Dawn Rose on a Dead Body

Badiraguato is known as the birthplace of Mexico's most notorious criminals, from Caro Quintero to 'El Chapo.' But in this rural community in the Sinaloa sierra, what is the daily life of those invisible in the criminal fresco, who live in this jobless region, grow a tiny patch of poppies, run a grocery store, or hold a position in the local government? This sensitive ethnography lifts the veil on a marginalized territory that is the downside of our globalized economy; an ethnography that confronts us with the uncertainty that reigns when, once again, 'Dawn rose on a dead body.'