1 00:01:52,530 --> 00:01:54,114 It was in the early days of January 2 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,617 when we first went to La Joya. 3 00:02:53,507 --> 00:02:55,843 Inside, we found plates on the table 4 00:02:55,968 --> 00:02:58,387 and a pot of coffee on the ashes of the stove. 5 00:03:01,932 --> 00:03:05,102 Everything had been left behind in a hurry. 6 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:31,587 Resting against the barbed wire fence 7 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:33,380 in the backyard, 8 00:03:33,505 --> 00:03:36,383 we found the family that lived in the house. 9 00:03:39,470 --> 00:03:43,599 Their bodies were mummified by the sun. 10 00:03:49,313 --> 00:03:52,274 Intact. 11 00:03:52,399 --> 00:03:56,362 Because they had also killed all the animals in the area, 12 00:03:56,487 --> 00:04:00,157 the bodies were not disturbed, 13 00:04:00,282 --> 00:04:03,243 and had dried up there, 14 00:04:03,369 --> 00:04:04,703 with their clothes, 15 00:04:04,828 --> 00:04:09,291 their shoes... 16 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:13,087 in the same spot in which they were shot. 17 00:04:15,673 --> 00:04:18,133 They were just skin and bones, 18 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:20,594 but looked alive, 19 00:04:20,719 --> 00:04:22,763 like staring at you. 20 00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:46,537 The old man died with his mouth open. 21 00:04:53,168 --> 00:04:56,630 I often wonder about his last question. 22 00:04:58,173 --> 00:05:01,176 His last words before he died. 23 00:06:13,582 --> 00:06:15,918 Hello, guys. 24 00:06:35,354 --> 00:06:38,190 From liberated territory in Morazán Province. 25 00:06:38,315 --> 00:06:43,195 This is Sebastian, reminding all of you listening 26 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,280 you are Radio Venceremos. 27 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:48,992 Today, we begin our broadcast with important information. 28 00:06:49,118 --> 00:06:51,787 In a few days, the army will be launching 29 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:54,039 a Scorched Earth operative 30 00:06:54,164 --> 00:06:58,335 in the hamlets and villages north of the Torola River. 31 00:06:58,460 --> 00:07:01,755 We advise the population to flee the area 32 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,049 and to seek shelter in the refugee camps 33 00:07:04,174 --> 00:07:07,594 in Honduras to safeguard your lives. 34 00:07:44,590 --> 00:07:48,302 Then, we went on to El Mozote. 35 00:07:58,312 --> 00:08:03,192 283 bearing Northeast at 25 degrees. 36 00:08:03,317 --> 00:08:07,279 Copy. 283 keeping bearing at 13:09:02. 37 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:24,379 What a shot, dude! 38 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:25,964 It's huge. 39 00:08:26,089 --> 00:08:27,424 It'll make a big meal. 40 00:08:33,722 --> 00:08:35,432 Let's go! 41 00:08:50,614 --> 00:08:52,532 292 beginning approach to landing zone. 42 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:13,553 Troops, begin deboarding. 43 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,555 Charly 292 lifting off. 44 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:23,332 - What's up? - I don't know. 45 00:10:23,457 --> 00:10:25,250 I have a bad feeling about it. 46 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:27,044 But we have to go down anyhow. 47 00:10:27,169 --> 00:10:29,713 Why? You have your sister and your mother who loves you 48 00:10:29,838 --> 00:10:33,175 and takes care of you, but I only have my grandfather. 49 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,135 I don't trust those fucking soldiers. 50 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:37,596 I'm staying here until they leave. 51 00:10:37,721 --> 00:10:42,142 Have it your way. 52 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:56,406 Mom, what's going on? Why is everybody here? 53 00:10:56,531 --> 00:10:59,451 Hey, little shit! 54 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:01,620 Didn't you hear to be quiet? 55 00:11:01,745 --> 00:11:03,080 What are you doing here? 56 00:11:03,205 --> 00:11:04,790 You should have stayed in the forest. 57 00:11:04,915 --> 00:11:06,583 And leave you two here to fend for yourselves? 58 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:09,419 That's not what real men do. 59 00:11:09,544 --> 00:11:13,965 Take him. 60 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:40,450 Listen up. All of you are going to be held inside the church 61 00:11:40,575 --> 00:11:44,663 until your ID papers can be verified. 62 00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:49,876 Move it. 63 00:11:50,001 --> 00:11:52,087 - What's that, José? - Nothing! 64 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:54,506 He killed another animal again, Mommy. 65 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:57,426 - Shut up, you snitch! - Be quiet, the two of you! 66 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:31,001 You. 67 00:12:31,126 --> 00:12:34,504 You, too. 68 00:12:34,629 --> 00:12:38,925 You. 69 00:12:39,050 --> 00:12:42,053 - And you. - Let's go. 70 00:12:42,179 --> 00:12:44,264 Please, don't take me! 71 00:12:44,389 --> 00:12:46,224 I'm the only one they have left in this world! 72 00:12:46,349 --> 00:12:48,560 Nothing's going to happen to you. 73 00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:50,812 Go there! 74 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:51,980 Hey! 75 00:12:56,735 --> 00:12:58,904 Little fuck! 76 00:12:59,029 --> 00:13:00,530 Please, forgive him! He's just a boy! 77 00:13:00,655 --> 00:13:01,990 He doesn't know what he's doing! 78 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:03,783 Give it to him, José! Don't be foolish! 79 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:15,128 I'll be damned! 80 00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:20,550 This has been in my family forever, José. 81 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:21,843 I'm giving it to you because now you are 82 00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:23,595 the head of the family. 83 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:24,971 Whatever happens, take good care of your little sister! 84 00:13:25,096 --> 00:13:31,937 Mom! 85 00:13:43,031 --> 00:13:44,241 Climb up! 86 00:13:50,914 --> 00:13:52,249 Come! Let's go! 87 00:14:04,094 --> 00:14:05,512 Grab her legs! 88 00:14:34,082 --> 00:14:37,627 Fucking whore! 89 00:14:37,752 --> 00:14:41,131 What was that, José? 90 00:14:48,597 --> 00:14:49,931 Hurry up! 91 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:51,308 Wait for me! 92 00:14:52,601 --> 00:14:53,476 Shh! 93 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:58,189 I'm scared! 94 00:14:58,315 --> 00:15:00,108 Don't be afraid. 95 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:03,236 This cross is going to protect us until we find our mother. 96 00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:04,613 Take it! 97 00:15:04,738 --> 00:15:06,406 Let's go! 98 00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:14,372 Aha, little shit! 99 00:15:14,497 --> 00:15:17,042 Where do you think you are going? 100 00:15:17,167 --> 00:15:19,127 - To find my mother. - Ah, really? 101 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:21,504 And you are making all this fuss just for that? 102 00:15:21,630 --> 00:15:22,922 You should have told me. 103 00:15:23,048 --> 00:15:25,008 I'll take you to her. 104 00:15:25,133 --> 00:15:27,302 Come, my love. Come. 105 00:15:43,526 --> 00:15:44,778 What was that? 106 00:15:44,903 --> 00:15:46,321 Shut up and don't ask questions 107 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:47,781 if you want to see your mother. 108 00:15:47,906 --> 00:15:49,366 But I saw they were taken over there. 109 00:15:49,491 --> 00:15:51,076 Shut up and don't ask, didn't you hear me? 110 00:15:51,201 --> 00:15:54,079 Are you deaf? 111 00:16:09,010 --> 00:16:12,681 You, you and you! Bring me that little fucker! 112 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:31,533 Everybody, line up! 113 00:16:36,413 --> 00:16:37,664 Aim! 114 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,297 Fire! 115 00:17:41,644 --> 00:17:44,564 Holy shit! You really fucked him over! 116 00:17:44,689 --> 00:17:45,982 But if you hadn't killed him, 117 00:17:46,107 --> 00:17:47,484 he could have walked back on his own. 118 00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:48,818 Now, he's going to have to be carried. 119 00:17:48,943 --> 00:17:50,361 I'm not carrying him, assholes. 120 00:17:50,487 --> 00:17:52,906 Neither am I. 121 00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:56,367 You shot him, you have to carry him back. 122 00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:15,131 Hey, hey, hey! You can't go there! 123 00:20:16,257 --> 00:20:18,384 There. 124 00:20:23,056 --> 00:20:25,433 If you calm down, I'll let you go. 125 00:21:44,554 --> 00:21:46,431 Do you know her? 126 00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,645 Is she... your mother? 127 00:21:52,770 --> 00:21:54,439 Oh, my child! 128 00:21:54,564 --> 00:21:55,815 Come. Come with me... 129 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:58,317 Okay, okay... shhh...! 130 00:21:58,443 --> 00:22:02,071 Don't cry, my boy... 131 00:22:02,196 --> 00:22:05,199 She's gone but... 132 00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:06,701 she's always going to be with you, 133 00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:11,080 in your heart and your thoughts. Hmm? 134 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:12,957 You saw the sons of bitches who did this! 135 00:22:13,082 --> 00:22:14,667 You know who they are! 136 00:22:14,792 --> 00:22:16,919 Hate them! Hate them with all your strength! 137 00:22:17,045 --> 00:22:18,755 - What are you doing?! - And in that hate 138 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,590 you will find the strength to become a great fighter... 139 00:22:20,715 --> 00:22:23,426 worth ten of those sons of bitches! 140 00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:25,094 And then you will avenge your mother! 141 00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:32,351 Don't you realize you're hurting him, pendejo?! 142 00:22:32,477 --> 00:22:34,812 Enough! I said that's enough! 143 00:22:39,275 --> 00:22:40,610 Fucking bitch! 144 00:22:47,492 --> 00:22:48,785 Okay, what's the problem? 145 00:22:48,910 --> 00:22:50,244 What's the problem? 146 00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:52,663 Rafael is the problem! 147 00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:53,790 She's his mother, Aurelio. 148 00:22:53,915 --> 00:22:56,542 Alma, this is war. 149 00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:59,128 That boy is going to have to get used to the violence. 150 00:22:59,253 --> 00:23:00,838 No, not if I can help it. 151 00:23:00,963 --> 00:23:02,632 There you go, always owning other people's problems. 152 00:23:02,757 --> 00:23:05,093 Do you know how exasperating it is to live with you? 153 00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:07,386 What? You and I don't live together anymore 154 00:23:07,512 --> 00:23:09,472 and that shitty attitude of yours is the reason for that. 155 00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:10,765 No, you are mistaken. 156 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,642 You and I are no longer together 157 00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:14,185 because of your stubbornness, not for any other reason. 158 00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:17,230 But that's water under the bridge. 159 00:23:17,355 --> 00:23:19,941 You know that my position doesn't allow me the luxury 160 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:21,359 of taking platitudes. 161 00:23:21,484 --> 00:23:23,736 No, they are not platitudes, Aurelio. 162 00:23:23,861 --> 00:23:27,073 I'm not going to allow anybody to hurt that boy! 163 00:23:27,198 --> 00:23:28,991 Since when? 164 00:23:29,117 --> 00:23:32,120 We just found him and you are already making him yours? 165 00:23:32,245 --> 00:23:33,704 And what makes you think that the rest of us 166 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:37,917 are going to allow him to be harmed? 167 00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:40,378 This is not your own private war, Alma. 168 00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:41,754 And that boy isn't Diego. 169 00:24:03,484 --> 00:24:05,153 Eh, eh, where are you going? 170 00:24:05,278 --> 00:24:06,821 - Stay put. - No, no, no, no! 171 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:09,323 What's the matter? What do you want? What? 172 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:14,036 We don't have time for this! 173 00:24:14,162 --> 00:24:16,205 They are at the creek, right now. 174 00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:18,833 It's the Atlacatl battalion. 175 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:20,585 How much time do we have? 176 00:24:20,710 --> 00:24:22,628 Half-an-hour at the most. 177 00:24:22,753 --> 00:24:25,506 - You know what to do. - All right. 178 00:24:25,631 --> 00:24:32,263 Alma! If he doesn't keep quiet, we are leaving him. Let's go! 179 00:24:32,388 --> 00:24:33,222 Come, come. 180 00:24:49,697 --> 00:24:51,908 There are so many bodies that it would take us days 181 00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:57,079 to give them a proper burial. 182 00:24:57,205 --> 00:25:01,459 We have only a few minutes before the soldiers show up. 183 00:25:01,584 --> 00:25:05,421 If we leave them like that, we run the risk of an epidemic. 184 00:25:10,593 --> 00:25:11,928 Close the doors and let's go. 185 00:25:12,053 --> 00:25:13,512 Seriously? 186 00:25:33,908 --> 00:25:35,368 Hey! Hey! 187 00:25:40,081 --> 00:25:42,083 Walter! Rafael! 188 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:43,209 With them. Go! Go! 189 00:25:45,795 --> 00:25:50,508 Eduardo, with me. The rest, carry on. Go! 190 00:25:56,305 --> 00:25:58,349 Hey. 191 00:26:01,519 --> 00:26:02,728 Lay down! 192 00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:22,623 Victor, on the right flank! 193 00:26:22,748 --> 00:26:24,709 Nelson, the right flank! Let's go! 194 00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:33,968 Don't ever disobey my orders again. 195 00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:35,553 You know very well that they would have killed him. 196 00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:45,646 There's nothing I can do for him. 197 00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:55,031 You are lucky. It went through muscular tissue only. 198 00:26:55,156 --> 00:26:59,952 Keep pressure on the wound... 199 00:27:00,077 --> 00:27:01,495 Hey, boy! 200 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:07,585 You son of a bitch! 201 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:10,463 What do you want to do about Walter? 202 00:27:10,588 --> 00:27:12,131 He stays. 203 00:27:12,256 --> 00:27:13,215 Let's go! 204 00:27:16,844 --> 00:27:18,637 Son of a bitch! 205 00:27:19,889 --> 00:27:23,476 Let's go. 206 00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:38,783 You know what to do. 207 00:27:49,126 --> 00:27:53,255 It's a group of approximately fifteen, Colonel. 208 00:27:53,381 --> 00:27:57,468 And they are carrying one wounded. 209 00:27:57,593 --> 00:28:01,222 We found this. It belongs to one of our radios. 210 00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:04,308 It was completely destroyed. 211 00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:07,812 But they took it, anyway. 212 00:28:07,937 --> 00:28:08,854 Okay. 213 00:28:14,735 --> 00:28:18,489 They belong to Radio Venceremos. 214 00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:20,241 They are going to make a big scandal out of the massacre. 215 00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:22,034 And who is going to believe them? 216 00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:25,246 It's going to be the word against ours. 217 00:28:25,371 --> 00:28:27,206 They are not stupid. 218 00:28:27,331 --> 00:28:29,041 They know they can gain a political victory 219 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:30,292 if word gets out. 220 00:28:33,546 --> 00:28:35,214 We have to silence them. 221 00:28:42,847 --> 00:28:47,059 Make sure their families get their benefits. 222 00:28:47,184 --> 00:28:51,021 Send another patrol to follow their trail. 223 00:29:01,323 --> 00:29:02,575 Where is Walter? 224 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:03,701 They'll follow the larger group. 225 00:29:03,826 --> 00:29:05,703 Take the column, head north, 226 00:29:05,828 --> 00:29:07,913 and don't stop until they get tired of chasing you. 227 00:29:08,038 --> 00:29:10,082 Understood? I'll take Alma, Eduardo, 228 00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:11,834 and two men toward out Guacamaya camp. 229 00:29:11,959 --> 00:29:13,502 What about the boy? 230 00:29:13,627 --> 00:29:16,130 The boy comes in my group. It's going to rain. 231 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:18,632 They will quit soon enough. 232 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:21,218 Don't start any trouble unless you can't avoid it. 233 00:29:21,343 --> 00:29:22,344 - Let's go. - Okay! 234 00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:26,140 - Let's go! - Okay! 235 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:11,185 Son of a bitch! 236 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,854 If I were a soldier, you'd be dead now. 237 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:15,856 When did you arrive? 238 00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:16,899 Right now. 239 00:30:17,024 --> 00:30:18,359 What about El Mozote? 240 00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:20,277 They killed the entire population. 241 00:30:20,402 --> 00:30:22,530 You are talking about hundreds of people. 242 00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:26,659 There were so many corpses we couldn't bury all of them. 243 00:30:26,784 --> 00:30:32,039 The worst part was... the bodies of the children. 244 00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:33,332 I'd never seen anything like that. 245 00:30:33,457 --> 00:30:35,209 This is a message. 246 00:30:35,334 --> 00:30:38,254 Montenegro is letting us know how far he's willing to go 247 00:30:38,379 --> 00:30:39,713 if we keep broadcasting. 248 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,507 Well, he's fucked because we are going 249 00:30:41,632 --> 00:30:43,717 to keep broadcasting, even if he cuts our balls off. 250 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,511 But it's not just that. There's something else. 251 00:30:45,636 --> 00:30:47,221 What, then? 252 00:30:47,346 --> 00:30:49,265 Montenegro knows that our survival hinges 253 00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:51,225 on the help we get from the rural population. 254 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:52,893 With this massacre he's demonstrating 255 00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:54,895 that we can't protect them. 256 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:57,314 From now on, people will be afraid of helping us. 257 00:30:57,439 --> 00:30:58,941 What are we going to do? 258 00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:00,734 We must reveal to the rest of the world 259 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:02,486 what these assassins have done. 260 00:31:02,611 --> 00:31:03,904 Let's do it! Today! In our six o'clock broadcast. 261 00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:05,447 - No. Not yet. - But, why? 262 00:31:05,573 --> 00:31:07,366 We can't give them the opportunity to twist 263 00:31:07,491 --> 00:31:09,410 or manipulate what happened with lies or falsehood. 264 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:13,455 We are going to denounce them in the international press. 265 00:31:13,581 --> 00:31:14,915 Is Maria still in touch with Randall? 266 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,834 I think so. 267 00:31:16,959 --> 00:31:18,419 He's been asking for a permit to visit us for a long time. 268 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:19,962 Well, he just got lucky. 269 00:31:20,087 --> 00:31:21,422 What are you thinking about? 270 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:22,923 In The New York Times. 271 00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:25,092 We're going to let Randall break the story. 272 00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:27,177 The only thing that worries me... 273 00:31:27,303 --> 00:31:28,429 is we are going to have 274 00:31:28,554 --> 00:31:29,888 to wait for them here in the camp. 275 00:31:30,014 --> 00:31:31,640 That's fucked up. 276 00:31:31,765 --> 00:31:33,350 Montenegro hasn't found us 277 00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:36,186 'cause we are always moving. 278 00:31:36,312 --> 00:31:38,647 Why take the risk? 279 00:31:38,772 --> 00:31:40,774 To stop the flow of millions of dollars 280 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,319 in military aid to these butchers. 281 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,177 Hello. What's your name? 282 00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:01,355 Mine is Alma. 283 00:33:05,401 --> 00:33:07,027 I don't know if you want company, 284 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:10,239 or if you are interested in what I'm going to tell you... 285 00:33:10,364 --> 00:33:14,535 but I want you to know... that here, in this camp, 286 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:18,455 we've all lost loved ones in this war. 287 00:33:18,580 --> 00:33:24,211 I, myself, lost my entire family. 288 00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:27,172 We used to live in the capital... 289 00:33:27,297 --> 00:33:31,927 and back then, there were protests every day. 290 00:33:32,052 --> 00:33:34,471 My brother was coming back home on a bus... 291 00:33:34,596 --> 00:33:38,475 when they got stuck in traffic in the middle of a protest. 292 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:42,938 He was... very intelligent... 293 00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:46,024 and extremely curious... and he couldn't resist 294 00:33:46,150 --> 00:33:48,819 the temptation to peek out of the bus' windows... 295 00:33:48,944 --> 00:33:53,949 right when the troops open fire on the protesters. 296 00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:59,580 So... a stray bullet found him... 297 00:33:59,705 --> 00:34:03,625 And, well, that was the end for him. 298 00:34:03,751 --> 00:34:04,793 His name was Diego. 299 00:34:09,590 --> 00:34:12,634 You remind me of him a lot. 300 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,554 My mother never got over it. She went crazy, 301 00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:19,057 started talking publicly against the government... 302 00:34:19,183 --> 00:34:21,727 One day, the death squads 303 00:34:21,852 --> 00:34:25,481 kidnapped her and disappeared her. 304 00:34:25,606 --> 00:34:33,071 She had long, black hair... very pretty. 305 00:34:33,197 --> 00:34:39,203 We received her scalp wrapped in a newspaper. 306 00:34:39,328 --> 00:34:42,247 We never found the body. 307 00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:45,918 So, my father and I joined the struggle after that. 308 00:34:46,043 --> 00:34:48,212 He died a couple of years ago... 309 00:34:48,337 --> 00:34:50,839 fighting in those hills over there. 310 00:34:50,964 --> 00:34:52,800 So, I'm the only one left. 311 00:34:57,012 --> 00:34:58,514 You know... 312 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:03,268 When I miss them, 313 00:35:03,393 --> 00:35:05,354 I like to think about something 314 00:35:05,479 --> 00:35:07,439 my mother used to say. 315 00:35:07,564 --> 00:35:10,025 She used to say... 316 00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:13,320 that the only things in life 317 00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:17,074 worth living for, 318 00:35:17,199 --> 00:35:22,746 are the things... also worth dying for. 319 00:35:22,871 --> 00:35:25,123 And that thought... 320 00:35:25,249 --> 00:35:29,586 comforts me when... 321 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:36,969 No, no, no, it's okay... 322 00:35:37,094 --> 00:35:39,012 Don't cry... 323 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:40,430 It's not your fault... 324 00:35:40,556 --> 00:35:42,808 - No! - Don't cry... Don't cry... 325 00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:50,566 Don't worry. 326 00:35:50,691 --> 00:35:52,067 The security guys will bring him back later. 327 00:35:52,192 --> 00:35:53,819 It's not the first time he runs away. 328 00:35:53,944 --> 00:35:57,197 But where does he go? There's nothing around here. 329 00:35:57,322 --> 00:35:58,907 Back to El Mozote. 330 00:35:59,032 --> 00:36:01,368 There's definitely something tearing him inside. 331 00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:03,078 Every time he pretends to escape, 332 00:36:03,203 --> 00:36:06,331 he lets us find him before he exits the campground. 333 00:36:06,456 --> 00:36:08,000 It's like he has an internal struggle 334 00:36:08,125 --> 00:36:10,544 that doesn't let him rest. 335 00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:13,005 And there is something even more worrying. 336 00:36:13,130 --> 00:36:15,549 - What? - He has lost his speech. 337 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,175 - Is he mute? - No, no. 338 00:36:17,301 --> 00:36:19,595 Because we've heard him speak in nightmares. 339 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:23,557 He's suffering from a syndrome called Selective Mutism. 340 00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:26,101 It's like his subconscious is constantly disconnecting 341 00:36:26,226 --> 00:36:27,603 his ability to speak. 342 00:36:27,728 --> 00:36:28,937 Is it permanent? 343 00:36:29,062 --> 00:36:32,316 No, Alma. He needs a specialist. 344 00:36:32,441 --> 00:36:35,694 Where are we going to find a specialist around here? 345 00:36:35,819 --> 00:36:39,156 We could send him to the capital. 346 00:36:39,281 --> 00:36:43,160 That would be like signing his death sentence. 347 00:36:43,285 --> 00:36:45,704 Alma, he's not going to get better here. 348 00:36:45,829 --> 00:36:48,206 But here, at least, he's going to stay alive. 349 00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:32,459 There's a few more. 350 00:37:36,463 --> 00:37:37,839 It's horrific. 351 00:37:37,965 --> 00:37:40,717 When will you take us to the village? 352 00:37:40,842 --> 00:37:43,345 I don't understand why they want to go there. 353 00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:45,847 The pictures provide enough evidence. 354 00:37:45,973 --> 00:37:48,141 Unfortunately not. 355 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:51,019 We need to go to the site of the massacre, see it in person. 356 00:37:51,144 --> 00:37:52,729 It's not in our best interest. 357 00:37:52,854 --> 00:37:55,440 Montenegro keeps area under surveillance... 358 00:37:55,565 --> 00:37:58,068 He could set a trap for us at his will. 359 00:37:58,193 --> 00:38:00,070 What's going on here, Aurelio? 360 00:38:00,195 --> 00:38:02,030 I thought we had everything worked out ahead of time. 361 00:38:02,155 --> 00:38:04,574 Well, our deal was to provide you with undisputable proof 362 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:06,284 that the massacre occurred, 363 00:38:06,410 --> 00:38:07,703 and I think the photos do that. 364 00:38:09,705 --> 00:38:12,165 I can't take this to my editor and say that my contacts 365 00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:13,917 wouldn't take us to the site of the massacre, 366 00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:16,211 just showed us a few photographs, told us a story. 367 00:38:16,336 --> 00:38:17,379 Doesn't work that way. 368 00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:18,547 Have we ever lied to you 369 00:38:18,672 --> 00:38:20,007 or given you bullshit stories? 370 00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:21,216 It has nothing to do with that, Aurelio. 371 00:38:21,341 --> 00:38:23,760 This is basic journalism. 372 00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:24,761 How would you like it, for example, 373 00:38:24,886 --> 00:38:26,430 if Montenegro came to us, 374 00:38:26,555 --> 00:38:27,848 showed us a photograph and said 375 00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:29,599 that you killed everyone in the village 376 00:38:29,725 --> 00:38:31,518 and then we release that story without double-checking? 377 00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:33,687 How'd that make you feel? 378 00:38:34,479 --> 00:38:36,523 I'm not sure you understand how big this story is, 379 00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:38,525 Aurelio, because it's huge. 380 00:38:38,650 --> 00:38:40,902 I need complete access to all information, 381 00:38:41,028 --> 00:38:43,530 that's including testimonies from all the witnesses, 382 00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:46,825 - and all survivors. - There's no survivors. 383 00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:48,869 The soldiers killed everybody. 384 00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:50,162 Why the fuck don't you want to tell them 385 00:38:50,287 --> 00:38:51,246 that we found the boy? 386 00:38:51,371 --> 00:38:53,498 Shut up, asshole! 387 00:38:53,623 --> 00:38:56,668 We just travelled thousands of miles, 388 00:38:56,793 --> 00:38:58,754 risked our lives crossing borders illegally 389 00:38:58,879 --> 00:39:01,882 to get here to tell your story because we believe in it, 390 00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:04,760 and we believe it's an important story to be told, 391 00:39:04,885 --> 00:39:06,511 so don't you think we deserve a little more 392 00:39:06,636 --> 00:39:09,556 than your mistrust and your secrecy? 393 00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:13,101 Okay. 394 00:39:13,769 --> 00:39:17,189 We found a survivor. He's a boy. 395 00:39:18,648 --> 00:39:20,525 Well, I need to talk to him. 396 00:39:20,650 --> 00:39:21,693 And take his picture. 397 00:39:21,818 --> 00:39:22,861 Why? 398 00:39:22,986 --> 00:39:24,196 Because if he's the survivor, 399 00:39:24,321 --> 00:39:25,530 he's the story. 400 00:39:25,655 --> 00:39:27,032 He's a child, Aurelio. 401 00:39:27,157 --> 00:39:29,493 We can't get him involved in all of this. 402 00:39:29,618 --> 00:39:30,869 How old is he? 403 00:39:30,994 --> 00:39:34,122 Um, we don't know. Nine, maybe ten. 404 00:39:34,247 --> 00:39:36,875 Hundreds of villagers were massacred 405 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,960 by government troops, trained, 406 00:39:39,086 --> 00:39:41,880 equipped and financed by US military aid. 407 00:39:42,005 --> 00:39:44,382 If we don't expose that to the rest of the world, 408 00:39:44,508 --> 00:39:46,051 then your congressmen will continue giving 409 00:39:46,176 --> 00:39:48,053 millions of dollars to those butchers 410 00:39:48,178 --> 00:39:50,639 and history will repeat itself. That's the story. 411 00:39:50,764 --> 00:39:53,850 If you want the greatest exposure worldwide, 412 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:56,061 that boy needs to be the center of this story. 413 00:39:56,186 --> 00:39:57,646 Even if we let you talk to him, 414 00:39:57,771 --> 00:39:59,147 he couldn't tell you anything. 415 00:39:59,272 --> 00:40:02,192 - Why? - Because he's lost his speech. 416 00:40:02,317 --> 00:40:03,860 We don't even know his name. 417 00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:06,905 Well, he witnessed the massacre. 418 00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:08,824 In spite of all the dangers he's exposed to 419 00:40:08,949 --> 00:40:11,159 here with us, the minute he leaves 420 00:40:11,284 --> 00:40:14,830 our protection, he becomes a walking target. 421 00:40:14,955 --> 00:40:16,957 Okay. 422 00:40:17,082 --> 00:40:18,917 Here's the deal. 423 00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:20,919 We're only here for a few days, and two of those days 424 00:40:21,044 --> 00:40:22,838 we're gonna burn off crossing back into Honduras 425 00:40:22,963 --> 00:40:24,506 and getting back into the US. 426 00:40:24,631 --> 00:40:26,508 If I'm gonna tell the story, I'm gonna tell it 427 00:40:26,633 --> 00:40:28,385 the only way I know, and that's my way. 428 00:40:28,510 --> 00:40:31,096 So you guys figure out what you want me to do. 429 00:40:31,221 --> 00:40:34,474 Okay, um... 430 00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:36,268 Randall is right. 431 00:40:38,019 --> 00:40:39,146 We have to take them to El Mozote. 432 00:40:39,271 --> 00:40:40,897 It's a risk we have to take. 433 00:40:44,734 --> 00:40:47,571 Okay. We agree with you. 434 00:40:47,696 --> 00:40:49,906 The boy can be in the report, but we have to find 435 00:40:50,031 --> 00:40:52,325 a way to do it without traumatizing him again. 436 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,162 I know how. I take his picture. 437 00:40:55,287 --> 00:40:56,746 You tell me what happened to him and I write it. 438 00:40:56,872 --> 00:40:59,124 - Okay, fair enough. - What happens to the boy 439 00:40:59,249 --> 00:41:00,250 when the report comes out? 440 00:41:06,381 --> 00:41:10,093 We'll take you to the village today, 441 00:41:10,218 --> 00:41:12,554 after our broadcast, okay? 442 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:17,559 Come. 443 00:41:19,895 --> 00:41:23,231 From liberated territory in Morazán Province, 444 00:41:23,356 --> 00:41:26,318 this is Sebastian, reminding all of you 445 00:41:26,443 --> 00:41:30,238 listening, you are Radio Venceremos. 446 00:41:30,363 --> 00:41:33,116 Today, we begin our broadcast with a dilemma, 447 00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:37,204 we have become witnesses to an act that defies understanding. 448 00:41:37,329 --> 00:41:39,873 But, for circumstances out of our control... 449 00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:42,459 we cannot make it public. 450 00:41:42,584 --> 00:41:46,254 Meanwhile, we want to warn villages and hamlets 451 00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:47,839 north of the Torola River... 452 00:41:47,964 --> 00:41:49,966 of an Army's troop displacement... 453 00:41:50,091 --> 00:41:52,969 - We alert the population again, 454 00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:55,889 that this military operation is still in progress. 455 00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:59,351 The troops continue their Scorched Earth Campaign. 456 00:43:31,526 --> 00:43:33,194 Let's go. 457 00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:05,894 Enough? 458 00:44:06,019 --> 00:44:07,771 We have to go. 459 00:44:08,772 --> 00:44:10,857 Let's go. 460 00:44:13,443 --> 00:44:15,111 Let's go. 461 00:44:24,954 --> 00:44:27,916 We got them, Naldo! Even the gringos! 462 00:44:28,041 --> 00:44:29,709 Let's hit them right now! 463 00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:31,920 They are not carrying radio equipment. 464 00:44:32,045 --> 00:44:34,089 If we hit them now, another asshole will be broadcasting 465 00:44:34,214 --> 00:44:36,758 on the radio tomorrow. 466 00:44:36,883 --> 00:44:40,637 We need to get the transmitter to get that scorpion 467 00:44:40,762 --> 00:44:42,514 out of our asses once for all. 468 00:44:50,730 --> 00:44:52,690 You okay? 469 00:44:52,816 --> 00:44:54,859 Yeah. 470 00:44:54,984 --> 00:44:56,945 Just processing the day. 471 00:44:58,905 --> 00:45:00,198 Yeah. 472 00:45:00,323 --> 00:45:01,991 Will the Times run the story? 473 00:45:02,117 --> 00:45:05,870 I don't know. I do know this is gonna 474 00:45:05,995 --> 00:45:08,706 unleash a shitstorm in Congress, and it might stop 475 00:45:08,832 --> 00:45:10,208 the flow of military aid to the government, 476 00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:12,919 and that, in turn, might turn the tide 477 00:45:13,044 --> 00:45:14,587 in favor of the rebels. 478 00:45:14,712 --> 00:45:16,798 Is your position at the Times safe? 479 00:45:18,550 --> 00:45:20,552 I don't know that either. 480 00:45:20,677 --> 00:45:22,387 I do know there's a couple of people in the State Department 481 00:45:22,512 --> 00:45:23,930 trying to get me fired. 482 00:45:24,055 --> 00:45:27,434 The desk is getting nervous and... 483 00:45:27,559 --> 00:45:29,352 even the New York Times has to answer 484 00:45:29,477 --> 00:45:31,271 to the Board of Directors and corporate-earnings, 485 00:45:31,396 --> 00:45:32,313 so the truth just-- 486 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:36,776 Let's go! Now! 487 00:45:52,167 --> 00:45:54,169 - What's going on? - It's Montenegro. 488 00:45:54,294 --> 00:45:56,588 Back up only what's strictly necessary and let's go! 489 00:45:58,590 --> 00:46:03,845 Careful. This is the heart of our radio station. 490 00:46:09,767 --> 00:46:11,436 I'll take the Black Road and cross the river 491 00:46:11,561 --> 00:46:13,188 and regroup with you in Clemente's house 492 00:46:13,313 --> 00:46:14,230 in the slopes of the volcano. 493 00:46:14,355 --> 00:46:15,190 - Okay? - Okay. 494 00:46:15,356 --> 00:46:16,191 Let's go. 495 00:46:22,614 --> 00:46:23,990 Okay. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go! 496 00:46:37,378 --> 00:46:39,714 Chico and Luisa will take you to our people in the city. 497 00:46:39,839 --> 00:46:40,924 And your safe-conduct is good 498 00:46:41,049 --> 00:46:42,967 all the way to Honduras. 499 00:46:43,092 --> 00:46:44,385 As soon as we get back to the US, 500 00:46:44,511 --> 00:46:46,429 I'll file a report. 501 00:46:46,554 --> 00:46:48,515 - Thank you. Good luck. - Thank you. 502 00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,309 - Good luck. - Thank you. 503 00:46:51,434 --> 00:46:52,894 You guarantee their safety. 504 00:46:53,019 --> 00:46:55,355 Okay. I will protect them with my life. 505 00:47:21,506 --> 00:47:23,591 There are soldiers everywhere. 506 00:47:23,716 --> 00:47:26,553 But we must cross now. 507 00:48:05,091 --> 00:48:09,637 Heads up! Heads up! 508 00:48:15,351 --> 00:48:19,689 Bring her over! 509 00:48:19,814 --> 00:48:20,982 She's dead! She's dead! 510 00:48:21,107 --> 00:48:22,317 Retreat! Let's go! 511 00:48:56,893 --> 00:48:59,103 On the hill! They are on the hill! 512 00:48:59,228 --> 00:49:00,521 Take cover! 513 00:49:15,203 --> 00:49:18,915 Come! 514 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,793 Quickly! Quickly! 515 00:49:48,236 --> 00:49:49,696 Rafael... 516 00:49:54,075 --> 00:49:56,661 The sons of bitches got me good! 517 00:50:01,165 --> 00:50:02,250 I need your help. 518 00:50:02,375 --> 00:50:04,752 Put pressure here. 519 00:50:04,877 --> 00:50:06,045 Firmly. 520 00:50:28,901 --> 00:50:30,653 We have to keep moving, Rafael. 521 00:50:30,778 --> 00:50:32,155 Or they are going to kill all of us. 522 00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:33,656 Come. 523 00:50:33,781 --> 00:50:37,326 Let's go. 524 00:50:47,044 --> 00:50:48,796 Come. 525 00:50:55,678 --> 00:50:58,097 Fuck, Tony! I almost killed you! 526 00:50:58,222 --> 00:51:00,224 Come help me with Rafael. 527 00:51:00,349 --> 00:51:07,023 Tony? 528 00:51:07,148 --> 00:51:09,150 Shit! Okay... 529 00:51:09,275 --> 00:51:11,527 Okay, wait for me here. 530 00:51:11,652 --> 00:51:14,697 I'll be right back for you! 531 00:51:14,822 --> 00:51:17,575 I'll be back! 532 00:51:17,700 --> 00:51:19,160 Help me! 533 00:51:30,922 --> 00:51:34,425 Here. 534 00:51:37,762 --> 00:51:41,265 I'm going to get Tony. I leave you with the boy. 535 00:51:41,390 --> 00:51:45,102 Please... forgive me... 536 00:51:45,228 --> 00:51:49,232 Shhhh... I know... There's no need to say anything. 537 00:51:50,858 --> 00:51:54,487 I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere. 538 00:51:54,612 --> 00:51:56,906 I'm thirsty. 539 00:52:23,474 --> 00:52:26,978 Do you remember the first time we found you in the brush? 540 00:52:27,103 --> 00:52:30,189 I never meant to hurt you with what I said. 541 00:52:30,314 --> 00:52:34,944 I want you to know. 542 00:52:58,634 --> 00:53:01,846 Sebastian! 543 00:53:01,971 --> 00:53:04,640 Alma! Are you okay? 544 00:53:04,765 --> 00:53:09,103 Fuck, Alma! They really fucked us over! 545 00:53:09,228 --> 00:53:10,605 He's dead. 546 00:53:10,730 --> 00:53:12,106 Rafael is badly wounded. 547 00:53:12,231 --> 00:53:14,191 Where? 548 00:53:30,207 --> 00:53:31,834 Where are the fucking guerrillas? 549 00:53:40,301 --> 00:53:41,761 He's dead. 550 00:53:41,886 --> 00:53:44,680 Where is the boy? I told him to wait here. 551 00:53:44,805 --> 00:53:45,806 Where is he? 552 00:53:50,186 --> 00:53:54,398 He left. His tracks disappear in the water. 553 00:53:54,523 --> 00:53:56,567 We have to go. There are lots of troops in the area. 554 00:53:56,692 --> 00:53:59,570 But where is the boy? We have to find him! 555 00:53:59,695 --> 00:54:01,322 Those are the motherfuckers from the Atlacatl battalion, 556 00:54:01,447 --> 00:54:03,032 executing our wounded! 557 00:54:03,157 --> 00:54:04,742 - But it could be the boy. - If that's the case, 558 00:54:04,867 --> 00:54:05,785 there's nothing can do for him, 559 00:54:05,910 --> 00:54:08,955 but we need you. 560 00:54:28,307 --> 00:54:30,393 Have you found any radio equipment? 561 00:54:30,518 --> 00:54:32,937 No, but we are not done combing the area. 562 00:54:33,062 --> 00:54:35,106 I want to be informed immediately if you do. 563 00:54:35,231 --> 00:54:37,066 - Immediately. - We are going to continue 564 00:54:37,191 --> 00:54:38,818 chasing them without resting. 565 00:55:03,426 --> 00:55:07,930 They are waiting for you at the house. 566 00:55:08,055 --> 00:55:09,473 Keep your eyes open. 567 00:55:17,690 --> 00:55:19,400 - What happened? - The boy is missing. 568 00:55:19,525 --> 00:55:21,027 Where's the transmitter? 569 00:55:21,152 --> 00:55:23,029 Pedro is carrying it. I put it in his backpack. 570 00:55:23,154 --> 00:55:24,113 - He's not here? - No, 571 00:55:24,238 --> 00:55:25,322 he was part of your group. 572 00:55:25,448 --> 00:55:27,408 We got separated in the skirmish. 573 00:55:27,533 --> 00:55:28,451 The last time I saw him he was running 574 00:55:28,576 --> 00:55:29,952 toward the Witch's Creek. 575 00:55:30,077 --> 00:55:31,370 Montenegro had set up an ambush there. 576 00:55:31,495 --> 00:55:36,125 Everybody that went that way is dead. 577 00:55:36,250 --> 00:55:38,210 Rosario is dead. 578 00:55:40,629 --> 00:55:42,089 She's going to have to be buried here. 579 00:55:42,214 --> 00:55:44,592 - It's already happening. - Where's the boy? 580 00:55:44,717 --> 00:55:46,343 I don't want to hear anything about him. 581 00:55:46,469 --> 00:55:48,054 Right now, the only thing I care about 582 00:55:48,179 --> 00:55:49,513 is finding our fucking transmitter 583 00:55:49,638 --> 00:55:53,893 and the rest of the equipment, okay? 584 00:55:54,018 --> 00:55:56,353 The soldiers are coming. 585 00:55:56,479 --> 00:55:57,980 How long do we have? 586 00:55:58,105 --> 00:55:59,815 One hour at best. 587 00:55:59,940 --> 00:56:01,901 Montenegro is pushing us in our rear 588 00:56:02,026 --> 00:56:04,236 to hit us hard in that valley. 589 00:56:04,361 --> 00:56:07,698 But, if we trek toward the north... 590 00:56:07,823 --> 00:56:09,575 we can reach the lava field, 591 00:56:09,700 --> 00:56:11,118 cross it and escape through the tunnels 592 00:56:11,243 --> 00:56:12,995 before he even realizes it. 593 00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:15,790 What are we going to do with our wounded? 594 00:56:15,915 --> 00:56:19,043 We'll protect them the best we can. 595 00:56:19,168 --> 00:56:21,378 - Okay, are we going or what? - Let's go. 596 00:56:21,504 --> 00:56:23,339 Alma! 597 00:56:23,464 --> 00:56:25,800 Let's go! 598 00:56:25,925 --> 00:56:27,635 - We are on the move! - Let's go, let's go, let's go. 599 00:56:46,570 --> 00:56:51,617 We have to find the best place to cross. 600 00:56:51,742 --> 00:56:56,747 Alma, Jacobo, and Sebastian, with me. 601 00:56:56,872 --> 00:56:58,791 - Clemente. - Yes? 602 00:56:58,916 --> 00:57:01,502 You stay here and be ready in case we need you. 603 00:57:26,735 --> 00:57:28,946 - Are you alright? - Yes. It's weird... 604 00:57:29,071 --> 00:57:31,490 He was laying on the ground. I stepped on him. 605 00:57:38,581 --> 00:57:39,623 What the fuck is going on?! 606 00:57:39,748 --> 00:57:40,833 I just killed another soldier 607 00:57:40,958 --> 00:57:42,960 over on that side. 608 00:57:43,085 --> 00:57:44,712 It's an ambush. 609 00:57:44,837 --> 00:57:46,922 No. We'd be dead already. 610 00:57:47,047 --> 00:57:48,716 Deserters? 611 00:57:48,841 --> 00:57:53,304 They wouldn't be wearing uniforms. 612 00:57:53,429 --> 00:57:55,973 The soldier you killed, was he laying down on the ground? 613 00:57:56,098 --> 00:57:58,767 How do you know? 614 00:57:58,893 --> 00:58:02,438 Something or someone knocked the shit out of them. 615 00:58:02,563 --> 00:58:04,481 Where is his rifle? 616 00:58:04,607 --> 00:58:07,610 The soldier I killed wasn't armed either. 617 00:58:07,735 --> 00:58:10,738 Maybe some of our men managed to get through. 618 00:58:10,863 --> 00:58:13,532 But who? All of our remaining men are with Clemente. 619 00:58:13,657 --> 00:58:16,577 So, what happened to these pendejos? 620 00:58:16,702 --> 00:58:18,454 I don't know. Let's go! 621 00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:11,632 I want to know immediately where those shots came from. 622 00:59:22,518 --> 00:59:23,936 There! 623 00:59:24,061 --> 00:59:25,354 It's the boy! 624 00:59:31,318 --> 00:59:32,611 I told you to stay put! 625 00:59:32,736 --> 00:59:33,612 Why didn't you follow my instructions? 626 00:59:33,737 --> 00:59:35,698 Hmm? 627 00:59:41,745 --> 00:59:42,663 What? 628 00:59:57,136 --> 00:59:59,096 It's Pedro's backpack! 629 00:59:59,221 --> 01:00:00,806 With the transmitter! 630 01:00:00,931 --> 01:00:04,601 It appears to be in good working condition! 631 01:00:04,727 --> 01:00:06,145 - We heard shots! - What's going on? 632 01:00:06,270 --> 01:00:08,272 - Where did he come from? - Questions later. 633 01:00:08,397 --> 01:00:09,773 Montenegro must have heard the shots, too. 634 01:00:09,898 --> 01:00:12,818 We must cross the lava field right now! 635 01:00:12,943 --> 01:00:14,945 I want to know about even the most insignificant shit 636 01:00:15,070 --> 01:00:16,405 they say on the radio. Where's the rest of our men? 637 01:00:16,530 --> 01:00:18,824 - With Clemente. - Get them here now! 638 01:00:18,949 --> 01:00:20,909 Don't you think there might be more soldiers around? 639 01:00:21,035 --> 01:00:22,911 No. They would have hit us already. 640 01:00:23,037 --> 01:00:24,913 But this is a travesty. We just lost all our advantage. 641 01:00:25,039 --> 01:00:25,914 Now, we have to run. Let's go. 642 01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:29,126 Let's go! Run. 643 01:00:29,251 --> 01:00:31,879 Posts seven and nine are not responding, Colonel. 644 01:00:32,004 --> 01:00:35,883 Troops, do you copy? Over. 645 01:00:36,008 --> 01:00:38,844 Dismantle the camp and await my orders. 646 01:00:38,969 --> 01:00:41,680 The lava field! They are crazy! 647 01:00:41,805 --> 01:00:44,475 I would have done the same. 648 01:00:44,600 --> 01:00:45,893 That's why I placed lookouts there. 649 01:00:50,564 --> 01:00:52,232 They changed all their radio frequencies. 650 01:00:52,358 --> 01:00:54,777 We need more time. 651 01:00:54,902 --> 01:00:59,031 It doesn't matter. We have to cross now. 652 01:01:36,652 --> 01:01:38,737 Move! Quickly! 653 01:01:42,241 --> 01:01:43,951 - What? - Shhh. 654 01:01:46,870 --> 01:01:47,996 Mara. 655 01:02:08,267 --> 01:02:09,810 Sebastian, take the transmitter right now! 656 01:02:09,935 --> 01:02:14,773 Mara, go with him! Take the boy! Go! 657 01:02:14,898 --> 01:02:16,150 Go! 658 01:02:20,946 --> 01:02:25,075 Deflection: Twelve-hundred millimeters. 659 01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:27,911 What's going on? 660 01:02:28,036 --> 01:02:31,623 I don't know. But something is not right. 661 01:02:31,748 --> 01:02:32,791 Stay alert. Take your position. 662 01:02:32,916 --> 01:02:35,711 Let's go! 663 01:02:47,681 --> 01:02:48,557 Fire! 664 01:03:11,497 --> 01:03:15,042 Advance! 665 01:03:17,669 --> 01:03:20,422 Two, there! Three, over there! 666 01:03:20,547 --> 01:03:23,467 Cover for us! Cover for us! 667 01:04:06,718 --> 01:04:09,304 Stop! Stop! 668 01:04:09,429 --> 01:04:12,266 Nobody touches him! He's mine! 669 01:04:16,812 --> 01:04:19,606 Comandante Jacobo... 670 01:04:19,731 --> 01:04:25,529 We finally meet face to face. 671 01:04:25,654 --> 01:04:27,614 Where's the fucking transmitter? 672 01:04:27,739 --> 01:04:31,243 If you tell me, I'll kill you quickly and without pain. 673 01:04:31,368 --> 01:04:34,079 If you don't, it's going to be a long and painful death. 674 01:04:46,049 --> 01:04:47,301 We must take him to the field hospital! 675 01:04:47,426 --> 01:04:49,761 Patch me up... 676 01:04:49,886 --> 01:04:53,682 and then, take care of my men. 677 01:04:53,807 --> 01:04:59,229 What are you waiting for? They are going to get away! 678 01:05:11,450 --> 01:05:13,660 Go on! 679 01:05:16,121 --> 01:05:18,290 I'm staying to help. 680 01:05:45,567 --> 01:05:46,777 Alma! 681 01:06:03,251 --> 01:06:07,422 Let's go! Let's go! 682 01:06:18,308 --> 01:06:22,270 Can you walk? 683 01:06:22,396 --> 01:06:24,189 Let's go! 684 01:06:36,243 --> 01:06:38,662 - Hey! Where are you going?! - Let's go! 685 01:06:38,787 --> 01:06:40,205 - I'll cover your retreat! - I'm not leaving you here! 686 01:06:40,330 --> 01:06:41,623 - Let's go! - Don't worry. 687 01:06:41,748 --> 01:06:43,208 Don't worry. I'll follow you in a bit. 688 01:06:43,333 --> 01:06:47,212 - Let's go! - You don't even have bullets. 689 01:06:47,337 --> 01:06:50,006 Don't be a hindrance. Go! 690 01:06:54,094 --> 01:06:55,679 Hey! Where do you think you're going? 691 01:06:55,804 --> 01:06:57,139 Alma! Where is Alma? 692 01:07:04,271 --> 01:07:08,900 Wait! 693 01:07:09,025 --> 01:07:13,655 What are you waiting for? Follow them! 694 01:07:13,780 --> 01:07:14,906 Get them out! 695 01:07:15,031 --> 01:07:18,869 Maldonado! 696 01:07:30,672 --> 01:07:32,090 Blow the shit out of them! 697 01:07:32,215 --> 01:07:33,383 Ochoa! 698 01:07:42,768 --> 01:07:48,190 Fuck! Fuck! 699 01:07:48,315 --> 01:07:51,276 No! Turn around! Run! It's going to explode! Run! 700 01:08:07,459 --> 01:08:09,461 Fucking stubborn boy! 701 01:08:25,352 --> 01:08:27,145 Alma! 702 01:08:58,718 --> 01:08:59,970 Have you read it? 703 01:09:00,095 --> 01:09:02,681 I refuse to waste my time like that. 704 01:09:02,806 --> 01:09:04,683 How come The New York Times 705 01:09:04,808 --> 01:09:06,810 is now publishing communist propaganda for these assholes? 706 01:09:06,935 --> 01:09:08,603 That's no mystery. 707 01:09:08,728 --> 01:09:10,981 They've always been a bastion for "Commie" ideology. 708 01:09:11,106 --> 01:09:14,818 Maybe so, but millions of gringos read it. 709 01:09:14,943 --> 01:09:16,319 And once they take a look at the picture of that... 710 01:09:16,444 --> 01:09:19,197 "poor peasant boy" they'll rush to call 711 01:09:19,322 --> 01:09:23,326 their congressmen, crying out: "Human rights abuse" 712 01:09:23,451 --> 01:09:25,704 and those congressmen have the final say 713 01:09:25,829 --> 01:09:28,456 on approving our military aid, Naldo. 714 01:09:28,582 --> 01:09:32,586 We are talking about $25 million. 715 01:09:32,711 --> 01:09:35,088 Are we going to let these shit-eaters win the war?! 716 01:09:35,213 --> 01:09:38,049 Not at all. We just destroyed their main camp... 717 01:09:38,174 --> 01:09:39,676 and killed most of their leadership. 718 01:09:39,801 --> 01:09:41,428 They can't recover from that. 719 01:09:41,553 --> 01:09:42,804 What are you talking about? 720 01:09:42,929 --> 01:09:44,598 Radio Venceremos is still on the air! 721 01:09:44,723 --> 01:09:46,016 Every day! On time! 722 01:09:46,141 --> 01:09:47,726 Radio Venceremos is also finished. 723 01:09:47,851 --> 01:09:49,811 All is left of them is a couple of fools 724 01:09:49,936 --> 01:09:51,771 hiding in the jungle with a radio transmitter. 725 01:09:51,897 --> 01:09:54,816 A couple of fools hiding in the jungle with a transmitter 726 01:09:54,941 --> 01:09:59,154 can be very dangerous in a war like ours, Naldo. 727 01:09:59,279 --> 01:10:02,198 We have big plans for your future. 728 01:10:02,324 --> 01:10:04,576 Make sure you don't shit all over them. 729 01:10:55,043 --> 01:10:56,711 You shouldn't be up yet. 730 01:11:01,925 --> 01:11:06,513 Where's Alma? 731 01:11:06,638 --> 01:11:09,015 Alma is dead. 732 01:11:27,033 --> 01:11:28,868 We don't even know your name. 733 01:11:28,994 --> 01:11:32,622 - José. - José. 734 01:11:32,747 --> 01:11:35,417 Why do you always run away like cowards? 735 01:11:35,542 --> 01:11:37,460 Why don't you stay and fight? 736 01:11:37,585 --> 01:11:39,546 We are not cowards, José. 737 01:11:39,671 --> 01:11:42,215 Many times we stay to fight. 738 01:11:42,340 --> 01:11:44,634 But there are times when it's stupid to stay to fight, 739 01:11:44,759 --> 01:11:45,677 and in those cases it's better to-- 740 01:11:45,802 --> 01:11:46,636 Run away? 741 01:11:46,761 --> 01:11:48,596 Retreat. 742 01:11:48,722 --> 01:11:51,766 In war, retreating and running away are not the same. 743 01:11:51,891 --> 01:11:54,519 But when you "retreat," you leave behind 744 01:11:54,644 --> 01:11:55,979 innocent people who don't know how to defend themselves. 745 01:11:56,104 --> 01:11:57,647 And the soldiers take advantage of that. 746 01:11:57,772 --> 01:11:59,816 But if you stayed to fight instead of running away, 747 01:11:59,941 --> 01:12:01,609 you could protect them. 748 01:12:01,735 --> 01:12:03,903 But if we get killed... we couldn't protect anybody. 749 01:12:04,029 --> 01:12:06,072 You are not protecting anybody staying alive, either. 750 01:12:06,197 --> 01:12:08,533 What's the difference? 751 01:12:08,658 --> 01:12:11,286 We are not the enemy, José. 752 01:12:11,411 --> 01:12:14,039 What are you, then? 753 01:13:27,987 --> 01:13:31,991 Good morning. 754 01:13:32,117 --> 01:13:34,828 It's obvious we have to get rid of Montenegro. 755 01:13:34,953 --> 01:13:37,247 That's always been obvious. The thing is, how? 756 01:13:37,372 --> 01:13:39,207 We have to learn to think like him. 757 01:13:39,332 --> 01:13:42,210 Who can tell me what he's after whenever he attacks us? 758 01:13:42,335 --> 01:13:43,670 To kill the command post and to silence the radio station. 759 01:13:43,795 --> 01:13:45,130 And what happens if he can't find us? 760 01:13:45,255 --> 01:13:46,548 He takes trophies. 761 01:13:46,673 --> 01:13:47,799 What would be the most precious trophy 762 01:13:47,924 --> 01:13:50,176 he could score? 763 01:13:50,301 --> 01:13:52,095 Think about it. 764 01:13:52,220 --> 01:13:54,430 Which trophy would mean the end of a radio station? 765 01:13:54,556 --> 01:13:55,890 Our radio transmitter. 766 01:13:56,015 --> 01:13:57,350 Exactly! 767 01:13:57,475 --> 01:13:58,893 If he wants our transmitter so bad, 768 01:13:59,018 --> 01:14:00,353 we'll hand it to him on a silver platter. 769 01:14:00,478 --> 01:14:02,730 - I don't understand. - Are you mad? 770 01:14:02,856 --> 01:14:06,401 Listen to Mauricio. 771 01:14:06,526 --> 01:14:07,902 We bought this marine band radio transmitter 772 01:14:08,027 --> 01:14:09,946 as a backup/replacement for our main one, 773 01:14:10,071 --> 01:14:11,531 but it never worked well, 774 01:14:11,656 --> 01:14:13,992 so we started getting it for parts. 775 01:14:14,117 --> 01:14:15,577 Because Montenegro doesn't know what brand 776 01:14:15,702 --> 01:14:16,911 of transmitter we use in our broadcasts, 777 01:14:17,036 --> 01:14:18,705 it occurred to me we could use it 778 01:14:18,830 --> 01:14:20,748 as our Trojan Horse. 779 01:14:20,874 --> 01:14:22,709 I've modified this remote control to be able 780 01:14:22,834 --> 01:14:24,919 to send an electronic post to a fuse inside 781 01:14:25,044 --> 01:14:27,755 a range of approximately one-hundred meters. 782 01:14:27,881 --> 01:14:30,675 To get rid of Montenegro, all we need to do is... 783 01:14:30,800 --> 01:14:33,219 to fill up this fake transmitter 784 01:14:33,344 --> 01:14:34,679 with several sticks of dynamite, 785 01:14:34,804 --> 01:14:37,015 and let Montenegro capture it, 786 01:14:37,140 --> 01:14:38,433 and when he's standing next to it, 787 01:14:38,558 --> 01:14:43,563 press this button and... 788 01:14:43,688 --> 01:14:45,148 And you are positive it will work? 789 01:14:45,273 --> 01:14:47,233 As long as you are inside the fuse's range, 790 01:14:47,358 --> 01:14:49,485 the dynamite will explode. I guarantee it. 791 01:14:49,611 --> 01:14:50,945 One-hundred meter is not a lot. 792 01:14:51,070 --> 01:14:52,405 The range doubles with the antenna. 793 01:14:52,530 --> 01:14:53,948 How are we going to make Montenegro 794 01:14:54,073 --> 01:14:55,325 stand next to the transmitter? 795 01:14:55,450 --> 01:14:57,076 He won't resist the temptation. 796 01:14:57,202 --> 01:14:58,870 Capturing our transmitter, to him means 797 01:14:58,995 --> 01:15:00,455 the end of our radio station. 798 01:15:00,580 --> 01:15:01,706 And how are we going to prevent Montenegro 799 01:15:01,831 --> 01:15:03,333 from suspecting it's a trap? 800 01:15:03,458 --> 01:15:05,251 For that, we are going to need your journal. 801 01:15:05,376 --> 01:15:06,753 My journal? What for? 802 01:15:06,878 --> 01:15:08,087 Don't ask. 803 01:15:08,213 --> 01:15:09,964 Write whatever bullshit you want, 804 01:15:10,089 --> 01:15:12,217 but in your own handwriting. 805 01:15:12,342 --> 01:15:13,885 Today, we are going to broadcast 806 01:15:14,010 --> 01:15:15,887 from the jungle... ignoring the safety measures 807 01:15:16,012 --> 01:15:18,264 we normally take to avoid detection. 808 01:15:18,389 --> 01:15:19,807 Meaning that... 809 01:15:19,933 --> 01:15:22,018 today, we are going to let them 810 01:15:22,143 --> 01:15:23,686 detect our radio signal. 811 01:15:26,314 --> 01:15:31,319 This program is dedicated to the missing ones... 812 01:15:31,444 --> 01:15:33,321 To the disappeared... 813 01:15:33,446 --> 01:15:37,408 To all the victims of El Mozote. 814 01:15:37,533 --> 01:15:41,371 We've been at war for so long. 815 01:15:41,496 --> 01:15:43,623 And we have lost so much. 816 01:15:43,748 --> 01:15:45,959 Loved ones that will never return... 817 01:15:46,084 --> 01:15:50,296 Homes destroyed... Lives ruined. 818 01:15:50,421 --> 01:15:54,300 We need something to remind us of our humanity. 819 01:15:54,425 --> 01:15:57,136 That a better world is possible, 820 01:15:57,262 --> 01:16:01,599 a world in which the price of a better future 821 01:16:01,724 --> 01:16:04,811 doesn't have to be paid with innocent lives, 822 01:16:04,936 --> 01:16:07,647 or stepping over the dignity of the weak 823 01:16:07,772 --> 01:16:09,357 and disenfranchised... 824 01:16:09,482 --> 01:16:12,151 A world in which human beings' worth... 825 01:16:12,277 --> 01:16:16,114 is measured by their contributions to society, 826 01:16:16,239 --> 01:16:18,116 not by their wealth. 827 01:16:18,241 --> 01:16:20,576 We have a long road ahead of us. 828 01:16:20,702 --> 01:16:24,789 The ideals we aspire to demand great sacrifices, 829 01:16:24,914 --> 01:16:26,958 put these ideals are noble 830 01:16:27,083 --> 01:16:30,628 and they are worth fighting for. 831 01:16:30,753 --> 01:16:32,797 Until that day, when we attain 832 01:16:32,922 --> 01:16:35,341 that better world we yearn for, 833 01:16:35,466 --> 01:16:41,639 this is Sebastian, reminding all of you listening... 834 01:16:41,764 --> 01:16:44,142 you are Radio Venceremos. 835 01:16:47,395 --> 01:16:49,063 Leave that shit! 836 01:16:49,188 --> 01:16:51,607 Get the wounded out! 837 01:17:42,325 --> 01:17:44,035 We have the transmitter! 838 01:17:44,160 --> 01:17:47,121 Again, we have the transmitter. Waiting for instructions. 839 01:17:47,246 --> 01:17:48,831 Affirmative. Alfa, delta, 840 01:17:48,956 --> 01:17:50,500 return to base immediately. 841 01:17:50,625 --> 01:17:54,128 Copy. Copy. 842 01:18:34,043 --> 01:18:36,921 This spot is perfect. 843 01:18:52,979 --> 01:18:54,397 Copy, Charly Carlos... 844 01:18:54,522 --> 01:18:55,690 - Aurelio... -Continue 845 01:18:55,815 --> 01:18:56,858 to the designated coordinates. 846 01:18:56,983 --> 01:18:58,359 I've got something! 847 01:18:58,484 --> 01:19:00,153 Over there. 848 01:19:14,250 --> 01:19:15,334 Who is it? 849 01:19:15,460 --> 01:19:17,211 He hasn't identified yet. 850 01:19:17,336 --> 01:19:19,213 It must be him. His pilot is the only one 851 01:19:19,338 --> 01:19:20,506 who follows the security protocols 852 01:19:20,631 --> 01:19:21,966 of not revealing his identity. 853 01:19:41,652 --> 01:19:42,904 What are they saying on the radios? 854 01:19:43,029 --> 01:19:48,326 Nothing... It's strange. 855 01:19:48,451 --> 01:19:50,620 That's Montenegro's helicopter. 856 01:19:50,745 --> 01:19:52,622 Do you want to do it yourself? 857 01:19:52,747 --> 01:19:55,833 Okay. 858 01:19:55,958 --> 01:19:59,462 Press this button when I tell you. Understood? 859 01:20:04,842 --> 01:20:06,052 Now, José! Do it! 860 01:20:10,515 --> 01:20:12,934 Press the button now, José! 861 01:20:13,059 --> 01:20:15,061 - I'm pressing it! - What's happening? 862 01:20:15,186 --> 01:20:18,940 I don't know! It's not working! 863 01:20:19,065 --> 01:20:21,859 What's happening? 864 01:20:21,984 --> 01:20:23,277 It's already out of range. 865 01:20:27,573 --> 01:20:29,742 It didn't work. 866 01:20:29,867 --> 01:20:31,494 Motherfucking fuck! 867 01:20:46,592 --> 01:20:48,344 Wait a minute! 868 01:20:48,469 --> 01:20:50,846 What would happen if we had a radio operator in the town 869 01:20:50,972 --> 01:20:52,265 and wanted to talk to him. 870 01:20:52,390 --> 01:20:53,474 Could we get in touch with him? 871 01:20:53,599 --> 01:20:55,059 Maybe... 872 01:20:55,184 --> 01:20:58,938 if he's in a high point, like in the church tower. 873 01:20:59,063 --> 01:21:00,898 Why? 874 01:21:01,023 --> 01:21:03,359 Because the town is boxed-in low in the valley 875 01:21:03,484 --> 01:21:05,736 and radio frequency travels in a straight line. 876 01:21:05,861 --> 01:21:07,446 Is it difficult? 877 01:21:07,572 --> 01:21:09,448 Yes. 878 01:21:13,077 --> 01:21:14,078 The transmitter is still in the town. 879 01:21:14,203 --> 01:21:15,454 They haven't moved it. 880 01:21:15,580 --> 01:21:17,248 So? Did they find the dynamite? 881 01:21:17,373 --> 01:21:18,916 I don't think so because we would have 882 01:21:19,041 --> 01:21:20,668 - heard something on the radios. - So, why the fuck 883 01:21:20,793 --> 01:21:22,962 - didn't it blow up? - Because it was out of range. 884 01:21:23,087 --> 01:21:24,630 And the helicopter didn't blow up because it wasn't 885 01:21:24,755 --> 01:21:26,257 - carrying the transmitter. - Was Montenegro 886 01:21:26,382 --> 01:21:27,800 in the helicopter or is he still in the town? 887 01:21:27,925 --> 01:21:31,178 We don't know that, but we need to find out. 888 01:21:31,304 --> 01:21:33,431 - I can go to the town. - Don't talk shit, José. 889 01:21:33,556 --> 01:21:35,683 Who of you can go without getting killed? 890 01:21:35,808 --> 01:21:37,893 You'd be in great danger. 891 01:21:38,019 --> 01:21:39,770 It wouldn't be the first time. 892 01:21:39,895 --> 01:21:42,106 On the other hand, José could take the remote control 893 01:21:42,231 --> 01:21:43,691 and use it to blow up the dynamite when he sees 894 01:21:43,816 --> 01:21:45,484 Montenegro standing next to the transmitter. 895 01:21:45,610 --> 01:21:49,196 And then, what? How would he escape? 896 01:21:49,322 --> 01:21:51,407 You have to do it when nobody is watching you. 897 01:21:51,532 --> 01:21:53,492 - Okay. - Okay. 898 01:23:30,506 --> 01:23:33,592 Uh-huh, you nosy little fuck. Get over here. 899 01:23:33,718 --> 01:23:35,428 Tell me. 900 01:23:35,553 --> 01:23:37,680 You are going to tell me what you saw, you hear me? 901 01:23:37,805 --> 01:23:40,683 What's going on? 902 01:23:40,808 --> 01:23:42,476 I caught him snooping through the window, Colonel. 903 01:23:42,601 --> 01:23:45,438 What's in the box? 904 01:23:45,563 --> 01:23:46,439 No... nothing. 905 01:24:02,705 --> 01:24:03,956 Let him go. 906 01:24:18,888 --> 01:24:21,640 Shine my boots. 907 01:24:35,905 --> 01:24:38,365 What...? You don't like my men? 908 01:24:38,491 --> 01:24:40,910 They go around treating everybody like shit. 909 01:24:41,035 --> 01:24:44,580 Not everybody. Only the guerrillas. 910 01:24:44,705 --> 01:24:46,415 Because that is what they are. 911 01:24:46,540 --> 01:24:48,751 Shit that is destroying our country 912 01:24:48,876 --> 01:24:51,796 with their godless communism. 913 01:24:51,921 --> 01:24:53,422 You don't understand it now 914 01:24:53,547 --> 01:24:56,300 because you are young and ignorant. 915 01:24:56,425 --> 01:24:58,803 But one day you will understand. 916 01:24:58,928 --> 01:25:01,096 What's your name? 917 01:25:01,222 --> 01:25:02,473 José. 918 01:25:02,598 --> 01:25:06,060 Are you from here? 919 01:25:06,185 --> 01:25:07,853 Where do you live? 920 01:25:07,978 --> 01:25:11,607 In the back of the barn by the entrance to the town. 921 01:25:11,732 --> 01:25:12,775 And before that? 922 01:25:12,900 --> 01:25:14,401 I've lived here all my life. 923 01:25:19,114 --> 01:25:22,701 You haven't been doing this a very long time, have you? 924 01:25:22,827 --> 01:25:25,371 - What does your father do? - He's dead. 925 01:25:25,496 --> 01:25:26,956 What about your mother? 926 01:25:27,081 --> 01:25:28,541 They're both dead. 927 01:25:28,666 --> 01:25:31,210 - How did they die? - They were murdered. 928 01:25:31,335 --> 01:25:32,670 Who murdered them? 929 01:25:40,469 --> 01:25:46,517 You know what happens to those who lie to me? 930 01:25:46,642 --> 01:25:51,146 Charly, Carlos, do you copy? Over. 931 01:25:51,272 --> 01:25:52,857 That's enough. 932 01:25:52,982 --> 01:25:55,860 Your shoeshine sucks. 933 01:25:59,154 --> 01:26:01,240 - I don't have change. - Keep it. 934 01:26:01,365 --> 01:26:03,742 I already have all I want from this place. 935 01:26:03,868 --> 01:26:05,786 Charly Carlos, do you copy? 936 01:26:05,911 --> 01:26:07,997 Affirmative. 937 01:26:08,122 --> 01:26:09,832 Send my bird over to pick me up immediately. 938 01:26:09,957 --> 01:26:12,626 Over. 939 01:26:12,751 --> 01:26:14,211 Copied. Do you have the transmitter? 940 01:26:14,336 --> 01:26:15,921 Affirmative. I'm looking at it. 941 01:26:19,675 --> 01:26:24,013 I'm ready. I'll be waiting in the soccer field. 942 01:26:24,138 --> 01:26:25,306 Over and out. 943 01:26:49,288 --> 01:26:50,706 What do you have here? 944 01:26:56,962 --> 01:26:59,965 Look, you little fuck, 945 01:27:00,090 --> 01:27:04,386 you can fool the Colonel, but you can't fool me. 946 01:27:04,511 --> 01:27:09,975 Did you hear me? I asked you a question. 947 01:27:10,100 --> 01:27:14,229 Answer me. 948 01:27:14,355 --> 01:27:16,190 What is it? 949 01:27:16,315 --> 01:27:19,151 I don't know. I found it on the street. 950 01:27:19,276 --> 01:27:22,112 Ahhh, you found it on the street? 951 01:27:22,237 --> 01:27:23,906 It's very cool, isn't it? 952 01:27:29,745 --> 01:27:32,414 Don't play dumb with me! Stand up! 953 01:27:32,539 --> 01:27:35,125 Stand up! Now! 954 01:27:35,250 --> 01:27:37,127 Where did you get this? 955 01:27:37,252 --> 01:27:38,796 I already told you, I found it on the street. 956 01:27:38,921 --> 01:27:40,589 And why did you throw away your shoeshine box? 957 01:27:40,714 --> 01:27:42,049 I didn't throw it away. I left it. 958 01:27:42,174 --> 01:27:43,425 I went in the brush to take a piss, 959 01:27:43,550 --> 01:27:44,385 but I was coming back to get it. 960 01:27:44,510 --> 01:27:45,636 Don't lie to me! 961 01:27:50,349 --> 01:27:53,018 I've seen you before. Where? 962 01:27:53,143 --> 01:27:55,020 I've never seen you before. 963 01:27:55,145 --> 01:27:57,523 What are you up to, little fuck?! 964 01:27:57,648 --> 01:28:02,111 Huh? 965 01:28:02,236 --> 01:28:05,406 It's you! 966 01:28:05,531 --> 01:28:08,659 The little fuck with the iguana in El Mozote! 967 01:28:26,051 --> 01:28:27,177 Why didn't you take it with you? 968 01:28:27,302 --> 01:28:28,929 They would have found it! 969 01:28:29,054 --> 01:28:30,639 Montenegro is about to leave in the helicopter! 970 01:28:30,764 --> 01:28:33,392 I saw him! And he's taking the radio transmitter! 971 01:28:33,517 --> 01:28:36,270 You can't go back to the town! Let's go! 972 01:28:46,739 --> 01:28:49,450 Where the fuck are they? Why is it taking so long? 973 01:29:50,177 --> 01:29:53,013 It's him. It's him! 974 01:29:53,138 --> 01:29:56,809 Let's go, José! Go ahead! 975 01:29:56,934 --> 01:29:59,311 I'll tell you when! 976 01:29:59,436 --> 01:30:00,521 Ready? 977 01:30:05,818 --> 01:30:07,402 And... 978 01:30:08,529 --> 01:30:10,239 Now! Now. 979 01:30:20,207 --> 01:30:23,460 Yes! 980 01:30:34,930 --> 01:30:37,724 Mauricio, listen to their radio transmission 981 01:30:37,850 --> 01:30:39,560 to confirm that Montenegro was in the helicopter. 982 01:30:50,487 --> 01:30:51,947 What are they saying? 983 01:30:54,491 --> 01:30:56,326 We didn't only get Montenegro! 984 01:30:56,451 --> 01:30:58,579 Ramos and López were in the helicopter with him! 985 01:31:03,458 --> 01:31:05,502 Okay! Let's get ready to go back to our camp, 986 01:31:05,627 --> 01:31:07,671 because our radio station is going on the air tonight! 987 01:31:42,748 --> 01:31:45,584 Do you like the place we chose for her to rest? 988 01:31:45,709 --> 01:31:47,085 She would have liked it. 989 01:31:52,382 --> 01:31:53,550 Come with me. 990 01:32:08,023 --> 01:32:12,444 Leaving without saying goodbye? 991 01:32:12,569 --> 01:32:16,281 Montenegro is dead. Isn't that what you wanted? 992 01:32:16,406 --> 01:32:18,909 I only wanted to live in peace with my family. 993 01:32:19,034 --> 01:32:22,412 What really happened to you in El Mozote? 994 01:32:22,537 --> 01:32:24,122 My mother... 995 01:32:24,248 --> 01:32:25,916 asked me to take care of my little sister... 996 01:32:26,041 --> 01:32:27,751 and I ran away. 997 01:32:27,876 --> 01:32:31,380 It's not your fault, José. The soldiers killed her. 998 01:32:31,505 --> 01:32:33,423 But I ran away... and left her behind. 999 01:32:33,548 --> 01:32:36,677 If you had stayed, you would also be dead. 1000 01:32:36,802 --> 01:32:39,096 Why was El Mozote so important to all of you? 1001 01:32:39,221 --> 01:32:40,722 Why couldn't you just leave us alone? 1002 01:32:40,847 --> 01:32:42,474 The answer is complicated. I'm not sure 1003 01:32:42,599 --> 01:32:44,226 - you would understand. - Because I'm an ignorant? 1004 01:32:44,351 --> 01:32:46,895 Because you are too young to have to think about that. 1005 01:32:47,020 --> 01:32:48,730 Montenegro told me the same thing in Joateca. 1006 01:32:48,855 --> 01:32:50,607 You are all the same. 1007 01:32:50,732 --> 01:32:53,193 You wear different uniforms but shoot the same bullets. 1008 01:32:53,318 --> 01:32:54,820 And the rest of us have to live 1009 01:32:54,945 --> 01:32:56,238 with the leftovers you leave behind. 1010 01:32:56,363 --> 01:32:58,156 This is not a war between two guilty sides 1011 01:32:58,282 --> 01:33:00,450 with innocent people trapped in the middle, José. 1012 01:33:00,575 --> 01:33:02,661 We kill because monsters like Montenegro 1013 01:33:02,786 --> 01:33:05,247 don't leave us another choice. 1014 01:33:05,372 --> 01:33:07,249 And whether you like it or not, 1015 01:33:07,374 --> 01:33:10,669 I'm not going to feel guilty about celebrating his death. 1016 01:33:10,794 --> 01:33:12,379 I'm also glad he is dead, but only because 1017 01:33:12,504 --> 01:33:14,506 now more people will have a chance to live. 1018 01:33:14,631 --> 01:33:17,175 Alma told me once that the only things in life 1019 01:33:17,301 --> 01:33:20,846 worth living for, are those also worth dying for. 1020 01:33:20,971 --> 01:33:24,016 And if I stay with you, I'll end up miserable 1021 01:33:24,141 --> 01:33:26,685 and full of hate like Montenegro, or like you. 1022 01:33:26,810 --> 01:33:29,021 And that's not worth living for, or dying for. 1023 01:33:32,566 --> 01:33:34,568 What are you going to do? 1024 01:34:02,304 --> 01:34:07,976 Since then El Mozote has become a holy graveyard. 1025 01:34:08,101 --> 01:34:11,646 Years later, when we were trekking through the area 1026 01:34:11,772 --> 01:34:15,275 with a guerrilla column, 1027 01:34:15,400 --> 01:34:19,529 something very strange happened. 1028 01:34:19,654 --> 01:34:24,451 Something I've never told anybody. 1029 01:34:24,576 --> 01:34:28,830 It was a dark night, 1030 01:34:28,955 --> 01:34:34,336 and when we approached the mass grave, 1031 01:34:34,461 --> 01:34:39,716 thousands of fireflies lit up at the same time. 1032 01:34:39,841 --> 01:34:42,010 But, I mean, thousands and thousands. 1033 01:34:42,135 --> 01:34:44,513 The entire field glowed, 1034 01:34:44,638 --> 01:34:49,017 as if following a mysterious order, 1035 01:34:49,142 --> 01:34:52,312 they all turned off at the same time. 1036 01:34:52,437 --> 01:34:54,523 They would all light up... 1037 01:34:54,648 --> 01:34:57,359 with that spectral light... 1038 01:34:57,484 --> 01:34:59,319 and they would turn off again. 1039 01:34:59,444 --> 01:35:01,196 I swear, I've never seen anything like it 1040 01:35:01,321 --> 01:35:03,156 in my entire life. 1041 01:35:03,281 --> 01:35:08,370 And I'm sure that no one in our column that night, 1042 01:35:08,495 --> 01:35:12,916 has been able to forget... the Fireflies at El Mozote.