"Narcos" season 2 may mark Pablo Escobar's (Wagner Moura) demise, but it might not be the end of the series. According to reports, the show will be shifting its focus.
During an interview with Slash Film, "Narcos" producer Eric Newman said that although storylines after Escobar's demise in "Narcos" season 2 are still being figured out, he took interest in drug trafficking stories, particularly the Mexican drug trade.
"You can go to the civil war in Guatemala where American trained soldiers who made their way to Mexico and introduced a new level of violence," Newman said.
Talking about the violence deemed to be police reforms in Mexico, the "Narcos" big man said, "Cops realize we're going to get in trouble for things we did then, we may as well go work for the traffickers and actually get paid."
Newman said that this story is "incredibly complicated and amazing" and that it will be a perfect subject for a television series. This suggested that this might be tackled after "Narcos" season 2.
At the moment, Newman concerns himself primarily with making "Narcos" season 2 the best that it can be, but he believes that beyond Escobar's death in the series, which they recreated in detail, there are still a lot of stories to tell.
Apart from the Mexican drug trade possibly being the center of "Narcos," the show's musical scorer, Pedro Bromfman, suggested that it would be great for the series to pick up a storyline focused on Escobar's rival, the Cali cartel.
In "Narcos" season 2, viewers will watch the rise of the said cartel. It is easy to imagine for the show to go that route since Helmer "Pacho" Herrera (Alberto Ammann), who happens to be one of the Cali cartel's executives, has appeared on the show already.
Bromfman told iDigital Times that there will be more faces to meet in "Narcos" season 2, which hints that the show is prepping up for its post-Escobar era. The composer added that as long as there are providers and eradicators of drugs as well as people interested in it, the show will not go anywhere.
"Narcos" season 2 will premiere this August.
