'El Capo' Telemundo Premiere Date: Mauricio Islas Returns In New Narco Telenovela

It's almost time to say goodbye to Mauricio Ochmann's "El Chema," but if you are into the narcoseries you are in for a new adventure with "El Capo." The Mexican series is an adaptation of the Colombian hit with Mauricio Islas taking over the lead role. "El Capo" is also set to star Sara Maldonado, Claudio Lafarga, Gerardo Taracena, Irán Castillo and Miguel Rodarte. Telemundo announced the premiere of the series to be on Tuesday, April 4 at 10pm/9c.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: Jose Vicente Solís Armenta “El Capo” (Islas) is an idealist and ambitious man whose early life struggles lead him to a life of violence and resentment. El Capo will unleash chaos in the lives of his enemies as well as those who are looking to find him to adjust pending debts from the past and present.

In addition to his loyal team of trusted and loyal assassins, which includes Perris (Maldonado), Checo (Lafarga), Tavo (Taracena) and his brother Poncho (Rodarte), El Capo’s world will also create uncertainty in the lives of his wife Maria Guadalupe (Marisol del Olmo), a naïve and devoted mother of two; and Sofia Cáceres (Castillo), a defiant and intellectual woman with a desire for vengeance against him. Cáceres will seduce El Capo but will also end up falling in love with him to the point where she will no longer know if her desire for vengeance is stronger than her love.

The stellar cast also includes Plutarco Haza, Roberto Mateos , Isabel Burr, Mauricio Rousselon, Julio Bracho, Alejandro de la Madrid, Valentina Acosta, Ari Brickman, Pablo Cruz, Verónica Merchant, Danny Perea, Guillermo Quintanilla, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, among others.