Character
Pablo Acosta
Pablo Acosta in Narcos: Mexico (2018), played by Gerardo Taracena.
Pablo Acosta runs his own patch of the border out of Ojinaga, a smuggler who answers to no one and likes it that way. Loud, proud, and a little reckless, he treats his territory like a kingdom and sees no reason to bend when Félix Gallardo starts talking about uniting the plazas under one roof.
Gerardo Taracena plays him as the last honest crook in a business turning corporate, all bravado and old-school charisma against Félix's cold consolidation. The show uses him to show what gets crushed when a cottage industry becomes a cartel — Taracena makes that loss feel personal instead of just structural.
Acosta was involved in a bitter feud with Sinaloan smuggler Pedro Avilés. This feud threatened the establishment of the cartel by Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, as Avilés refused to work together with Acosta. After Avilés is killed by Félix with help from the DFS, the cartel is created.
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Narcos: Mexico2018