A childhood friendship, forged on the banks of the Rio Grande is torn apart by a cruel twist of fate.

Years later, Johnny Luther is a rising star in the Texas Attorney General's office, a man sworn to uphold the law. Epifonio "Chico" Ramos, the friend who once saved his life, has been pulled into the treacherous world of a ruthless drug cartel to save his family from destitution.

Their separate paths are set on a collision course when Johnny is tasked with dismantling the very criminal organization that Chico is a part of. As the investigation deepens, a dangerous game of cat and mouse unfolds across the US-Mexico border, forcing both men to confront their past and the choices that have defined them.

Now, on the same river where their bond was formed, they are faced with a final, tragic choice.

Can justice be served without destroying the last remnants of a life-saving friendship?