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A story of how some unscrupulous people use power and their dirty minds to take advantage of the miseries of the most needy and thus manipulate them to achieve their criminal objectives, leading them to commit unimaginable violations and marking them for the rest of their lives.
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A story of how some unscrupulous people use power and their dirty minds to take advantage of the miseries of the most needy and thus manipulate them to achieve their criminal objectives, leading them to commit unimaginable violations and marking them for the rest of their lives.
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Genre:Action, Crime
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Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:Producciones Gaer
Cast
Miguel Ángel Saldaña, Lázaro Ramírez
Director
Álvaro Castillo Chavoya
El Puma
Lázaro Ramírez
Checo Gallegos
Miguel Ángel Saldaña
El Buitre
Ángel Soto
El Jaguar
Sergio Marin
Agent Soto
Rodolfo Rodríguez
El M9
Fernando Santillán
Tiburón
Alejandro Camacho
El Caliche
Claudia Ovalle
Brenda
Pilly Contreras
Ángela
Elena Romero
Lilia
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