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The hit Spanish-language TV series 'La Reina del Sur' begins its 3rd season

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In the highly anticipated new season of La Reina del Sur, Teresa Mendoza is out for justice. Kate Del Castillo stars as the queenpin of a drug empire, who's now on the run.

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The new season of a hit Spanish-language TV series co-produced by Netflix and Telemundo premieres this week. "La Reina del Sur" stars Kate del Castillo as the queen pin of a drug empire who's now on the run. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE²: The character Teresa Mendoza has been through a lot, and so has the actress who plays her, Kate del Castillo. As the third season opens, she's in a U.S. prison, locked up for the murder of three DEA agents.

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KATE DEL CASTILLO: (As Teresa, speaking Spanish).

DEL BARCO: One thousand, four hundred ninety-three days in solitary³ confinement⁴, she tells the man who's come to see her behind bars. He helps break her out. And Mendoza becomes a fugitive⁵.

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DEL CASTILLO: (As Teresa, speaking Spanish).

She's an anti-heroine. She's done so many wrong and so many bad things, but not because she wanted it, because she had to in order to survive. She's a survivor⁶.

DEL BARCO: Del Castillo says Teresa Mendoza is street smart, but she fell in love with the wrong guy. His death in the first season created an opening for her in the Mexican narco world.

DEL CASTILLO: She had no options. Either you do this or you die. Then she becomes the best drug lord, you know (laughter), in a world where men rule.

DEL BARCO: The second season, in which Mendoza rescued her daughter, was shot 11 years after the popular first season ended. "La Reina Del Sur" became the No. 1 TV show in its timeslot, more highly rated than anything else on TV in English or Spanish. Journalist Veronica Villafane is publisher of Media Moves, a website covering Latinos in the media industry.

VERONICA VILLAFANE: It was just a huge success. And it sort of became the starting point for all these huge, super production, super series that are basically narco-driven.

DEL BARCO: Del Castillo once met with Mexico's most notorious real-life drug lord, Joaquin Guzman - El Chapo.

DEL CASTILLO: Oh, my God. No, reality does go beyond fiction, you know? It's crazy.

DEL BARCO: In 2012, she tweeted that she believed more in El Chapo than the Mexican government. He asked to meet up with her, offering her the rights to his life story.

DEL CASTILLO: So you know, I'm a storyteller. I'm struggling still here in Hollywood to get the big opportunity. Plus, he was in jail, so why not?

DEL BARCO: El Chapo then escaped prison through a series of underground tunnels, so del Castillo met up with him in hiding. She was accompanied by actor Sean Penn, who ended up interviewing the fugitive for a Rolling Stone cover story. El Chapo was recaptured. And Mexican authorities investigated del Castillo. She was unable to return to Mexico for years.

DEL CASTILLO: Visiting El Chapo was my own decision. Everything later was not in my hands. And then I was a victim of all this thing that happened. For me, it was three, four, five years of hell.

DEL BARCO: Del Castillo tells her side of the story in a three-part Netflix docuseries, "The Day I Met El Chapo." She told NPR she's now able to travel to Mexico again, which is how she was able to shoot the third season of "La Reina Del Sur" in five Latin American countries. Del Castillo says the series' production values are incredible. And the themes have evolved, too.

DEL CASTILLO: We're staying away from narco traffic. It's just, like, I think we're fed up with that. Now it's a political thriller⁷, an action series. Also, we are talking about human trafficking, the corruption⁸ between different governments, not only in Mexico and Latin America, but also the United States.

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UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL GROUP: (Singing in Spanish).

DEL BARCO: In this third season, "La Reina Del Sur" is out for justice.

Mandalit del Barco, NPR News.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

4 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

5 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

6 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

7 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

8 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。