Honey hasn't seen her mother, Marianne, in more than two years. She drives deep into the once-prosperous border region of the Oro Desert for a surprise visit, only to discover that Marianne has vanished. Alone in an unforgiving environment populated with hostile locals, she meets Ch vez, a young "coyote" or human trafficker, who convinces Honey he knows of her mother's whereabouts and agrees to take her there -- for a price. As they make their...