Thrill and adventure with fortune - that is what young Ethan Monroe and his pal Jason Wentworth dream of while on vacation in Peru, South America after meeting a man that boasts to be the cousin of Colombia's drug lord: Lalo Luis Montenegro. Returning to the United States with some smuggled cocaine, the two naive young men formulate a daring plan. Set in the backdrop of the Colombian jungle, Jungle Empire is the gripping tale of greed, betrayal, revenge and what the love of a woman can arouse from deep within the soul.