Sicario: Day of the Soldado also known as Sicario 2: Soldado or simply Soldado is a American action crime thriller film [ 5 ] directed by Stefano Sollima and written by Taylor Sheridan. The story relates to human trafficking at the U. It received generally favorable reviews from critics. In response, the United States government orders CIA officer Matt Graver to apply extreme measures to combat Mexican drug cartels who are suspected of having smuggled the terrorists across the MexicoβUnited States border.
Graver and the Department of Defense decide the best option is to instigate a war between the major cartels, and Graver recruits operative Alejandro Gillick for the mission. Graver also meets with PMC entrepreneur Andy Wheeldon to purchase mercenaries , helicopters, and encrypted communication equipment for the U.
Gillick assassinates a high-profile lawyer of the Matamoros cartel in Mexico City while Graver and his team kidnap Isabel Reyes, the daughter of Carlos Reyes kingpin of the Sonoran cartel , rivals of the Matamoros , in a false flag operation.
Graver, Gillick, and their team take Isabel to a safe house in Texas and stage a DEA raid pretending to rescue her from the Matamoros cartel. They take her to an American military base while the team organizes her return to Mexico. They plan to leave her behind in a Mexican Federal Police depot located inside territory controlled by her father's rivals to further escalate the inter-cartel conflict.
However, after they cross into Mexico, the corrupt police escort turns against them and attacks the American armored vehicles. In the firefight that ensues, Graver and his team kill 25 Mexican policemen to escape the ambush.
