Sentences with phrase «of a drug cartel»

Who: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whitaker and Luis Guzman What: The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.

I took some comfort in a unique aspect of El Chapo's reputation among the heads of drug cartels in Mexico: that, unlike many of his counterparts who engage in gratuitous kidnapping and murder, El Chapo is a businessman first, and only resorts to violence when he deems it advantageous to himself or his business interests.

What's more, many of the agricultural lands used to grow avocados are in the hands of drug cartels, who demand payments through intimidation from farmers.

Under guidelines issued during the Obama administration, the agency agreed not to enforce federal laws in states where the drug is legal as long as they followed certain guidelines, such as not selling to minors and steering clear of drug cartels.

It would cancel the corrupting role of the drug cartels in South American politics, a powerful incentive to corruption at all levels of our own government and a dangerous threat to our civil liberties through mistaken enforcement and property confiscation.

He said: «We must continue to take deliberate steps to intercept drugs and ultimately prevent the criminal enrichment of drug cartels.

In many Latin American states, the military is significantly underfunded compared to the enormous spending power of the drug cartels.

Before Syracuse, Katko spent two years as an assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting members of drug cartels in El Paso, Texas, and two years as a special prosecutor in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The two rivals must form an uneasy alliance to take down the head of a drug cartel backed by the DEA.

Director: Jee - woon Kim Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, Johnny Knoxville, Jamie Alexander Running Time: 107 minutes Certificate: 15 Synopsis: When the leader of a drug cartel escapes...

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

The film stars David Oyelowo (Selma), Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde), Joel Edgerton (Bright), Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables), Thandie Newton (Westworld) and Sharlto Copley (District 9) and sees Oyelowo getting mixed up with the world of drug cartels.

Release: Friday, October 2, 2015 [Theater] Written by: Taylor Sheridan Directed by: Denis Villeneuve In Sicario we get to take a tour south of the U.S. - Mexico border, heading to Ciudad Juárez to infiltrate the infamously violent and complex system of drug cartels that has consumed Juárez so completely it has become responsible for the random abductions of tourists and citizens... Continue reading Sicario

The leader of a drug cartel mistakenly believes Harold is the head of his company and is the one that holds the key to a secret formula for making a profitable drug.

Cartel Land, distributed by The Orchard and executive produced by Oscar - winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, revolves around vigilantes on both side of the border — in Arizona and Mexico — who find their own separate motivations for battling the ubiquitous violence of the drug cartels.

Not just when it comes to news of Guillermo del Toro's or Salma Hayek's next film, but also when discussing the politics of drug cartel films like Sicario, the cultural politics of the lilywhite vision of Her's Los Angeles, the box office clout of Instructions Not Included, and more importantly, whenever anyone wishes to anoint this (yet another) «Latino moment» as if we were some fad destined to leave as quickly as we arrived.

These great cars are the stuff of British queens and Saudi princes, old sultans and new dictators, lords of manors and bosses of drug cartels.

The United States authorities have come down hard on Stuart Gulliver's bank, accusing it of moving money on behalf of drugs cartels in Mexico

The latest in Tom Clancy's tactical shooter series heads to Bolivia to tackle the subject of drug cartels and organized violence.

At this point in my gaming career, cooperative play is much more appealing than competitive multiplayer, and being able to rid Bolivia of drug cartels with friends has me hyped.

Unfortunately, Albuquerque is experiencing a plight similar to other cities that border Mexico and within easy access of drug cartels that use stolen cars as a means to finance and transport drugs, weapons and money into and out of Mexico.

There are quite a few flashbacks to Breacher's past, wherein he lost his wife and son in a vicious kidnapping and torture scenario, filmed for his perusal, at the hands of a drug cartel he had been trying to take down — the very one he thinks is out to dismantle his crew one by one.

The heads of the drug cartels are also undeterred.

Joining in on the mediocrity is Susan Sarandon (as a DA), Barry Pepper (as a DEA agent), and Benjamin Bratt (as the leader of a drug cartel).

Blunt plays a tough - as - nails FBI investigator who is tracking the leader of a drug cartel.

In this edition of the Jonathan Grave thriller series, Jonathan steps into a trap when he and Boxers travel to Mexico to rescue a busload of missionaries from the hands of a drug cartel.

This project has opened and continues to open doors of opportunity for young men who are too quickly snatched up by the allure (and threat) of the drug cartels.