Hanson and Miguel continue to make their way north. A short while later, Mauricio and the rest of the cartel catch up with the corrupt officer and kill him while Hanson and Miguel watch from a distance. Realizing the officer is corrupt, Hanson escapes from the police car, subdues the officer and retrieves his keys.
The cop takes Hanson's driver's license and keys and searches his pickup truck, but never actually talks to Miguel.
The cop tells Hanson to get in the police vehicle while he “goes and talks to the boy”. A corrupt cop follows Hanson and Miguel and pulls them over after they found out where they were. A corrupt border patrol officer sees their gang tattoos, recognizes that the passports are fake, and allows them in anyway.Īfter Hanson uses his credit card to repair his truck, Mauricio tracks the pair to Route 66 in Oklahoma.
The cartel use fake passports to get into America to follow Hanson and Miguel. Hanson happens to see their car there and sneaks Miguel out to go to Chicago. One of the cartel members comes in and claims that he's a relative of Miguel. Hanson reluctantly agrees to take Miguel to her family in Chicago.īorder patrol show up after her death and take in Miguel. Before she dies, she gives Hanson a note that lists her family's address in Chicago. Hanson shoots and kills Mauricio's brother Rosa is fatally wounded by one of the cartel members. He ends the call and gets involved in a shootout with the cartel led by Mauricio. Hanson calls border patrol on them before he sees the cartel coming up. One day, while on patrol, he encounters Rosa and her son Miguel, Mexican citizens on the run from the cartel.
Former United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper and Vietnam War veteran Jim Hanson, a widower and drunkard lives along the Arizona-Mexico border alongside his dog, Jackson, and reports attempted illegal crossings to the United States Border Patrol, whom his step-daughter Sarah Pennington works for.