Marco Antonio was a hit man since his school days. When he was finishing high school his brains only allowed him to become a police officer in his hometown. After a while he became fond of power, of being sucked up to and respected. He doesn’t want to follow the rules, he wants to make them. He knows that with money and power, you can do anything in this world. His principles adapt to every situation and he thinks that the end justifies the means. His dream is to be a sergeant and be able to retire and live in a comfortable place in the best part of town, like the respectable people do. In the meantime, since his salary doesn’t cover his expenses, he makes some extra money in what he considers is helping the community…he is a corrupt police officer. Egocentric, charmless, his identity is based on his uniform, the only thing he has that boosts his self-esteem. He became a police officer to have power over his fellow men and doesn’t know the concept of service. He is the embodiment of Colombia´s corrupt society.
Rodolfo Silva is CABO ABRIL
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SYNOPSIS
“Gacha” one of the heads of the Medellin Cartel, at the height of his criminal career he was acknowledged as one of the world's most successful drug dealers. In 1988, Forbes Magazine included him in their annual list of the world's billionaires; this is his story… Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha – “Gacha” leaves his home town with his pride hurt when the woman he has set his eyes on accuses him of being a liar for having given her a rock pretending it was an emerald. In the emerald mines Gacha finds a legitimate emerald stone, that instead of taking it to the object of his affection; he cashes it in to buy his first shipment of marihuana from Colombia´s northern peninsula of the “Guajira”. Acknowledging the business in front of his eyes Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha understands that the drug market within the United States can only be satisfied by setting up an industrial chain originating in Colombia´s oriental region. In less than 5 years this chain becomes the nucleus of a multinational cocaine sales operation with global reach. The size and the strength of the expansion of the trades contaminate and enrage other inhabitants of Colombia´s Oriental region, among them the communist guerrilla. The scenery that follows is the war between privately funded armies and those financed by Rodriguez Gacha and the subversives. In this illegal war the government is also present, part of it corrupted and the other part has to enforce the law and face one of the richest and deadliest men in the world.
TECHNICAL FILE
ORIGINAL IDEA: GERARDO REYES.
SCRIPT: MAURICIO NAVAS.
ASSISTANT SCRIPT: CATALINA PALOMINO / GUSTAVO SALCEDO.
DIRECTORS: DIEGO MEJÍA / MÓNICA BOTERO.
DIRECTOR ASSISTANT: JUAN PABLO MOTA, ANDRÉS PÉREZ.
COORDINATOR OF DIRECTION: ALEXANDRA ROCHA.
VICE PRESIDENCY OF DIRECTION: AMPARO LÓPEZ.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: OSCAR GUARÍN.
COORDINATOR OF PRODUCTION: CAROLINA SALAZAR.
PRODUCTION MANAGER: MARÍA DUQUE.
MANAGER OF LOCATIONS: SYLVIA ROMÁN, JIMMY FRANK FIGUEREDO.
ART DIRECTOR: ROSARIO LOZANO.
COORDINATOR OF ART: JONNY TORRES / JOHANA AGUILLÓN.
POST-PRODUCTIONN DIRECTION: ISABEL CRISTINA MÉNDEZ.
SCRIPT: ANGELICA CADAVID / MARIA FERNANDA GALLO.
SCENOGRAPHY: CESAR CHAPARRO.
COSTUME DESIGN: ROSITA CABAL.
COORDINATOR OF COSTUME: YAMILE HERNÁNDEZ.
MAKEUP DESIGN: BLANCA PEÑA.
CASTING: JUAN PABLO RINCÓN G.
MUSIC: OSVALDO MONTES.
DURATION: 79 x 60 Est.