In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to halt Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.
▶ Watch TrailerRobert Hetrick
Himself
José Manuel Mireles Valverde
Himself
Tim Nailer Foley
Self (as Tim 'Nailer' Foley)
Paco Valenciano
Self - Autodefensas Comandante
Chaneque
Self - drug cartel thug
Caballo
Self - drug cartel thug
Enrique Peña Nieto
Self
Ana Valencia
Self - Manuel Mireles' wife
Estanislao Beltránin
Self - spokesman, Autodefensas
Janet Fields
Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend
Director
Matthew Heineman
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$1,145,923
Production
The Documentary Group, Our Time Projects, A&E IndieFilms, Whitewater Films
Reno
January 24, 2016
> Two men stood against on the different side of the border for the same cause. I was not sure what to expect from this film. By seeing its poster, my mind was very clear that it definitely some serious subject. I'm kind of a person who's not okay with the lions killing a zebra on the animal planet, so I was worried about the clips they might show would be too violence. You know, in the movies ...
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