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Feature film — 2015

Cartel Land (2015)

7.21h 41mDrama — Documentary

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.

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A high-signal pick with 384 votes.

The Documentary Group / Our Time Projects / A&E IndieFilms / Whitewater Films

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Director: Matthew Heineman

On screen

Cast & crew

R

Robert Hetrick

Himself

J

José Manuel Mireles Valverde

Himself

T

Tim Nailer Foley

Self (as Tim 'Nailer' Foley)

P

Paco Valenciano

Self - Autodefensas Comandante

C

Chaneque

Self - drug cartel thug

C

Caballo

Self - drug cartel thug

Enrique Peña Nieto as Self

Enrique Peña Nieto

Self

A

Ana Valencia

Self - Manuel Mireles' wife

E

Estanislao Beltránin

Self - spokesman, Autodefensas

J

Janet Fields

Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend

N

Nicolás Sierra

Self (as as Nicolás Sierra 'El Gordo')

K

Karla

Self

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