The series follows the life of
Aurelio Casillas, a Mexican drug lord who is recognized for knowing how to transfer drug substances to Mexico, Colombia, and the United States. Aurelio and his wife Ximena have three children, Rutila, Heriberto, and Luz Marina. He also has his faithful brother Chacorta who helps him in all his illicit businesses. Aurelio ends up being cornered by the authorities after being found as he decides to undergo a face operation in which he supposedly dies, thus causing his empire of power to fall. In season two, believed to be dead, Aurelio returns to enact his revenge on police officer Leonor Ballesteros, who through her fault ends up operating his face in a failed attempt to escape from the authorities. Aurelio meets Victoria Navárez, a beautiful woman who throws herself to be the governor of
Jalisco. Aurelio, after seeing her actions, falls in love and decides to deceive her by posing as another man and usurping the identity of Danilo Ferro. A character that is then introduced is José María "Chema" Venegas, one of the great enemies of Aurelio who decides to take all its power to Aurelio. At the end of the season, Leonor captures Aurelio and lasts several months in prison naval bunker. In season three, after several months imprisoned in naval bunker in Mexico, Aurelio receives the mutilated head of his brother Chacorta in a box, giving him reason to wage a war against all his enemies and to find the murderer of his brother, to avenge his death. After all the problems with the government and the
DEA, Aurelio learns that he suffers from kidney failure and decides to remember his past in order to find his lost son. In season four, Aurelio after being cornered by his illness and not finding any relative that can donate a kidney, decides to undertake a search for all the lovers he had in order to find a lost son who can donate a kidney. Aurelio finally finds a young man named Ismael, who can be his salvation. His enemies, after learning of his illness, decide to do everything possible to get Ismael out of the way. When everything seems to take its course and achieve total stability in the world of legal and illegal businesses of Aurelio, Emiliana Contreras appears a beautiful woman sent by Feyo Aguilera to be able to make Aurelio fall, but her mission is to become Aurelio's lover in order to finally bring down his empire.
In season five, Aurelio, will unleash a new war, but this time it will not be against his former rivals and enemies – this time, it will be against his own family because of the betrayals he had previously experienced on their part. Later, Aurelio, will also face a serious illness, which puts his power and prestige at risk, as he is unable to find a donor for the transplant he needs to survive. On the other hand, Mónica fights for her life after being rescued from Víctor during their wedding, as she was shot while she fled, apparently mortally wounded. After Mónica is taken away from him, Víctor searches everywhere to find her whereabouts and continue with their wedding plans.
In season six,
Aurelio Casillas recovered all the lost fortune and finally feels the need to retire. But it is time for retribution, the hatred that he sowed since he sold his soul to the drug trafficking demon is now knocking on his door with the face and blood of the many innocent people he destroyed. Aurelio will understand that his riches are an illusion, and that after being the great hunter he was, he will now become the prey. The women he mistreated, the men he betrayed, the political puppets he put in power, and even his own children will turn against him.
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.
Season eight centers on the return of Aurelio Casillas, who supposedly died at the beginning of the previous season after falling into a coma following an attempt on his life. It is only the DEA who knows that Aurelio is alive, having hidden him in the desert. In enacting his plan of revenge, Aurelio establishes connections with old allies, while also facing new romances and uncovering family mysteries. == Cast and characters ==