Aurelio Casillas


Aurelio Casillas is a fictional character and the protagonist on the Telemundo television series El Señor de los Cielos, created by Luis Zelkowicz, portrayed by Rafael Amaya. The character is based on Mexican drug trafficker Amado Carrillo Fuentes. Aurelio Casillas is one of the most sought-after drug traffickers in Mexico after getting tons of drugs to the United States through airplanes.

Appearances

Comic book series

During the second season of the series, Telemundo created a comic based on the second season, which shows what happened with Aurelio after his operation where he supposedly died and his revenge against El Turco. This comic only had two editions where it showed the whole plot of season two.

Plot

After Aurelio returns from death, he begins to search for El Turco to take back everything he stole while El Chema continues to grow his empire and become Mexico's most powerful drug dealer after Aurelio's absence. Aurelio after killing El Turco, begins to maintain a low profile and continue to play dead in order to regain his empire, but this will be impossible because of Leonor Ballestero, a police officer who has been pursuing him for a long time because she believes he is not dead. In order to continue hiding from the authorities Aurelio Casillas decides to create a plan and to supplant the identity of Danilo Ferro a recognized Mexican businessman, whom he kidnaps and threatens to assassinate. Aurelio when obtaining its new identity begins to seduce Victoria Návarez, a postulant to the government of Mexico, thanks to her he obtains more power and continues to run his empire thanks to his new identity. He died from the injuries to head, shot by El Cabo.

Television

The character has appeared in multiple television series, in Señora Acero, he appeared in three episodes, two of the first season and one in the second season. Aurelio also appears in the English adaptation of La Reina del Sur, entitled Queen of the South. Later appeared in the sequel of the series El Señor de los Cielos, titled El Chema, the character appears in few episodes of the series.