Sentences with phrase «life of drug cartel»

The life of drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar is to arrive on the big screen, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, Brad Furman has...

Not exact matches

Mexico declared war on drug cartels and organized crime a decade ago, a conflict that claimed more than 200,000 lives and shows few signs of slowing up.

Novelist Don Winslow has spent much of his life researching and writing about Mexican drug cartels and the horrific violence they are responsible for.

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.

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.

Very cool film that depicts real life drug dealer, currently imprisoned currently to be released in 2014, George Jung (Played in the film by Johnny Depp) who along with the rest of the Medellin Cartel that he belonged too, basically started cocaine distribution in the U.S..

Seal turns every CIA directive or order into another money - making opportunity, trading guns meant for the Contras to the Columbians in exchange for cash, deliberately ignoring the consequences of his actions, both in the United States (the explosion of life - ruining drug abuse tied to the cartels) and in South and Latin America (the tens of thousands of civilian deaths euphemized away as «collateral damage» in the drug wars).

Warring factions in the Mexican state of Michuacán have taken the lives of innocents and filled the streets with unlicensed armaments in their crossfire: drug cartels like the Knights Templar have terrorized the people for years, while the white T - shirt - wearing Autodefensas, led by Dr. Jose Mireles, have fought to protect the civilians, though their methods are as illegal as their drug - trafficking opposition.

After her drug kingpin boyfriend frames her for stealing a fortune in cartel cash, 18 year old LYDIA goes on the run, with only one ally in this whole wide world: her perennial screw - up of a dad, JOHN LINK, who's been a drunk, a drug addict, a motorcycle outlaw, and a convict in his time, and now is determined to keep his little girl from harm and, for once in his life, do the right thing...

But the finer performances go to supporting players like Jon Bernthal (World Trade Center, «The Walking Dead») as an ex-con trying to clean up his life after many mistakes, and Barry Pepper (True Grit, Casino Jack) as an undercover DEA agent walking a fine line trying to keep Matthews alive while the U.S. Attorney wants to reel in even bigger players in the drug cartel, regardless of the collateral damage their actions may cause.

THE INFILTRATOR sees him take the true life role of Robert Mazur, who famously went undercover to expose drug cartels operating in league with supposedly legitimate banks around the world in the 1980s.

Doc would be correct, of course, and as the plot of Thomas Pynchon's potboiler pastiche Inherent Vice grinds into high gear, he'll run afoul of several alive - folks - thought - dead, mysterious cults, more mysterious cartels, crazy drugs, loaded guns, subversives, countersubversives, obscure nautical laws, a band of dentists gone bad, and, worst of all, he will witness firsthand the slow strangulation of a certain dream of free living at the hands of nefarious historical forces.

If you have or ever wanted to experience the life in the drug world, this book shows you everything from the smallest in the food chain up to the heads of cartels, this shows what it takes to survive and be successful in the life that is surrounding the black market drug world, also shows how two people from two different back grounds can come together to help create an ever growing drug empire.

When Ghost Recon Wildlands goes live late tonight on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, chances are millions of you will be rushing into the Bolivian wilds to wipe out the drug cartel known as Santa Blanca.

While clearly happy to use the murky subject matter as a source of entertainment, Ubisoft also appear keen to remind us that while taking on the global drugs trade and South American drugs cartels in a virtual world can be a lot of fun, there is a far darker real life war that the game takes inspiration from.

Born in Mexico, the Harlingen - based Gonzalez presents large - scale paintings depicting the hardships of life on the U.S. - Mexico border and the brutality associated with drug cartels and illegal immigration.

Born in Mexico, the Harlingen - based González presents large - scale paintings depicting the hardships of life on the U.S. - Mexico border and the brutality associated with drug cartels and illegal immigration.