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Oye, tengo hambre.

No es mi problema, primo.

Duérmete. Cruzamos antes del amanecer y si no estás despierto a tiempo, te dejo

atrás, eh.

Confían en este coyote?

Si fuera un hombre de confianza, no nos estaría cruzando para el otro lado.

Estos son los riesgos que tomamos para una vida mejor.

Well, vinieron preparados.

Es nuestra cuarta vez.

Espera. ¿Quieres decir que te agarraron y te enviaron de regreso a México tres

veces?

¿Y ahora le estás pagando un cuarto coyote para que te lleve a los Estados

Unidos?

¡Qué locura!

No hay un mal que por bien no venga.

Este cabrón aquí de mierda no trabaja para nosotros.

Y no tiene permiso para ser coyote en esta zona.

Somos nosotros.

Dura vida.

Los que controlamos la frontera por estos días.

Y nadie cruza.

Sin que le demos la bendición.

Quieres ir a America?

You want to go to America?

Then it's gonna cost you.

Is this what I play?

En lo que dice la tarjeta.

In English, please.

It looks interesting.

It looks like a shitboard.

I like the... What's the word?

What word?

Shiny... Chromo.

Chromo.

The same word, obviously.

Almost doesn't count, Dora.

We need to be more careful than ever, now.

Very important.

Your manina tonics and thickness.

As always.

Oh,

selfie.

Get ready, America.

We're coming inside of you.

You nasty.

You nasty.

Excuse me.

We're looking for someone.

Did you see that?

Yes,

don't mess with us, man.

No, sir, no problem.

I'm your boy,

right?

Hello, ladies and gentlemen.

Listen, I got a motorbike. I'll check in later.

Come on in, come on in.

I don't bite.

You speak English?

Yes.

Very good.

Both of us.

I like all of your crone.

Well, awesome.

That'll make the toll process a lot easier.

My name is Guero, for obvious reasons.

I am Maria. This is my sister Dora.

We come all the way from Guatemala.

Two months so far.

Man, that's epic commitment.

Respect.

So I take it you need some help?

That's what I'm here for.

We want to go to America.

Maria wants to make clothing.

A designer.

She's very good.

And I want to marry Jimmy Smith.

But the Jimmy Smith when he was in L .A. Law.

Not the old Jimmy Smith they have now. Okay.

I think I can help you with the America part.

We have professional coyotes.

Let's go, guys.

Colonel. No.

Primera, coronel.

He was kind of cute.

That old guy?

No.

Gotcha back there.

Dora, do not trust that man.

Do not trust anyone he works with. From this moment on, do not trust anyone who

brings...

You speak

English?

Well, well enough.

Are you from Mexico?

Small village in the Yucatan.

It's off the beaten path, as you would say.

Do you know how to sing the first stanza of the Mexican national anthem?

You might want to work on that. You nail it, the authorities will only send you

here instead of... wherever.

Do you have any people in America?

$2 ,000 will get you across the border with some basic documents, but we like

run a door -to -door service here.

So we started a staging area along the border into Texas.

From there, we hiked north into New Mexico.

After that, we arranged any transportation to get you to a safe

Los Angeles, Houston, wherever.

It may take a few extra days.

Those are extra fees.

They start at $1 ,000 and go up from there, depending on where you end up.

If you have relatives, it makes it a whole lot easier.

No people.

You just get me to America, I'll take it from there.

Fair enough.

Most people just pay half up front, half on delivery.

Cash, of course.

That's your fucking money.

Fonzo, good to see you again, but I'm kind of in the middle of something here.

You know how many dicks I had to suck to get there? Oh, he's kidding, he's

kidding. So not kidding.

Sorry.

Fine. How much did you bring me this time? Don't make me count it.

Eight hundred.

Fonzo, how many times have you been in here?

It's two Gs. American.

Half of that is a thousand.

No pity discount. Can't stay in Juarez anymore.

Another week, I'm gonna end up dead.

Don't look at me, kid. I just work here. My boss sets the price.

Hey, look, look, look.

¿De veras?

¿Serio? We're in this together, compañeros.

When do we leave?

Ya casi llegamos.

No va a ser muy lejos, ¿ok, mi amor?

Pero ya no veo un número.

Bueno, feo, aquí... Ok, andale, vamos.

Aquí tienes, amigo.

Gracias, Antonio.

Disculpa.

¿Huero? ¿Eres el huero?

Es que la señora en la dirección me dijo que venga a buscar un huero.

Direction?

I gave a woman $200 and she told me to go to La Llantera.

I don't know anything about any $200.

See?

You can take me to America.

It's $2 ,000.

I can pay.

For both of us.

Look, this isn't some tourist trip.

It's dangerous out there.

We're in the desert for days.

It's not a great place for kids.

Juarez isn't a great place for kids.

Just come back next week.

We can't.

We need to get out of Mexico as soon as possible.

This week's load is full.

I already have seven people. It's max capacity.

I can pay extra.

Look,

I'd love to help you. I really would. But the bowl is full.

Just come back to the tire shop next week.

Mama, are there other coyotes?

are, but I wouldn't go looking for them if I were you.

Half of them will take your money and run.

And that's the good half.

The bad ones will tell you off to human traffickers.

Both of you.

Seriously, just come back to the tire shop next week. I'll help you and your

then.

Fucking God.

What happened, boss man?

That's why you're in such a hurry to get out of Dodge anyway.

This place is no longer safe for me or my daughter.

I'd rather take our chances in Afrontera.

I'm serious about those other smugglers.

There's some rough hombres out here.

And you're not.

Me? No.

I'm a pussycat. Un gatito.

You don't understand.

We can't wait.

Maybe you don't have to.

I just had two people drop out at tomorrow's run.

What? You're in.

Van leaves at eight.

I won't have time to load you up with much paperwork, but it's up to you.

Meet in the alleyway behind the tire shop tomorrow morning.

And bring food and water.

Thank you.

No need to thank me.

You just have to pay me.

You are late.

Have you introduced yourselves to each other yet?

If you're ready to get familiar with one another, we're going to be spending a

lot of time together on the road.

If we get stopped by authorities, it's best if we know each other's names.

Comprende?

I'm Aurelia Romero.

This is my daughter, Marisol.

Hi.

The best I can do on short notice.

Maria J.

Dora, Maria's sister, she came all the way from Guatemala.

El país de la eternal.

Also, el país de gang violence.

Everybody who knows me calls me Ponzo.

You got lucky yesterday, kid.

That cousin of yours in Phoenix better be good for your other half -year fee.

Roll for Yucatan.

All right, now that we're all pals,

Oh, yeah, come on over, come on over.

Everybody, this is, um... Alicia Maldonado.

That's right.

Glad you could work it out with Mr. Batista.

All right, well, that makes seven.

Let's blow it up.

All right.

We've got a short drive ahead of us this morning.

We're heading east of the main crossing here in Juarez.

About 50 miles outside of town is our staging area.

Border patrol are less frequent and more open to bribery out there We'll get the

van across the Rio and after that hope you brought your comfortable shoes

because we're in for a nice long walk

You know those people?

They are my parents.

Huh. I wouldn't even recognize my parents if I saw them these days.

Why aren't they coming with you to America?

They, uh, they didn't have enough money for all of us.

We spent too much getting here.

My parents only had enough left to send me.

The Rio's just about 100 yards that way.

We cross at sundown.

That way we get a good eight -hour head start in the U .S. soil before daybreak.

How far do we got to walk after that?

Two days. Two and a half, depending on how fast the group is.

A transport will meet us at a crossroads just off the highway on the other side.

It's safer here, this passage?

Safer than most.

It avoids the heavy border patrol areas.

Steers clear of the big branches out to the west.

Those cowboys have been less neighborly lately.

You've been this way before, though.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

I'm trusting you with my daughter's life.

And I've lived in Mexico for eight years now.

Me, I love it.

Well, parts of it. The beach, mostly.

But I understand why people need to leave.

Your daughter?

She deserves better.

Much better.

My mother, she had a sister in Denver.

Denver's been this way.

Like I'm not going to yank your chain and tell you that the U .S. is some

paradise where all your problems go away.

It's hard there, too.

But I promise, I'll get you and your daughter.

To Denver.

Welcome to La Yuma.

All right, nobody panic. We deal with this stuff all the time.

Just a few grease palms and some of the bitch.

Well, well, well.

This is what I call the reality of an unsecured border.

Too fucking real.

Everybody keep your hands where we can see them.

You too, little girl.

That orriba.

Where's the drugs, amigos?

Easy there, brother.

No drugs here.

No drugs at all.

Give a load of El Ringo here.

Don't bullshit us!

We're with the United States Border.

Recon patrol.

Did your mama sew those patches on for you?

That's not really a thing, bro.

By the looks of these outfits, you're just a couple homemade vigilantes.

That's an insult?

Calling us vigilantes?

Let me tell you something.

If I took that as an insult, you wouldn't be alive right now.

Same with all you little Mexicans.

So I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

I'm going to take it as a compliment.

Is that fair?

Because you're right.

We're out here on a vigil.

Up the ante.

That's good.

How long you been working on that one?

We know for a fact every taco bender sneaks across the border smuggling

Otherwise, how could they afford a scumbag coyote like you?

That's all right.

Well, you're fixing to sell all these girls into slavery.

Whoa. Is that it?

You some kind of perverted sex trap?

They're queuing on.

Look at these people. They're family.

We're just trying to... What

in the fuck did you just do?

Come on, boss.

Everybody went this way.

Are they killing people?

No, no. They're militia.

Fake. Like, fake soldiers. Fake authorities who have harassed migrants.

But why did they do that?

I don't know.

They just drive around on the weekends, eat MREs, and take videos of migrants

crossing the borders. I didn't know they... I've never come across one face

-face. That was... Holy shit, that was fucked.

We left most of our supplies on water back then.

It's a problem.

I ain't going back for it.

Bueno, bueno, bueno, look, look. I can lead them off to the north, and then you

can flank the south and take them along the riverbank.

I don't know.

Maybe if we can just get to the... Forget it, we gotta go.

Where? I don't really know where we are yet, but if we just keep heading north,

I'll get my bearings. Come on, we gotta go.

Fuckers go.

I don't know.

Just keep your neck on the swivel.

You think that girl back there is dead?

You shot her in the fucking face, though.

Yeah, I don't think she's getting up anytime soon.

That wasn't what I meant to do.

I was just trying to scare them.

Yeah, tell it to the cops.

I'm doing shit to the cops, and neither are you.

Uh -huh.

Look, buddy.

Listen.

We go back there, we dump that body in the river.

That whale just spoke downstream, right?

And it's somebody else's problem.

Right now, we gotta run them tongs into the ground.

Can't risk them getting picked up by the border bouncers and squealing.

You understand?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look at my boy.

You up for it?

This is real now.

It's a real tactical situation.

Yes, sir. All right.

Up for it. It's tactical.

Yeah, roger that.

On him down.

And shoot him up!

There you fucking redneck.

He's afraid of that.

He went and got that truck.

We cannot outrun them now.

No. We stay off the road.

No.

No. We can't risk getting lost out here. I still don't know where we are.

Sun will be up in a couple hours.

Best bet is to just hunker down here and wait till dawn.

We can still get to the rendezvous point in a couple days.

Safehouse is waiting for us.

Do you believe?

I believe, but I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know.

Just breathe, brother.

Stay calm.

Just over the falls here.

Just keep your head screwed on straight and swim for sure.

You're going to figure this out.

You're going to help these people.

Get them to where they're going.

Most importantly, this time, you're going to get paid.

I promise you, one day soon, you're going to tell Batista to go piss up a

Sun's almost up.

Never gonna find those slippery little wetbacks.

Maybe it's alright.

I mean, they're a bunch of fucking illegals, right?

If they go crying de la migra, they're just gonna get deported.

Yeah.

Yeah, maybe.

We still gotta go deal with that body back at the river.

We got to get our story straight.

Straight as my rifle.

I don't think I'm going to go back there.

Why the hell not?

I can tell you to look on her face.

To look on her face.

Are you sure you know where you're headed?

Yeah, I've got my bearings now.

Me and this stretch of desert are old frenemies.

About a day's walk from the river's crossing, there's a hidden stash.

It's got water, some food, enough to get us to where we're going.

Which is where?

The rendezvous point.

About 70 miles northwest of here is that crossroads.

We're going to meet a transport vehicle there.

Normally I wouldn't have us walking during the day, but I've got to make up

time from last night.

Are those men still following us?

I don't know.

I don't think they'll be bothering us again, cariños.

As long as we keep off the roads, we'll avoid trouble.

Border patrol, rural sheriff, trigger happy redneck.

Y Alicia, her buddy, a mi amor, a mi la va a decir a su papá.

Okay? Mm -hmm.

You ever get a feeling the universe is punishing you for all the bad stuff

you've done?

We've all done bad things. It's not the universe's job to punish us.

What the shit?

Well, this is your secret stand. No, no, no, no. Other migrants?

Maybe those militia criminals?

All right, everybody, we're going to have to rally our supplies here.

Pull out all the food and drinks we've got.

Fonzo, can you help me look all around here and see if there's anything left?

Does not look like much.

It's not bad.

It's better than nothing.

How much water does a person need per day?

Two liters.

How much farther do we have to walk?

Fifty miles or so.

Another couple hard days at least.

My daughter can't walk another fifty miles.

We'll get her there.

Let's just rest up here until the sun passes its zenith.

Start up again.

Would it not be faster if we went to the road?

No. We show our face on the road, we won't make it five miles before we get

bust.

Okay, well, what if you go get the vehicle and come back and pick us up?

Nobody's getting left behind.

It's just, it's not safe out here all by yourselves.

I'm not going to abandon you.

Plus, there's no roads out here. I wouldn't be able to drive back anyway.

Guys, this is the same hump of desert we'd be making anyway.

What if we just go back?

Not where?

To the river?

We just left Alicia there.

I ain't looking in that rearview mirror.

Go back to Mexico.

But we just got out of there.

And we don't want to turn around, do we, Maria?

I don't know, Dora.

It's getting too dangerous.

These supplies are meager.

Perhaps we should resupply, regroup, and then set out in a few days.

Guys, look, all we have to do is make it across this valley, past that mesa over

there.

Supplies aren't ideal, but with a bit of rationing, we should all be fine.

But, yeah, this isn't a forced march.

I understand things have taken a turn.

Look, if everybody wants to go back to Mexico, I'll take you back.

If you want to continue, I will get you to that rendezvous point.

I'll get you to that safe house.

What if some of us want to continue and some of us want to go back?

Well, you can't exactly look after two groups at once.

It's my job to get you to America.

That's what I'm paid for.

Plus, I'm not in a position to hand out refunds.

We didn't come all this way to turn around now.

Fuck Mexico.

Wait, wait, one minute. Guys, just chill out.

Let's put it to a vote.

Everybody decide for themselves.

I trust you more or worse.

Marchamos adelante.

Claro.

What else could go wrong?

I'll carry her if I have to.

Looks like we don't have a choice, do we?

So, what is Guatemala like?

It's beautiful.

It is a deeper pit of hell than Mexico right now.

Hard to believe.

Our older brother, Andres.

Last year, Andres was killed by the street gang that controls our

where we live.

Where we lived.

He would not go work for them.

So dangerous.

They shot him.

They left him in the streets for our neighbor to find.

That's when our parents tell us to go to America.

They spent the last year saving up every good sal.

Our younger... Our younger brother, Fabian, was also supposed to

come with us.

But four days before we met...

Fabian was shot.

But it seems to me that that murdered Andres is

your doctor.

That's it

I'm

done

Coyotes. They're cowards. They're not going to come any closer.

You sure about that?

Reasonably.

Can't sleep?

I've never been more tired.

But no, I can't.

Same here.

Look, I'm sorry about what's happening here.

I tried to warn you back in Mexico.

Guero. What a stupid nickname.

What's your real name?

Scott.

Guess only my parents call me that these days.

How does a nice white boy like Scott end up becoming a coyote?

Wow.

Well, I moved down to Mexico in my early 20s.

A little beach town called Punta Abrea Host.

You ever heard of it?

No. Pretty much nobody has.

It's got a fish packing plant, hardware store, a couple lighthouses and a marine

reserve. Plus this epic reef break that gives you like a 200 meter ride.

Basically, lived there camping out on the beach for about a year.

Eating fish, smoking dope.

Doesn't exactly pay the bills.

So I started packing reefer back up to California.

Just... Old college friends, mostly.

Thought I was just a recreational dealer.

Before I knew it, I was working for a cartel.

About a year of smuggling weed across the border, and they moved me up to

smuggling people.

Not exactly the career path I had in mind.

You know, it's funny.

You close your eyes.

You start...

chasing a dream.

Then one day you wake up, suddenly you're in a whole different place.

Not even sure how you got there.

You know what I mean?

I'm afraid I do.

Need your energy.

Sweet baby Jesus.

This is it?

I'm here?

Yeah, we're here.

We're not safe yet, likely.

What now?

We should have cell reception now.

I text my people and they should be here within the hour.

We're in the homestretch now, folks.

Let's saddle up and ride, people.

Who the hell are you guys?

I thought JJ and Arturo were picking us up.

They couldn't make it.

Okay, ladies and gentlemen, be sure to fasten your seatbelts. We don't want

anyone getting hurt.

So, Batista sent you guys?

He didn't say anything about new drivers.

You're the surfer boy everybody talks about.

Bueno, right?

When is the last time you talked to our friend, Mr. Batista?

The night before we left Mexico, I guess.

Yeah? Well, unfortunately, Mr. Batista is no longer around.

No longer around?

What does that mean?

It means you don't have to worry about him.

He doesn't work for...

What he work for anymore.

So who do I work for now?

The same people you always work for.

And they work for the cartel.

Durabil.

Relax, Mr.

Guerito. Relax.

There's just been a small change in management. That's all it is.

Your last trip through the desert got a bit too expensive for the people in

charge.

Batista's management style has gotten a little lazy, honestly.

So, we are taking a closer look at things.

It's just we... You understand?

Where are you taking us?

To that safe house. Didn't Guero tell you?

Hey, everything is fine.

There is no reason for any of you to be concerned.

We'll get you where you're going.

One of us got killed back at the border.

We lost all of our supplies.

Oh, God.

Very unfortunate.

We need food and water.

We will be at the drop house soon.

You will survive until then.

What's with the windows?

For your protection.

We don't want anybody spotting you here calling the police.

Do we?

Hey.

What's going on here?

What do you mean? This is the safe house.

I've never been here before.

This is the new safe house.

These people paid to get to America.

Of course. They are in America.

Why do I get the feeling you're about to sweat them for more money?

More money is the name of the game, Güero.

Look, I'm a legitimate smuggler, okay?

I do what I say.

People trust me.

Do they?

Should they?

They hired me to get them here safely, okay? They've already been through a

I don't need a couple bajadores ripping them off.

You did your job.

Now, Javi and I worry about these spoilers.

Maybe I should check in with Batista, because I don't know.

Batista will not be answering your call because he's dead.

Is that all you needed to hear?

Now, you owe Batista quite a bit of money.

Which means you owe Duravida quite a bit of money, too.

Now, you just go back to water and find more chicken to smuggle across the

border. And you repeat that. and repeat that till we say otherwise.

That's where I shove a knife on your culo and kick it till the handle comes

Do we understand one another?

Get in that van. Drive it to Mexico.

Do not look back.

And those men outside with guns?

More protection for you.

Nobody gonna mess with you here, grandpa.

How long are we gonna be here?

Ladies,

you stay here.

And you, I keep a close eye on you.

Okay, gentlemen.

This is your quarter.

Just collect your paycheck, brother.

Those people will be fine.

Those people will probably be just fine.

For our protection, no doubt.

Where's Guero?

What happened to him?

Back in Mexico by now.

His job is done.

We don't need him anymore.

But he got you here, right?

Safe and sound.

What does he want?

I'm sorry. Are you a maricon?

Because to me, you seem like a maricón.

Is that why you left Mexico? I mean, that could not have been easy.

Did Papa try to beat it out of you?

What do you want?

Mari Mari gets mad.

I'm the only one who's allowed to get mad around here.

Hey, what about me?

And Javi sometimes too.

To answer your question, We are businessmen.

Or at least, we work for businessmen.

We are here to make money.

We are ready to pay for the trip.

See, in business, there is always a way to maximize profits.

I'll give you an example.

You take your car to be at the oil change, but the mechanic, he sees your

transmission slipping.

Unforseen circumstances, they call that.

It happens all the time, boy.

The customer, well, they gotta come up with more money.

Don't worry me.

We are the unforeseen circumstances.

Money?

I don't have any more money.

You know what I had to do to pay the money I gave Guero?

So much bad stuff.

I had sex with strangers free.

I matched purses from old ladies in the mercado.

I spent all last week following drunk American turistas around the cantinas.

I found them puking their tequila sunrises in the alleyways.

I helped them into a tactic cup and then I helped myself to their wallet.

You only pay half of your transportation fee.

How else are you going to go with the other half when you can't do the other

side? Huh?

I wasn't... I wasn't... I was going to skip out on Weddle before we got there.

I don't have anyone in America. I lied.

What about your family back home?

Surely you've got a father, a mother, a sister who's worried about you.

I'm sure they could come up with a few dollars to help you out of this

situation.

I've been on the streets since I was 12.

Oh, man.

That is a sad, a sad story.

The kid is broke.

No, Bobby.

What are you going to do?

What are you going to do, huh?

If I can get any money out of you, then it's just important to me. Wait, wait,

wait.

Unless you get something, you can contribute to this conversation.

Let me try asking this a different way.

He's got money, lots of it. I've seen it.

How did he get it?

I have no idea.

I don't think he's from Mexico.

He doesn't say much about it.

His accent, there's something funny about it.

Okay.

We can work with that.

I'm going to shake into that.

But for now, Javi here is going to be the shit out of you.

What? Yeah, it would put a good scare into your friends out there.

Very convincing.

And very expensive too.

Most of this did not come from Guero.

You came prepared, my friend.

It says here you're from somewhere in Yucatan?

It's a small village.

You would not know it.

I'm sure.

And what's Yucatan like?

It's warm.

Warm.

You're a hard man, are you?

I can see it in your eyes.

I recognize it.

You know what we are doing here, don't you?

I have an idea.

There's money in my jacket in the bedroom. We already took that.

Well, then you got what you came for.

I think there is more where that came from.

There is no real point in torturing you, is there?

I bet you kick death in the balls more than once.

You aren't the type to get scared, are you?

In fact, I'm starting to think you are the one who did the torture.

The Carter Enforcer?

No.

You look military to me.

Definitely not from Mexico.

Colombia?

No.

Cuba?

Is that it, my friend?

Cuba?

Gojones!

A real -life communist.

I bet they miss you there.

They don't like it when you leave.

Especially not when you are military.

That's defection, my friend.

What are you?

Some kind of general?

I'm an old man looking for peace and quiet.

Say, I bet somebody in the island would cough up a nice bounty to get you back.

You and I have a secret.

What's that?

You and I both know I'm not going to hurt you.

Quit.

Because I don't have to.

You see, Aurelia, you have a young daughter.

All I have to do is open my mouth.

Do you fucking dare?

So we head off to some more house in Acadoche.

Huh? See?

That's what I'm talking about.

That's what you're going to give us exactly what we want.

Which is what?

Money.

I don't have any. I spent it all coming here.

Hmm.

Work visa application.

A couple of quickly slapped together court documents.

You have a lot less paperwork than the others.

Says to me you are in a major hurry to get out of Mexico.

Por qué?

I wonder why that is.

I can't help you but notice you don't have your husband with you.

No partner?

No baby daddy?

Not a single mother's day.

Really woman like you?

I don't believe that.

Maybe Marisol's daddy.

He didn't want to come with her to America.

Or maybe Señora Romero.

She just decided to skip town and leave Señor behind.

Aurelia, coño.

Pobrecito.

Marisol's father is a fucking monster.

A cartel gangster like you.

I wonder, if this señor Romero of yours, does he know you left

Mexico?

That you packed the bag and snuck across the border in the middle of the night?

That his precious daughter, his little marisol, is in the hands of a very

bad man?

I think no.

You know what I bet, Javi?

Yeah. Mexican for a very broad light.

Baby's puppy might pay a pretty pesos where he thought he went.

Right?

Javi.

I'm going to need a name, not an address.

Let my sister go.

Then you can do whatever you want.

You are the top one. I can see it.

Guatemala, right?

Yes.

We are from Guatemala.

That's a long trip.

How long did it take you?

Two months.

Two months?

Wow. Javi?

Would you walk for two months to get to America?

Hell no. You know me.

I don't walk nowhere.

Besides, America sucks.

Mexico sucks.

They all suck.

But Canada is nice.

Never been.

As you might have guessed, circumstances have changed, and this little trip to

America is going to cost you more.

We already paid, güero.

Güero!

But you didn't pay us.

Why would we pay you?

Because we are the people who took over for that stupid gringo.

The last time your friend Güero made this run, things didn't go so good. No.

One of the pollos broke their leg falling off a cliff or something.

Chickens are stupid that way.

And Güero, he dished them out in the middle of the desert.

He would not do that.

He's a coyote.

Border Patrol eventually found the group he left behind.

They got them back, of course.

Most of them, anyway.

I guess a couple of them died from heat stroke or dehydration.

Whatever.

That was just bad for business.

And Guero's boss, Mr. Batista, he just wasn't in proper control of his people.

Which is why our cartel took over.

And why we are... here now to make sure the big bosses get their money

out of this operation.

I don't care about your big boss.

Dora and I have 100 left between us.

Hmm.

That's a problem.

What can we do?

Hmm?

I know.

You got parents back in Guatemala, don't you?

They could send us, say, a thousand more?

Money.

Our parents do not have money.

My father works for the sanitation department.

Yeah, but you got other relatives, neighbors, right?

People who care about you and would not want to see you hurt.

Are you going to hurt me?

A little bit.

Javi.

Okay.

I'm going to take this cell phone of yours and I'm going to make a video of

and I cutting off your fingers.

Not a big deal. Just one of the little pinky ones. You will never even miss it.

I'm going to send the video to your parents and I'm confident.

You're going to find a way to get us some money.

You do not have to do that.

Maybe not.

But I want you.

So, if you prefer, we could go get your sister.

No, no. Do not touch Dora.

There's a great one.

Javi, can you take it?

I insist.

Amigo. Oye, Gabacho.

Me parece que ya has tomado suficiente, ¿no?

Yo te digo cuándo, cabrón.

Hey, Dad.

Yeah, I'm kind of busy right now.

I know, it's been too long.

Thanksgiving.

No, you know, I just... It gets busy around here at the resort during the

holidays.

Yeah, that's right.

Mr. Manager.

I wish I could, too. You know, they count on me.

Tell Mom I say I'm sorry.

I'll see what I can do at Christmas.

No, the weather's great.

Hey, listen, Dad, I gotta run.

I'll talk to you soon.

I love you too.

Bye.

Fuck, dude.

Smile at the camera, little lady.

We are making a little video to send home to your daddy.

Let him know that you are okay.

Wave hello to your daddy.

Hello, daddy.

You are a cute one, aren't you?

Smart one, too.

I bet your mamacita made you memorize your daddy's phone number.

After we're done, you can tell him to us, okay?

And we will send this right to him.

One, two...

Don't they sound too spodgy?

No.

No, no, no, no, no.

Here.

Where is my sister?

Where

is

Dora?

We need you to cook some breakfast.

Whatever you can find any coming is here. It doesn't matter.

Where is my sister?

What have you done with her?

She's gone.

Gone? I don't understand.

My parents wired you the money that you asked for. You know, for her, yeah.

But not for you yet.

No.

No.

Laura would never leave me.

Where is my daughter?

She's gone.

That's all what you need to know.

Perfect.

You might want to get your heart checked one day.

I guess.

But heart or only your family.

What? One

of

our bets just paid off.

Well? Shh.

I don't want anyone to know I'm here.

You came back?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I should have never left you guys here.

Everything's gone south.

I believe one or more of the women may be injured.

This wasn't supposed to happen.

I don't know who those psychos are. Javier Nomar? Or this Doravita cartel?

They've muscled out all the people I used to work for.

Taken over all operations along the border.

They're fucking killers.

No shit, Wado.

Get us out of here already.

All right.

Stand back.

Who the fuck are you?

Okay, okay, okay. That's enough for now.

Where into, my friend?

You don't seem to take orders very well.

I told you to go back to Mexico. What are you doing back here?

Those people.

Those people are not your problem anymore, Americano.

Save your breath, Javi.

This one, he does not heal so well.

Put him back in the van and take him away.

And make sure he doesn't come back this time, cojone.

You're right.

Come on.

Stop living all over the van.

You're here.

We're not going to Mexico, are we?

You're American.

You don't want to die in Mexico.

You like killing people?

Yeah.

Shrug. That's it?

Killing someone means so little to you?

You tell me.

You got some girls shot in the face at the border the other day.

That wasn't supposed to happen.

And the last time...

You run a group across the border and I hear two, three people die?

Two.

Freak storm blew in ahead of us and washed our whole group into an arroyo.

One girl broke her ankle. We lost all of our supplies.

I had to hike out. I had to go get help.

I got jumped by a couple ranch hands.

Found out what I was doing there.

Beat me up pretty good.

Took me two whole days to get to the...

Highway. I was never going to make it back in time.

Why are

you doing

this to us?

Why?

Because I can.

Because you are all weak.

Because you couldn't handle life back in Mexico or Guatemala or whatever

shithole you crawl out of.

Instead of fighting and getting strong and taking control like we do. No.

No, you run away like a little chickens.

Hoping to find some place safer than it here.

You don't know us.

You don't know our lives.

Well.

I've been just everywhere in this stinking hemisphere cleaning up the

other people have left behind.

And let me tell you, there isn't a place that isn't trying to rob you or kill

you or exploit you.

That's just the way of the world.

Are you sure about that?

I don't need to hear any more of your fake rabble, old man.

I heard from some friends of yours this morning.

They are coming to pick you up.

What? See?

Those compadres back home are very cross with you.

Apparently, they sent someone special to fetch you back.

And he better have our money.

You told them where we are?

They should be here any time now.

Somebody named El Oso.

You've made a very big mistake.

I warned you.

No, I warned you.

Hang on. Who are they?

They call him Eloso.

Why is he shooting at them?

Is he here to write to us?

He's shooting at them to get to me.

He's a killer, and he's not here to rescue us.

He won't leave behind any witnesses.

I need you to go to the back, find the others, get to the bedroom. Go, go.

Back into the bedroom or I'll puke you in the fucking stomach!

Don't do anything stupid!

Put him down.

He won't be getting back up.

It's a bastard.

Where's Raul?

He's leaving us.

No, he's going to get help.

From where?

He's not coming back.

And this guy?

Who is he?

He's not after us, even.

He's been shooting at those cartel fucks.

We're just... We're just stuck in between. Why can't we just reason with

Give him Nomar.

Let him have Raul. He'll let us go.

We're nobody.

No, no, no!

It's okay.

This is a spa.

Get out.

I think this is the part I tell you, you don't have to do this, dude.

Yeah, I do.

See? You think the difference between us is you feel something and I don't.

But the real difference is that I'm good at my job and you suck at yours.

Those people back there, back then, they are merchandise.

They're a shipment of pineapples. And you get paid to deliver the pineapples.

So, You lose a few in the transport sometimes.

Some go bad.

Some fell off the track.

Maybe you will want to.

But you don't feel bad about pineapples because there are always more and more.

Get down, or you miss. Shit, wait, wait, wait. Down! Wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait.

I just... You let me smoke one last joint?

You're about to die and you want to take a lenny break.

Huh?

I always thought I was going to die in some epic wipeout in Oahu or something.

Might as well go out on some high, right?

Sure. Why not?

Just because Ansa's a nice guy.

I can't believe you came out there and saved me.

It was a tactical decision.

I had one bullet.

It wasn't enough to save the others.

Maybe it's enough to save you.

And now there's two of us to stop El Oso.

He's still not even... There's a bear now?

No, El Oso, he's a killer.

He worked for the Cuban government when I was a member of Vispas Negras.

Black Wash. We were hired to put off an invasion.

Of course... When one never happened, we were hired to put off demonstrating.

They had a sign.

We had sniper rifles.

Jesus. No wonder you left.

Well, so far America isn't the respite I was hoping for.

Little people go.

I'm the one you're looking for.

¿Por qué?

Terminé. Retirado.

Podría haber hablado libertad por el pueblo.

Muchos a mi heredador lo exilen.

Pero mantuve mi boca cosida.

Chomacos o familia marchando en calles.

Pidiendo por un poco más de comida.

Los desaparecimos.

Lo hice desaparecer.

Podrían haber desotados, yo sabes.

Compartido todos mis secretos y todos sus secretos.

Pero solo quiero desaparecer.

En algún lugar en medio de la nada.

Que nunca hayan oído de la revolución.

Quiero sombrar flores, rosas, tal vez comer parqueques para la cena

nomás porque sí.

Y olvidar todo lo que hice para el flimpa negra, para el presidente.

For Cuba.

You're still alive?

Yeah.

Raul. He saved my bacon.

He's kind of a badass.

He's out there right now fighting some big Dominican dude.

The Cuban.

Hey, crawl out this window and run for that truck. We need to get Marisol.

is she? She's in the bathroom.

I'll go get her, you go find Mariat, and let's go.

Is he dead?

Well...

Somebody get a towel or something.

No, the wound is through and through.

No!

You hit it.

You promised.

Take care of her for me.

Guero.

Marisol. Tia.

You're home now, Princessa.