In the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, violent drug cartels vie for supremacy, and mastery over the lucrative route into the USA, while the law enforcement agencies of the US and Mexico fight a losing battle to stem the flow of murder and drugs.
One such drug lord, Raúl Martínez, is riding high. He is on the verge of another, even bigger deal, and he has managed to capture a DEA agent, Jane García. The only obstacle to his plans, and his only worry, is Jack Taylor, a seemingly indestructible DEA agent, who has infiltrated Martinez’s organisation, and who has just escaped from the shootout in which Jane was captured.