Mexican actor Rafael Amaya (Aurelio Casillas) also plays the same character in the Netflix series A Rainha do Sul (2016) and the Telemundo series Senhora Acero (2014) and El Chema (2016), his character being based on real-life drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes who was known as "The Lord of the Skies" because of the fleet of planes he used to transport drugs. Fuentes died in a Mexican hospital in July 1997 after undergoing extensive plastic surgery in an attempt to alter his appearance.
Has been renewed until season 6
Some actors in the series, including Rafael Amaya, Manuel Balbi, Sophie Gomez are former models.