Cartel Land

Cartel Land

100 mins | Drama, Documentary | July 3, 2015

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.

Cartel Land

100 mins | Drama, Documentary | July 3, 2015

Cartel Land
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers The Documentary Group, Our Time Projects
Original title Cartel Land
Directors Matthew Heineman
Writers

Cast

Robert Hetrick

as Himself

Tim Nailer Foley

as Self (as Tim 'Nailer' Foley)

Paco Valenciano

as Self - Autodefensas Comandante

Chaneque

as Self - drug cartel thug

Caballo

as Self - drug cartel thug

Ana Valencia

as Self - Manuel Mireles' wife

Estanislao Beltránin

as Self - spokesman, Autodefensas

Janet Fields

as Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend

Nicolás Sierra

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

Karla

as Self

Alfredo Castillo Cervantes

as Self - Mexican political (as Alfredo Castillo)

María Imilse Arrué

as Self (as María Imilse)

Shawn Wilson

as Self