La Reina del Sur season 3

The third season of the American drama television series La Reina del Sur takes place four years after the events of the second season. The season is written by Lina Uribe and Darío Vanegas and directed by Carlos Bolado, Carlos Villegas and Claudia Pedraza, with Marcos Santana serving as executive producer and showrunner.

The season was announced on 16 July 2020.

The season premiered on Telemundo on 18 October 2022.

Plot
After four years in prison in the United States for the deaths of three DEA agents, Teresa Mendoza escapes but will have to face a world full of conspiracy, risking her life in order to clear her name and reunite with her daughter Sofía.

Main

 * Kate del Castillo as Teresa Mendoza
 * Pêpê Rapazote as Pablo Landero
 * Antonio Gil as Oleg Yosikov
 * Isabella Sierra as Sofía Dantes
 * Alejandro Calva as César Güemes "Batman"
 * Cuca Escribano as Sheila
 * Kika Edgar as Genoveva Alcalá
 * Lincoln Palomeque as Faustino Sánchez Godoy
 * Ed Trucco as Ernie Palermo
 * Horacio García Rojas as Charlie Velázquez
 * Ágata Clares as Paloma Aljarafe
 * Emannuel Orenday as Danilo Márquez
 * Beth Chamberlin as Jane Kosar
 * Sofia Lama as Susana Guzmán
 * Humberto Zurita as Epifanio Vargas

Recurring and guest stars

 * Tiago Correa as Jonathan Peres
 * Daniel Martínez as Senator
 * Carlos Valencia as Montaño
 * Arturo Ríos as Delio Jurado
 * Dmitry Anisimov as Anton Potapushin
 * Sara Vidorreta as Rocío Aljarafe
 * Denia Agalianou as Vanessa
 * Anderley Palomino as Mateo Mena
 * Eduardo Yáñez as Antonio Alcalá
 * Noé Hernández as General Carlos Garrido
 * Pedro Grossman as Rogelio Tejada
 * Matias Novoa as Nacho Duarte
 * Jorge Ortiz as Don Satur
 * Cristian Mercado as Captain Fredy Rojas
 * Ariel Vargas as Sierra
 * Fernando Solórzano as Father Gonzalo Perea
 * Jarlin Martínez as Officer Ruiz
 * Carla Ortiz as Karen Chacón
 * Jorge Hidalgo as Abel
 * Victor Rebull as Fedor Yasikov
 * Alejandra Lazcano as Lina
 * Alina Lozano
 * Susana Condori
 * Alejandro Marañón as El Perro
 * Marcelo Dos Santos as Lorenzo Mortati
 * María Abadi as Julieta Brito
 * Alejo Fernández as Lucho
 * Fabio Di Tomaso as Samuel Graiver
 * Guillermo Pfening as Gregorio
 * José María Negri
 * Rodrigo Palacios as Bernardo
 * Mayella Lloclla as Ana del Castillo
 * Mariano Bertolini as Hugo
 * Beto Benites as Rubén
 * Gerardo Zamora as Eloy
 * Emanuel Soriano as Armando
 * Favio Posca as Salvatorre
 * Gon Spina as Luis Gallardo

Development
On 16 July 2020, Telemundo announced that it had renewed La Reina del Sur for a third season. Filming of the season began on 31 May 2021. The season was filmed for seven months in countries like Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Colombia. Filming concluded on 20 December 2021.

Marketing
To promote the new season, Telemundo began to show re-runs of the second season weekday afternoons beginning on 18 July 2022. On 21 April 2022, Telemundo released the first teaser for the season.

Music
La Reina del Sur: 3ra Temporada (Banda Sonora Original) is the soundtrack to the third season of the series. It was released by Discos Telemundo on 21 October 2022. It features 45 score cues composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera, and the theme song of the third season performed by The Miami Symphony Orchestra and Sofi Saar.