Movie Description:
A powerful story of life on theborder between the United States and Mexico, Bordertown is based on the tragic accountof hundreds of women workingin American-owned factories whohave been brutally raped andmurdered in Juarez, a city gripped by fear. The attackshave been covered up by thelocal authorities, and still continue today. When editor of the Chicago Sentinel GeorgeMorgan sends ambitious reporter, Lauren Adrian to Juarez,Mexico to investigate the murders, what she finds is the story of a lifetime. Eva, a young woman who was raped and left for dead in the desert, is theonly woman to survive an attack. Unable to go to the police forhelp, she turns to a local newspaper run by Diaz Alfonso, former friend and colleagueof Lauren`s. Hiding Eva is incredibly dangerous, but Lauren knows that publishing her story is the only way to expose the truth behind themurders. She is determined to find Eva`s attackers but soon finds herself immersed in a dangerous web of corruption that extends to both sidesof the border.