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Director Chava Cartas Narrates the Capture of El Chapo From the Side of the Police

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Guadalajara, Jalisco The capture of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán returns to the screen, but this time the story is told by the federal police who participated in the operation and faced the decision to do their job or give in to the power of the drug trafficker. Director Chava Cartas explained that the project, led by Alfonso Herrera, Noé Hernández and Héctor Kotsifakis, was born from a personal question when he learned the documents of the case. “…
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In “La capacitación” (“Facing El Chapo” in English), two policemen, Arturo Carmona (Alfonso Herrera) and Héctor Rosales (Noé Hernández), have the dangerous mission of guarding Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán in territory dominated by his organization. During Operation Black Swan executed by the Navy in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, the officers meet with the most wanted criminal almost by accident and are forced to act, which puts the risk on their families.Th…

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To embody Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán in the film La Captación, Mexican actor Héctor Kotsifakis delved into the "non-public" and "more human" stories of the then most powerful drug dealer in the world, through conversations with his theater teacher, phone calls, and one of his therapists during his detention in maximum security prisons."What his psychologist was telling me is that he had to profile and had no elements to call him a psychopath, bec…

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Guadalajara, Jalisco The capture of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán returns to the screen, but this time the story is told by the federal police who participated in the operation and faced the decision to do their job or give in to the power of the drug trafficker. Director Chava Cartas explained that the project, led by Alfonso Herrera, Noé Hernández and Héctor Kotsifakis, was born from a personal question when he learned the documents of the case. “…

Alfonso Herrera and Noé Hernández star in the film that narrates the hours prior to the arrest of the drug trafficker, highlighting the value of the police who participated in Operation Black Swan

The film The capture celebrated its premiere at the Manacar Shopping Center in Mexico City, with the presence of numerous entertainment figures, prior to its premiere in Netflix on August 21. The production represents a commitment to Mexican action cinema and proposes a narrative centered on characters that are presented as heroes, moving away from the stories of organized crime that tend to occupy a predominant place in this genre. Inspired by …

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Capital México broke the news on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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