In the Mexican Sanchez family, power is literally a drug. Carlos, thefamily’s patriarch, runs the cartels and Hector, the eldest son, runs thecountry, but their profitable empire is threatened by a cartel uprising andinternal, domestic strife. The cartels are weary of paying tribute to thefamily in exchange for protection from the police and military. Carloshas become psychotically obsessed with killing an American cowboyand businessmen who had the stones to interfere with a Sanchez drugoperation in Arizona. Boots, the young daughter of the family, rebelsagainst her traditional role as a woman and wants a cut of the familyaction. Meanwhile, Hector and his brother Ramon plot to take over thefamily business from their increasingly unstable father. From his base inSonora, patriarch Carlos will plot to keep control of the family empire,kill the American cowboy, and bend his own daughter to his wishes.