“La Reina del Sur,” Telemundo‘s most successful series in its history starring Kate del Castillo returns to the screen on Monday, April 22 at 10pm/9c. Teresa Mendoza is back to claim her throne. In preparation for this highly awaited comeback, the network is airing a “Special Edition Season 1” beginning Monday, March 4th at 10pm/9c, which will also be available with English subtitles across all platforms including Telemundo App, VOD and Telemundo.com.

“This feels like coming home again,” added series star del Castillo. “Teresa means a lot to me. It’s the role that allowed me to conquer the medium in a way that impacted my life. I am glad audiences will get a chance to see how it all began with the special edition of the first season. They will experience first-hand why the original series still reigns supreme in this genre. Just know that the upcoming new season is all that and more. Much, much more of what audiences demand from television today.”

Shot on location in eight countries, the return of “La Reina del Sur” is set eight years after powerful drug trafficker Teresa Mendoza disappeared into the U.S. Federal Witness Protection Program for bringing down Mexican presidential candidate Epifanio Vargas. Hers is now a life of total anonymity as “Maria Dantes,” who is peacefully raising her daughter Sofia in the Tuscan village of Massa Marittima in Italy.  However, her life takes an unexpected turn, and she will do the impossible to reclaim her throne as La Reina del Sur.

Humberto Zurita como Epifanio Vargas

Del Castillo anchors an internationally renowned, multi-lingual cast that includes Humberto Zurita, Italian lead actor Raoul Bova, Paola Nuñez, Antonio Gil, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mark Tacher, Flavio Medina, Eduardo Santamarina, and Academy Award nominated actor Eric Roberts, as well as members of the original series cast.

Kate del Castillo como Teresa Mendoza y Raoul Bova como Francesco Belmondo

Created by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, “La Reina del Sur” is written by Roberto Stopello, Juan Marcos Blanco, Miguel Ferrari, and Jose Miguel Nuñez. Marcos Santana is Executive Producer and Showrunner of the series, with Telemundo’s Martha Godoy and AG Studios’ Rodrigo Guerrero as Executive Producers. “La Reina del Sur” Season 2 is a co-production between Telemundo Global Studios and Netflix. Telemundo has the exclusive rights in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and Netflix has the exclusive rights for the rest of the world for OTT.

Patricia Reyes como Carmen

Mark Tacher como Alejandro Alcala

Kika Edgar como Genoveva Alcala