War of Smoke

In the first half of the 20th century, Mexico and the United States emerged as different countries that maintained a complex relationship from the beginning. This context gives rise to the rise of the drug trafficking business and the black market. In a border town, Ciudad Juárez, a woman weaves what will be the first Mexican cartel: “La Nacha”. She builds an empire of more than 5 decades based on the drug business. In turn, in Mexico City, there is another untamed woman, Lola. She dares to push all boundaries; to live a life challenging the status quo of the time, and to occupy a place that supposedly “does not belong to her”. Mexico and the United States, in one way or another, endorse a corrupt and violent relationship led by these two women for 30 years. They are opposed by Henry Anslinger, an American policeman, puritan and conservative, willing to do anything to combat addictions and the trafficking of prohibited substances in his territory. Anslinger is appointed head of the brand new anti-narcotics office: the FBN (Federal Bureau of Narcotics, predecessor agency of the DEA). Anslinger fights against all kinds of demons, including his own, to keep himself clean and stop these two women at any cost.