María Cristina Gálvez

When Rogelio Pataquiva is involved in a tremendous national conspiracy and becomes the most wanted man by the authorities, he has to go to his old group of friends he met in the military. He is thus accompanied by the strong Sergeant Mena, the mystic and deceitful Chindicué, the giant Arrechea and Loboguerrero. the aspiring Rambo, starts a wild adventure in the jungle, in the best style of the militia, to find the mysteries Fortress, where a group of mercenaries hides the secret that can prove that Rogelio is innocent and incidentally, save the very same Central Security Agency ...!

The action is situated in Colombia on April 9, 1948, date in which took place the famous "Bogotazo". It is a story of love frustrated by political circumstances. Laura, a spinster schoolteacher, lives to Josefina and Santiago, public employee. The three characters will be besieged by 24 hours, targeted by snipers, will be forced to show such which are or they would have liked to be.

Los Protegidos is a Colombian telenovela aired since May 6, 2008 on Colombian TV network RCN. This telenovela is produced by Teleset and it was created as a counterweight for Caracol Televisión's new production El Cartel, but it was premiered before this last one in order to get a higher impact in the viewers.