Based on the true story of America's most notorious drug trafficker. "Its time the world knows who I am." These prophetic words ignite the action-packed events that chart the perilous rise and fall of Erik Vasquez, the first American-born drug lord in Mexico. After a drug shipment goes horribly wrong, Vasquez is caught in a crossfire between a deadly cartel, the DEA, and the Mexican authorities. As he rushes from safehouse to safehouse, defending his turf and his family, Vasquez is headed straight towards a fateful showdown.