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Diablero

Mexican television web series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ54959006
Source-derived summary

Diablero is a Mexican television series produced by Morena Films for Netflix. The series is based on the book by Mexican writer Francisco Haghenbeck entitled El Diablo me obligó. The series premiered on 21 December 2018. The series was renewed for a second season in February 2019 which premiered on January 31, 2020.

The series was canceled after two seasons.

Plot

The story revolves around Father Ramiro Ventura, a priest who seeks the help of the legendary demon hunter or "Diablero" Elvis Infante. With the help of Elvis's sister Keta and demon possessed Nancy Gama this unlikely team unleashes a series of events that could determine the fate of humanity.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Diablero” as mexican television web series. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Diablero, Mexican and television.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2018, 2019, 2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Diablero, Mexican and television providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q54959006. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from Diablero” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.