“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat

Warning: Graphic video

An armed group of Sinaloan gunmen execute with gunfire and interrogate several captured Jalisco New Generation Cartel enforcers in the state of Zacatecas. The ensnared and defeated hitmen find themselves on their knees in broad daylight answering a flurry of questions by an individual known as El 40 from the Cartel de Sinaloa (CDS). 

This moment of vulnerability for the doomed individuals shows them to be tense and downcast in anticipation of what’s to come. On top of all this communication over two-way radios, narco ballads, and the voices of multiple hitmen can be heard throughout this film. 

Andrés Pinillo