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Martin Gonzalez is just 15. He’s ambitious and daring. Martin was born into a middle class family in Colombia. The teenager asks his best friend at the local military academy, Pepe Cadena, to talk to his oldest brother about getting him into the drug world. Martin wants his foot in the door... as an assistant in a jungle cocaine laboratory.

Martin has no idea this career choice is about to change his destiny and be the start of a difficult and turbulent life.

Martin starts to work in the laboratory and is quickly taken under the wings of Oscar Cadena, the drug boss in the region. After just a few days of loading barrels of chemicals and cocaine onto truck for the journey out of the jungle, his co-workers nickname him "Fresita" because Martin is a small guy who has a tough time pushing the barrels onto the trucks. During this time, Martin and Pepe strengthen their friendship while learning everything they can about the drug trade. They attain so much knowledge and experience, they decide to quit the lab and begin sending their own cocaine to the United States.

While they begin this new venture, they find out Oscar Cadena, the drug boss, has joined with the mighty Villegas Brothers, bosses of the West Cartel. This new empire unites to finish off the mightiest drug dealer of all times: Pablo Escobar.

As these drug lords celebrate the death of their worst enemy, the Villegas brothers suggest the dismantling of the drug business. Martin, who is just starting to make some money, is not willing to give up. Together with other young men, and under the protection of Oscar, Martin decides to confront his old bosses by telling them that he will not give up his business. The Pacific Cartel is about to be born, the most dangerous cartel ever in Colombia, under the leadership of Oscar Cadena.

This new group of friends is exporting tons of coke and making tons of money. And they’re smart about it. Oscar, who is also an ex-Colombian National Police Officer, has recruited some former friends who were on the force with him. Oscar makes it his job to keep the authorities at bay. His abilities and connections make him quite successful at it. In fact, this new cartel is barely on the radar. The authorities are more concerned about the Medellin and West Cartels, while the Pacific Cartel’s operations are growing and moving unhindered deep in the shadow of the two others. Each day, more money flows in and more dope flows out.

Martin watches his fortune grow. At the same time, romance enters his life. He falls in love with Sofia, a beautiful young beauty pageant contestant. Martin doesn’t want to tell her the source of his wealth. He lies about his business and success, but the money is so staggering, he can’t hide the truth much longer. Sofia figures it out and tells him he has a choice: the drug business or her. Martin is willing to get out of it, but he’s in so deep, that he can’t. Sofia finally accepts his love, hoping that one day her love will be able to overshadow the universe in which her husband is stuck.

Meanwhile, Oscar is helping the Colombian Authorities capture all of the members of the West Cartel, including the Villegas brothers. His efforts shut down the cartel. However, death is on the horizon. He doesn’t see it coming. A family member of one of the cartel leaders who was killed in intra-cartel rivalry has it out for him, and shoots him twice in the back. With Oscar out of the picture, a power struggle begins at the young Pacific Cartel. Most of the members, including Martin, think that one of Oscar’s brothers, possibly Pepe, will assume command. However, the Cadena Brothers are busy in a war of revenge against the family of the man who killed Oscar. So, Milton Jimenez, a.k.a "El Cabo," who ran the assassin squads for the Cartel, and was Oscar’s right hand man takes the reigns of the organization.

Pepe, meantime, asks Martin to help in the war of revenge for the death of his brother Oscar. However, Martin wants no part of it. For him, drug trafficking is a business... not a battle field. Pepe can’t understand and considers his friend’s answer and act of treason...against not only their friendship, but the organization. It’s getting too hot for Martin He’s got to leave Colombia. So he takes Sofia and heads for Miami, far away from the warring Cartels, so they can raise their kids in peace and try to forget the complicated life they were living. But the Mafia is like an octopus... and it’s tentacles reach all the way to South Florida. Now, there’s no escape for Martin. He’s trapped in a world he so much wanted to be part of as a young man. He has no choice but to continue his business from afar. Soon, he sees how all of his friends in "the business" fall, one by one, under enemy fire.

This war also makes it impossible to hide the existence of the Pacific Cartel from U.S. law enforcement. The U.S. Attorney, along with DEA, FBI and ICE start a fierce wave of prosecutions again