The movie Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve, was released, depicting the intense reality of the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border.
FBI agent Kate Macer is recruited to join a covert CIA task force aimed at combating Mexican drug cartels.
Kate participates in a high-risk raid on a Mexican safehouse which results in the rescue of kidnapped children but also leaves Kate shaken.
The task force sets up operations at the El Paso border, preparing for a cross-border mission into Mexico.
The task force seizes Enrique, the son of cartel leader Fausto Alarcón, to use as leverage in their mission.
Kate and the task force covertly cross into Mexico to conduct an operation targeting the cartel's inner circle.
During the incursion, Kate witnesses brutal violence, and the team eliminates cartel gunmen to secure their mission.
Kate learns that the mission's objective extends beyond law enforcement and involves destabilizing the cartel's leadership through covert means.
Kate meets Alejandro, a mysterious operative with a personal vendetta against the cartel, who joins the mission.
Following a violent strike by the task force, cartel kingpin Fausto Alarcón is weakened, as intended by the covert plan.
Kate confronts the moral ambiguities of the operation, realizing the complexity and ethical grey zones shrouding the mission.
The task force disbands; Kate returns to her FBI duties with conflicted feelings about the operation.
