Fuego en la sangre (Translated to "Fire in the Blood", but in English called Burning for Revenge) is a Mexican telenovela that began transmissions on January 21, 2008, through Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas network.
It is the Mexican adaptation of the Colombian 1994 soap opera Las aguas mansas, which had previously been remade into a popular 2003 version titled Pasión de gavilanes and produced by RTI Colombia in association with Telemundo and Caracol Televisión.[1]
From January 21 to November 2, 2008, Canal de las Estrellas broadcast Fuego en la sangre weeknights at 9pm.
From April 28, 2008 to February 20, 2009, Univision broadcast the series weeknights at 9pm/8c replacing Pasión. The last episode was broadcast on February 20, 2009 with Mañana es para siempre replacing it on February 23, 2009.
From July 22, 2013 to February 7, 2014, Canal de las Estrellas broadcast reruns of Fuego en la sangre[2] weekdays at 11:30am.
As of April 18, 2016 to January 27, 2017, Tlnovelas broadcast the telenovela at 11:00, 17:00 and 23:00 replacing Sortilegio with Amores verdaderos replacing it on January 30.
Plot
The three Reyes brothers make an oath before the grave of their sister Libia (Sherlyn) and vow to avenge her death. With hatred in their hearts, Juan (Eduardo Yáñez), Oscar (Jorge Salinas) and Franco (Pablo Montero) make their way to the hacienda of Bernardo Elizondo (Carlos Bracho), the man who seduced their sister and got her pregnant, not knowing that Bernardo truly loved her and had every intention of divorcing his overbearing wife Gabriela (Diana Bracho). Before their arrival, however, Bernardo dies in a suspicious accident and the hacienda is taken over by Gabriela and her son-in-law Fernando (Guillermo García Cantú).
The Reyes brothers find work at the hacienda as masons and carpenters, and they soon devise a plan to punish the hated Elizondo family. Their targets are the three daughters of Bernardo and Gabriela, and their plan is to seduce them and then abandon them, so that they will suffer as Libia suffered before her death. Juan chooses Sofía (Adela Noriega), Oscar will seduce Jimena (Elizabeth Álvarez), and Franco will go after Sarita (Nora Salinas).
They will gradually realize that their plan won’t be that simple to carry out because the three sisters are themselves victims of their mother’s tyranny, and have been totally robbed of their freedom and individuality.
Juan finds Sofía to be a sensitive, generous woman who is traumatized because she was raped. She was forced to marry Fernando, a violent man she does not love. Juan falls sincerely in love with her and, for the first time since her terrible ordeal, Sofía is able to touch a man without feeling rejection. Their relationship is put in jeopardy not only by Juan’s oath and by Fernando’s presence, but also by the arrival of Ruth Uribe (Susana Zabaleta), who develops an obsessive desire for Juan and is determined to have him.
Oscar will discover that Jimena is the girl of his dreams. She is outgoing and spontaneous, with a burning desire to experience life to the fullest. Their relationship is colored by sensuality and playfulness. They cannot help falling in love, and Oscar will find himself in a painful dilemma between love and revenge.
Franco and Sarita will realize that they are soul mates. Both of them are sensitive and naive, and they share a love for books. Their romance will be sweet and full of surprises. But Franco will be plagued by indecision; prior to meeting Sarita, he had fallen in love with Rosario Montes (Ninel Conde), a singer in a local bar. Rosario, however, pushes him away even though she does love him because Fernando wields a strong power over her and has threatened to kill any man who tries to get near her. Franco is at a crossroads: to love Rosario and fulfill his oath, or to break it and love Sarita.
This multi-layered plot is fraught with compelling emotions, true love trapped in a labyrinth of overwhelming passions, driving ambition and harsh retribution, concealed truths, and lies that cloud reason. Young hearts joined together and driven apart by the same tragedy – yearning for love… and Burning for Revenge.[3]
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