The real “Queen of the Pacific” asks Netflix for millions of royalties for “La Reina del Sur”

Scandals are on the agenda and although it seemed that we had forgotten about the streaming giant with the problems that HBO Max presents due to the merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery, we return with Netflix that does not escape the controversy but for very different reasons . It was disclosed Sandra Ávila Beltrán, better known as “the queen of the Pacific”, is asking for copyrights millionaires to the company for using its story as a source for some series.

“La Reina del Pacífico” has launched an appeal not only to Netflix, but also to Telemundo, according to which both companies have used its image and story without its consent. The resource is for the production of the ‘La Reina del Sur’ series, as Milenio reveals.

Ávila claims payment for the streaming platform and the television company a royalty of up to 40 percent of the profits they earned with the production that presents its history in the years of drug trafficking. Sandra refers to the production starring Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, “La Reina del Sur”, based on the novel of the same name written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

One of Sandra Ávila Beltrán’s lawyers, Israel Razo Reyes, stressed to the same media for her news channel that this would be the first step for companies to reward their client for the harm and prejudice caused to her person through the series.

It is a direct affectation of his image », exclaims the lawyer.

It is not the first time that the former prisoner has exercised a legal move, the first of which was the opening of an administrative process at the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), for using his image without any consent. From there they left for the appeal inflicted on Netflix and Telemundo. According to the defender, this will serve as a basis for seeking justice in Mexico and filing a lawsuit against both platforms.

Similarly, Razon Reyes justified that “living with the nickname of drug trafficker is very difficult,” adding that Sandra has been acquitted of all the appeals and criminal proceedings she has faced. We will soon see how hers is hers lawsuit against Telemundo and Netflix which could block the payment of several million pesos which would amount to 40% of royalties for improper use of the image and without your consent.

Who is Sandra Ávila and what does it have to do with Netflix?

Her name is Sandra Ávila Beltrán, who has been identified over time as one of the women of the Mexican drug trafficking, nicknamed “The Queen of the Pacific” for carrying out illegal activities in the 1980s. She was linked to the “most recognized” drug traffickers in that country and to be one of the largest drug operators in the world.

For many years, both the Mexican and US governments have persecuted him, tying him to other drug traffickers, accused of being a member of one of the largest drug trafficking networks that moved between the two countries, while intensifying his power to other countries. , the power of his head has not been proven in court.

In 2007 she was arrested in Mexico City, accompanied by her partner Juan Diego Espinosa, nicknamed “El Tigre”, when they left a well-known restaurant. In 2015 he was released after seven years in a US prison, where he reached an agreement to obtain his social reintegration. In Mexico she was released after the judge overturned her sentence against her only for money laundering, the rest of her was not verified.

What does Sandra Ávila ask of Telemundo?

Now released, the woman is demanding justice for the use, her lawyers argue, of an improper image. It is estimated that the capitalization of her story through ‘La Reina del Sur’ represents 40% of the profits that have been obtained from this production.

‘La Reina del Sur’ is a production distributed by Telemundo, and which later found a home on the Netflix streaming platform, where only two of its seasons are currently available. It premiered in 2011 with great success and was described as the most expensive series that Telemundo had ever produced before, with $ 10 million and shooting mainly in Spain and Mexico.

Currently, Sandra tells the two companies that aspects of her life have been taken as inspiration and basis for the making of the series, in which her life, career, rise and anecdotes are told. The series also features dialogue from “The Queen of the Pacific” when she was transferred in 2015 and replicated from production.