Production of narco peliculas started to peak during the late 1970s, when such films like La Banda del Carro Rojo (The Red Car Gang) were released.
This film starred brothers Fernando and Mario Almada and Pedro Infante, Jr.[1] It spanned two sequels.
[2] With the advent of VCR technology, around 1982, en masse production of narco peliculas began.
The sub-genre then became popular with Mexican audiences in the United States but films were released elsewhere as well, like in Puerto Rico, for example.
[4] Usually, narco films are about drug cartels fighting each other for territory, and-or police organizations that want to break them.