If you have not yet watched "El Capo 2 Capitulo 1," prepare for a masterclass in suspense. If you have watched it, you know that the war has just begun. And in this war, the only winning move is to never stop watching.
But the tranquility is shattered by a radio transmission. An associate on the outside delivers the first line of the episode: "El pacto está roto" (The pact is broken). Within the first five minutes of "El Capo 2 Capitulo 1," we learn that the government has reneged on its secret deal. They plan to transfer him to a maximum-security federal prison where his enemies, specifically the ruthless paramilitary group Los Mercenarios , are waiting to execute him.