In 1979, US undercover agent Levine is tasked with stopping the spread of the new drug cocaine. At the same time, drug boss Suárez and his German business partner are planning a coup in Bolivia.

Levine is successful: his undercover agents seize a ton of cocaine in the Bolivian jungle. But Suárez's accomplices are released shortly after their arrest.

Suárez and Altmann celebrate their control of Bolivia with a lavish party. The new government earns billions from the drug trade and takes brutal action against its opponents.