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Michael Peña as Kiki Camarena, a DEA agent who garners valuable intel about Félix's organization (season 1)

Diego Luna as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel and founder of the modern Mexican drug trade (seasons 1–2; guest season 3)

Tenoch Huerta as Rafael "Rafa" Caro Quintero, Felix's business partner (season 1; guest season 2)

Alyssa Diaz as Mika Camarena, Kiki's wife (season 1)

Joaquín Cosío as Ernesto "Don Neto" Fonseca Carrillo, Felix's business partner, Amado's uncle (season 1; guest season 2; recurring season 3)

José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Felix's business partner, Neto's nephew (reprising his role from Narcos)

Matt Letscher as Jaime Kuykendall, head of the Guadalajara bureau of the DEA (seasons 1 and 3; guest season 2)

Ernesto Alterio as Salvador Osuna Nava, Director general of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (season 1)

Alejandro Edda as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel (seasons 1–3)

Fernanda Urrejola as Maria Elvira, Felix's wife (seasons 1–2)

Teresa Ruiz as Isabella Bautista, Felix's friend and business associate (based on Sandra Ávila Beltrán) (seasons 1–2)

Aaron Staton as Butch Sears, a DEA agent (season 1)

Lenny Jacobson as Roger Knapp, a DEA agent (season 1)

Gerardo Taracena as Pablo Acosta, the leader of the Juarez Cartel (seasons 1–2)

Julio Cesar Cedillo as Guillermo González Calderoni, the commander of the Federal Judicial Police (seasons 1–2)

Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin, a DEA agent, and narrator of the story (loosely based on Hector Berrellez) (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)

Alfonso Dosal as Benjamín Arellano Félix, the leader of the Tijuana Cartel, Enedina's and Ramón's older brother (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)

Mayra Hermosillo as Enedina Arellano Félix, a high-ranking member of the Tijuana Cartel, Benjamín's and Ramón's sister (seasons 2–3)

Manuel Masalva as Ramón Arellano Félix, an enforcer and high-ranking member of the Tijuana Cartel, Benjamín's and Enedina's younger brother (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)

Miguel Rodarte as Danilo Garza – a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)

Alex Knight as Kenny Moss, a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda (main season 2, guest season 1)

Jesse Garcia as Sal Orozco, a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)

Matt Biedel as Daryl Petsky, a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)

Jero Medina as Ossie Mejía, a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)

Alberto Zeni as Amat Palacios, a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)

Gorka Lasaosa as Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)

Andres Londono as Enrique Clavel, Felix's right-hand man (season 2)

Alberto Ammann as Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera, a high-ranking member of the Cali Cartel (reprising his role from Narcos) (seasons 2–3; guest season 1)

Flavio Medina as Juan García Abrego – the leader of the Gulf Cartel and Guerra's nephew (seasons 2–3)

Luis Gerardo Méndez as Victor Tapia, a Juárez police officer drawn to a series of killings (season 3)

Luisa Rubino as Andrea Nuñez , a young journalist investigating the activities of the cartel, works for La Voz de Tijuana (season 3)

José Zúñiga as Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo, Mexican military general opposing the cartels (season 3)

Beau Mirchoff as Steve Sheridan, a DEA agent (season 3)

Kristen Gutoskie as Dani, Walt's girlfriend (season 3)

Bobby Soto as David Barron Corona, a high-ranking member of the Logan Heights Gang and hit-man for the Tijuana cartel (season 3; recurring season 2)

Lorenzo Ferro as Alex Hodoyan , a member of Ramón's Narcojuniors gang (season 3)

Alejandro Furth as Ramon Salgado, co-founder of La Voz de Tijuana and Andrea's boss (season 3)

Alberto Guerra as Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, an independent drug trafficker using his fishing business as a front (season 3)

Recurring

Tessa Ía as Sofia Conesa (season 1)

Clark Freeman as Ed Heath (seasons 1–2)

Fermin Martinez as Juan José "El Azul" Esparragoza Moreno (seasons 1–3)

Guillermo Villegas as Sammy Alvarez (season 1)

Horacio Garcia Rojas as Tomas Morlet (season 1)

Jackie Earle Haley as Jim Ferguson (season 1)

Yul Vazquez as John Gavin (season 1)

Brian Buckley as John Clay Walker (season 1)

Mark Kubr as Tony (season 1)

Mike Doyle as Thomas Buehl (season 1)

Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar (reprising his role from Narcos) (seasons 1 and 3)

Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 1)

Pêpê Rapazote as José "Chepe" Santacruz-Londoño (reprising his role from Narcos) (seasons 1 and 3)

Jorge A. Jimenez as Roberto "Poison" Ramos (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 1)

Eric Lange as Bill Stechner (reprising his role from Narcos) (seasons 1–2)

Milton Cortés as Rubén Zuno Arce (season 1–2)

Julián Díaz as Blackie (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 1)

Francisco Barreiro as Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix (seasons 1–3)

Julián Arango as Orlando Henao Montoya (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 2–3)

Matias Varela as Jorge Salcedo Cabrera (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 2)

Juan Sebastián Calero as Navegante (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 2)

Viviana Serna as Guadalupe Leija Serrano ("Lupita"), wife of Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (season 2)

Sosie Bacon as Mimi Webb Miller (season 2)

Jesús Ochoa as Juan Nepomuceno Guerra (seasons 2–3)

Noé Hernández as Rafael Aguilar Guajardo (seasons 2–3)

José Julián as Javier Arellano Félix (seasons 2–3)

Sebastián Buitrón as Eduardo Arellano Félix (seasons 2–3)

Adriana Llabrés as Ruth Arellano Félix (seasons 2–3)

Manuel Uriza as Carlos Hank Gonzalez (season 3)

Damayanti Quintanar as Hortencia Tapia (season 3)

James Earl as Craig Mills (season 3)

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio as Everardo Arturo “Kitty” Paez (season 3)

Yessica Borroto as Marta (season 3)

Damián Alcázar as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 3)

Diego Calva as Arturo Beltrán Leyva (season 3)

Fernando Bonilla as Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (season 3)

Markin López as Rogelio (season 3)

Iván Aragón as Alfredo Hodoyan (season 3)

Eric Etebari as Jack Dorian (season 3)

José Zúñiga as Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo (season 3)

Factual differences

Although many of the events and characters are based on true history, some liberties were taken to streamline the story of the Mexican drug war into a cohesive narrative. The murders of John Clay Walker and Albert Radelat were real; however, they were reportedly tortured beforehand. The character of Sofia Conesa, portrayed as the love interest of Rafael Caro Quintero, was named Sara Cosio in real life. The killing of Hector Luis Palma's family on the orders of Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo is also a disputed claim which still needs documented verification, as it is actually believed to have been done on the orders of the Arellano Félix brothers and in a more brutal fashion. The assassination of El Azul in Season 3 did not actually occur, as El Azul in real life was active until at least 2014, when his unconfirmed death of a heart attack supposedly occurred.

In the third season, General Gutiérrez Rebollo, the Anti-Drug Czar, is arrested after Andrea Núñez finds the bank account receiving over US$2 million and linking it to Rebollo. In reality, General Gutiérrez Rebollo received a call from the Secretary of Defense, General Enrique Cervantes, who ordered him to report to his office immediately on the night of February 6, 1997 where he was arrested. Also in this season, the men of the Tijuana Cartel escaped from the Guadalajara airport in a TAESA plane, allegedly owned by Carlos Hank González, after the murder of Cardenal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo. However, Carlos Hank González was never the owner of this airline and there are multiple theories about the escape of the Tijuana Cartel that day, none of which effectively link TAESA to the case. Likewise, while there are a series of accusations against Hank Gonzalez linking him to organized crime, Hank was never prosecuted or sentenced for such links. The reason he could be named, according to José María Yazpik, is that "since Hank is already dead, his name can be used, while in other seasons, when faced with a possible lawsuit, they opted to change the names".