ALL NEW EPISODES OF UNIVISION NETWORK’S BOUNDARY-BREAKING ORIGINAL SERIES ‘EL CHAPO’ AIR BACK-TO-BACK ON SUNDAY, MAY 14 BEGINNING AT 8PM ET/PT

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ALL NEW EPISODES OF UNIVISION NETWORK’S

BOUNDARY-BREAKING ORIGINAL SERIES ‘EL CHAPO’

AIR BACK-TO-BACK ON SUNDAY, MAY 14 BEGINNING AT 8PM ET/PT

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Marco de la O as Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán in Univision’s “El Chapo”

Univision’s new ripped-from-the-headlines drama “El Chapo” continues with all new episodes airing back-to-back on Sunday, May 14 at 8PM and 9PM ET/PT. The boundary-breaking series explores the life story of one of the world’s most notorious criminals over a span of three decades – from 1985, when he was a low level member of the Guadalajara Cartel, his rise to power and his ultimate downfall.

On the seventh episode (8PM), El Chapo is delivered to the Mexican authorities and transferred to the Almoloya Maximum Security Prison.  Don Sol is there waiting for him, ready to fulfill his first mission: force El Chapo to take the blame for the Cardinal’s murder, and negotiate his silence.  El Chapo accepts, in exchange for a swift transfer to a less harsh prison.  El Chapo makes himself available to Don Sol, who presents him to the media at a press conference as “The Capo of Capos when it comes to Mexican drug trafficking.”  It is considered as a great triumph for the Mexican government in its fight on crime, and El Chapo’s first fall from grace is seen on television throughout the country.

On the eighth episode (9PM), while serving time at Almoloya, El Chapo is subjected to the harshest and most restrictive treatment.  It would seem that it was barely worth negotiating with Don Sol, who—after thwarting General Blanco’s attempts at revenge and murder—has become an inaccessible figure consolidated in his circle of power.  El Chapo is alone again, and turns to his old tools of the trade in order to get along: bribery, manipulation, and intimidation.  But the rigid Almoloya system is relentless.  Despite earning certain loyalties and winning a few small battles, El Chapo ends up being dealt the most severe hand of all: being confined to “Los Acolchonados,” “The Paddies,” as they’re called: the padded cells where prisoners are kept in solitary confinement.

“El Chapo,” currently in production, will air in three separate cycles and marks the first co-production between Story House Entertainment and Netflix. The series currently airs in Spanish with English-language Closed Captioning available. Versions with English-subtitles will be available when the series premieres globally on Netflix (date to be announced).

The series stars Marco de la O (Tanto Amor) as Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán; Humberto Busto (Amores Perros) as Attorney Conrado Sol, aka “Don Sol” (an important political party figure); Juan Carlos Olivas (180°) as El Güero (Joaquín’s main partner); Alejandro Aguilar (“Rosario Tijeras”) as Toño (Joaquín's main assassin); Tete Espinoza (“Wenses y Lala”) as Chío (Joaquín’s lover); Rodrigo Abed (Reevolución) as Amado (Mexican capo); Luis Rábago (Principio y Fin) as General Blanco (National Security Advisor); Cristina Michaus (El Tigre de Santa Julia) as Doña Esperanza (Joaquín’s mother); Valentina Acosta (“Señora Acero”) as Alejandra (Joaquín’s first wife); and Juliette Pardau (“De Todas Maneras Rosa”) as Graciela (Joaquín’s second wife). ‘El Chapo’ is created by Silvana Aguirre Zegarra and Carlos Contreras and produced by Daniel Posada. The first season is directed by Jose Manuel Cravioto and Ernesto Contreras.

Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, who has been accused by law enforcement of running the “largest drug trafficking organization in the world,” has long evaded authorities. After being captured by Mexican authorities in February 2014, Guzman escaped from a maximum security Mexican prison in July 2015 by crawling through an opening in the shower of his cell block that led to a mile-long tunnel to freedom. He was recaptured nearly six months later and extradited to the U.S. earlier this year. His next scheduled court appearance is on May 5, 2017.

ABOUT STORY HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT

Story House Entertainment is a content development and production unit within Fusion Media Group (FMG). Launched by Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) in 2016 Story House Entertainment builds on Univision’s award-winning storytelling abilities by bringing to life stories and characters that are revealing, authentic and reflect the cultural diversity of America. The content development and production unit produces premium scripted and non-scripted programming in English and Spanish for UCI’s portfolio of owned networks as well as third party networks and platforms. Story House Entertainment utilizes its access to the news archives and award-winning journalists of Univision News to create programming that both informs and entertains. In its first year Story House has produced a series of documentaries including “Hate Rising” and “Residente” as well as the docu-series “Outpost,” which premiered during a limited-run on HBO and will see an expanded first season premiere in English on FUSION TV and in Spanish on UniMas. The unit’s first scripted series “El Chapo,” a co-production with Netflix will premiere in April 2017.

ABOUT UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is the leading media company serving Hispanic America. The Company, a leading content creator in the U.S., includes Univision Network, one of the leading networks in the U.S. regardless of language and the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the country available in approximately 92% of U.S. Hispanic television households; UniMás, a leading Spanish-language broadcast television network available in approximately 86% of U.S. Hispanic television households; Univision Cable Networks, including Galavisión, the most-watched U.S. Spanish-language entertainment cable network, as well as UDN (Univision Deportes Network), the most-watched U.S. Spanish-language sports cable network, Univision tlnovelas, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable network dedicated to telenovelas, ForoTV, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable network dedicated to international news, and an additional suite of cable offerings - De Película, De Película Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson and Telehit; Univision Local Media, which owns and/or operates 59 television stations and 67 radio stations  in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; and Univision Now, a direct-to-consumer, on demand and live streaming subscription service. The Company also includes the Fusion Media Group (FMG), a division that serves young, diverse audiences. FMG includes two cable networks: news and lifestyle English-language network FUSION TV and UCI’s interest in El Rey Network, a general entertainment English-language cable network; Univision.com, the most-visited Spanish-language website among U.S. Hispanics; Uforia, a music application featuring multimedia music content; as well as a collection of leading digital brands that span a range of categories: technology (Gizmodo), sports (Deadspin), music (TrackRecord), lifestyle (Lifehacker), modern women’s interests (Jezebel), news and social justice (FUSION.net), African American news and culture (The Root), gaming (Kotaku), and car culture (Jalopnik). FMG also includes the Company’s interest in comedy and news satire brands The Onion, Clickhole and The A.V. Club. Headquartered in New York City, UCI has content creation facilities and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit corporate.univision.com.