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Unimas Begins Airing "Ruta 35"

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Tue Jan 12, 2016 at 08:54:07 PM EST
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Ruta 35: The Escape Valve is finally airing on Unimas (with English captioning.) It's about the snitches recruited by the DEA and ICE to rat out the drug cartels in exchange for leniency for their own misdeeds, and is based on the career of long time ICE agent Dylan Wilkins .

This dramatic series is the story of Dylan Wilkins and the criminals he recruits to assist him in his relentless pursuit of drug lords and other wanted felons. These criminals become informants for ICE and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in exchange for reducing their charges and avoiding prosecutions.

However, Wilkins’ informants are not your typical criminals- he introduces an array of men and women who, all driven by different motives such as fear and revenge, risk their lives everyday on a dark and risky mission. Among his informants are a 75-year-old grandmother who transports drugs, an IT engineer who has close ties and unparalleled access to a Mexican cartel, a “professional” informant who has been living a perilous double life for years, and the cousin of a ruthless mafia king, thirsty for the reward over her cousin's head.

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All together, these sources provide Wilkins insight into the complex activities of brutal crime organizations and their cold-blooded leaders, who will stop at nothing in their quest for wealth and power.

Featuring a distinguished cast of Latin American actors, while being filmed using innovative visual effects and camera angles in the dynamic city of Miami, Route 35- Escape Valve will deliver thrills and unexpected twists that are sure to captivate audiences and have them at the edge of their seats.

(Coincidentally or not, Rule 35 is a federal rule which gives prosecutors up to a year after someone is sentenced to move for a cooperation reduction.)

I wonder why post-production took so long. It has been "coming soon" since at least 2014.There are 55 episodes (down from 70 that were filmed) and will air 5 nights a week. (In Denver, it airs at 8 pm and repeats at 11 pm). Tonight's episode was 2 hours long.

I don't expect Ruta 35 to be as good as the dramas about the drug lords. I hope it doesn't glorify the snitches and ICE agents. I'm hopeful because it was written by Andres Lopez-Lopez, the former narco who wrote the book "El Cartel de los Sapos" from prison (Cartel of the Snitches.) The narcodrama "El Cartel" was based on the book (Lopez-Lopez participated in Season one but not season two.) Lopez