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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

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03/01/2007

BBC Two - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

A patrolman on the US border mistakenly kills a Mexican immigrant and tries to bury him.

When a patrolman in a US border town mistakenly kills a Mexican illegal immigrant, he buries him in the desert. Then the dead man's friend finds out. With Tommy Lee Jones.

When a rookie patrolman in a US border town mistakenly kills the Mexican illegal immigrant Melquiades Estrada, he hastily buries him in the desert. When the body is found, Estrada's friend Pete Perkins kidnaps the patrolman and takes him with him on a journey across the border, to bury the body in his home town.

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