security measures when the Casillas cartel tries to rescue him and Baltazar Ojeda himself tries to kill him. In the midst of this tension and in parallel, under the supervision of Doña Alba and a specialized doctor, they try a risky procedure to revive Aurelio.
Episodes
Cast and characters
Main
Matías Novoa as Amado Casillas "El Águila Azul"
Carmen Aub as Rutila Casillas
Iván Arana as Ismael Casillas
Isabella Castillo as Diana Ahumada
Robinson Díaz as Miltón Jiménez "El Cabo" / Pío José Valdivia
The series premiered on 14 October 2019 with a total of 1.99 million viewers and 1.1 million viewers adults 18-49 years. Surpassing of Univision and becoming the most watched program during the year in Telemundo, only above La Reina del Sur, despite having had a successful premiere; the series failed to reach two million viewers as in past seasons. After actor Rafael Amaya left of the series, the audience began to decrease markedly in each episode, before this, several followers of the series threatened Telemundo with stop watching the series.
Production
On 10 May 2018, Telemundo announced that the series has been renewed for a seventh season. The production of the season began on 27 May 2019 in Mexico, and concluded in September 2019. The season is produced by Argos Comunicación for Telemundo Global Studios, and it was recorded entirely in Mexico, and some places in Greece.
Casting
After having been present at the Telemundo Upfront for the 2019-2020 television season, and having been present in the season trailer. Gala Montes, who previously participated in two previous seasons playing Luzma Casillas, confirmed that she left the series due to incoformity with the script of her character. On 21 June 2019, it was confirmed that Venezuelan actress Coraima Torres would be part of the season. On 16 July 2019, Jesús Moré who played Omar Terán confirmed his departure from the series and said "I think it's a good decision, I think the character gave what he had to give in the sixth season. What not did Omar Terán? I touched some climax peaks, of vices... I think the character gave many things and as an actor he enriched me infinitely." On 24 July 2019, Matías Novoa confirmed his participation in the season together with Rafael Amaya, who had left the series in the previous season. Later after having started the production of the season, Amaya stopped appearing on the set of the production, something that Telemundo did not clarify. On 11 August 2019, Plutarco Haza's return to the season was confirmed. On 14 August 2019, People en Español magazine confirmed that Isabella Castillo, Carmen Aub, Karla Carrillo, Iván Arana, Fernando Noriega, Alejandro López, Álex Walerstein, Ninel Conde, Dayana Garroz, and Alberto Guerra would be back in the season. On 16 September 2019, People en Español magazine reported that Danna García would join the cast of the season as Violeta, along to Rubén Arciniegas. Subsequently, on 17 September 2019, the magazine confirmed the return of Eduardo Santamarina, Robinson Díaz, and Fernando Noriega to the season, as well as the inclusion of new characters such as Manuel Landeta, and Julián Román among others. Although it was confirmed that Rafael Amaya would be in the seventh season, during the season's premiere; Telemundo confirmed that his character died.
Promotion
On 9 September 2019, Telemundo began promoting the seventh season through its official Instagram account. However, the teaser that lasts less than a minute does not clearly show if Rafael Amaya will be present during the season. On 12 September 2019, the first advance of the season was shown, where Amaya appears.
