Cartel Land

Cartel Land (2015) is a drama, documentary film directed by Matthew Heineman rated 7.2/10.

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.

Cast

Robert 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

Nicolás Sierra

Self (as as Nicolás Sierra 'El Gordo')

Karla

Self