Plot Synopsis

Executive produced and directed by Dan Johnstone and Castor Fernandez, COWBOY CARTEL is a four-part documentary that tells the story of rookie FBI agent Scott Lawson, who cracked the case of one of Mexico's most ruthless cartels, Los Zetas, and the multimillion-dollar money laundering operation they ran through the heart of the American Quarter Horse racing industry. Lawson's investigation also took down the Trevino brothers, the leaders of Los Zetas. While the Trevinos terrorized thousands in their pursuit of power, money and influence, Lawson risked his life on a hunch: tracking their brother's racehorse transactions in the United States, infiltrating the deadly cartel and uncovering their international money laundering operations. "Cowboy Cartel" features first-time interviews with FBI agent Lawson, who broke the case; IRS agent Steve Pennington; Irving police officers Steve Junker, Brian Schutt and Kim Williams; Assistant United States Attorney Doug Gardner; Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Ginger Thompson; and Joe Tone, the author of "Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream." All four episodes of COWBOY CARTEL dropped on Friday August 2, 2024 on Apple TV+.