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After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
An homage to the music of his native roots, Tributo a la Salsa Colombiana is the first of two volumes featuring reworkings of Latin American classics from Grammy-nominated trombonist Alberto Barros. Released in 2007, it features vocals from Joe Arroyo, Wilson Saoko, and Charlie Cardona and includes the hit single "La Palomita."
Terror reaches new heights when a gang of terrorists steals radioactive material from a nuclear power plant. Although they manage to escape by plane, the pilot is critically injured and they are forced to make an emergency landing. Presenting themselves as a commercial flight, they are granted access to a small private airport. Once on earth, the terrorists kidnap the owner, his daughter and the rest of the staff, forcing them to repair the plane and pilot it to finish the mission.
When a peace agreement between the FARC rebel movement and the Colombian government looks like it will put an end to half a century of conflicts, 30-year-old Yira visits her mother in Colombia after spending 10 years in exile in Cuba. Yira has herself become a mother and wants to give her daughter the family she never had. She confronts her mother, Ruby, with a neglected childhood in the shadow of her parents' political struggles and persecution. She wants her mother to join her in exile in Canada, so that they can finally be together in safety. But Ruby can't let go of her political ideals and choose her family instead. It is not just Yira's childhood that has been sacrificed. She has also sacrificed her own life and safety to such an extent that she has to drive around in an armoured car, constantly protected by armed guards. As the peacetime death toll continues to rise, Ruby is faced with a difficult dilemma. If she chooses her daughter, she gives up on her people.