Aurelio Casillas is a fictional character and the protagonist on the Telemundo television series El Señor de los Cielos, created by Luis Zelkowicz, portrayed by Rafael Amaya.

Believed to be dead in season two, Aurelio returns to enact his revenge on police officer Leonor Ballesteros (Carmen Villalobos), who through her fault ends up operating his face in a failed attempt to escape from the authorities.

After all the problems with the government and the DEA, Aurelio learns that he suffers from kidney failure and decides to remember his past in order to find his lost son.

Later, Aurelio (Rafael Amaya), will also face a serious illness, which puts at stake his power and prestige since this man fails to get a donor, so they can make his transplant, necessary to continue living.

But it is time for retribution, the hatred that he sowed since he sold his soul to the drug trafficking demon is now knocking on his door with the face and blood of the many innocent people he destroyed.

In season seven, under the supervision of Doña Alba (Lisa Owen) and a specialized doctor, they try a risky procedure to revive Aurelio (Rafael Amaya), which ultimately led to his death.

In order to continue hiding from the authorities Aurelio Casillas decides to create a plan and to supplant the identity of Danilo Ferro a recognized Mexican businessman, whom he kidnaps and threatens to assassinate.