In Catalina’s world—a lawless Colombian municipality dominated by drug traffickers known as "Los Pepos" —a woman’s value is measured not by her intellect or virtue, but by the size of her breasts. Her best friend, (the late Sandra Beltrán), is a busty, successful dancer for the cartel, living in a house made of marble while Catalina scrapes by.
: The franchise is based on the 2005 novel by Colombian investigative journalist Gustavo Bolívar
: It is credited with pioneering the narco-novela genre, moving away from old-fashioned romance to focus on the darker realities of drug trafficking, "prepago" (call girl) culture, and the commodification of women's bodies in certain regions of Latin America.