Cartel Land
2015•R•1h 41m•7.2•Released
DramaDocumentary
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.
Director
Matthew Heineman
Revenue
$1M
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
The Documentary Group
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
Alfredo Castillo Cervantes
Self - Mexican political (as Alfredo Castillo)
María Imilse Arrué
Self (as María Imilse)
Shawn Wilson
Self
Production
Company
The Documentary Group
Company
Our Time Projects
Company
A&E IndieFilms
Company
Whitewater Films
Producer
Matthew Heineman
Producer
Tom Yellin
Recommended
7
Narco Cultura
2013
7.3
Cocaine Cowboys
2006
6.9
Heroin(e)
2017
6.1
Chaos: The Manson Murders
2025
6.8
Cocaine Cowboys 2
2008
6.9
The Crash
2026
7.2
Maternal Instinct
2026
5.9
Voyeur
2017
6.2
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
7.6
Touching the Void
2003
8.5
Everybody’s Everything
2019
6.9
All That Breathes
2022
6.2
Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee
2022
7.6
Icarus
2017
6.4
Biggie & Tupac
2002
7.8
The Alpinist
2021
7
Untold: Crime & Penalties
2021
7.6
Cobain: Montage of Heck
2015
6.4
Murder in Monaco
2025
7.6
Ted Bundy: Mind of a Monster
2019
Similar Movies
6.1
The Party Is Over
2018
6.8
The Hitch-Hiker
1953
6.6
God Forgives... I Don't!
1967
6.7
Jeopardy
1953
7.1
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine
2014
6.3
Wild Heart
1956
7.2
Tailored gentleman
1954
Synthesize Me
2025
6.1
Stark Raving Mad
1983
7.2
Ju Dou
1990
4.6
Girls in Prison
1994
7.3
The Damned
1969
5.9
Wavelength
1983
6.5
Burnt
2015
7.4
The Culture High
2014
5.9
Jubilee
1978
10
Sick
0
4.8
Paris by Night
1989
6.6
A Man of Reason
2023
5.9
Frybread Face and Me
2023