Dainty's younger sister, Teensy, is in critical condition in a Ciudad Juárez hospital and her friend is missing after a ride in a gypsy cab. On the way to rescue Teensy, Dainty runs into a sexually ambiguous pygmy dressed as a streetwalker who introduces herself as Lt. Amanda Vásquez of the El Paso PD. They become caught in a world where murder is commonplace, and justice elusive.