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An orphaned young girl teams up with a former enforcer, as they are pursued by a ruthless Mexican mobster. BRIEF SYNOPSIS MARIA SANCHEZ (10) finds her life shattered when DESGRACIADO (55), a Mexican mobster involved in drug smuggling and prostitution, bursts into her home looking for the money that her father, Greco, stole. Her mother, CHELLA SANCHEZ, makes Maria hide under the sink curtain. Maria is armed with knives. Desgraciado and his henchman search the apartment. Maria spies a package underneath the sink; she takes it. When the henchman finds Maria, Maria stabs him. TEXAS SHERIFF, SAM SHINE (39), storms the apartment. A gun battle erupts. Chella is shot. Desgraciado escapes. Sam takes Maria to an orphanage, where he believes she’ll be safe. She wants Sam to find her father. Maria hides the package of money. At the orphanage, the …show more content…

On the other side of the tunnel is Mexico. Sam escorts DOLORES, a former enforcer for Desgraciado, to the same mission. Dolores is known to have the strength of ten men. She’s hiding from Desgraciado. Desgraciado and his men search for her. Dolores and Maria form an unlikely bond with each other. Dolores protects her. Dolores struggles to deal with her own pain about her son, who was killed by Desgraciado. The henchman “buys” Trini to be used by Desgraciado. Desgraciado and his men track down Dolores and Maria. A gun battle erupts. Dolores decides to take Maria and flee. She promises to take her to see her mother. They find shelter and bond with each other. Maria wants to be like Dolores. They contact Sam, but Desgraciado is alerted and finds them. Another gun battle explodes. Maria is grabbed and Desgraciado wants Trini to kill Maria, but he refuses. In a hail of gunfire, Trini is shot. Dolores and Maria escape. Eventually, in a startling turn of events, Maria learns that it was Dolores who killed her father. Dolores didn’t know. Maria feels

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