: Season 3 is set in the 1990s and focuses on the power vacuum left after the arrest of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.
: Episode 2 centers on the rising tensions between the Tijuana and Sinaloa cartels as they navigate a new world without a single "Godfather" figure.
: While based on real events like the rise of the Arellano Félix family and Amado Carrillo Fuentes, creators note that about one-third of the show is historically accurate, while the rest is dramatized for television. Critical Reception