Despite his immense wealth, Pedro Pablo has maintained a low profile over the course of his life and has kept his role as a drug cartel leader a secret from his friends and family.
This strategy has allowed him to fly under the radar of the authorities for years, but has also inadvertently created a complex web of betrayals, loves and hates that grows beyond his control.
In his hidden underground bunker, Pedro Pablo (El Capo), his wife Isabel Cristina, his lover Marcela, and four of his gang – his brother Nancho, Chemo, Perrys, and Tato – are hiding to escape the army.
When the group makes it to the city, Nancho persuades a terminally ill AIDS man, named El Moro, to drive a car bomb to the Senate in exchange for 200 million pesos for his family.
El Capo has Juan Carlos' body stolen from the morgue, and brought to a series of caves they are hiding out in.
After their escape, Perrys does not want to go with Tato, preferring to leave their life of crime and focus on raising her children.