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and starring

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, Jesús Ochoa, José Sefamí, Martín Altomaro,

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and Walberto Goldstein. The film follows Ana, a fake

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art smuggler, and Aurelia, a maquiladora worker, flee from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua in Northern

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and those who pursue them to

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in the

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province of

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. The two women fight, murder, run, and become an odd couple of friends as they run from the

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and an ex-boyfriend narcotics trafficker.

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* 2000 films 2000s Spanish-language films Mexican crime drama films 2000 crime drama films Films about Mexican drug cartels 2000s Mexican films {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub