Diego is a hustler and involved in high stakes criminal activity, including tapping into an oil refinery pipeline and stealing gasoline to resell at a vastly decreased cost. Forced to leave the country, his brother, who is a politician, arranges a cover ID so that he can go and live in the United States. Camila, a beautiful mother of two children is in an abusive marriage where she is regularly assaulted by her alcoholic husband. She also wants to escape and vanish with a new identity. Diego, Camila, and her kids are paired up as they cross the border as a family.