This film and "Un mundo maravilloso (2006)" are the films in the series that received less censorship during their projection in Mexico. This could be because the other two, "La ley de Herodes (1999)" and "La dictadura perfecta (2014)," were released when the most powerful and controversial political party of the country, PRI, known in Mexico for its intolerance to criticism, was ruling the country.
Joaquín Cosío (Cochiloco) stated in an interview with Yordi Rosado that after his role in this film, real narcos came close to him in a bar and told him "Nosotros somos los de a deveras" (we're the real ones). Cosío says that that is the most chilling thing that somebody has ever told him.