Miss Bala is a 2011 Mexican drama film written by Gerardo Naranjo with Mauricio Katz and directed by Gerardo Naranjo. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
She is then kidnapped by the leader of the La Estrella gang, Lino No Hernndez, and the gang also kidnap her brother and father as bargaining chips to control her. Laura is used by the gang for criminal missions, including transporting drug money across the US border, and luring out a DEA agent who has infiltrated the organization Jos Yenque.The climax of the film occurs after Laura wins the Miss Baja contest. The gang uses her to seduce a prominent military general Miguel Courtrier but she switches sides when she learns that Suzu had been a casualty in the nightclub shooting. She manages to survive the ensuing shootout but is captured by the military and paraded as a member of the gang. ........
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