Vanessa Ramirez, a 28-year-old employee at a beauty salon, wants to leave Mexico for greener pastures in the United States with her children, 10-year-old Luc?a and 5-year-old Joaqu?n. With cartel violence spilling closer and closer to her doorstep every day, she seeks the help of the local coyotes-people smugglers-but is unable to afford the rising fees for their services. So, she reluctantly turns to Mexico's criminal underworld to fund...