The Queen of the South (Spanish: La reina del sur) is a 2002 novel by the Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
It is about a Mexican woman, Teresa Mendoza [es], who ends up as an international drug lord.
[1][2] Telemundo produced a Spanish-language television series of the same name, based on the novel.
With a budget of 10 million US dollars, it was Telemundo's most expensive TV series at the time of its premiere in 2011.
USA Network made an English-language adaptation for television, Queen of the South (2016–2021).