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Popular colombian telenovela aired in 2004 By Caracol TV. The theme of the show was a family full of delinquency in Bogota, it consists of five generations of the Manrique Family.

This is the story of the Manrique's, a provincial family that moved to Bogota after one of its patriarchs decided to try luck his luck in the city. He ended up constituting a criminal organization by accident and decided to strengthen it, then tried to reintegrate into society but tragically succumbed after having created an illegal world.

The decade of the 30's brought a radical, violent and armed political conflict to the country. Tomas Manrique had to flee his home town with his wife Josefina and his son Pedrito the night an armed group unexpectedly barged in a party, killing every male they found to be in the opposite political party. When this war, that he had decided not to be a part of, had begun, he moves to the capital with his family where he accepts a job in a factory that manufactures screws.

One afternoon a group of thieves enters the factory. Tomas ends up being the hero accidentally when he immobilizes the criminals, winning the respect and trust from his boss Facundo, who allows Tomas, dandy by nature, to enter and desire his wealthy lifestyle, full of luxury and commodity. But Tomas knows that collecting such a fortune means many years of hard work and he is not willing to wait so long. He decides to rob his boss's house with the complicity of Pascual, a thief and new friend. In order to get the guns for this, they make a deal with a mobster who in return asks for part of the loot and takes Pedro, Tomas' son, as a guarantee. Tomas accepts the deal, but things get complicated and he ends up killing his boss and also later killing the mobster who lend them the guns, and therefore not sharing any of the loot. He rescues his son and gets home with a feeling of having done the right thing.

This marks the beginning of a world of crime in the life of Tomas, and bit by bit the Manriques rise to the point of a stable income and wellbeing. But Tomas' dream of becoming a well established businessman and gentleman never comes true and he slowly resigns to be a common thief.

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