El Señor de los Cielos season 5

The fifth season of the drama television series El Señor de los Cielos premiered on Telemundo on June 20, 2017, and concluded on November 2, 2017. The season follows the revenge of Aurelio against his nephew Víctor Casillas and his enemy La Felina.

It stars Rafael Amaya as Aurelio Casillas — A Mexican drug lord, along with Fernanda Castillo, Carmen Aub, Vanessa Villela, Sabrina Seara, and incorporation into the lead role of Maricela González, and Mariana Seoane and Miguel Varoni both including as special participation.

The fifth season of the series was made available on Blim on September 22, 2017.

Plot
Aurelio Casillas (Rafael Amaya) has retreated from action and business to live his relationship with Emiliana Contreras (Vanessa Villela), his last lover, at a ranch near the mountain known as the Golden Triangle between the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Durango, apparently enjoying their condition of "dead" for the authorities. However, within his soul and in his cold brain, he prepares because he knows that soon the war that is pending with Víctor (Jorge Luis Moreno), his nephew, will begin soon, and one of the two will not come alive. It will be a war to the death that will shed a great deal of blood and not of other people, but of his own family.

Mónica (Fernanda Castillo) was seriously injured from the day of her wedding and it's been a while since she awoke from the coma that kept her on the verge of death. While Doña Alba (Lisa Owen), she is in danger when attackers destroy the convent where she was long confined and uses her son to save her skin and the nuns who are at risk of rape and death. Víctor, oblivious to everything that has happened to Mónica and the rest of his family, lives crazy for not finding his wife. Rage and bitterness have taken possession of him and he has Mexico plunged into horror and chaos. Los Maras Salvatruchas and other emerging organizations at their command, all ruthless and cruel, have been engaged in dealing with drugs, kidnappings, piracy and trafficking in persons, leading the government to declare itself in emergency. His loyal collaborator, Superjavi (Alejandro López) has decided to withdraw to Colombia and operate from there because he knows that he will not reach a good end if he stays next to Víctor, and seeks the alliance with Aurelio.

Ismael (Iván Arana), meanwhile, has occupied the position of family counselor Casillas and will do everything possible to try to have his family united and above all, to achieve a truce between his father and his cousin. La Felina (Maricela González), who had been detained, warns Emiliana, her ally, that she will be extradited and rescued to make her a part of her cartel, all behind Aurelio. Once in the street, La Felina organizes a group of Colombians to support Emiliana. Mónica, once recovered, joins the business again, setting up her own group, ready to end all past joining with the Casillas to be released from that trap of their own heart. Nevertheless, Aurelio discovers the great lie of Emiliana and Lourdes (Ofelia Medina) and must give the reason to Mónica, who always confronted them, and to look for an alliance with her that will begin by the strategies of its politics of war, but in a very little time will try to take it to their bed, as they both wish, but out of pride they deny.

They will be Aurelio and his new allies, the posters of the old guard, in union with the Colombians, who paradoxically, will save the country from its total destruction, before the impassive look of the authorities. Once peace is attained, with the pain of her own shed blood, she will seek to close with Mónica the story they have unfinished, not knowing if this is possible after so much pain and so much death.

Main

 * Rafael Amaya as Aurelio Casillas
 * Fernanda Castillo as Mónica Robles
 * Carmen Aub as Rutila Casillas
 * Sabrina Seara as Esperanza Salvatierra
 * Vanessa Villela as Emiliana Contreras
 * Maricela González as Eunice “La Felina” Lara
 * Mariana Seoane as Mabel Castaño / Ninón del Valle
 * Miguel Varoni as Leandro Quezada

Recurring

 * Plutarco Haza as Dalvio “El Ingeniero” Navarrete
 * Wendy de los Cobos as Aguasanta "Tata" Guerra
 * Lisa Owen as Alba Casillas
 * Patricia Vico as Pilar Ortiz
 * Jorge Luis Moreno as Víctor Casillas Jr.
 * Iván Arana as Ismael Casillas
 * Manuel Balbi as Rodrigo Rivero Lanz
 * Jesús Moré as Omar Terán
 * Carlos Mata as Juan Carlos Salvatierra
 * Lorena del Castillo as Oficial Evelyn García
 * Juan Martín Jauregui as Sebastián Almagro
 * Ofelia Medina as Lourdes Contreras
 * Ernesto Benjumea as Melquiades Soler / Penumbra
 * Ricardo Leguizamo as Rafael Jiménez / Doble 30
 * Catherina Cardozo as Giuseppina "Pina" Cortini
 * José Juan Meraz as David Ponce
 * Alex Walerstein as El Greñas
 * Alan Slim as Jaime Ernesto Rosales
 * Alejandro Félix as Chatarrero
 * Francisco Calvillo as Rubén Saba
 * Carlos Puente as Pompeyo
 * Daniela Zavala as Arelis Mendoza
 * José Sedek as Bernardo Castillo
 * Polo Monarrez as Filemón
 * Paloma Jiménez as Paloma Villareal
 * Iván Tamayo as Jorge Elías Salazar
 * Alejandro López as El Súper Javi
 * Emmanuel Esparza as Tony Pastrana
 * Rafael Novoa as Raymundo Cabrera / El Duro
 * Leonardo Álvarez as Leonardo Castaño / El Chema II
 * Elsy Reyes as Carla Uzcátegui
 * Carlos Gallardo as Carlos Zuleta

Special guest stars

 * Roberto Tapia as himself
 * Juan Manuel Mendoza as Andrés Velandia
 * Karla Carrillo as Corina Saldaña
 * Daniel Rascón as El Toro
 * Robinson Díaz as Miltón Jiménez / El Cabo

Production
During a radio interview with Javier Poza, Fernanda Castillo confirmed that the series would have a fifth season. In a press renewal series release for the 2017-2018 television season, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced that the series would be renewed for a fifth and sixth season. On May 8, 2017, it was confirmed that the production for the fifth season had begun in Mexico City. On May 25, 2017, Telemundo confirmed the main plot of the season in an advance that went on the air. On June 8, 2017, Telemundo published an exclusive preview of the series through its website.

Casting
The new season has the previous cast of the previous seasons, also introduced new characters as Mariana Seoane as Mabel Castaño, character that appeared previously in the series El Chema. It also has the integration of actors Rafael Novoa and Emmanuel Esparza. As do the Venezuelan actors, Carlos Mata as Juan Carlos Salvatierra and Catherina Cardozo as Giuseppina.

Reception
In its premiere the average series a total of 2.27 million spectators, surpassing thus to La Piloto, series of Univision and with that towards competition in its final chapters. After that the series became the most viewed season of the series, forcing Univision to change its programming in the schedule of the 10pm/9c several times.