The seventh season of the American television series El Señor de los Cielos was confirmed by Telemundo in May 2018. It aired from 14 October 2019 to 31 January 2020.
The season stars Matías Novoa, Carmen Aub, Iván Arana, and Isabella Castillo as Casillas' dynasty members, alongside Robinson Díaz, Guy Ecker, and Ninel Conde. It features the inclusion of Danna García in the main cast, and the promotion of Eduardo Santamarina to the main cast. Unlike the previous season, Lisa Owen, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro López, Fernando Noriega and Roberto Escobar were removed from the main cast, while Rafael Amaya only appears as a special guest star.
Plot In season seven, to avoid falling into the hands of the American Justice, Amado Leal "El Águila Azul", now Amado Casillas, has turned himself in to Bernardo Castillo, Secretary of Security of Mexico. The DEA commissioner, Joe Navarro, has made every attempt to achieve his extradition. What he does not know is that Baltazar Ojeda, a CIA Agent, has the plan to eliminate Amado before, since he is the only one who can prove that within the organization in which both worked together, there is a scheme of corruption and murky management that endangers its existence within it and its freedom. He has already been transferred to a jail on the outskirts of the State of Mexico and is about to be taken to the airport, under strict security measures when the Casillas cartel tries to rescue him and Baltazar Ojeda himself tries to kill him. In the midst of this tension and in parallel, under the supervision of Doña Alba and a specialized doctor, they try a risky procedure to revive Aurelio.
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Cast and characters
Main Matías Novoa as Amado Casillas "El Águila Azul" Carmen Aub as Rutila Casillas Iván Arana as Ismael Casillas Isabella Castillo as Diana Ahumada Robinson Díaz as Miltón Jiménez "El Cabo" / Pío José Valdivia Eduardo Santamarina as Balthazar Ojeda Guy Ecker as Joe Navarro Danna García as Violeta Estrella Ninel Conde as Evelina López
Recurring Lisa Owen as Alba Casillas Manuel Landeta as Cecilio Guiterrez Alberto Guerra as El Chema Alejandro López as El Súper Javi Nacho Fresneda as Renzo Volpi Fernando Noriega as Eutemio Flores "El Rojo" Julián Román as Joaquín Estrella Thali García as Berenice Ahumada Dayana Garroz as Ámbar Maldonado Alan Slim as Jaime Ernesto Rosales Claudia Lobo as Esther Alosian Vivancos as Dylan Gutiérrez "Dj Dylan" Marisela Berti as Edith Guzmán Daniel Martínez as Guillermo Colón José Sedek as Bernardo Castillo Roberto Escobar as Comandante José Valdés Athina Klioum as Athina Coraima Torres as Rita Peña Elsy Reyes as Carla Uzcátegui Mabel Moreno as Alejandra Camila Jurado as Ángela Karla Carrillo as Corina Saldaña / Salma Vidal Karen Sandoval as Laura Denia Agalianou as Dalila Zuc Leonardo Álvarez as Leonardo Castaño Daniel Martínez Campos as Arístides Istúriz Renata Manterola as Luzma Casillas David Ponce as José Manrique "Skinny" Carlos Puente as Pompeyo Fernando Banda as El Vitaminas Daniel Rascón as El Toro Antonio López Torres as El Pulque Alejandro Navarrete as El Zopilote Alex Walerstein as Paul "El Greñas" Alejandro Félix as Chatarrero Carlos Balderrama as José Manuel Castillo "Manny" Rubén Arciniegas as Samario Gabriel Bonilla as Isidro Casillas Yannis Spaliaras as Nikos Christina Sotiriou as Irene Plutarco Haza as Dalvio Navarrete "El Ingeniero" Lupita Jones as Amaranta Reyes
Guest stars Rafael Amaya as Aurelio Casillas
Reception The series premiered on 14 October 2019 with a total of 1.99 million viewers, including 1.1 million adults aged 18–49. It surpassed Univision's El Dragón: Return of a Warrior and became Telemundo's most-watched program of the year, only above La Reina del Sur, despite having had a successful premiere; the series failed to reach two million viewers as in previous seasons. After actor Rafael Amaya left the series, the audience began to decrease markedly with each episode, before this, several followers threatened Telemundo that they would stop watching the series.
Production On 10 May 2018, Telemundo announced that the series has been renewed for a seventh season. The production of the season began on 27 May 2019 in Mexico, and concluded in September 2019. The season is produced by Argos Comunicación for Telemundo Global Studios, and it was recorded entirely in Mexico, and some places in Greece.
Casting After having been present at the Telemundo Upfront for the 2019-2020 television season, and having been present in the season trailer. Gala Montes, who previously participated in two previous seasons playing Luzma Casillas, confirmed that she left the series due to unconformity with the script of her character. On 21 June 2019, it was confirmed that Venezuelan actress Coraima Torres would be part of the season. On 16 July 2019, Jesús Moré who played Omar Terán confirmed his departure from the series and said "I think it's a good decision, I think the character gave what he had to give in the sixth season. What not did Omar Terán? I touched some climax peaks, of vices ... I think the character gave many things and as an actor he enriched me infinitely." On 24 July 2019, Matías Novoa confirmed his participation in the season together with Rafael Amaya, who had left the series in the previous season. Later after having started the production of the season, Amaya stopped appearing on the set of the production, something that Telemundo did not clarify. On 11 August 2019, Plutarco Haza's return to the season was confirmed. On 14 August 2019, People en Español magazine confirmed that Isabella Castillo, Carmen Aub, Karla Carrillo, Iván Arana, Fernando Noriega, Alejandro López, Álex Walerstein, Ninel Conde, Dayana Garroz, and Alberto Guerra would be back in the season.
On 16 September 2019, People en Español magazine reported that Danna García would join the cast of the season as Violeta, along with Rubén Arciniegas. Subsequently, on 17 September 2019, the magazine confirmed the return of Eduardo Santamarina, Robinson Díaz, and Fernando Noriega to the season, as well as the inclusion of new characters such as Manuel Landeta, and Julián Román among others. Although it was confirmed that Rafael Amaya would be in the seventh season, during the season's premiere; Telemundo confirmed that his character died.
Promotion On 9 September 2019, Telemundo began promoting the seventh season through its official Instagram account. However, the teaser that lasts less than a minute does not clearly show if Rafael Amaya will be present during the season. On 12 September 2019, the first advance of the season was shown, where Amaya appears.
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