'Amor en Custodia' is First Novela to Launch Simultaneously on Both Sides of the Border

NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Azteca America, the fastest- growing Hispanic television network in the United States, presents its first simultaneous novela launch with its Mexican counterpart TV Azteca in the July 18 debut of "Amor en Custodia."

The story is based on Juan Manuel (played by Sergio Basanez), a farmer who has practiced martial arts since his youth. When he finds it difficult to support his wife Gabriela and his young daughter Tatiana, he decides to go to the Mexico City to look for work.

Once in the city, Juan Manuel uses his martial art techniques to prevent the kidnapping of the beer magnate Paz Achaval Urien (played by Margarita Gralia). The man sent for the abduction turns out to be the chief of security of Paz' husband Alejandro. Paz is eternally grateful to Juan Manuel and takes him for a special agent, later hiring him as her bodyguard. The close daily contact between Paz and Juan Manuel is a breeding ground for romance.

Paz has a teenage daughter, Barbara, who is capricious and suffers from an eating disorder. She also has a personal bodyguard, Nicolas Pacheco, who is young, well trained and has a crush on Barbara. But everything will change when he meets Juan Manuel's daughter Tatiana.

Nevertheless, Paz's husband's bodyguard, Tango, has not given up on trying to kidnap the beer baroness, who has the dual challenge of uncovering her enemy and winning over the heart of her bodyguard.

Cast also includes Adriana Louvier, Andres Palacios, Nicolas Paola Nunez, Fernando Sarfatti, Ramiro Huerta and Sergio Kleiner

Don't Miss "Amor en Custodia" with its July 18 debut at 9 pm EST and PST / 8 pm CST

Company Profile

Azteca America is the fastest-growing Hispanic network in the United States. The network is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V., one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television content in the world. Azteca America currently has presence in 39 Hispanic markets, including: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Phoenix, Brownsville-McAllen, Albuquerque, San Diego, Fresno-Visalia, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Denver, Orlando, Austin, Tampa, Corpus Christi, Tucson, Las Vegas, Colorado Springs, Monterey-Salinas, Hartford, Salt Lake City, Bakersfield, West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Omaha, Yakima, Naples-Ft. Myers, Wichita, Reno, Boise, Victoria, Oklahoma City, Charleston and Chattanooga. For more information, visit our website: http://www.aztecaamerica.com/ .

For further information contact: Daniel McCosh +011-52-55-1720-0059 [phone] Pablo Alvarez +011-52-55-1720-5705 [phone]