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[Spanish]

[man clears throat]

[man speaking Spanish]

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[man speaks Spanish]

[camera shutter clicking]

[baby cooing]

[car starts]

[gunfire]

When the target faces, you'll draw fire at three rounds

for three seconds.

Scan and re-holster.

[gunfire]

[man] There's criminal organizations,

and their goal is to do the United States harm.

We estimate 25 billion dollars a year flows

from the United States to source countries like Mexico.

[car alarm chirps]

We disrupt them, we dismantle them, we arrest them.

And ultimately, we remove them.

-The bad guy lives over here. -Yeah.

We think he's gonna have to, sometime between 3 and 5,

show up, meet a couple guys,

grab two keys and then get on the roadway

and deliver them to our cooperator.

Are we gonna hit 'em before he gets there?

-Mm-hm. Yeah. -That's the plan? Okay.

[James] The guy that we're targeting,

we believe he's a courier for one of the Mexican cartels.

We're going to engage him

and find out who he's supplying here in Columbus.

[man over radio]

[James] Hey, if we're lucky enough to catch him leaving

in that truck, let's make sure that he's committed

to coming to this area first.

[man over radio]

Come to Papa.

[man on radio] We're passing Highland Hill.

[James] Here we go.

[man over radio]

[man on radio] We are in the curb lane.

[James] That's the target vehicle.

[man over radio]

[James] Go ahead, Rob.

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[man over radio]

[sirens wail]

[James] Picked up on a target last Tuesday.

He admitted to working for the cartel

for the past two and a half years.

Turn around.

He organizes narcotics loads and picks up currency

and transports it back to Mexico.

He estimated two to three million dollars.

He started crying during his interview.

He knows that losing this money is not gonna be good.

He indicates that he had a friend that lost money,

and that this friend, you know, was definitely executed for it.

-It's big business. -Yeah.

And the same way General Electric

would run their business is the same way

these guys run their business, except, um,

instead of firing you, they'll just execute you.

Uh, their termination policy is a little bit different.

-[laughter] -But...

[James] The courier that we arrested

said he was picking up money from a Hispanic female.

He claims that she runs a stash house for the cartels

and that the stash house is part of a larger cell

here in Columbus.

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We want her to cooperate, we want her to work.

And we're keeping a close eye on her.

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[siren wails in distance]

[man speaking Spanish]

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[man speaking Spanish]

[shutter clicks]

[man speaking Spanish]

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-[woman] Hey. -Hey. Thank you so much.

[woman] Thank Jesus. Follow Jesus.

Absolutely. And it will get better.

-[woman] It will. -Yeah.

-[horn honks] -Yo. Man, thank you.

-[man] All right. -Thank you.

-[John] Hey, man. -[man] Let's... let's do this.

[John]

Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

Yeah.

-I have four dollars. -Four?

-You have three dollars, right? -Um...

'Cause I have four, and you should have three.

Yeah.

Possibly.

Yeah.

-[line ringing] -He better do this.

Hey, it's John.

Hey, can I get--

Could you just do a dime of girl for, uh, what, eight dollars?

Right now?

All right. Um...

All right.

Appreciate it. No.

[exhales] Man, that's fucked up.

[line ringing]

Hey, sis.

[woman on phone] I thought you said you were okay today.

I'm okay. But can I get, like, $20

so I can get something tonight?

[woman] You know, it's been really, really difficult

these last few months,

and I don't wanna give up any more of my money.

I'm aware, Lori. All I can say is that things will...

Things will be a lot better soon,

for me and you.

I mean, I...

I know you've heard that, but it-- it really will. So...

-So what is the plan? -I could, um...

-come into your house or... -That just means that you don't

have to worry about somebody stealing your stuff.

Yeah, go ahead and do that. No, I'll be here.

All right, bye.

So she's coming,

and I think I'll probably get like $30.

All right. That'll cover us, at least.

Yeah.

I guess.

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[phone chimes]

"John, I left a white plastic bag with two envelopes

with cigarette coupons in 'em.

The money is tucked in the American Spirit one.

It's right inside the fence. It's on the ground

sitting next to a black bucket with some cans in it.

I'm just really tired and wanna go home tonight."

-[phone chimes] -All right.

Yeah.

-[dog barks] -[sighs]

All right.

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[John] I overdosed on this shit, like, two weeks ago.

♪

[bell tolling]

-[radio chirps] -[James] I have eyes

on the target.

She's driving off, gonna be out of my sight.

Eastbound 12.

The courier that we arrested said he was picking up money

from a Hispanic female.

He says she runs a stash house for the cartels

and that the stash house is part of a larger cell

here in Columbus.

[man over radio] I've got her.

She's getting on 270, headed westbound.

[James] Take a swing at her and see what she's all about.

[siren wails]

[man]

[dog barking]

[James] You speak pretty good English.

-[woman] Yeah. -Okay.

Is there any money hidden anywhere other than upstairs?

-No. -[woman] No.

Same place where the drugs are?

-[woman] Yeah. -Okay.

How many total kilos are here?

-[woman] What? -How many total kilos

-do you have left? -[woman] Kilos?

-Kilos. -I don't know.

-You don't know? A lot? No. -No...

Okay.

-[baby crying] -[indistinct chatter]

What grade are you in?

-What grade are you in? -Um, kindergarten.

Kindergarten? Is it fun?

Do you do good?

Are-- you're not scared anymore, right?

Okay, good.

Let's go up to the bedroom.

[man]

-[baby cries] -Is it a mean dog or...?

[man]

Well, see if that dog's gonna bite us.

-Then we gotta do that room. -All right.

-[dog yips] -Oh.

-Oh, shit. -Let's put this

packaging material...

This is, uh, serious fucking weight.

How many total kilos are we talking so far?

She said she'd been delivered heroin,

"en sinte," as she called it.

"Sinte" meaning synthetic, being fentanyl.

500 sinte.

[man] Uh, we got...

Yeah, we're gonna have to really go through this place

-with a fine-toothed comb. -Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-[man] -[phone ringing]

[phone rings]

[woman]

[James] From Mexico?

Uh... no, no, no, no.

They're gonna find out that you got arrested anyway, right?

-[woman] Yeah. -So they're gonna drop

their phones anyway, right?

Which one's your work phone, which one's your personal phone?

Work for the heroin? Work for personal?

-Mm-hm. -Okay. Ma'am.

At ten kilos of heroin,

you're looking at a mandatory 20 to life.

So...

[James] Through our investigation

and intelligence gathering, we've learned that

this is just a small part of a larger cell

operating here in Columbus, Ohio.

We're gonna head to the north side of Columbus

to another stash house where we believe

the boss of this particular cell is operating.

We need to make it to this residence

before her bosses in Mexico have a chance

to let her know that we're coming.

[phone rings]

Yo.

[man on phone]

[James]

[man on phone]

-[James] -[phone chimes]

Shit.

[sirens wailing]

[shouting in Spanish]

[Silva speaking Spanish]

[speaking Spanish]

-[gunfire] -[shouting in Spanish]

[Silva]

-[speaks Spanish] -[all shout]

[Silva]

[sirens wailing]

[man] Corruption in Mexico is so entrenched.

[man 2] Four police commanders suspected of alleged links

to drug cartels.

[man 3] 43 students were kidnapped by police officers

working for a criminal gang.

[man 4] It seems as though impunity is the rule of law.

[Silva speaking Spanish]

[all shouting]

[shouts in Spanish]

[Silva]

[woman speaking Spanish]

[man]

Si.

Oh, yeah.

I'm like all stuck.

Come on.

All right.

-Did you know Doug? -Doug?

Yeah. Older guy?

Yeah. I didn't know him, but I've seen him.

-Yeah, he died. -Really?

Yeah.

These are, like, all the people that died recently.

Doug, John, Kavee, Nick Washburn,

Lauren, JP, Zane, Sarah, Joey, Chico.

-Chico? -Yep.

A bunch of people, yeah.

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[John] I've been doing heroin for about eight years.

Every second of my day is devoted

towards maintaining a high,

to keep myself from being sick.

-Are you out-- heading out? -Um... in a minute.

Just... all right. I'll see you.

[John] I've had some stressful days and whatnot,

but I can always get by.

Okay. Go ahead and start pouring.

Two, three, four...

...five, six, seven...

...41, 42, 43, 44,

45, 46, 47, 48.

-68. -68!

-Okay. 68. -Appreciate it.

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Fuckin' hit this, I'll be so happy.

-Home sweet home. -Yeah.

-Oh, who the fuck-- -God, man.

Fuck!

The whole place is fucked up.

-Somebody smashed it. -Really, dude?

Like, how did he get in? I thought the door was locked.

-Liz left behind me, so... -Man!

-Just, like, why? -Yeah.

-We don't bother anyone. Just... -Yeah.

[line ringing]

-[Lori] -Hey.

Our whole place is trashed.

Yeah, like, they came in here and threw the TV on the floor,

stole a bunch of shit, like... You know, the cat got stolen.

-Like, steal our fucking cat? -Yeah.

Just can I not have...

...you know, anything? Can I not...

[Lori]

Yeah.

Yeah.

All right, I'll see you later.

All right, bye.

[phone beeps]

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[man on phone]

[James]

[man on phone]

English is good?

I will see you in 1-5 minutes.

All right.

[James] I had the advantage of working strictly undercover

for the first four and a half years of my career.

Just being in that criminal element all the time

gave me, you know, a lot of valuable insight

into how to talk to people.

You have to give them a reason to talk about bad things.

Coming in.

We know that you sell heroin. We already know that.

The reason we know that is because we have people

that work for us that tell us that.

And we also follow you and we watch you,

and we're here talking to you quietly at night,

so nobody knows.

-[woman] Okay. -[James] But if you lie to me,

it's not gonna be good. Make sense? Okay.

When-- when's your baby due?

-New year. -New-- January?

So you can't do this anymore once your baby...

-No more. -Right?

[man] Kitchen.

Got it.

[James] How much heroin is here right now?

How many--

[woman]

[James] It's okay. I understand you save it.

-I understand. -That's a lot of heroin.

[James] What we wanna know is when's the next shipment

of kilos coming to you? Because that's imp--

That's what you can help us with.

[woman]

Yeah, but there's kilos here.

[woman]

You don't mind if I take a look at your phone, right?

-Hm? -You don't mind

if I take a look at your phone, right?

[indistinct chatter]

[man] You're sending a lot of money to Mexico.

Who are you sending money to?

[woman]

[James] Yeah, but, look, this is what we know.

-Don't lie to me about this. -[woman] Okay.

[James] I know that you make deliveries.

How many deliveries do you make?

-Two times? -Two times.

I know you do it for somebody else.

I know you're not the boss.

What's the name of your-- of your boss?

-Yeah. Is he in Mexico now? -Yes.

-Okay. He's the boss? -Yeah.

[man]

[James] You got something coming?

How much?

[woman]

No. That's gonna be from...

Look, please understand that we know what you do.

You cannot lie.

[barking]

Were there any hits out there?

What are you seeing?

-[man] -Right.

-Another stash house of... -Yeah.

She wants to act like she doesn't have anything

to do with anything, but...

she's responsible for overseeing

multiple kilos in the central Ohio area.

[sighs] Taking her orders from Mexico.

She wants to stop permanently so she can have a baby.

But... I mean, you know,

I don't think she has a whole lot of other options.

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[James] She's definitely going to jail.

[man]

Hey, she's actually-- she's pregnant.

And she's pretty deep into it.

I think she's due in January.

[man on phone] Are you kidding me?

I think we should-- I think we should not arrest her tonight.

-Does that work for you guys? -Yeah.

We can say, look, one option is you cooperate.

If she doesn't play ball, we're gonna indict her.

Okay. I think there's no problem indicting her later.

I don't think at this point she's looking to flee.

But, you know, if she does, she does. We'll find her.

All right. Thanks.

[James] We're gonna do you a favor, okay?

We're gonna let you stay here tonight, okay?

I want you to understand, you're not being arrested tonight.

But this isn't going away.

And I want you to work for me. All right?

[James] It's a risk that we're taking,

but I'm hoping she can lead us directly

to her bosses in Mexico.

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-What's up, Ben? -Hey, man.

-Can I have a sip of that, dude? -All right.

Alcohol or...

Sorry, bro.

[John] If you're a junkie, it's just day after day,

constantly juggling and having to go out

and lie to people to get money.

Like, my dad, he thinks I'm sober, you know?

And he thinks I'm doing all right

and I got a home and everything's good.

If I told him I was homeless and I was on drugs right now,

he would disown me.

[exhales, clears throat]

Hey, old man.

How you doing? It's John. Yep.

Calling to let you know I'm going into court tomorrow.

Well, I had one panhandling charge,

but I have some extra charges that I have to deal with now.

It's a lot of money or a lot of jail time I'm facing, Dad.

So... I guess I was just trying to see what--

how you-- where you stood on that,

what you wanted me to do, if anything.

All right. Well, just to give you fair warning, Dad.

It's probably gonna be fairly expensive.

But, um... huh?

More or less the same, Dad.

I'm still staying in the same place.

Just trying to pull it together and, uh...

You know, I'll try harder.

I will. I know.

I will, Dad. You take care of yourself too.

I love you.

All right.

[John] I don't want to continue living like this.

But living a normal life,

paying rent,

the thought of that kind of scares me.

I'm tired of hurting my family,

and just living this lie.

[doorbell rings]

-Hey, sis. How are you? -I'm fine.

It's definitely causing a lot of stress for my sister.

Without her, I would have been dead right now.

-[dog barks] -You all right?

I'm okay.

Throw your laundry in right away because it takes so long. Okay?

Obviously I don't even know what to do.

I guess I'm wearing this shirt and that,

-and those are clean-- -Let's wash everything you have.

While you have a washing machine. Okay?

All right.

[Lori] John is my little brother.

He looks at me as a mother figure

instead of a sister.

I have no illusions about what shape he's in,

but I feel like I should help people.

It's my instinct to help people.

Hey, Lori. I need to have a decent wake-up tomorrow.

I'm gonna get something tonight so I'm not sick.

Okay. I'll take you down there now and get it over with.

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-[John] Hey, Pip. -[man on phone] Yes?

Uh, well, can I come to you and get a 30 boy

and a dime of girl? I'll be there in like five minutes.

All right, man. At the top of the hill?

All right.

-I'll let you know. -Okay.

I'll do a little bit tonight and just...

I'll be quick. It doesn't take me long.

Okay.

Just park right here.

-Yo, yo, yo, yo! -What's going on, brother?

Hey, everybody.

I gotta leave, like, quickly.

My sister's waiting down there. That's why I'm trying to rush.

-Oh, she's down there now? -Yeah, she's in her car.

-So I'm trying to... -I'm gonna walk down there

-and say hey to her. -All right.

[indistinct chatter]

[woman] Does anyone have a bigger piece of...

Love all you guys. Wish me luck in court.

Goodbye, John.

I'll let you all know what's up, dude.

-Just keep... -[girl] I love you.

Yeah.

How many people are living in there?

Ali, Cory, Sally, Bailey, Cole

and Andy are all in there right now.

-Well, that's scary. -Yes, it is.

You have to just get out of there.

Yeah.

[Silva in Spanish]

[Silva]

[man over radio]

[Silva]

No, no, no.

[phone rings]

Okay.

Jefe?

Okay.

Um... I hope your day goes well.

I love you.

[judge] I'm going to release both of you on court copy today.

You're going to have to complete four hours of anger management.

Come back every 30 days until you complete it.

-Do you understand? -[man] Thank you.

[judge] Thank you.

John Price.

[coughs]

-[man] Right here, sir. -Right here?

[judge] State your name for the record,

-and speak up for me, sir. -My name is John Price.

-[judge] How do you plead? -I plead guilty.

Okay, so it shows that you already served five days.

Your sentence for the current charge would be $723.

Are you prepared to make that payment today?

-Yes, ma'am. -All right. Thank you.

You can have a seat. Someone will get you a reset letter.

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[whistling]

[groans]

[grunts]

Oh, my God!

Can't hit.

Just not... not working.

[grunts]

[sniffles]

[grunts]

Goddamn, that shit hurts.

Fuck!

I can't do this.

♪

[James] I'm going to visit our suspect, the pregnant female.

She's clearly a boss for the area.

There's no question about it.

She receives her direction from Mexico.

Her shipments come directly from Mexico.

Mexico will send somebody here to get a handle on things.

She will be threatened and intimidated.

She's relayed that to me already,

that her life has been threatened.

But we wanna get her on Team America

before they get her where they want her.

[phone keyboard clacking]

[automated voice] I'm sorry, but the person you called

has a voicemail box that has not been set up yet.

Goodbye.

Interesting.

[automated voice] I'm sorry, but the--

Hm...

-[radio chirps] -Hey, Ryan.

Uh, the target's phone is off.

[man on radio]

Yeah.

Yeah...

Keep our fingers crossed.

[man on radio]

[James] This does not look good.

I don't like that right there. Trash out front.

-Yeah. -That's not a good sign.

That's not good at all.

-No movement, no nothing. -God dang it.

Still got a lot of stuff back here.

[knocking on door]

[James] Ah. A neighbor.

How are you?

Have you seen anybody home lately?

You guys know what time it is, right?

You know... you know why we're here?

Yeah.

Right?

Yeah. So...

But you didn't notice anybody move out or anything like that?

Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks, guys.

Son of a bitch.

[man speaking Spanish]

[siren wailing]

[Spanish]

[speaking Spanish]

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