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La Descarada
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Mary Paz is a strong-willed woman who always fights to get what she wants. Looking for a life of luxury, men and easy money, the young waitress gets entangled in a war between assassins and narcos. When power corrupts reason, there's only room for the highest bidder. Santiago is the second in command at a powerful cartel and, after laying his eyes on Mary Paz's beauty, will do anything to have her by his side. But Fernando is more cunning and won't make things so easy. Mary Paz will soon learn that power and money are not the only things in life, but will she realize this before it's too late?
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