Filmmaker Shows How Mexican Vigilantes Have Become the Monster They Intended to Tame Jorge Ramos and Rafa Fernandez de Castro - Fusion
go to original July 31, 2015

In "Cartel Land" vigilante groups become the monster they intended to fight (Fusion)

“The overall story is clear — cartels reign with impunity in Mexico,” filmmaker Matthew Heineman told Fusion’s Jorge Ramos in an exclusive interview.

But Heineman, director of the Sundance award-winning documentary “Cartel Land,” says the problem is a cross-border phenomenon that has blurred the lines between good and evil in a drug war with no end in sight.



With unprecedented access and guerilla-style camerawork, Heineman introduces viewers to Arizona desert militia leader Tim “Nailer” Foley, whose stated mission is to hunt narcos and smugglers, but ultimately spends his days rounding up undocumented immigrants. Meanwhile, on the other side of the frontier, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, Heineman introduces us to Dr. José Manuel Mireles, the charismatic leader of the region’s self-styled vigilante movement. The film increasingly focuses on Mireles, who watches the force he helped create turn into the very monster he intended to battle.

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