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He is as divided as the land itself.
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Jack Nicholson Harvey Keitel Valerie Perrine Warren Oates Elpidia Carrillo Shannon Wilcox Manuel Viescas Jeff Morris Mike Gomez Dirk Blocker Lonny Chapman Stacey Pickren Floyd Levine James Jeter Alan Fudge William Russ Gary Grubbs Gary Sexton Billy Silva Bill McLaughlin David Beecroft Esther Sylvey Luis Mejía Roberto Rivera Jay Thurman Craig Terry Juan Ramírez Adalberto Cortez Concepción Palmeres Juan Salas Norma Mayo Paula Ruiz Carlos Bruno Villaneuva Ronne Drummond Richard Watts Bernice E. Shamaley Kenna Espersen Glenda Meadows Joe Zizik Maria Delgado Lupe Ontiveros Francisco Farias Edmundo Alonzo Alan Gibbs Beverly Overstreet Don Charles McGovern
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