Dr. José Manuel Mireles (known as "El Doctor") leads the Autodefensas , a grassroots citizen uprising against the brutal Knights Templar drug cartel.
Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads Arizona Border Recon, a small paramilitary group aiming to stop the drug war from seeping into U.S. territory. Key Themes and Observations Cartel Land
The film weaves together two primary narratives of citizens taking the law into their own hands after their respective governments failed to protect them: an American veteran