1 00:00:01,690 --> 00:00:02,890 Jack: Over 68 million Americans 2 00:00:03,350 --> 00:00:06,460 leave the safety of our borders every year. 3 00:00:06,490 --> 00:00:07,790 If danger strikes, 4 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:10,300 the FBI's International Response Team 5 00:00:10,330 --> 00:00:12,500 is called into action. 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,200 ♪ ♪ 7 00:00:21,470 --> 00:00:23,580 Man: Welcome to Mexico, señor. 8 00:00:40,390 --> 00:00:42,230 All you hear about growing on San Diego 9 00:00:42,260 --> 00:00:43,630 is how dangerous T.J. is. 10 00:00:43,660 --> 00:00:45,870 But all... I mean, this place rocks! 11 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:47,800 Oh. Thanks for inviting me. 12 00:00:47,830 --> 00:00:50,470 You only turn 18 once. We might as well do it right. 13 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:52,210 True that. And about time 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,310 you finally invited me down here with you. 15 00:00:54,340 --> 00:00:56,110 You know, I was waiting for the right time. 16 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:59,310 I wanted you to have the best experience ever. 17 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:01,420 Well, speaking of... 18 00:01:01,450 --> 00:01:03,350 Look what I got. 19 00:01:03,380 --> 00:01:04,620 Where the hell did you get that? 20 00:01:04,650 --> 00:01:07,490 This guy was passed out in the bathroom with it in his hand. 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:08,490 Whoa, hey! 22 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:09,790 You need to slow down. 23 00:01:09,820 --> 00:01:11,390 You're crazy. No way! 24 00:01:11,420 --> 00:01:18,270 I'm in T.J. with my best friend, and I'm ready to party! 25 00:01:20,730 --> 00:01:22,570 Oh. 26 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:25,270 It's okay. 27 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:26,300 Oh. 28 00:01:27,870 --> 00:01:29,340 Breathe. 29 00:01:29,370 --> 00:01:31,510 It's almost over. You're okay. 30 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,680 Oh. 31 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:41,690 Roxy? 32 00:01:43,690 --> 00:01:46,930 Promise you're not gonna tell anyone at school. 33 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:48,560 Roxy? 34 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:55,130 Roxy? 35 00:02:01,710 --> 00:02:03,570 Roxy? 36 00:02:04,710 --> 00:02:06,680 This isn't funny. 37 00:02:09,710 --> 00:02:12,550 If you're trying to scare me, it's working. 38 00:02:12,580 --> 00:02:14,320 What? 39 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,800 Monty: Lee Kern, an 18-year-old high school senior 40 00:02:24,830 --> 00:02:27,570 from San Diego, California, was identified as the victim 41 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,340 when Federales found his cellphone 42 00:02:29,370 --> 00:02:31,240 still in his possession in Delgado Square 43 00:02:31,270 --> 00:02:32,870 completely covered in red paint. 44 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:34,770 They immediately contacted the U.S. Consulate, 45 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,240 who, in turn, asked for our help. 46 00:02:36,270 --> 00:02:37,540 What's the preliminary C.O.D.? 47 00:02:37,570 --> 00:02:39,710 It's hard to tell with all the red paint, 48 00:02:39,740 --> 00:02:42,480 but his neck was sliced at the carotid. 49 00:02:42,510 --> 00:02:44,220 Religious iconography aside, 50 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:45,290 do you think there's a message here? 51 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,550 Persecuting him for his sins, making him a martyr. 52 00:02:47,580 --> 00:02:48,960 Martyr or not, it's clearly someone 53 00:02:48,990 --> 00:02:49,890 wanting to make a statement. 54 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:51,660 Yeah, whoever it was, they weren't shy. 55 00:02:51,690 --> 00:02:53,260 Agreed. The hanging in a public area 56 00:02:53,290 --> 00:02:55,460 and the red paint scream someone is looking for attention. 57 00:02:55,490 --> 00:02:58,470 Yeah, but from whom? Cops, locals, tourists? 58 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:00,470 Jack, seems Lee wasn't alone. 59 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:02,470 Border patrols sent this. 60 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:04,740 Meet Roxy Bental... also 18... A classmate of Lee's. 61 00:03:04,770 --> 00:03:05,870 Boyfriend-girlfriend? 62 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:08,610 Yeah, from the look of Lee's social media page, 63 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:12,610 more like friends ringing in Lee's 18th birthday T.J. style. 64 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:14,780 Yeah, road-tripping there is like a rite of passage 65 00:03:14,810 --> 00:03:16,820 for American kids since the drinking at is 18. 66 00:03:16,850 --> 00:03:18,950 Yeah, but most kids return home safely, 67 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:20,420 like Roxy did last night. 68 00:03:20,450 --> 00:03:22,360 Border Patrol has he crossing 69 00:03:22,390 --> 00:03:24,490 back into the U.S. at 11:43 P.M. 70 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:25,390 So Lee ends up dead, 71 00:03:25,420 --> 00:03:27,430 and Roxy skips back across the border. 72 00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:28,630 Does that smell funny to you guys? 73 00:03:28,660 --> 00:03:30,500 About to get stinkier, actually. 74 00:03:30,530 --> 00:03:32,270 Roxy has a SENTRI card. 75 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:33,700 Isn't that for frequent border-crossers? 76 00:03:33,730 --> 00:03:36,400 Yes, it's issued by U.S. Customs to U.S. citizens 77 00:03:36,430 --> 00:03:37,900 for quicker crossing in and out of the country. 78 00:03:37,930 --> 00:03:41,280 Seems Roxy not only made the pilgrimage to T.J. weekly, 79 00:03:41,310 --> 00:03:43,310 each time, it's with a different guy 80 00:03:43,340 --> 00:03:44,780 as you can see here. 81 00:03:44,810 --> 00:03:46,410 So why would a teen girl go back and forth 82 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:47,380 over the border so often? 83 00:03:47,410 --> 00:03:48,480 Maybe she's a drug mule. 84 00:03:48,510 --> 00:03:49,520 Mae: Well, as long as there's demand, 85 00:03:49,550 --> 00:03:50,450 this is gonna keep happening. 86 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,920 I mean, there were 843 drug-related murders 87 00:03:52,950 --> 00:03:54,490 of foreigners in Mexico last year. 88 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,020 So did these kids get mixed up in the drug trade? 89 00:03:56,050 --> 00:03:56,960 Once we're on the ground, 90 00:03:56,990 --> 00:03:59,030 Simmons and I will check the crime scene. 91 00:03:59,060 --> 00:04:00,730 Mae, you take a look at the vic. 92 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,330 Clara, you have a chat with Roxy. 93 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,400 We're not about to let the murder of an 18-year-old 94 00:04:05,430 --> 00:04:07,860 high school student go unpunished. 95 00:04:31,020 --> 00:04:32,980 Jack: There's an old Mexican expression that says, 96 00:04:34,060 --> 00:04:35,860 "They tried to bury us. 97 00:04:35,890 --> 00:04:38,030 They didn't know we were seeds." 98 00:04:46,540 --> 00:04:47,910 I talked to Officer Calderon. 99 00:04:47,940 --> 00:04:50,440 He said they lost six officers in the past month. 100 00:04:50,470 --> 00:04:51,910 Well, the cartels, they I.D. officers 101 00:04:51,940 --> 00:04:53,080 coming to and from crime scenes, 102 00:04:53,110 --> 00:04:54,510 they target them for investigating. 103 00:04:54,540 --> 00:04:56,620 And sometimes their families. 104 00:04:56,650 --> 00:04:58,790 You see why the masks are a necessary precaution. 105 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:00,590 Mm-hmm. 106 00:05:01,820 --> 00:05:04,060 I'm Officer Roberto Calderon. Gracias for coming. 107 00:05:04,090 --> 00:05:04,960 Matt Simmons. 108 00:05:04,990 --> 00:05:06,390 Thanks for having us. 109 00:05:06,420 --> 00:05:08,060 Local store owner saw the body this morning 110 00:05:08,090 --> 00:05:09,560 while opening up. 111 00:05:09,590 --> 00:05:11,800 So how did no one notice a body being strung up 112 00:05:11,830 --> 00:05:13,400 in a popular place like this? 113 00:05:13,430 --> 00:05:16,000 Even Delgado Square slows down for a small window of time 114 00:05:16,030 --> 00:05:16,900 between night and day. 115 00:05:16,930 --> 00:05:19,140 Whoever did this must have known that. 116 00:05:19,170 --> 00:05:20,840 Might even live around here. 117 00:05:20,870 --> 00:05:22,680 It's not easy getting a body up that high. 118 00:05:22,710 --> 00:05:24,940 Corpse with a slit-open neck would have painted this tree 119 00:05:24,970 --> 00:05:27,380 and everything underneath it with blood. 120 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:28,720 Yeah, or it would have bled dry. 121 00:05:28,750 --> 00:05:29,580 But there's none of that here. 122 00:05:29,610 --> 00:05:31,550 This isn't the original crime scene. 123 00:05:31,580 --> 00:05:32,790 The question is where's the primary, 124 00:05:32,820 --> 00:05:34,090 and who would be brazen enough to do this? 125 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,520 All the roads in Mexico lead to the cartels. 126 00:05:36,550 --> 00:05:38,160 Whoever this kid was, he unfortunately 127 00:05:38,190 --> 00:05:40,530 came across them, did something to piss them off, 128 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:41,590 and paid the price. 129 00:05:45,730 --> 00:05:47,570 Clara: Are you aware that the FBI believes 130 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,400 you're smuggling drugs from Mexico into the United States? 131 00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:52,710 Because I am. And I stand by my conviction. 132 00:05:52,740 --> 00:05:53,640 I'm not a puppet 133 00:05:53,670 --> 00:05:55,710 of the United States of Special Interests. 134 00:05:55,740 --> 00:05:57,440 What are you talking about? 135 00:05:57,470 --> 00:05:59,580 The pharmaceutical companies might have you and the feds 136 00:05:59,610 --> 00:06:01,750 in their back pocket, but not me. 137 00:06:01,780 --> 00:06:03,980 So you're not smuggling recreational drugs. 138 00:06:04,010 --> 00:06:07,120 No. No, no, I'm not a criminal. 139 00:06:07,150 --> 00:06:09,160 I'm an entrepreneur. I provide a much-needed service 140 00:06:09,190 --> 00:06:12,060 for senior citizens who can't afford prescription meds. 141 00:06:12,090 --> 00:06:14,190 So you're buying prescription meds in Mexico, 142 00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:16,000 bringing them into America, for what reason, 143 00:06:16,030 --> 00:06:17,560 out of the kindness of your heart? 144 00:06:17,590 --> 00:06:19,570 No. But I'm charging pennies on the dollar 145 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,440 compared to what Big Brother charges. 146 00:06:21,470 --> 00:06:22,800 Hmm. 147 00:06:22,830 --> 00:06:24,940 And all the different boys who follow you there 148 00:06:24,970 --> 00:06:26,770 and tag along, do they get a small percentage 149 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,610 of your up charge? No. 150 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,010 Then why bring them? 151 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:31,980 Because every frat boy with his liquid courage 152 00:06:32,010 --> 00:06:34,450 has a tendency to hit on me, and if I've got some arm candy, 153 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:35,550 they tend to leave me alone. 154 00:06:35,580 --> 00:06:38,550 And what about Lee? Did he know why you invited him? 155 00:06:38,580 --> 00:06:40,050 Of course not. 156 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,620 But he was having such a good time 157 00:06:41,650 --> 00:06:43,820 until he ran off on me. 158 00:06:43,850 --> 00:06:44,920 Ran off? 159 00:06:44,950 --> 00:06:46,690 Yeah, he was blowing chunks. 160 00:06:47,660 --> 00:06:48,660 And so I told him I'd be back in a minute, 161 00:06:48,690 --> 00:06:52,500 I covered him with my jacket, and then I ran off. 162 00:06:52,530 --> 00:06:55,000 When I got back, he'd gotten up and split. 163 00:06:55,030 --> 00:06:56,500 Why did you leave him? 164 00:06:56,530 --> 00:06:57,900 'Cause the pharmacies were closing. 165 00:06:57,930 --> 00:06:59,840 And I've got customers with serious health issues 166 00:06:59,870 --> 00:07:01,640 that can't afford to miss their daily dose. 167 00:07:01,670 --> 00:07:04,910 Knowing Lee, he stumbled back home and is sleeping it off. 168 00:07:04,940 --> 00:07:07,510 Lee is dead. 169 00:07:07,540 --> 00:07:09,920 What? 170 00:07:09,950 --> 00:07:12,620 No, that's impossible. 171 00:07:12,650 --> 00:07:13,720 You're lying. 172 00:07:13,750 --> 00:07:15,760 I wish that I was. 173 00:07:15,790 --> 00:07:16,960 Listen, I need you to think. 174 00:07:16,990 --> 00:07:18,960 Is there anything he could have done or said 175 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:21,130 that would have led someone to want to murder him? 176 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,660 Murder? 177 00:07:23,690 --> 00:07:25,630 No. 178 00:07:25,660 --> 00:07:28,800 No, not that I can think of. We were just having a good time. 179 00:07:30,230 --> 00:07:31,770 No, he did say that there was a guy 180 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:32,840 passed out in the bathroom 181 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:34,770 with a bag of coke in his hand. 182 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:35,640 Lee took it. 183 00:07:35,670 --> 00:07:36,610 How much coke? 184 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:37,680 I don't know. 185 00:07:37,710 --> 00:07:39,980 Like, um, a sandwich bag full. 186 00:07:40,010 --> 00:07:40,980 I threw it out. 187 00:07:41,010 --> 00:07:43,650 That can go for a pretty penny on the streets. 188 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,590 I need the name of that bar. 189 00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:48,790 Yeah, of course. 190 00:07:48,820 --> 00:07:50,860 Of course. 191 00:07:50,890 --> 00:07:53,830 This is my fault. 192 00:07:53,860 --> 00:07:54,760 This is my fault. 193 00:07:54,790 --> 00:07:56,200 If I hadn't have brought him down there, 194 00:07:56,230 --> 00:07:57,900 then he wouldn't be dead! 195 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,070 Thank you for allowing me to assist you, Examiner Granado. 196 00:08:07,100 --> 00:08:08,210 I should thank you. 197 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,010 We're so understaffed and overworked. 198 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,840 I can use an extra pair of hands. 199 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:17,550 After all these years, it's still not easy to see the dead. 200 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:19,650 And especially this young. 201 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,690 So much life ahead of him. 202 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:24,990 Well, the cut is clean. 203 00:08:25,020 --> 00:08:27,190 It's not jagged, so the blade wouldn't be serrated. 204 00:08:27,220 --> 00:08:28,930 The C.O.D. is an exsanguination due 205 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,000 to the cutting of the carotid. 206 00:08:30,030 --> 00:08:31,030 It was a quick death. 207 00:08:31,060 --> 00:08:33,100 Like the way you bleed an animal. 208 00:08:33,130 --> 00:08:35,670 What kind of blade do we think did this? 209 00:08:40,170 --> 00:08:43,580 The path of the wound tapers off as if it's curved. 210 00:08:43,610 --> 00:08:46,250 Like what? 211 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,180 When I was a kid, I would spend my spring breaks 212 00:08:49,210 --> 00:08:51,720 at my grandparents' house, and they had a garden. 213 00:08:51,750 --> 00:08:53,990 And so I was always there to help plant. 214 00:08:54,020 --> 00:08:56,990 And my job was to cut all of the weeds. 215 00:08:57,020 --> 00:09:02,000 So my grandpa would give me... 216 00:09:02,030 --> 00:09:03,300 this. 217 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:04,860 A sickle? 218 00:09:04,890 --> 00:09:06,300 Sí. 219 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,970 Can you hand me the tweezers? 220 00:09:15,770 --> 00:09:17,110 Thank you. 221 00:09:22,250 --> 00:09:25,580 It looks like somebody has been playing in the sand box. 222 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,000 Roxy said she left Lee here. 223 00:09:54,110 --> 00:09:56,210 Arterial spray. 224 00:09:57,950 --> 00:10:00,620 This is our primary crime scene. 225 00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:05,420 Simmons: There's also a trail of blood... ends abruptly. 226 00:10:05,450 --> 00:10:09,200 So whoever did this must have a vehicle they're moving him in. 227 00:10:09,230 --> 00:10:11,100 That explains how they got Lee's body up in that tree. 228 00:10:11,130 --> 00:10:12,230 Tie a little rope to a bumper, 229 00:10:12,260 --> 00:10:13,670 you got yourself an instant winch. 230 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:15,400 The owner any help? 231 00:10:15,430 --> 00:10:17,670 He said it's too many kids come through here 232 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:19,810 to remember any one face. 233 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,940 He prays that American kids stop coming down here. 234 00:10:22,970 --> 00:10:24,780 They're too much trouble. 235 00:10:24,810 --> 00:10:27,210 Officer Calderon, we believe whoever did this 236 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,850 transported the body in some kind of vehicle. 237 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,080 Unless you got a plate number, 238 00:10:31,110 --> 00:10:32,950 it would be almost impossible to find it. 239 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:35,050 We got traffic cameras at the border, 240 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,120 but not across the city. 241 00:10:39,890 --> 00:10:42,100 I've seen this before... La Horca. 242 00:10:42,130 --> 00:10:44,360 Mm-hmm. The Gallows Cartel. 243 00:10:44,390 --> 00:10:45,730 They mark their territory. 244 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,000 Roxy said that Lee lifted a bag of cocaine 245 00:10:48,030 --> 00:10:49,740 off of some guy who'd passed out in the bathroom. 246 00:10:49,770 --> 00:10:51,070 What if he was a member of La Horca? 247 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:53,270 Like I told you, all roads lead to the cartels. 248 00:10:54,270 --> 00:10:55,210 What do you got, Mae? 249 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,380 Well, the victim's carotid artery was severed 250 00:10:57,410 --> 00:10:58,980 with a sickle. 251 00:10:59,010 --> 00:11:00,080 A farmer's tool? 252 00:11:00,110 --> 00:11:01,380 Give the man a prize. 253 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:03,220 Interesting choice of weapon for the cartels. 254 00:11:03,250 --> 00:11:06,290 I also found some traces of sand on Lee's body, 255 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,820 a possible secondary transfer. 256 00:11:07,850 --> 00:11:09,060 Sand? 257 00:11:09,090 --> 00:11:12,290 La Horca's one of the cartels vying for supremacy in T.J. 258 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,090 They love to surf. 259 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,200 Maybe the transfer is from one of their hangouts 260 00:11:16,230 --> 00:11:17,260 near Aguila Beach. 261 00:11:17,290 --> 00:11:18,870 Great. Let's roll. 262 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,470 I'm sorry, I can't go. 263 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:25,270 I got called to another crime scene. 264 00:11:25,300 --> 00:11:26,910 Please proceed without me. 265 00:11:26,940 --> 00:11:28,780 I'll catch up when I can. 266 00:12:12,220 --> 00:12:13,950 You check the house. 267 00:12:15,850 --> 00:12:16,490 You got this? 268 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,820 Yeah, I'm good. 269 00:12:22,990 --> 00:12:25,030 Uh, psst. Carlos. 270 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:30,830 Jack Garrett, FBI. 271 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,110 They're a little... 272 00:12:40,140 --> 00:12:41,480 protective of me. 273 00:12:41,510 --> 00:12:43,180 Maybe they have good reason to be. 274 00:12:44,610 --> 00:12:46,490 You got big cojones, my friend. 275 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,960 I'm not your friend. 276 00:12:48,990 --> 00:12:50,190 Seen him? 277 00:12:50,220 --> 00:12:51,320 Why? Did you lose him? 278 00:12:51,350 --> 00:12:52,490 He's dead. 279 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:53,990 Uh... 280 00:12:54,020 --> 00:12:55,860 Where you been for the last 24 hours? 281 00:12:55,890 --> 00:12:57,600 Right here, partying. 282 00:12:57,630 --> 00:13:01,570 With plenty of witnesses to support my alibi. 283 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,100 House is clean. 284 00:13:03,130 --> 00:13:04,600 What about the sand? 285 00:13:04,630 --> 00:13:07,440 Scraped this off one of the boards inside. 286 00:13:07,470 --> 00:13:09,910 Can I offer you guys a beer? 287 00:13:11,270 --> 00:13:13,980 Una mamacita to keep you warm? 288 00:13:14,010 --> 00:13:16,620 Mi casa es su casa. 289 00:13:19,420 --> 00:13:21,020 Cole? 290 00:13:23,250 --> 00:13:24,520 Cole?! 291 00:13:26,290 --> 00:13:27,260 Yeah? 292 00:13:27,290 --> 00:13:29,990 You got someplace better to be? 293 00:13:39,570 --> 00:13:42,410 You know this agente? 294 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:43,440 Yeah. 295 00:13:43,470 --> 00:13:44,880 Yeah? 296 00:13:44,910 --> 00:13:47,310 I did four years... 297 00:13:47,340 --> 00:13:49,520 at Lompoc 'cause of this Fed. 298 00:13:49,550 --> 00:13:52,190 Hmm. Don't recall. 299 00:13:52,220 --> 00:13:54,480 All you dirt bags look the same to me. 300 00:13:58,690 --> 00:13:59,690 Shh, shh! 301 00:14:03,030 --> 00:14:04,130 Stupid move, Cole. 302 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,070 It seems you need your boyfriend here to protect you. 303 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:08,470 Come on, let's get him out of here. 304 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:10,540 Up, up, up. 305 00:14:10,570 --> 00:14:13,140 Next time, duck, Fed. 306 00:14:22,150 --> 00:14:24,450 Why didn't I get a deconfliction notification 307 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,490 from FBI Headquarters that you were here, Ryan? 308 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,320 Because it was on a need to know basis, Dad, 309 00:14:28,350 --> 00:14:29,420 and you didn't need to know. 310 00:14:29,450 --> 00:14:31,490 Well, if I did, we wouldn't have blown your cover! 311 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,410 I've been in Tijuana the last three months, 312 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,310 deep cover, as biker Cole Dabb. 313 00:14:51,340 --> 00:14:54,180 What does La Horca believe you bring to the table? 314 00:14:54,210 --> 00:14:55,380 Security. 315 00:14:55,410 --> 00:14:58,020 With this biker gang I got, we've done some small drug runs 316 00:14:58,050 --> 00:15:00,320 into El Paso to prove ourself to Hector and his cartel. 317 00:15:00,350 --> 00:15:02,620 And we are just weeks away from the big shipment 318 00:15:02,650 --> 00:15:03,760 that will take them all down. 319 00:15:03,790 --> 00:15:07,230 So us crashing Hector's party compromised all that. 320 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:09,400 Yeah. Yeah, but that's on me. 321 00:15:09,430 --> 00:15:11,200 I should have never looked away from Dad. 322 00:15:11,230 --> 00:15:13,600 I think... I think I was just shocked that he was there. 323 00:15:13,630 --> 00:15:15,070 It's all right, it's a rookie mistake. 324 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:17,070 I should know better. Yes, you should. 325 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:19,470 But the fight was a nice cover. 326 00:15:22,270 --> 00:15:23,380 Okay, so what now? 327 00:15:23,410 --> 00:15:25,140 Well, we have a backstop plan. 328 00:15:25,170 --> 00:15:26,480 What's a backstop plan? 329 00:15:26,510 --> 00:15:29,350 If things go sideways in an undercover investigation, 330 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:31,450 there's a contingency plan to save cover. 331 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,050 So what is it? 332 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,620 Sorry, Mae. It's above your clearance level. 333 00:15:35,650 --> 00:15:38,390 Oh, well, I really need a promotion then. 334 00:15:38,420 --> 00:15:41,260 But, Dad, I need to get back out there now. 335 00:15:43,260 --> 00:15:45,030 They'll assume we're interrogating you, 336 00:15:45,060 --> 00:15:48,300 so we have until morning before La Horca becomes suspicious. 337 00:15:48,330 --> 00:15:50,600 And right now, I need your expertise on Tijuana. 338 00:15:50,630 --> 00:15:53,040 I thought that's what the local police were for. 339 00:15:53,070 --> 00:15:55,310 We thought so, too, but right now, they're fighting 340 00:15:55,340 --> 00:15:56,680 too many wars on too many fronts 341 00:15:56,710 --> 00:15:58,380 to worry about us and our problems. 342 00:15:58,410 --> 00:16:00,540 So we need you. 343 00:16:05,150 --> 00:16:06,350 What do you got? 344 00:16:06,380 --> 00:16:09,420 We know all crime in Tijuana leads right back to the cartels. 345 00:16:09,450 --> 00:16:11,120 Yeah. They're like an octopus. 346 00:16:11,150 --> 00:16:12,330 They have their tentacles in everything. 347 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,690 But this... this kid's death had nothing to do with La Horca. 348 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:15,930 How can you be so sure of that? 349 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,530 Because even the smallest crimes have to be blessed by Hector, 350 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,730 their leader, and this wasn't. 351 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,800 Well, the forensic evidence supports what Ryan's saying. 352 00:16:21,830 --> 00:16:23,570 The sand is free of any organic materials, 353 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,240 which means it didn't come from the beach. 354 00:16:25,270 --> 00:16:26,410 Then where did it come from? 355 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:27,670 A sand bag. 356 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:29,740 Wet sand or dirt with organic materials 357 00:16:29,770 --> 00:16:31,010 can rot and decompose. 358 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,710 It creates a problem with mold and mildew and unpleasant odors. 359 00:16:34,740 --> 00:16:37,720 And so they filter all of that out in the store-made sand bags. 360 00:16:37,750 --> 00:16:39,720 Yeah, sand bags are typically associated with flooding, 361 00:16:39,750 --> 00:16:42,290 but they can be used to hold things down. 362 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,490 A sickle, a sand bag, and a vehicle. 363 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,790 If this wasn't La Horca, who was it? 364 00:16:48,820 --> 00:16:52,370 And who'd be so bold as to do this in the cartel's territory? 365 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,170 Guys, we got another body. 366 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:56,570 We have an I.D.? 367 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,840 American businessman Robert Miller. 368 00:16:58,870 --> 00:16:59,710 Where? 369 00:16:59,740 --> 00:17:01,210 That's the thing, just like last time, 370 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:02,340 there are two crime scenes. 371 00:17:02,370 --> 00:17:03,710 Mexican authorities found his car 372 00:17:03,740 --> 00:17:06,310 at a parking lot just outside the dog track. 373 00:17:06,340 --> 00:17:07,850 That's probably where he was abducted. 374 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,080 And the we found his body staged under a bridge in Tijuana. 375 00:17:11,110 --> 00:17:14,150 Clara, Simmons, see what you can find from the abduction site. 376 00:17:14,180 --> 00:17:16,090 Mae, you and Ryan come with me. 377 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:17,590 No, I can't show my face out there. 378 00:17:17,620 --> 00:17:20,090 Then you won't. 379 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:22,130 Mae: Well, staging is clearly similar. 380 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,600 He's also painted black. 381 00:17:24,630 --> 00:17:26,170 His carotid is sliced upon, 382 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,370 and he's been left out in the open. 383 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,500 Yet significantly more gruesome. 384 00:17:29,530 --> 00:17:32,710 Unsub removed his arms. The violence is escalating. 385 00:17:32,740 --> 00:17:33,740 Yeah, but he didn't pose him. 386 00:17:33,770 --> 00:17:36,140 So the religious connotations of the first body 387 00:17:36,170 --> 00:17:38,480 are most likely coincidental. Agreed. 388 00:17:38,510 --> 00:17:41,180 He's sliced, gutted, bled out, and dismembered 389 00:17:41,210 --> 00:17:43,620 before being coated with black paint postmortem. 390 00:17:43,650 --> 00:17:46,420 I mean, it's almost like he was dipped in a vat. 391 00:17:46,450 --> 00:17:48,220 How can you tell when the body was painted? 392 00:17:48,250 --> 00:17:49,890 Well... 393 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:51,820 the unsub painted over dried blood, 394 00:17:51,850 --> 00:17:54,230 so the body bled out before being painted, 395 00:17:54,260 --> 00:17:56,700 which tells us something about the unsub's ritual. 396 00:17:56,730 --> 00:17:57,860 Like? 397 00:17:57,890 --> 00:18:01,370 Well, all the mutilations and the force-feeding of cigars 398 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,640 and I smell beer, too, it's postmortem. 399 00:18:04,670 --> 00:18:06,370 So this isn't about the victim suffering. 400 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,370 There doesn't appear to be any malice towards them. 401 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,680 Lee Kern's body was displayed in a public square 402 00:18:10,710 --> 00:18:14,510 for everyone to see, Robert Miller is under a bridge. 403 00:18:14,540 --> 00:18:17,350 Given the conflicting settings, it doesn't appear 404 00:18:17,380 --> 00:18:19,550 that the unsub is trying to make a statement. 405 00:18:19,580 --> 00:18:21,620 Not a consistent one, at least. 406 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:24,920 Go. 407 00:18:24,950 --> 00:18:26,830 Hey, Jack, the front left tire 408 00:18:26,860 --> 00:18:28,830 on the vic's vehicle was slashed. 409 00:18:28,860 --> 00:18:30,660 Yeah, the unsub probably ambushed him. 410 00:18:30,690 --> 00:18:32,730 Mae: That indicates a highly-organized attack. 411 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,330 And, Jack, we also found something else interesting. 412 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:36,570 Jack: Shoot. 413 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:37,670 Well, whatever vehicle they're using 414 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:38,570 to transport the bodies 415 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,670 is leaking fuel in its own tire track. 416 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:45,440 Yep. I found it here, too. 417 00:18:46,580 --> 00:18:49,420 Gas. 418 00:18:49,450 --> 00:18:50,950 Peanuts. 419 00:18:50,980 --> 00:18:53,320 Well, whoever's doing this has converted their vehicle 420 00:18:53,350 --> 00:18:54,550 to be eco-friendly. 421 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:56,460 And we didn't see it in the alleyway 422 00:18:56,490 --> 00:18:58,690 at the first kill because we were at the scene 423 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,930 almost 24 hours after the fact and it dried. 424 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:03,830 Monty, you there? 425 00:19:03,860 --> 00:19:05,300 Monty: I am, indeed. 426 00:19:05,330 --> 00:19:06,830 And it seems that the eco-friendly craze 427 00:19:06,860 --> 00:19:08,570 is still pretty small there in Tijuana. 428 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:09,900 So let me see what I can dig up. 429 00:19:09,930 --> 00:19:12,540 Are you able to find a connection between the vics? 430 00:19:12,570 --> 00:19:14,510 No, in fact, other than them both being American, 431 00:19:14,540 --> 00:19:16,340 it seems they couldn't be any more different. 432 00:19:16,370 --> 00:19:18,410 Lee Kern was a high school senior from San Diego, 433 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,710 Miller was from Flagstaff, Arizona, 434 00:19:20,740 --> 00:19:23,320 who was an engineer for BTL Petroleum Industries. 435 00:19:23,350 --> 00:19:24,850 Wait, he works for a Mexican oil company? 436 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:25,920 That's correct. 437 00:19:25,950 --> 00:19:29,260 Could this be eco-terrorism? 438 00:19:29,290 --> 00:19:31,250 Guys, come here. 439 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:36,300 Or is it the cartels? 440 00:19:36,330 --> 00:19:38,860 I thought you said La Horca wasn't involved in this. 441 00:19:38,890 --> 00:19:41,400 Right, La Horca, but there are other cartels in Tijuana 442 00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:43,740 vying for power, and their mutual enemy is Big Oil. 443 00:19:43,770 --> 00:19:44,700 Big Oil? 444 00:19:44,730 --> 00:19:46,340 Yeah, a few years back, 445 00:19:46,370 --> 00:19:48,410 the cartels started tapping into the oil company's 446 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,880 main line and siphoning off large amounts of oil to sell. 447 00:19:50,910 --> 00:19:51,810 To combat this, 448 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,510 the oil companies brought in mercenaries. 449 00:19:53,540 --> 00:19:54,650 It's been a war ever since. 450 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,880 Like this place doesn't have enough problems already. 451 00:19:56,910 --> 00:19:59,020 But the different cartels don't agree on anything 452 00:19:59,050 --> 00:20:00,820 except their mutual hatred for Big Oil. 453 00:20:00,850 --> 00:20:02,620 So maybe this wasn't just a message. 454 00:20:02,650 --> 00:20:04,360 Maybe it was a blood sacrifice. 455 00:20:04,390 --> 00:20:05,220 A blood sacrifice? 456 00:20:05,250 --> 00:20:07,390 Yeah, think like an animal sacrifice, 457 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:09,700 only the cigar and the beer were the offerings. 458 00:20:09,730 --> 00:20:10,660 Okay, but to whom? 459 00:20:10,690 --> 00:20:12,900 When I saw the offerings, I started thinking 460 00:20:12,930 --> 00:20:15,370 how the cartels used to commonly go to black magic 461 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,400 looking for protection or favor. 462 00:20:17,430 --> 00:20:19,540 Clara: Of course! Like in 2003, there was 463 00:20:19,570 --> 00:20:21,770 this American college student who was abducted 464 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,910 in a border town by local dealers. 465 00:20:23,940 --> 00:20:27,050 He was killed as part of a human sacrifice 466 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,620 to protect a large drug shipment going out the next day. 467 00:20:29,650 --> 00:20:32,050 So Officer Calderon was right, this was the cartels. 468 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:33,190 Just not the way we thought. 469 00:20:33,220 --> 00:20:35,720 So this has nothing to do with someone running afoul 470 00:20:35,750 --> 00:20:36,560 of Mexican drug dealers. 471 00:20:36,590 --> 00:20:38,060 But may have everything to do with 472 00:20:38,090 --> 00:20:39,590 the cartels' black magic rituals. 473 00:20:39,620 --> 00:20:41,290 They employ a spirit guide. 474 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,700 It's one part voodoo doctor, one part priest, 475 00:20:43,730 --> 00:20:45,530 and the rest, all devil worship. 476 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,300 He's the number one guy in these parts, 477 00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:50,870 his name is Julio Salazar... A.K.A. El Cuco. 478 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:53,370 If he's not behind this, he knows who is. 479 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,300 Where can we find him? 480 00:21:00,110 --> 00:21:02,750 - You're kidding me. - No. 481 00:21:02,780 --> 00:21:04,780 When El Cuco is not doing black magic rituals, 482 00:21:04,810 --> 00:21:06,320 he's giving palm readings to tourists 483 00:21:06,350 --> 00:21:08,320 or selling occult paraphernalia to the locals. 484 00:21:08,350 --> 00:21:10,490 I mean, just the idea that he's getting this close 485 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,830 to innocent people on a daily basis makes my skin crawl. 486 00:21:12,860 --> 00:21:14,330 Yeah, well, wait till you meet him. 487 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:15,630 He's got the charm of a rattlesnake. 488 00:21:15,660 --> 00:21:17,400 The shop is halfway between the kill sites 489 00:21:17,430 --> 00:21:18,960 and where the unsub has been bleeding out their victims. 490 00:21:18,990 --> 00:21:21,100 El Cuco definitely needs blood for his rituals. 491 00:21:21,130 --> 00:21:23,100 Could be why we didn't find all the blood at the crime scene. 492 00:21:23,130 --> 00:21:24,800 So he's collecting them at a secondary location 493 00:21:24,830 --> 00:21:26,070 for ritualistic purposes. 494 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:28,070 All right, everybody follow my lead. 495 00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:31,040 Ryan, you stay back, cover our six. 496 00:21:35,740 --> 00:21:37,750 FBI. 497 00:22:18,150 --> 00:22:20,420 His eyes are gone. 498 00:22:42,180 --> 00:22:44,880 This definitely looks like black magic. 499 00:22:44,910 --> 00:22:46,750 Yeah, well, black magic is treated differently here 500 00:22:46,780 --> 00:22:48,050 than it is in the States. 501 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:49,960 Yeah, superstitions have a long tradition in Mexican culture, 502 00:22:49,990 --> 00:22:52,830 so spells to the locals are like prayers to us. 503 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:54,030 All right, let's go through this. 504 00:22:54,060 --> 00:22:55,960 The third victim is Julio Salazar, 505 00:22:55,990 --> 00:22:58,000 killed in the same manner as the first two. 506 00:22:58,030 --> 00:23:00,600 His neck was slashed with a sickle, 507 00:23:00,630 --> 00:23:03,000 and like the second victim, he had cigars stuffed in his mouth. 508 00:23:03,030 --> 00:23:04,600 But this time, his eyes were removed. 509 00:23:04,630 --> 00:23:06,810 Yeah, it looks like the same killer, but if it was, 510 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,910 why wasn't the body painted in the same manner? 511 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:10,180 Yeah, the body wasn't dipped in a vat 512 00:23:10,210 --> 00:23:11,410 like the other ones, or even moved. 513 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,080 All the blood confirms that this is the primary crime scene. 514 00:23:14,110 --> 00:23:15,650 But if this is another blood sacrifice, 515 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:16,780 how does it fit the pattern? 516 00:23:16,810 --> 00:23:18,920 Or why does it deviate? I mean, the first two kills 517 00:23:18,950 --> 00:23:19,850 were clean and precise, 518 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,850 and this one just seems angry and rushed. 519 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,090 And how are these victims connected? 520 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:26,990 In under 12 hours, we have three murders with similar M.O.s. 521 00:23:27,020 --> 00:23:29,230 But if his spells provided protection to the cartels, 522 00:23:29,260 --> 00:23:30,230 then why kill him? 523 00:23:30,260 --> 00:23:32,160 Because the unsubs weren't tied to the cartels, 524 00:23:32,190 --> 00:23:35,230 more likely an individual driven to make black magic sacrifices. 525 00:23:35,260 --> 00:23:36,330 For their own protection? 526 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:38,970 Maybe. Certainly feels like a spree-oriented kill. 527 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,570 The killers seem to be deviating. 528 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:41,670 Their pace is increasing. 529 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:43,510 Yeah. But to what end? 530 00:23:43,540 --> 00:23:44,540 And for whom? 531 00:23:46,610 --> 00:23:47,850 Go ahead, Monty. 532 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,480 Monty: So with pollution and war over oil in Tijuana, 533 00:23:51,510 --> 00:23:53,890 a few locals have converted their diesel engines 534 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:54,990 to run on food oils. 535 00:23:55,020 --> 00:23:56,490 Five people have registered 536 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,490 their biodiesel engines with the DMV. 537 00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:59,560 I was able to find four of them, 538 00:23:59,590 --> 00:24:01,790 and they have confirmed alibis with the police. 539 00:24:01,820 --> 00:24:03,230 But the fifth one is M.I.A. 540 00:24:03,260 --> 00:24:04,200 You got a name? 541 00:24:04,230 --> 00:24:06,100 Miguel Gonzalez, 40. 542 00:24:06,130 --> 00:24:07,270 Essentially fallen off the planet. 543 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:09,030 Access to his address has been blocked, 544 00:24:09,060 --> 00:24:10,740 but I put in a call to the Tijuana DMV 545 00:24:10,770 --> 00:24:11,600 to figure out why. 546 00:24:11,630 --> 00:24:13,570 That seems like a person of interest. 547 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:14,810 What else have you found? 548 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,080 Robert Miller's employer laid him off nine months ago. 549 00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:18,880 However, he's been crossing the border into Mexico 550 00:24:18,910 --> 00:24:21,280 from his home in Arizona, where he's married with two kids. 551 00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:23,650 He could have just been searching for other employment. 552 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,780 Maybe, but, strangely, he had his severance check 553 00:24:25,810 --> 00:24:28,150 forwarded to an address in the village of Narvado 554 00:24:28,180 --> 00:24:29,590 on the outskirts of Tijuana 555 00:24:29,620 --> 00:24:30,820 instead of his home in the U.S. 556 00:24:30,850 --> 00:24:32,530 All right, Mae, you stay with the body 557 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,930 until the local authorities arrive. 558 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,030 Monty, get me an address for Miller. 559 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:39,100 You got it. 560 00:24:39,130 --> 00:24:41,070 Why don't you guys head to Miller's, 561 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:43,800 and I'll catch up with you later? 562 00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:52,210 Are you okay, Dad? 563 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,050 Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. 564 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:55,310 I'll see you in a bit. 565 00:24:55,340 --> 00:24:56,850 Okay. 566 00:25:01,850 --> 00:25:02,990 Agent Jack Garrett. 567 00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:04,720 Section Chief Cruz, Jack. 568 00:25:04,750 --> 00:25:06,790 Mateo, long time, no speak. 569 00:25:06,820 --> 00:25:07,890 What can I do for you? 570 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,090 I think you know the answer to that. 571 00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:10,100 The director's not happy. 572 00:25:10,130 --> 00:25:11,200 We're handling it. 573 00:25:11,230 --> 00:25:13,070 You pulled you son from a high-profile 574 00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:15,100 undercover operation and have yet to pull the trigger 575 00:25:15,130 --> 00:25:16,570 on the backstop plan. Why? 576 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,270 Since we have no local assistance in the area, 577 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:21,570 Ryan's knowledge on the ground has been 578 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,940 an integral part of the I.R.T.'s investigation. 579 00:25:23,970 --> 00:25:25,740 Cut the bull, Jack. You had no right to pull him. 580 00:25:25,770 --> 00:25:27,010 His cover was blown. 581 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:28,580 It was compromised, okay? 582 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:30,120 You're trying to buy time, and we don't have any. 583 00:25:30,150 --> 00:25:34,590 You've got to put the backstop plan in motion ASAP. 584 00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:38,890 Look, I understand he's your son, but duty calls. 585 00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:43,700 Copy. 586 00:25:43,730 --> 00:25:44,930 Good. 587 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,830 I'll tell the director that there will be no more delays. 588 00:25:53,270 --> 00:25:55,300 We got the call. 589 00:26:03,310 --> 00:26:05,280 How did you come upon such darkness? 590 00:26:05,310 --> 00:26:08,290 Some clues and some profiling led us to his door. 591 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:09,350 You know him? Sí. 592 00:26:09,380 --> 00:26:11,920 He's the Don of Darkness, but from the looks of it, 593 00:26:11,950 --> 00:26:13,360 he got what he had coming to him. 594 00:26:13,390 --> 00:26:15,860 Probably got double crossed by his bosses in the cartels. 595 00:26:15,890 --> 00:26:16,930 Why do you say that? 596 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,960 Who else would dare kill a priest of such dark power? 597 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:25,070 Maybe someone who needs or wants that power. 598 00:26:28,170 --> 00:26:29,840 Ryan, perimeter's clean. 599 00:26:29,870 --> 00:26:31,310 No signs of blood or struggle anywhere. 600 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,650 All right. Let's take a look inside. 601 00:26:37,180 --> 00:26:38,220 Hola. 602 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,790 My name is Ana Sofia. 603 00:26:42,820 --> 00:26:44,320 I speak English, if that's easier. 604 00:26:44,350 --> 00:26:45,750 - Great. - Mama? 605 00:26:48,460 --> 00:26:50,830 They're just here to ask a few questions. 606 00:26:50,860 --> 00:26:52,200 But why don't you go to your room, 607 00:26:52,230 --> 00:26:53,800 and I'll tell you all about it later. 608 00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:55,960 How about that? Yeah? 609 00:26:57,300 --> 00:26:59,230 Please, come in. 610 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,940 What's going on here? 611 00:27:02,970 --> 00:27:04,570 That's what we're hoping you can tell us. 612 00:27:05,870 --> 00:27:08,780 Simmons, Clara. 613 00:27:08,810 --> 00:27:11,120 Robert Miller is your husband, Arturo is his son? 614 00:27:11,150 --> 00:27:13,350 Sí. 615 00:27:13,380 --> 00:27:15,950 Is this about his other family? 616 00:27:15,980 --> 00:27:17,190 So you know about them? 617 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:19,260 I only discovered it a few months ago 618 00:27:19,290 --> 00:27:21,360 when his job sent over some paperwork 619 00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:23,130 listing his wife in Arizona. 620 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:24,860 And what happened when you confronted him about it? 621 00:27:24,890 --> 00:27:27,070 He admitted it, and we fought. 622 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:28,730 But... 623 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,200 my son needs a father, so... 624 00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:33,700 we're managing. 625 00:27:35,900 --> 00:27:38,740 But you're here for another reason. 626 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,310 What did Roberto do? 627 00:27:42,340 --> 00:27:44,250 I'm sorry, but your husband 628 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,110 has been the victim of a homicide. 629 00:27:52,390 --> 00:27:54,460 Dios mío. 630 00:28:00,060 --> 00:28:02,200 Mrs. Miller, you didn't know about your husband's 631 00:28:02,230 --> 00:28:03,200 other family for years. 632 00:28:03,230 --> 00:28:05,370 Is it possible that he had other affiliations, 633 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,410 relationships that could have led to this? 634 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,440 My husband gambled, and he drank, and... 635 00:28:11,470 --> 00:28:14,180 God knows what else, but... 636 00:28:14,210 --> 00:28:16,410 he always kept a roof over our heads, 637 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,380 and he never laid a hand on me. 638 00:28:18,410 --> 00:28:21,220 Or my son or anybody else. 639 00:28:24,290 --> 00:28:27,420 But you do know something, don't you, Ana? 640 00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:30,030 What is it? 641 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,950 A shrine to the Grim Reaper? 642 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:53,450 No. 643 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,050 La Santa Muerte... 644 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,090 Patron saint of those who've been left behind. 645 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:58,190 Left behind by whom? 646 00:28:58,220 --> 00:29:00,020 By God. 647 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,090 Ana, did you have something to do with your husband's death? 648 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,340 I was so angry. 649 00:29:10,370 --> 00:29:12,440 I prayed for bad things. 650 00:29:12,470 --> 00:29:14,870 But I didn't mean any of them. 651 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:17,280 I was so upset. 652 00:29:17,310 --> 00:29:19,210 You prayed here at this altar? 653 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,010 Yeah. 654 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,480 And at the Tijuana mobile altars. 655 00:29:23,510 --> 00:29:25,810 Mama? 656 00:29:28,950 --> 00:29:31,920 If you need anything, I'll be with my son. 657 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,130 The La Santa Muerte following is one of the largest 658 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,130 belief systems in Mexico. 659 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:42,840 They've got 12 million followers. 660 00:29:42,870 --> 00:29:44,340 Right, but both the Catholic Church, 661 00:29:44,370 --> 00:29:46,370 who views it as an evil offshoot of Catholicism, 662 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,440 and the local police, who see it as a belief system 663 00:29:48,470 --> 00:29:50,410 for the lower class, have outlawed and denounced 664 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:51,240 the faith's practice. 665 00:29:51,270 --> 00:29:51,980 Outlawed it? 666 00:29:52,010 --> 00:29:53,550 Yeah, there are no churches. 667 00:29:53,580 --> 00:29:55,980 I mean, its followers have to set up prayer altars 668 00:29:56,010 --> 00:29:58,150 like these that are either mobile or easily dismantled 669 00:29:58,180 --> 00:30:00,250 so the local police don't find them and destroy them. 670 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:01,950 Well, isn't it true that if you ask for something 671 00:30:01,980 --> 00:30:03,290 from La Santa Muerte, you have to offer her 672 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,860 something in return? Yes. 673 00:30:04,890 --> 00:30:06,260 Like a metaphysical quid pro quo. 674 00:30:06,290 --> 00:30:09,030 Is the unsub doing this because they want something 675 00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:11,330 from La Santa Muerte, and if so, what is it? 676 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:12,970 The colors strewn across the altar, 677 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:13,830 they're the same colors 678 00:30:13,860 --> 00:30:15,500 that the first two victims were painted. 679 00:30:15,530 --> 00:30:17,000 Yeah, this is more than just superstition. 680 00:30:17,030 --> 00:30:20,040 We're looking at a La Santa Muerte practitioner 681 00:30:20,070 --> 00:30:21,200 or a fanatic. 682 00:30:24,310 --> 00:30:26,410 Hey. All right, Monty. 683 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,380 Everyone's here. Go ahead. 684 00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:31,220 Okay, La Santa Muerte is highly adaptable 685 00:30:31,250 --> 00:30:32,180 to the individual believer. 686 00:30:32,210 --> 00:30:34,050 Not only do they not have any churches, 687 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,450 there's also no bible, either. 688 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,420 Followers have spells that have been handed down 689 00:30:37,450 --> 00:30:39,020 from generations through word of mouth. 690 00:30:39,050 --> 00:30:41,960 I found one ex-member who wrote a blog 691 00:30:41,990 --> 00:30:43,460 that outlines some of the spells. 692 00:30:43,490 --> 00:30:44,700 Can you link any of them to the murders? 693 00:30:44,730 --> 00:30:47,170 What seems to be consistent here is that two of the three 694 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,570 murders have been blood sacrifice spells 695 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,540 designed to restore an absent loved one. 696 00:30:51,570 --> 00:30:53,140 So the unsub lost someone. 697 00:30:53,170 --> 00:30:55,410 And this is all a personal act to get that person back. 698 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,040 Turns out the colors have a power structure to them. 699 00:30:58,070 --> 00:31:01,280 Red is the lowest, then black is a little bit more powerful. 700 00:31:01,310 --> 00:31:02,310 Gold is king. 701 00:31:02,340 --> 00:31:04,420 Jack: Lee Kern was the first, and he was red. 702 00:31:04,450 --> 00:31:07,020 Yeah, and the red spell asks for the bloodletting 703 00:31:07,050 --> 00:31:08,190 of someone young. 704 00:31:08,220 --> 00:31:10,620 So the sacrifice of Lee Kern should have satisfied 705 00:31:10,650 --> 00:31:12,260 the saint and returned the unsub's loved ones. 706 00:31:12,290 --> 00:31:13,330 But, clearly, it didn't. 707 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,990 So then the unsub tried to cast a stronger spell. 708 00:31:16,020 --> 00:31:17,160 Exactamundo. 709 00:31:17,190 --> 00:31:19,970 The color black asks for the bloodletting of a sinner, 710 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,130 so the display of Robert Miller should have worked, too. 711 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,440 But it didn't, either. 712 00:31:23,470 --> 00:31:25,600 Therefore, the unsub felt he needed more power 713 00:31:25,630 --> 00:31:28,610 and tried to absorb it by killing the occult priest, 714 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:29,640 Julio Salazar. 715 00:31:29,670 --> 00:31:32,180 And now with the most powerful color left, 716 00:31:32,210 --> 00:31:33,950 they believe that they will get their loved one back. 717 00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:35,510 What does the gold sacrifice entail? 718 00:31:35,540 --> 00:31:37,580 Taking the heart from a person of authority, 719 00:31:37,610 --> 00:31:39,950 but unlike the others, the victim must be alive, 720 00:31:39,980 --> 00:31:42,320 aware during the ceremony. 721 00:31:42,350 --> 00:31:44,620 So this grief-induced spiritually-motivated unsub 722 00:31:44,650 --> 00:31:46,960 is out there right now looking for someone who fits that. 723 00:31:46,990 --> 00:31:50,290 Someone like an officer of the law. 724 00:32:46,180 --> 00:32:47,540 Monty: Officer Calderon is missing. 725 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:49,550 He was on a disturbing the peace call 726 00:32:49,580 --> 00:32:50,690 for a La Santa Muerte altar. 727 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,090 He ran the plates, and they belong to Miguel Gonzalez. 728 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,460 But here's the thing. I found Miguel, and he's dead. 729 00:32:55,490 --> 00:32:56,690 Who was driving the truck? 730 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,500 Impound records show that Alma Gonzalez 731 00:32:58,530 --> 00:33:00,070 has reclaimed the car three times. 732 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:01,600 Gonzalez? Any relation to Miguel? 733 00:33:01,630 --> 00:33:02,670 Yeah, brother and sister. 734 00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:04,470 Well, why was the truck towed in the first place? 735 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:06,540 Because it had a La Santa Muerte altar in the bed. 736 00:33:06,570 --> 00:33:08,670 The altars are illegal, so the police destroy them 737 00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:10,640 and impound any vehicle associated with them. 738 00:33:10,670 --> 00:33:14,180 And Alma has a long history of violations, and even arrests. 739 00:33:14,210 --> 00:33:16,310 The last one, only two months ago by Officer Calderon 740 00:33:16,340 --> 00:33:18,480 for erecting and displaying La Santa Muerte altars. 741 00:33:18,510 --> 00:33:20,350 Probably had the sand bags to hold down the altar 742 00:33:20,380 --> 00:33:21,350 in the back of the truck. 743 00:33:21,380 --> 00:33:22,220 It must have busted open, 744 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:23,290 transferring some sand to the victims. 745 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,090 Alma's connection to La Santa Muerte and Miguel 746 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,290 make her our prime suspect. 747 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,500 According to public records, Alma and her sister, Teresa, 748 00:33:30,530 --> 00:33:33,500 were left a family-owned business a year ago. 749 00:33:33,530 --> 00:33:35,200 Wait a minute. There's another sibling? 750 00:33:35,230 --> 00:33:37,170 So what if the black magic priest's murder 751 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,070 felt like a different kill 752 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:39,570 because they're two different unsubs? 753 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,370 Alma and Teresa are working as a team. 754 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,510 Together, they drive around T.J. in a pickup truck 755 00:33:43,540 --> 00:33:46,110 with a Santa Muerte altar, looking for their next victims. 756 00:33:46,140 --> 00:33:47,850 To find someone young, they went to Tijuana's 757 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,150 most popular bar district. 758 00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:51,820 They needed a sinner, so they found a gambler at a dog track. 759 00:33:51,850 --> 00:33:52,820 And needing a man of authority, 760 00:33:52,850 --> 00:33:54,520 they lure a police officer in with their altar. 761 00:33:54,550 --> 00:33:57,660 So the family biz is a salvage yard, 762 00:33:57,690 --> 00:34:00,690 which he signed over about a year ago today. 763 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,190 Wait, why would he sign it over? 764 00:34:02,220 --> 00:34:04,300 Miguel applied for a U.S. Visa, but was denied, 765 00:34:04,330 --> 00:34:06,300 so he did what millions of other people do 766 00:34:06,330 --> 00:34:08,870 in search for a better life... He hopped the border illegally. 767 00:34:08,900 --> 00:34:10,000 He didn't make it, did he? 768 00:34:10,030 --> 00:34:11,800 No, and his absence has been absolutely devastating 769 00:34:11,830 --> 00:34:12,970 to his sisters. 770 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,670 They're about to lose the salvage yard to bankruptcy, 771 00:34:15,700 --> 00:34:16,810 which explains why I wasn't able 772 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,710 to access the address through the DMV. 773 00:34:18,740 --> 00:34:20,450 The truck's being held up in a probate court case. 774 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:21,810 So they haven't heard or seen their brother 775 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:22,980 in over a year. 776 00:34:23,010 --> 00:34:26,220 The anniversary of his disappearance is their trigger. 777 00:34:26,250 --> 00:34:28,420 So the sisters believe that by performing this ritual, 778 00:34:28,450 --> 00:34:30,360 they can bring their brother Miguel back to them 779 00:34:30,390 --> 00:34:31,460 and he'll fix everything. 780 00:34:31,490 --> 00:34:34,630 And they needed Officer Calderon alive to perform it. 781 00:34:34,660 --> 00:34:37,290 We better hurry before he runs out of time. 782 00:34:49,770 --> 00:34:52,310 Ryan, you hang back. 783 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:54,780 Anyone tries to get in or out, stop them. 784 00:35:02,550 --> 00:35:04,350 FBI! Drop the weapon! 785 00:35:06,250 --> 00:35:08,730 Move away from Officer Calderon! 786 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,860 We know what you're doing. 787 00:35:10,890 --> 00:35:13,170 How your brother, Miguel, went to the States 788 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:14,230 to make a better living. 789 00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:16,670 And once settled, he was going to send for you both, 790 00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:17,600 but he never did. 791 00:35:17,630 --> 00:35:19,270 Because he couldn't. 792 00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:22,170 You see, he made it across, but he didn't get far. 793 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:23,280 Mentirosos! 794 00:35:23,310 --> 00:35:24,210 We're not lying, Alma. 795 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:25,710 You are! 796 00:35:25,740 --> 00:35:27,350 Miguel is in America. 797 00:35:27,380 --> 00:35:31,280 But Teresa and I, we broke our promise to La Santa Muerte. 798 00:35:31,310 --> 00:35:33,350 We stopped displaying our altar because we were afraid of 799 00:35:33,380 --> 00:35:34,890 la policia, so she's punishing us. 800 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,620 Keeping Miguel away from us, 801 00:35:36,650 --> 00:35:38,720 taking our business and our home, too! 802 00:35:38,750 --> 00:35:40,530 With this final sacrifice, 803 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,890 we'll satisfy La Huesuda and return Miguel to us! 804 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,560 Jack: No, no! It's too late for that. 805 00:35:45,590 --> 00:35:47,270 I'm, sorry. 806 00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:49,260 Miguel is dead. 807 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,570 You'll never see Miguel again. 808 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:01,280 No! 809 00:36:18,290 --> 00:36:24,570 I pity the sisters. Their grief, it just... 810 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,570 it twisted a faith that offers real hope and guidance to many. 811 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,880 You also offer hope. 812 00:36:31,910 --> 00:36:34,650 The way you fight for your people against monumental odds. 813 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,420 The world can use more men like you, Calderon. 814 00:36:37,450 --> 00:36:39,280 Gracias. 815 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,970 Good work, Dad. 816 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,510 Couldn't have done it without you, son. 817 00:37:00,540 --> 00:37:02,610 I don't know about that. 818 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,640 Look, now that it's over, I need to get back under. 819 00:37:08,010 --> 00:37:09,750 Why are you taking the toughest, 820 00:37:09,780 --> 00:37:11,920 most dangerous road there is in the Bureau? 821 00:37:11,950 --> 00:37:15,420 You cast a really large shadow. 822 00:37:15,450 --> 00:37:16,950 I have to make my own way if I ever hope 823 00:37:16,980 --> 00:37:18,590 to step out of it, become my own man. 824 00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:20,530 Yeah, I get that. 825 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,530 But at what price? 826 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,830 The exact same price you've been willing to pay 827 00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:27,470 your entire career. 828 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:29,400 I'm asking you to see me as a fellow agent, 829 00:37:29,430 --> 00:37:31,270 not as your son. 830 00:37:32,770 --> 00:37:35,440 That's easier said than done. 831 00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:37,310 I know you're worried. 832 00:37:37,340 --> 00:37:40,850 But you know the deeper my cover, the safer I am. 833 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,580 This backstop plan's gonna give me 834 00:37:42,610 --> 00:37:44,710 even more credibility with La Horca. 835 00:37:56,060 --> 00:38:01,870 Ryan, you remember when you were little 836 00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:03,970 and we used to go to that lake 837 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,570 and fish all day? 838 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,770 Yeah. 839 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,440 Yeah, you'd start a fire. 840 00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:12,740 Fry up some perch or catfish that we'd caught. 841 00:38:12,770 --> 00:38:16,010 We'd just watch the stars and talk. 842 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,710 Some of the best times of my life. 843 00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:21,980 Yeah, me too. 844 00:38:23,850 --> 00:38:27,560 But when this is over, you owe me a fishing trip. 845 00:39:05,590 --> 00:39:07,970 Habla Inglés? 846 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,670 His name is Cole Dabb, and we got him on possession, 847 00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:12,570 intent to distribute, 848 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,840 assault and battery of a federal agent. 849 00:39:14,870 --> 00:39:18,440 We tried to extradite him, but we couldn't. 850 00:39:21,710 --> 00:39:23,810 He's your problem now.