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Cowboy Cartel

Follows a rookie FBI agent uncovering a multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme orchestrated by Mexico's ruthless Los Zetas cartel through the American Quarter Horse racing industry.

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documentary, crime

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Americana Motion Picture Co.

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Scott Lawson

Tyler Graham

Matthew Graham Wagner

FBI HRT Agent

Melissa del Bosque

Anna Strickland

Onlooker

Juror

Daniella M Reyes

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With the Zetas,
it was just out of control, - Cowboy Cartel

With the Zetas, it was just out of control,

Anyone in Laredo knows who the Zetas are. - Cowboy Cartel

Anyone in Laredo knows who the Zetas are.

And we would go back and forth
to his home town, - Cowboy Cartel

And we would go back and forth to his home town,

"We are the most brutal, the most awful." - Cowboy Cartel

"We are the most brutal, the most awful."

The Zetas would terrorize the population, - Cowboy Cartel

The Zetas would terrorize the population,

The people on the border
being extorted and exposed. - Cowboy Cartel

The people on the border being extorted and exposed.

But, you know, Americans,
they don't understand - Cowboy Cartel

But, you know, Americans, they don't understand

The power, the control
that the cartel has over people. - Cowboy Cartel

The power, the control that the cartel has over people.

We'd be sitting there
for hours and hours, days and days, - Cowboy Cartel

We'd be sitting there for hours and hours, days and day...

I get chills right now
even talking about it. - Cowboy Cartel

I get chills right now even talking about it.

All of this devastation is fueled
by our huge insatiable drug demand. - Cowboy Cartel

All of this devastation is fueled by our huge insatiable dru...

You cannot stand up to this group
without grave consequences. - Cowboy Cartel

You cannot stand up to this group without grave consequences...

You know, billions of dollars
of drug profits - Cowboy Cartel

You know, billions of dollars of drug profits

That's gonna take a witness of some type, - Cowboy Cartel

That's gonna take a witness of some type,

And the United States still manufactures - Cowboy Cartel

And the United States still manufactures

The gunfire that you hear
at this moment - Cowboy Cartel

The gunfire that you hear at this moment

And for that kind of money to move,
everybody's involved. - Cowboy Cartel

And for that kind of money to move, everybody's involve...

And I'm not saying
all of them are involved, - Cowboy Cartel

And I'm not saying all of them are involved,

I'm just making sure, because you know,
people in Mexico is pushing me. - Cowboy Cartel

I'm just making sure, because you know, people in Mexic...

But I don't think people care. - Cowboy Cartel

But I don't think people care.

We are shot! We are shot! - Cowboy Cartel

We are shot! We are shot!

So, when you actually have people of power - Cowboy Cartel

So, when you actually have people of power

Throughout my career,
I'd work these cases. - Cowboy Cartel

Throughout my career, I'd work these cases.

I've written for years about Mexico, - Cowboy Cartel

I've written for years about Mexico,

This particular time,
I just mentioned to my family, it's, like... - Cowboy Cartel

This particular time, I just mentioned to my family, it'...

"Why don't we teach you guys
how to shoot guns?" - Cowboy Cartel

"Why don't we teach you guys how to shoot guns?&qu...

"Maybe it's a good thing if, you know,
we all learn how to shoot guns, - Cowboy Cartel

"Maybe it's a good thing if, you know, we all lear...

I was working for The New York Times, - Cowboy Cartel

I was working for The New York Times,

So, I'm spending a lot of time in Texas
on the US-Mexico border, - Cowboy Cartel

So, I'm spending a lot of time in Texas on the US-Mexic...

"What did you do?" - Cowboy Cartel

"What did you do?"

One of my best DEA sources
introduced me to an informant. - Cowboy Cartel

One of my best DEA sources introduced me to an informant.

It's not a matter of
if they'll retaliate against somebody. - Cowboy Cartel

It's not a matter of if they'll retaliate against ...

And we had, you know... - Cowboy Cartel

And we had, you know...

I'm not ashamed to say it,
a fairly boozy dinner one night. - Cowboy Cartel

I'm not ashamed to say it, a fairly boozy dinner one ni...

{\an8}I had enough about the scope
of the business. - Cowboy Cartel

{\an8}I had enough about the scope of the business.

Me and this informant
and a couple of agents. - Cowboy Cartel

Me and this informant and a couple of agents.

I had enough about
what that business looked like, - Cowboy Cartel

I had enough about what that business looked like,

The informant says
"I might have something for you," - Cowboy Cartel

The informant says "I might have something for you,&quo...

In February of 2011, - Cowboy Cartel

In February of 2011,

And so we've got a story,
we're ready to publish it. - Cowboy Cartel

And so we've got a story, we're ready to publish i...

And the e-mail is a picture
from a quarter horse racing magazine - Cowboy Cartel

And the e-mail is a picture from a quarter horse racing maga...

But we decide to call the authorities. - Cowboy Cartel

But we decide to call the authorities.

And what we learn is that
a HSI agent named Jaime Zapata - Cowboy Cartel

And what we learn is that a HSI agent named Jaime Zapata

After Ginger had emailed headquarters,
there was some meetings on both sides. - Cowboy Cartel

After Ginger had emailed headquarters, there was some meetin...

He was doing a diplomatic mission, - Cowboy Cartel

He was doing a diplomatic mission,

And it was the name of José Treviño. - Cowboy Cartel

And it was the name of José Treviño.

{\an8}We had a number of conversations
with her, her editors and my management. - Cowboy Cartel

{\an8}We had a number of conversations with her, her editors...

They told us if we published a story - Cowboy Cartel

They told us if we published a story

He was in an armored vehicle
that had diplomatic plates. - Cowboy Cartel

He was in an armored vehicle that had diplomatic plates.

You see a US government vehicle, - Cowboy Cartel

You see a US government vehicle,

You know, the Treviño name
is pretty infamous in Mexico, - Cowboy Cartel

You know, the Treviño name is pretty infamous in Mexico,

Would we consider holding our story. - Cowboy Cartel

Would we consider holding our story.

As soon as they said people
might get hurt, it was real. - Cowboy Cartel

As soon as they said people might get hurt, it was real.

And surely that can't be... - Cowboy Cartel

And surely that can't be...

I'd been reporting in that world.
I knew how dangerous it was. - Cowboy Cartel

I'd been reporting in that world. I knew how dangerous ...

Because they surely
wouldn't use their real name - Cowboy Cartel

Because they surely wouldn't use their real name

So I knew that this was serious. - Cowboy Cartel

So I knew that this was serious.

And the informant said, "Why not?" - Cowboy Cartel

And the informant said, "Why not?"

...there was a safety feature
that unlocked the doors automatically. - Cowboy Cartel

...there was a safety feature that unlocked the doors automa...

What I asked for from the FBI was, - Cowboy Cartel

What I asked for from the FBI was,

Can I see what you're preparing
to charge him with?" - Cowboy Cartel

Can I see what you're preparing to charge him with?&quo...

Jaime's partner was hit, and survived,
but Jaime was killed. - Cowboy Cartel

Jaime's partner was hit, and survived, but Jaime was ki...

It has been 25 years
since that has happened, - Cowboy Cartel

It has been 25 years since that has happened,

{\an8}The first active step in this case, - Cowboy Cartel

{\an8}The first active step in this case,

I said, I want to underscore
how important it is - Cowboy Cartel

I said, I want to underscore how important it is

We have Mr Piloto, the winning horse, - Cowboy Cartel

We have Mr Piloto, the winning horse,

This is Victor Avila. I'm from ICE. - Cowboy Cartel

This is Victor Avila. I'm from ICE.

{\an8}Tremor Enterprises LLC, your
winning owners here, and how about it. - Cowboy Cartel

{\an8}Tremor Enterprises LLC, your winning owners here, and ...

They were willing to hold it
for a short amount of time, - Cowboy Cartel

They were willing to hold it for a short amount of time,

That was a sort of compromise
and sort of a big piece of friction. - Cowboy Cartel

That was a sort of compromise and sort of a big piece of fri...

At the conclusion
of the whole weekend, - Cowboy Cartel

At the conclusion of the whole weekend,

She accelerated my timeline
by a good half a year. - Cowboy Cartel

She accelerated my timeline by a good half a year.

That José himself did not even
pay for these horses. - Cowboy Cartel

That José himself did not even pay for these horses.

It was like, "Crap." - Cowboy Cartel

It was like, "Crap."

This Mexican businessman had flown
on a private jet to Ruidoso, - Cowboy Cartel

This Mexican businessman had flown on a private jet to Ruido...

They knew what they were doing
and took an overt act to kill Jaime. - Cowboy Cartel

They knew what they were doing and took an overt act to kill...

Highway? What is the highway, sir?
To where? - Cowboy Cartel

Highway? What is the highway, sir? To where?

The whole team, we were there, - Cowboy Cartel

The whole team, we were there,

When you have someone
writing a personal check, - Cowboy Cartel

When you have someone writing a personal check,

Agent Zapata's story is one
that we must not forget, - Cowboy Cartel

Agent Zapata's story is one that we must not forget,

And I think we come up with, like,
a hundred-and-some-odd-page - Cowboy Cartel

And I think we come up with, like, a hundred-and-some-odd-pa...

{\an8}But once that transaction goes
through the banking system, - Cowboy Cartel

{\an8}But once that transaction goes through the banking sys...

They took that,
just did it for the indictment. - Cowboy Cartel

They took that, just did it for the indictment.

So, it just permanently
ties someone to an event. - Cowboy Cartel

So, it just permanently ties someone to an event.

Francisco Colorado Cessa,
he had big business contracts with Pemex, - Cowboy Cartel

Francisco Colorado Cessa, he had big business contracts with...

{\an8}May of 2012, I went to grand jury,
myself and Steve, - Cowboy Cartel

{\an8}May of 2012, I went to grand jury, myself and Steve,

His supervisor and his partner
were the Homeland Security equivalent - Cowboy Cartel

His supervisor and his partner were the Homeland Security eq...

Because he was somebody
who had an oil business, - Cowboy Cartel

Because he was somebody who had an oil business,

I was gonna put all my cards on the table, - Cowboy Cartel

I was gonna put all my cards on the table,

After Jaime Zapata's murder,
there was this sense of, - Cowboy Cartel

After Jaime Zapata's murder, there was this sense of,

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Follows a rookie FBI agent uncovering a multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme orchestrated by Mexico's ruthless Los Zetas cartel through the American Quarter Horse racing industry.

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Director: N/A

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Production: Americana Motion Picture Co.

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2024

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ImdbRating: 7.0

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Released: 02 Aug 2024

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