Cartel Land

2015 · 1h41 · Film

Directed by Matthew Heineman

Starring Robert Hetrick, José Manuel Mireles Valverde, Tim Nailer Foley, Paco Valenciano, Chaneque, Caballo, Enrique Peña Nieto, Ana Valencia, Estanislao Beltránin, Janet Fields

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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.

Original language

English

Music

H. Scott Salinas, Jackson Greenberg

Cinematography

Matthew Heineman, Ross McDonnell

Cast

Paco Valenciano, Chaneque, Caballo, Enrique Peña Nieto, Ana Valencia, Estanislao Beltránin, Janet Fields, Nicolás Sierra, Karla

Updated July 22, 2026

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