In Day of the Soldado, the series begins a new chapter. In the drug war, there are no rules and as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. Federal agents callson the mysterious Alejandro, whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin’s daughter to inflame the conflict – but when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will come between the two men as they question everything they are fighting for.