Problems in Mexico are beginning to become destructive,
“Cartel Land” is a 2 hour documentary that highlights three important perspectives. The perspectives of the United States and how it’s in their duty to secure the border from cartels, the cartels perspective on how sealing drugs such as meth, cocaine, and marijuana is a way they’re able to make a living in such a poor community and there’s nothing to stop them, and lastly the uprising public defenders willing to sacrifice themselves for their people to stop these cartels. The settings take place in Arizona close to its border as well as Michoacan, a free and sovereign state, emulating the battles that each country is facing when bracing themselves to protect their land an people. This documentary was great because as much as we believe the United States is together when it comes to protecting its borders, in Time Foley’s eyes Americans are labeling border patrol as “Extremists hate group” which he finds offensive since he’s the one at the border keeping out cartel members who have no care in killing or robbing anyone in their path. Then we’re able to see a rebellion group known as “Los Autodefensas” form on February 24 and form a movement against cartels. This movement at first was supported by the community until the end of the film when their freedom and job as men with fire arms got way to out of hand. Up until the point Jose Mireles, leader and man who established of this defense group, felt it was his fault for making a group that began to look like the cartels themselves. The irony in that was just so empowering because as much as a person thinks they have a situation under control, if placed in the wrong hands… their motives can backfire. Heineman was brave enough to be centered throughout all of this, he witnessed the shooting, brutality, and vulnerability of all and his documentary really captured the Mexican culture through its rough times but as well as this one moment where even through all the chaos, Mexico’s people were not destroyed.
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