This film is not a documented case history of a recent event. Rather, it is a dramatization of troubles along the southern border of New Mexico. A couple problems come to mind. First, because Miguel was eventually identified as fleeing the scene, the Sheriff concludes that he is culpable in the death of Olivia. Was there a coroner's report? What was the cause of death? Did the film intend to portray the Sheriff as a simpleton? Roy disclosed to him that he rushed to the scene because he heard rifle shots, yet no firearms were found there. How is that evidence to be explained in the Sheriff's scenario? Second, asking when the group would cross the border, Paulina learns that they had just done so. She then turns to glance back at a pitiful 3-strand barbed wire fence. Later, the Sheriff blames illegals for what happened to Olivia, and Roy blames not changing the gun locker combination. Shouldn't the pitiful fence be worthy of some blame? What if there were better border security? What if the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government secured the border, issued appropriate Green Cards, implemented legal immigration, and enforced existing law as it should? Answer: illegal immigration would be a trickle instead of a flood, there would be more order and less chaos, and there would be less crime against persons and property. This film is really an indictment of the U.S. Government.
