Things get complicated for ‘Teresa Mendoza’. In conversation with Milenio Televisión, the lawyer of Sandra Ávila Beltrán, nicknamed ‘the Queen of the Pacific’, reported that they have initiated an administrative process against Netflix and Telemundo for “La Reina del Sur”, a series starring Kate del Castillo since 2011. .
In the request, the one investigated for drug trafficking and criminal association demands from said company a payment of 40% of the royalties for the improper use of her image in various fiction promotions.
“They affected his image. Imagine living with the nickname of a drug dealer for the rest of your life. She has been acquitted of the criminal proceedings that she has faced. That two foreign companies exploit an idea that she is not and the character does not get remuneration, there is the annoyance, ”said the lawyer Israel Razo.
Likewise, the lawyer indicated that, in the second season of “La Reina del Sur”, the chapters were promoted with a video of Ávila Beltrán at the time of being arrested and transferred by the Police.
“We are claiming a 40% profit from ‘The Queen of the South’. We do not have a total figure, but we are asking for the amount to be collected from the beginning of the series”, commented the lawyer.
From fiction to reality in “The Queen of the South”
“The Queen of the South” came to television as a story inspired by the book by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, which bears the same name and was released in 2002.
With a first release, At first, viewers related Teresa Mendoza, Kate del Castillo’s character, to the story of Ávila Beltránwho was nicknamed by the Police as ‘the Queen of the Pacific’.
11 years after its launch, “La Reina del Sur” will have a third season and its premiere has been scheduled for October 2022.
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