Christopher Bennett, a police detective from Phoenix, Arizona, is struggling from memories of a case from his past, and after a heated altercation with his wife Elizabeth, he decides to go on vacation to his hometown of Galesburg, Illinois. Local sheriff, Alex Cimbol, an old family friend, hears of Bennett's return and asks for his assistance in an ongoing investigations, They soon discover a number of elaborate and grotesque murders and realize they are dealing with fanatic religious cult.
Greed took over California because of the gold rush. It made people thirsty for wealth and land. There, in the newly drawn border between Mexico and the US, a lawless war for control, fueled by the anger and xenophobia of the past war, is led by a group of immigrants who join forces to create the myth of the Latin Robin Hood: Joaquín Murrieta.