Telenovelas and drug series starring women that you can watch in streaming

In recent years, television has published many drug related series and although most tell stories of men within this criminal world, there are some that also retrieve true stories of women in the drug business, while others only tell fiction. . . Some of them can be seen on streaming platforms, such as “La Reina del Sur”.

the queen of the south

One of most famous telenovelas about drugs in the world is “La Reina del Sur”, a Telemundo original production currently on Netflix. It tells the story of Teresa Mendoza (Kate del Castillo), which could be inspired by Sandra Ávila Beltrán; one of the few Mexican women who has become a key to drug trafficking in this country.

the black Widow

Another of the telenovelas on drug trafficking starring women very popular is ‘La Viuda Negra’, a Univisión production available on YouTube through the Eduin Lucas channel. The story of this series tells the life of the real drug dealer, Griselda Blanco, played by Ana Serradilla; which marked the drug business not only for her role in that world, but for her romantic relationships.

Southern queen

“La Reina del Sur” was so successful all over the world that the United States led it to make a series of adaptations that were also broadcast on Telemundo. It tells of the journey of the young Teresa Mendoza to become a “boss” of the drug trafficking after the murder of her husband.

Rosary scissors

The intense and intriguing “Rosario Tijeras” is also one of the most successful female-starring drug series in the world. The Aztec TV telenovela sees Bárbara del Regil as a woman victim of organized crime who decides to “accept” the world she is in and become someone within her to survive the system.

Without breast there is no paradise

After ‘Rosario Tijeras’, ‘Sin Senos No Hay Paraíso’ is another success drug trafficking series that tell stories of women in this world. Here is the true story of a young woman who, with the sole intent of “getting better”, enters the world of drugs but is gradually blinded by the ambition of the business in which she finds herself. Some episodes are available on YouTube.

The secret law

Among the Colombian series on the world of drugs on Netflix, there is ‘The Secret Law’, a soap opera with Viña Machado, Luna Baxter, Juana del Río and Valeria Galviz; as a group of agents who infiltrate the drug business to obtain information, putting their lives and that of their families at risk.