Verónica Cortés, La Reina del Sur

Verónica Cortés (Sara Maldonado)

Spanish-language telenovela La Reina del Sur, produced by the American television network Telemundo, followed the rise of Teresa Mendoza, a young woman from Mexico who becomes the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain. Verónica Cortés was a DEA agent brought in to pose as a love interest for Teresa’s friend Patty in order to get closer to the drug operation.

Patty began a downward spiral after she was dumped by Verónica. Stalking Verónica in an attempt to get her back, Patty learned the truth about her ex-girlfriend: that she worked for the police and had been using Patty to take down Teresa. Distraught, Patty drove the car off of a cliff, almost killing Verónica. On awakening in the hospital, she told Teresa everything she knows, then committed suicide.

Appearances:

• 29 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Patty O’Farrell 💀 (Cristina Urgel, bisexual, regular 43 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.