AS MEXICO'S NOTORIOUS DRUG CARTELS THREATEN TO EXPAND THEIR U.S. OPERATIONS, THE D.E.A. DISCOVERS THAT ONE OF ITS AGENTS HAS DEFECTED. SO AGENT ARMANDO CRUZ IS DISPATCHED TO MEXICO TO LOCATE THE RENEGADE AGENT AND BRING HIM TO JUSTICE. BUT IF HE IS TO BE SUCCESFUL, CRUZ MUST NOT ONLY AVOID THE MEXICAN CARTEL'S CRUTAL "ZETA" KILLERS, BUT THE REVENGE OF A SUSPICIOUS POLICE CHIEF WHO WONDERS WHY HIS WIFE HAS DEVELOPED A SUDDEN INTEREST IN THIS "GRINGO" MEXICAN/AMERICAN ....AN ADVERSARY WHO SEEMS MORE BENT ON SEEING CRUZ IN ONE OF HIS JAILS THAN AIDING OPERATIONS SNOWFALL.