Cartel Land

Overview

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.

Trailer

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Cast and crew

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  Robert HetrickHimself

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  José Manuel Mireles ValverdeHimself

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  Tim Nailer FoleySelf (as Tim 'Nailer' Foley)

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  Paco ValencianoSelf - Autodefensas Comandante

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  ChanequeSelf - drug cartel thug

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  CaballoSelf - drug cartel thug

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  Enrique Peña NietoSelf

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  Ana ValenciaSelf - Manuel Mireles' wife

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  Estanislao BeltráninSelf - spokesman, Autodefensas

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  Janet FieldsSelf - Tim Foley's girlfriend

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  Nicolás SierraSelf (as as Nicolás Sierra 'El Gordo')

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  KarlaSelf

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  Alfredo Castillo CervantesSelf - Mexican political (as Alfredo Castillo)

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  María Imilse ArruéSelf (as María Imilse)

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  Shawn WilsonSelf

Director

Matthew Heineman

Music

H. Scott Salinas and Jackson Greenberg

Cinematography

Matthew Heineman and Matt Porwoll