The Telenovela, ‘’La Reina del Sur’’ presents the viewer with an unfamiliar thematic concept in any circumstance but even more so under the regular prejudices of Latin American television. The Telenovela attempts to address an area of narco history which has been previously banished to cultural myth, with the use of over dramatization and typical Latin flair which differs greatly to the journalistic writing style of Arturo Perez Reverte. The understanding of previous gender expectations helps contextualise the overriding theme at play within ‘’La Reina del Sur’’, as when searching for the history of ‘’Las bandidas’’ little information can be found, the suppression of this information can only be determined as an attempt to uphold the blanket
