Sentences with phrase «against the cartel drug»

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Lehder's involvement in the drug trade proved valuable when he was able to testify against Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who had assisted the Medellin cartel with its money - laundering activities.

2018 will be a defining year for Mexico, a country plagued by corruption, violence in its struggle against gangs and drug cartels, and slow economic growth.

Formally launched in December 2006 by former President Felipe Calderon and then continued under his successor, Enrique Pena Nieto, the drug war struck a series of high profile blows against Mexican cartels.

He's second - in - command of the Autodefensas, a band of citizens in the Mexican state of Michoacán who have taken up arms against the powerful Knights Templar drug cartel.

The individuals he is talking about are «Cartel Land's» twin protagonists, vigilantes from two different countries and two different cultures who are determined, each in his own way, to fight back against the endemic violence the Mexican drug cartels bring to everything they touch.

The story follows an investigator who, in an effort to bring down the boss of Asia's biggest drug cartel, conspires with a lowly member of the gang seeking revenge against the boss.

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small - town physician known as «El Doctor,» leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years.

Narco Terror is an arcade twin - stick shooter about a one - man war against the drug cartel.

The movie delivers an unprecedented view into the lives of two modern - day vigilante leaders who have taken up arms against the murderous Mexican drug cartels on separate sides of the Mexico and U.S. border.

The war that's raging near the edge of Arizona and Mexico has existed for years, pitting drug cartels against fed - up civilians on both sides of the border.

A sprawling look at life on the front lines of the war against drug cartels in Mexico, this gripping film by Matthew Heineman explores the dangerous and messy moral dilemmas that arise when vigilante groups on both sides of the border take action.

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.

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, small - town physician José «El Doctor» Mireles shepherds the Autodefensas, a civilian coalition waging its own war against the Knights Templar, a drug cartel operating with impunity, and perhaps with governmental complicity.

And this first look seems to live up to that promise, as Graver and Gillick are given license to play as dirty as they want in the war against Mexico's drug cartels.

The clandestine activity, with dirty barrels and smoke set against a murky backdrop, strengthens the ominous associations of watching the Mexican drug cartel at work.

Acclaimed director Denis Villeneueve explores the war against the Mexican drug cartels with the action thriller Sicario, which topped one of our writers» individual favourite lists and claims # 9 in our countdown.

NO ACTIVITY Ordered straight to series STUDIO: CBS Television Studios / Gary Sanchez / Funny or Die TEAM: Will Ferrell (ep), Adam McKay (ep), Patrick Brammall (ep), Trent O'Donnell (ep), Jason Burrows (ep), Joe Farrell (ep) LOGLINE: Set against the world of a major drug cartel bust and celebrating the mundane, it follows follows two low - level cops who have spent far too much time in a car together, two criminals who largely are kept in the dark, two dispatch workers who haven't really clicked and two Mexican tunnelers who are in way too small a space considering they've only just met.

Sicario: Denis Villeneuve's grimy depiction of U.S. law enforcement's any - means - necessary war against Mexican drug cartels is filmed with the kind of precision and technical artistry that it's almost beside the point whether the story itself is something you care to get swept along with.

The movie, a complex story set against the war on drug cartels, was directed by Denis Villeneuve and shot by 12 - time Oscar nominee Roger Deakins.

Valley of Bones The discovery of a valuable dinosaur fossil pits a disgraced paleontologist and a drug - addicted oil worker against a deadly drug cartel.

In making his documentary «Cartel Land,» director Matthew Heineman gained access to vigilante movements, on both sides of the U.S. - Mexican border, pushing back against the drug cartels.

«We can't become the criminals we're fighting against...» Matthew Heineman's almost accidentally fearless exposé of Mexico's terrifying cross-border drug cartels opens with what looks like an outtake from Breaking Bad: an atmospherically torchlit scene of masked men cooking crystal meth, talking of American chemistry and local poverty, and how they will keep doing this «as long as God allows», whatever the consequences.

Through one of those film noir - style coincidences that imply the universe itself has set up against him, the counselor is implicated when the shipment of drugs goes missing, and whether or not he had anything to do with it, the cartel must keep up appearances and handle it.

In this week's show, Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard join Xan Brooks to review Suffragette, the tub - thumping civil rights drama starring Carey Mulligan, Sicario, with Emily Blunt as a gun - toting FBI agent facing off against Mexican drug cartels as well as colleagues Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, Regression, in which Ethan Hawke investigates Emma Watson's satanic possession and cold war ice hockey documentary Red Army - Click here to see the video version

While Traffic is essentially about the war on drugs in America, the film's starting point is the almost - exclusively south - of - the - border (and nearly all Spanish language) story of Javier Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro, doing away with his annoying tics and delivering a career performance), an average Tijuana State policeman who is given the opportunity for greater prestige by working for General Salazar's (Tomas Milian) efforts against the drug cartels.

Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land is a classic western set in the 21st century, pitting vigilantes on both sides of the border against the vicious Mexican drug cartels.

A lean, leathery - faced figure, he comes from a broken background and is a former drugs user who now wages war against the cartels.

Best Setting: Bolivia — Ghost Recon Wildlands One of the most diverse biomes in the world, Bolivia served as a fantastic backdrop for the Ghosts» black ops war against the Mexican Santa Blanca drug cartel.

Narco Terror combines the good of the old and the amazing of the new in an action - packed twin - stick shooter about an over-the-top one - man war against a drug cartel.

The game's story pits the members of the Ghost Recon team against a Bolivian drug cartel known as Santa Blanca who have grown rapidly to become the world's largest producer of cocaine.

The series has been relatively quiet of late, but is now coming back in a big way with the newest installment, Wildlands, which will pit players» covert - ops team against a brutal South American drug cartel in one of the most expansive settings yet seen in the franchise.

The game trailer took place in South America against the drug cartels.

The Ghost Recon series returns with an edgy new setting that pits special - ops forces against a ruthless South American drug cartel.

strike a blow against the drug cartels, which are are estimated to get around 60 % of their money from illegal pot sales; and

You remember, I'm sure, those heady days in 2008 - 9 when we were thrust, un-deputized, into the fight against crime, pitting our laptops and our wits — at least half of them — against the drug cartels existing in the minds of the Ottawa bureaucrats charged with the duty of keeping Canadians safe — and unlaundered — from terror.