Somos. is a Netflix limited series created by James Schamus and co-written with Monika Revilla and novelist Fernanda Melchor. It is based on the article "How the U.S. triggered a massacre in Mexico" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ginger Thompson. It tells the story of the massacre perpetrated by the Los Zetas cartel on the border town of Allende, Coahuila, in 2011.
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Plot
Somos. is a portrait of the Mexican border town of Allende. It follows the stories of various townspeople on the days leading up to the massacre of March 2011.
Cast
Jero Medina as Benjamín
Arelí González as Érika
Iliana Donatlán as Irene
Everardo Arzate as Chema
Caraly Sánchez as Flor María
Mercedes Hernández as Doña Chayo
Fernando Larrañaga as Isidro Linares
Jesús Sida as Paquito