Cartel Land Page #2

Synopsis: A physician in Michoacán, Mexico leads a citizen uprising against the drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Across the U.S. border, a veteran heads a paramilitary group working to prevent Mexico's drug wars from entering U.S. territory.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Matthew Heineman
Production: The Orchard
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 35 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
2015
100 min
Website
721 Views


I see this as an invasion.

the situations in mexico,

specifically, it's insane down there.

The villain is the cartels,

these smugglers.

they have

no regard for human life.

And I get asked a lot

by people, why do I do this?

And my question to them is,

If not me then who?

President

obama heads to mexico tomorrow,

But while mexico's

president hopes

To show off his country's

economic successes,

The ongoing war between

violent drug traffickers

And the growing movement

of armed civilians

Threatens to overshadow

the gathering.

estanislao beltrn torres

A member of the michoacn

self-defense group says,

"dr. Mireles' whereabouts are not going

to be made public for his security."

...Who's that, tim?

Taking

matters into their own hands,

The rise of cartel

violence and homicides

Have sparked an emergence

Of well armed vigilante groups.

those guys are

deeper down in mexico.

They are in the southern

mountains of michoacan.

They're taking back

What is theirs from the cartel,

And is nice to see

that they're standing up

And going back at them.

Oh you don't know who's who,

who's actually helping them?

Is it just the town's people,

or is the government involved,

Or the cartel's involved?

Even if that's true,

once they get strong enough

They'll go after

the cartels that armed them,

So I hope they kick

some ass down there.

It's the way it should

be done up here, too.

We just spent $400

on a new digital scanner.

The scouts are starting

to use encrypted radios,

So we got to beef up ours.

Holy crap!

I wonder if they're

now over here.

The scouts up on the mountains

Are pretty much like

air traffic control,

But I like to call them

drug traffic control

They are the eyes

for the guys on the ground.

If we can take the eyes

away from the cartels,

We can put a little dent

in what's happening.

do you copy there, spartan?

I sent a couple of

guys to loop down and around,

In case we flush

the scouts off the top.

roger here, it's over to you.

this is my third time

up this the f***ing thing,

And they get away every time.

So I've got a bone

to pick with these guys.

These motherfuckers.

Nailer, spartan.

go ahead.

Be advised.

Duke has 07 bodies

Camouflaged carpet shoes

in person.

f***!

Hola.

Sit down.

Mexican?

- who does?

- this guy, right here.

It's their coyote,

he's the guy in the front.

He's the one who

speaks the english.

He's the guide.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

I speak english because

I working in cancun.

You know where is cancun...?

I know where cancun is.

- I working there and I speak english...

- Uh-huh.

Finish up, we can go.

I'll be up front

Anybody touches me, drop 'em.

Roger that.

Okay, let's go.

Tucson, this is clint

with arizona border recon,

I just want to let you guys know

we need an agent for transport,

We have seven

off of guemero mountain.

Nailer to spartan...

Do you think

there are other scouts?

resupply for the scouts.

the more and more

I spend time down here

I see innocent people

becoming casualties of a war

That they didn't

want any part of,

But they are stuck

right in the middle of it.

I'm not going to close my eyes,

I'm not going

to look the other way.

he's a brave man

And the time's are difficult

here in our country,

And this guy has a...

As we say in mexico

I've always had

concerns the violence in mexico

Would make it across the border,

And it's already happening.

there's been a major

new development this morning

In the border battle.

two agents have

been shot in southern arizona,

Eight miles from the border.

we've identified

25 murders, 124 kidnappings

And extortion's

that are cartel related.

It's bad down here,

I think its going

to get a lot worse.

there's a lot more people

Waking up to what's

actually going on

And the interest in what we do

has gone up tremendously.

this right here

is where it starts man.

It's a group of people

coming together

Having the necessary

conversations

I've been doing this

for over four f***ing years

And I've been asking,

begging and dying

For f***ing people to come down.

And look you guys show up,

It took four years,

but you're here.

We had run-ins

two days in a row with scouts.

We've held them off,

so they're dying to get something through.

We're going to deploy

in four different spots

On four different hilltops.

We're going to show them

That we can watch

this whole area.

That's it, let's do it.

Down the road, on your right,

straight up that fence line.

That's where you want to be.

Try to stay off

the roads as much

As possible, use

the trees as cover.

See you in a couple of hours.

Be advised, it looks like

There's two scouts.

tell him to notify

as soon as he can confirm.

We got a confirmed visual.

Two scouts.

We got a scout right

there in those bushes,

Right there.

Copy.

just post up and sit.

Nothing will come through.

Copy that.

You know,

we're playing a game of hide and seek,

And we're just trying to

play with the best we can.

It's a victory even though you

don't grab the mules and the dope.

Just by stopping them

from bringing it over,

Is a small win in the battle.

The odds are stacked against us,

And we're sick

and fricking tired.

alcon, alcon, this is sierra 01.

There is cartel radio traffic

indicating possible movement

Due to the storm.

Stay alert at this time.

we won't back down,

we won't give up.

We're going to keep

pushing against the cartels.

I believe what I'm

doing is good,

And I believe what I'm

standing up against is evil.

I think that

this circle of violence has to stop.

This is a big dream,

And everybody can have

beautiful dreams.

I think I was a good

vigilante for my people,

For my town,

for my michoacn state.

But I lost my motive,

Lost the family.

And the family was the motive

To fight against criminals.

I... I think

it's my fault,

I think I'm responsible

for this situation.

This is life.

There's people

all around the world

Trying to make a difference.

They're all just like me.

They're tired.

They're tired of sitting,

they're tired of waiting.

They're tired of nobody

doing anything,

So they take the law

into their own hands.

The cycles do stop,

You just got to want

to change them.

let's go, rocko.

I left home because of the

physical and mental abuse by my father

But at one point he finally

got to meet my daughters.

And he complimented

me, and says,

"hey, they're great kids

they're well behaved,

They're articulate, they're intelligent,

and everything else.

And I told him

I had him to thank,

Because everything

that he did to me,

I did the exact opposite.

So the cycles can change,

It just takes somebody

to change them.

But we're stuck in a cycle

where nobody wants to change.

When they're spouting,

they're changing

But they're not doing anything.

They're doing the same thing,

but just with a different look.

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