[2] The series stars Erik Hayser as imprisoned president of Mexico Carmelo Alvarado, along to Alejandra Ambrosi as the non-official First Lady of Mexico Carolina Arteaga, Alejandro de la Madrid as Bautista Fernández, Mariana Seoane as Pía Bolaños, a corrupt journalist woman, Arturo Peniche as Pedro Islas, the main villain of the history, Angélica Celaya as Miranda Collins, the second non-official First Lady of Mexico, Otto Sirgo as official president of Mexico, Guillermo Quintanilla as Ignacio Mayorga, a corrupt Colonel, Fabiola Guajardo as Carolina's young version, Luis Felipe Tovar as Hugo Piña, a corrupt commander of the police, Roberto Sosa as Ramsés Cota, the drug dealer that Carmelo extradited to the United States, and Damián Alcázar as Salvador Fraga, the owner of the newspaper El Plural.

This is how Carmelo’s journey started, the rural young man who came to work on television and who thanks to his character and intelligence, became a leader, and later, the independent candidate for the presidency.

Carmelo assumed the presidency with two groups pressuring him: the Grupo Impala (wealthy men, real owners of the country), and the narcos.

A millionaire fraud was disclosed by Pía Bolaños (Mariana Seoane)—a journalist with many followers but low moral values—who was responsible for publishing all the false story, shaking the government and leading the Prosecutor to bring a formal accusation against the President of the Republic.

[7] It is a production of Telemundo Global Studios, co-developed with Keshet International, creators of the successful series Prisoners of War, on which Homeland is based.

[9] The series was created based on venturing into a new television genre such as political thriller and changing the direction of the "narconovelas",[10][11] Erik Hayser, Arturo Peniche and Alejandra Ambrosi explained the need for new [heroic figures] to appear in the small screen.

[13] According to Hayser, the series shows a different hero from those already known on Telemundo's screen as drug traffickers as are Aurelio Casillas of El Señor de los Cielos, and Teresa Mendonza of La Reina del Sur.

[14] In addition to Hayser, Arturo Peniche who had been away from Telemundo for 10 years, since his last telenovela Victoria,[15] returned to the network as part of the main cast of the series playing Pedro Islas, whom the actor described as "A character full of nuances because it is dark, transparent, manipulative, egocentric, superb".

[20] Although the series debuted with a good average, it failed to exceed the 2 million audience that had its predecessor La Reina del Sur.

[20] Despite having had a successful premiere occupying the number 1 spot in the network,[21] the series failed to average a good audience during its first month on the air.