Following the May reveal of its 2020-21 season lineup and as part of NBCUniversal's "30 Rock: A One-Time Special" Upfront event airing tonight at 8pm ET/PT on NBC,  Telemundo announced international superstar Kate del Castillo (Bad Boys for Life, The 33, Ingobernable, Weeds, All About Nina) will reprise her role as Teresa Mendoza in a third season of "La Reina del Sur." With a renewed focus on innovative and multiplatform content serving today's hyper-connected consumers, Telemundo brings back for another season the original series that propelled the network to the top of the charts and kicked off Telemundo's Super Series™ franchise as the most successful Super Series™ in the network's history.

Also scheduled to reprise their roles in this upcoming season are Isabella Sierra (La Reina del Sur 2, 100 Días para Enamorarnos,) Humberto Zurita (La Querida del Centauro, La Reina del Sur, Bajo la Metralla, Luna De Sangre,) Kika Edgar (La Reina del Sur 2, Amor Real, Mujeres Asesinas,) Lincoln Palomeque (La Reina del Sur, Señora Acero, Santa Diabla,) Emmanuel Orenday (La Reina del Sur, Operación Pacífico, Señora Acero,) and Dmitry Anisimov (La Reina del Sur,) among others.

The second installment of "La Reina del Sur," which premiered eight years later, in 2019, ended as the #1 program in its timeslot, regardless of language. It also broke all records in digital viewing on the Telemundo App, dominated the social landscape as the #1 most social Hispanic primetime entertainment series, was the #1 most engaging drama series on Facebook regardless of language and ranked as the top performing Hispanic series on VOD.

Marcos Santana, President of Telemundo Global Studios, will serve as Showrunner and Executive Producer of this new season. "La Reina del Sur" Season 3 is a co-production between Telemundo Global Studios and Netflix.  Telemundo has the exclusive rights in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and Netflix has the exclusive rights for the rest of the world on OTT.