"MEXICO Twenty miles southeast of Tijuana" "Last night I had an ugly nightmare." "Oh, yeah?" "What happened, man?" "I'm lying down in my bed." "Then I get up and there's my mother, may she rest in peace seated in a chair wth a plastic bag over her head and she can't breathe." "And I can't help her." "Fuck." "What do we do?" "We'll give them a half hour." "Who are they?" "." "Don't worry, it's just the police." "This is a private road, you have to have a permit." "Do you have a permit?" "I don't have a permit." "Do you have a permit?" "Well, then we have a problem." "Can we buy a permit?" "Yeah, but it's gonna cost you." "How much?" "400 pesos." "You, too, 400 pesos." "What's underneath the tarp?" "Boxes of food..." "Show me." "Lay on the ground, sweetie, you're under arrest." "Yeah, you guys are screwed!" "What's your name?" "Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez." "You've done an excellent job." "But...we'll take over from here." "Put the prisoners in the Suburban and impound the truck." "How did you find out about this?" "A little bird told me" "What is the name of your little bird?" "It doesn't have a name." "Those fucking anonymous ones...." "For an officer of the state police you're very well informed." "Hey, was that General Salazar?" "The Big Boss himself." "What is he doing around here?" "Up to something, I don't know." "They took our handcuffs, Manolo." "This informant, paid by police, using taxpayers' dollars to continue his felony drug habit was the link that allowed the police to raid a private farm," "COLUMBUS, OHIO State Supreme Court where honest Americans make their living." "Now, the government, in its haste, ihren Lebensunterhalt verdienen." "Von Übereifer angestachelt, has hired an army of criminals whose allegiance to the truth is, at best, questionable." "Mister Rodman it's a shame that your client didn't use as much sense in choosing what he planted as he did in choosing his attorney." "But lately, the only variation that I'm hearing in your argument is the name of your client." "Now, you can argue the ins and outs of" "Illinois versus Gates, but nevertheless our government has not sanctioned the use of anonymous informants." "Furthermore there is no sacred protection of property rights." "Dazu kommt, dass ein verbriefter Schutz von Eigentumsrechten nicht existiert." "You grow marijuana on your farm, be it an ounce or an acre of plants that farm can be seized, and that farm can be sold." "What the hell is that?" "You know, you can tell a lot about somebody from this stuff." "It's from your friends at Warren, Putnam and Hudson." "A fishing rod." "What do you think they want?" "Depends what state they're from." "Arizona." "Medicinal marijuana initiative." "Or am I being cynical?" "Mark I'm gonna miss you." "Thank you for all your hard work." "Judge Wakefield!" "You've got a daughter." "Why is it important to get a handle on this drug problem?" "It's an issue that affects all families." "I'm planning to be back as much as I can." "No telltales." "No scratching your nose, no clearing your throat or crossing your legs." "SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA" "I got it." "You got it, baby." "I'm cool." "You just don't tell any jokes." "What do you mean "don't tell any jokes"?" "Don't tell jokes." "It's a giveaway, Ray." "lt's not a give a way." "Every time it's a giveaway." "No jokes!" "You know what the problem is, bro?" "You are too uptight." "Loose up." "Take , deep breath." "A little stretching, maybe." "Come on, man, they're looking at us." "We're gonna get these motherfuckers, man." "You know we know our shit." "Can I get it?" "Can I get it?" "Ho, baby, can I say it?" "It's showtime." "We're looking for Mr. Eduardo Ruiz." "We have a two o'clock appointment." "He's right down the hallway in the back room." "All right." "Come in." "Hey, fellas." "Hey." "How are you?" "Come on, you guys, get him talking." "Get him outside." "How you doing?" "You see I'm well." "How are you?" "I'm good, pretty good, thank you." "What's up, Ed?" "We gonna move some white?" "You guys ever bought a quarter ton before?" "No?" "I don't think so." "No." "It's not like you can stick it in a condom up some mule's asshole." "You'd have a line from here to Mexico City." "Look, I just say:" "You say show up at a time, we show up at the time." "Like we said we would." "Sure I can't offer you something to drink?" "I can offer you a joke." "You wanna hear?" "I got a joke." "I got a joke." "Come on, bro." "Let me tell one joke." "Can I?" "I'm gonna tell you a joke." "Ok?" "All right." "Why are hurricane named after women?" "I don't know." "Because when they arrive, they're wet and wld." "When they leave, they take your house and your car." "It's true." "You didn't find that funny?" "." "I chuckled." "Fellas, that's us." "Ok, that's the van." "Don't make your move until they get Ruiz outside." "Told you there was nothing to worry about." "I got another joke, all right?" "Come on, man." "Come on, just one more." "Relax." "A guy goes, gets a tattoo put on his penis." "One side says "yes", the other side says "no", right?" "So, his wfe say, "Hold it, you tell me howto cook, howto clean the house... "" "What the fuck is going on?" "This is local." "Shit." "Fuckin' Shit!" "Agent down!" "Get in there now!" "." "Go!" "The vest caught it." "Go ahead." "Go." "Shit." "Fuck!" "Fucking shit." "I think we lost him, Ray." "Yeah, I think so, too." "No!" "Don't fucking move!" "Get your hands up!" "Move!" "Get out, you son of a bitch!" "cincinnati, OHIO The suburb of Indian Hill" "Or do they hang out like this all day?" "." "That would be their sleep attire." "It's like a smoking jacket." "Well, he's gonna be smoking in a minute." "Ok, who's the father of Greek tragedy?" "." "Anyone?" "Anyone?" "Ok." "Aeschylus it is." "His trilogy?" "." "The Oresteia." "This is fuckin' beautiful." "Can anyone stop the Seth machine?" "No." "That's correct." "Score." "And tragedy is closed out." "Wait, but..." "Wait." "Is he her husband?" "Yes." "Oh, hey, so... you wanna try something?" "Yeah." "What are you doing?" "Just watch." "Ok, so what you're gonna do is, inhale the smoke, and hold it." "What is this?" "Like, freebase?" "Not like." "It is." "Ok, go." "Go, go." "Hold it." "Hold it." "See?" "Now you see." "Oh, how..." "Oh, they're doing great." "Mm." "LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA Just outside of San Diego" "Look at how cute they are." "Oh, Helena, he's doing so good." "Little Tiger." "Little Tiger, I hope." "We'll be very happy if he becomes the next Tiger Woods." "So wll his bank balance." "Oh, my God." "Duck?" "Duck." "Thank you very much." "You never order duck." "I know." "Well, it's not me who ordered it, it's somebody else." "Well, he or she has very good taste." "I love duck, don't you?" "It's delicious." "Do you want some, Nan?" "lt's such a fatty bird." "There's good cholesterol, and there's bad cholesterol, which is really confusing me." "Oh, that's so good." "You know what they say about red wne." "It's good for you." "You're allowed to have your red wne." "The French do, don't they?" "." "I say that to my doctor:" "I'm European." "I'm allowed to drink red wne." "Oh, my doctor said it was fine when I was pregnant." "A glass a week." "After my amnio, after my amnio he said," ""Ok, now you can go and have a glass of red wne." I had two." "Did you have fun?" "Yeah." "Can I bring the bag in the back wth me?" "No, sweetheart, all the pros..." "How about just my putter?" "Oh, give me the putter." "In you get." "Come on." "Gotta go." "Put this down here." "Ok?" "Ok." "That's where Tiger Woods keeps it." "There you go." "Ok, David, you're gonna have to promise me no swnging the club in the car." "Ok." "Ok?" "Until you officially take over the Office of National Drug Control, under no circumstances wll you speak to the press unprotected wthout going through" "WASHINGTON, D.C. Office of the Chief of Staff this office or having someone in the room." "There are a lot of interests in this town." "Right now, they're scared of you." "The reason: technically, you have veto powers over their budgets, so think about that." "You'll also be meeting senators and congressmen, each wth specially prepared questions designed for one thing:" "to make them look smart." "If you lecture them, they won't think you respect them." "If you treat them wth utter humility, they wll." "And remember, this is about your respect for them and the President's respect for them." "When he gets back from" "Russia and China we'll get you two together for some face time, let you two catch up." "Also, one month from today, you wll give your first official press conference." "In it, you wll outline the President's strategy for wnning the war on drugs." "I just wanna be clear about one thing." "I'm not a partisan person." "I'm an issue person." "Now, over the course of the next few weeks, if you allow me, I'll bring you up to speed on an incredible array of issues, the most important of, in my opinion, is Mexico." "I know everyone that you're going to meet." "I know what they want, and why." "Now, it is important that they like you." "It is not important that they like me." "And that is why I can help protect you." "Like you protected Landry?" "." "Well, I see where you're going wth that, and if I could just say one thing." "Basically Landry's so autocratic he doesn't even know howto let himself be helped." "There's a political component to this job that the general didn't have patience for." "General, Bob Wakefield." "Judge, nice to meet you." "Pleasure to meet you, sir." "Thank you." "Jeff, you wanna excuse us for a minute?" "Yes, sir." "I'll be right outside." "Have a seat." "Thank you." "Well, you've done a fine job, General." "The Office of National Drug Control Policy is in better shape than when you found it." "I'm not sure" "I made the slightest difference." "I tried." "I really did." "I think there's some positive signs." "The work's just started." "I plan on seeing it through." "You can count on that." "You're here for 2 years, 2 maximum." "What'd they offer you?" "Acourt appointment?" "What?" "District?" "Appeals?" "Not Supreme." "Well, this is a, a tough enough job." "I plan on focusing on this." "You know, when Khrushchev was forced out, he sat down, and he wrote two letters and gave them to his successor." "He said," ""When you get yourself into a situation you can't get out of, open the first letter, and you'll be saved." "And, when you get yourself into another situation you can't get out of, open the second letter."" "Well, soon enough, this guy found himself in a tight place, so he opened the first letter which said, Blame everything on me." "So, he blamed the old man, and it worked like a charm." "Well, he got himself into a second situation he couldn't get out of, and he opened the second letter." "It said, Sit down, and write two letters." "TIJUANA, MEXICO" "Don't you want to knowthe type of car?" "Yeah, it's a brown Ford Explorer." "Look, it was right here." "It's been stolen." "I want to file a report." "A report wil not help you find your car." "Listen, the police won't find your car." "No." "You are the police." "You gonna call this man." "And he'll find your car for you." "I don't get it." "How is this guy gonna know who has our car?" "The police wll tell him." "Why wll they tell him and won't tell us?" "'cause we pay him, stupid." "Right?" "And he pays the police, and suddenly our car appears." "Es correct." "Es correct." "Give him the money." "Just give him money." "Just give him the big one." "Let's start moving to the sidewalk." "No, no, no, no." "No, please, take it." "No." "Let's start moving to the sidewalk, to the sidewalk, please." "Call the man." "Have a nice day." "We want you to come wth us." "Where?" "It's just a short trip." "Follow me." "GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON D.C." "Judge, you're never gonna solve this problem on the supply side." "As long as that demand is out there in our cities, Mexico-bashing is not gonna do a damned thing for you." "The legal drug business like Merck," "Pfizer and the rest of my very important clients, realize that in this war we don't have traditional wnner and loser." "Everybody wants to declare war on drugs." "But, you know, if you have 25 percent of high school seniors are using drugs, if you reduce that to 10, that's a great improvement." "But you'd still have 10 percent habitually using drugs." "Can I get a Scotch and soda, please?" "The price of coke and heroin has dropped." "But purity has increased." "So all this law enforcement has really achieved is that kids get better stuff cheaper." "Education and rehabilitation, prevention, that's not significant to these reporters." "They want to see people in prison." "The gory aspect of the drug problem." "Thank you for sharing your point of view." "I look forward to working wth you." "Call me, because I have a good bill on treatment on demand." "I could use your help." "If a judge or a politician's puts a reefer in their mouth, I'll do a story on it." "Stand up and be independent, because I don't care who's President, or who the members of Congress are." "Be independent and use that bully pulpit right that's where your power is." "lt's the stick of law enforcement that creates the carrot of huge profit." "Addicts don't vote." "What the hell are you doing here?" "You like your view?" "." "TV screen big enough?" "How's the food?" "I hope it's all good, 'cause this is as good as it's gonna get for a long time." "Look, I'm a legitimate businessman." "Don't try that shit on me." "I'm a fisherman!" "All right, check it out!" "Motherfucking cannon!" "Bitch!" "I want to see my lawyer!" "lt's cool, man." "It's cool." "Eddie, you in a lot of trouble." "You know what?" "Amount of coke we found on this creep, that's capital punishment in some states, right?" "Yeah, in Texas, they gonna fry him." "We got you making the deal on tape." "We got him bragging about the quality." "We got him bragging' about his business." "You're fucked." "No, no, he's fucked." "I only see one way out of this predicament." "You make us believe you got a boss, Eddie." "Look, no boss, it's all on you." "No." "No, that's a death sentence." "I'd never make it to the trial." "Look, we're gonna protect you." "Yeah, come on." "Who you workin' for?" "This is coercion." "Now, that's a big word for a fisherman." "Big-ass word." "Who you workin' for?" "Oh, I know another big word." "Immunity." "Let's go." "Come on." "Guys, come on." "Take it easy, wll you?" "What's going on here?" "We have a warrant to search your premises." "Carl!" "What did..." "Carl!" "Ma'am?" "Right here." "You can't go any further than this." "Ok?" "We're gonna talk to him." "He'll be back." "What are they doing to Daddy?" "." "He'll be all right." "He'll be all right." "They're just gonna take him to the office and talk." "They're not going to hurt him." "I don't understand what's going on." "What are they doing to Daddy?" "." "He'll be all right." "He'll be all right." "Daddy's gonna be ok." "It's ok, sweetheart." "Not you..." "...you." "I'll wait here." "Five years wth the Tijuana police." "Three years in the state police." "Your parents died when their house flooded in the rains of '93." "How unfortunate." "You make 316 dollars a month." "That's what they pay." "Well, look this." "This could be your past." "We can talk about your future if you can do me a favor." "If I can." "I want to wpe out the Tijuana cartel." "What can I do to help?" "His name is Francisco Flores." "He's an assassin." "He runs guns for the Tijuana cartel." "I have to talk to him." "I need you to find him and bring him here." "This is crazy!" "." "Don't freak out, Manolo." "Do you know who "Frankie Flowers" is?" "A hired assassin, a psychopath!" "Fucking crazy!" "." "Who knows how many he's killed!" "Then I'll go by myself." "And we can't ask for help because he lives in San Diego." "cincinnati, OHIO" "Ah." "Well." "Is this a surprise, or what?" "Well, an honor." "Thank you." "Hi, sweetheart." "Good trip?" "Good trip." "I'm good." "I just don't understand." "I can't believe this." "What's Washington like?" "What's Washington like?" "It's like Calcutta, surrounded by beggars." "But these beggars wear 1,500- dollar suits, and they don't say please and thank you." "So, we put the case before the arbitration panel none of whom had any expertise." "Superfund is just one of those words." "People stop paying attention." "It's frustrating." "lt's so frustrating." "Did you meet the President?" "Honey, your father knows the President." "Well, it just so happens, that my new boss, the President of the United States, the leader of the free world, has penciled me in for a little face time." "None of my friends can fuckin' believe my dad's actually the drug czar." "I'm sorry, but, I mean, come on." "It's great." "It's great, Daddy." "It's just amazing, that's all." "Oh, Arnie, thank God." "Oh Helena, I am so..." "Please tell me what's going on here." "They came into the house." "They just took him away." "They searched my home." "Let me tell you what's happening." "All right?" "Now, first of all, Carl is not here." "The D.E.A. has got him." "And they're gonna hang on to him until his arraignment, which wll probably be tomorrow." "Ok?" "So, here you're wasting your time." "Are you wth me?" "Yeah." "Ok." "Now, do not discuss anything over the telephone." "Don't talk to your neighbors." "Stay out of your yard." "What's he charged wth, Arnie?" "I don't know." "But, under no circumstances am I gonna talk about it here." "Ok?" "You go home, and you be wth your son, all right?" "Miss?" "I'll have a Budweiser." "Excuse me." "Yes?" "You give me a cigarette?" "It would be interesting to know how you did it so quickly." "We all have our weak side." "The path of the Lord is very subtle." "Amen." "What a bad-ass." "All I'm saying, what I'm, what I'm saying is... it never seems like anyone ever says anything that matters to them." "Like we all look at each other and nod, all these responses that... we've been trained to make, you know." "Responses, not real responses." "Social conventions, you know?" "." "Like phony fake smiles, surface bullshit." "I mean, do I ever just say:" "Hey, I'm uncomfortable in this crowd?" "You know, I don't know what the fuck" "I'm doing either." "I know you're afraid." "And that's ok." "You know?" ". 'cause..." "Fucking exactly." "We act like we have all the answers and we're totally invincible." "Like our parents seem, and their parents." "Excuse me, I'm sorry that I have to be the one to say this." "But it's fuckin' bullshit." "For instance?" "You jerk off to Carol instead of Vanessa, who you're supposed to be in love wth." "Don't even get me started on conventions," "What is that convention?" "We're just this random collection of self-interests, and, all of a sudden, we just decide that we're just gonna walk two-by-two down the fuckin' aisle to Noah's Ark?" "Actually for your information when" "I jerk off, I'm not thinking about Carol, I'm thinking about you wth Caroline." "So how about that?" "Uh, baby." "That is what I'm talking about: sarcasm." "All right." "Always fuckin' sarcasm." "You know you're afraid, and you think that, if you admit that, that people wil think that you're weak." "Or, you know, they won't like you." "Or, whatever it is you think that wll happen." "If you just, like, can you just shut up for one second and listen to yourself?" "Well, what?" "Because you are so fucking right." "I'm so fucking high." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Ok, why don't we, like, change this thing, this social pattern or whatever?" "You know?" "." "Why don't we be different, Vanessa?" "Being different, that's what I'm saying." "But, why are you even talking about it?" "No, but we're making it like that." "You're, like you're, like, "Why don't we do something?"" "Why don't you do something Vanessa?" "Right, Seth, you do it wth yourself..." "If you knew it you wouldn't even say it." "Vanessa I'm serious." "I feel fucked up." "It's a social pattern, or whatever..." "I'm, I'm doing what she's saying." "Oh." "Spence?" "Baby?" "." "Oh, God." "He's fucking blue." "He isn't breathing." "Is he breathing?" "God, fucked-Up Bowman's fucked up." "Um, wait." "What the fuck do we do?" "Like..." "Oh, God." "Fuck!" "It's..." "God, somebody call a doctor!" "No, wait!" "Your dad's a doctor!" "Call him." "No!" "He's a research..." "Your dad's a doctor." "Wait!" "What kind of research?" "Mapping the fucking pig genome!" "Call your dad!" "He's a neurosurgeon!" "I can't!" "It's fucking 3 in the morning." "He's gonna fucking die on the floor!" "Oh, no, he can't die here on the fucking floor!" "His parents are in Barbados!" "Move!" "Go!" "Ok, nobody has anything on them, right?" "Fuck!" "We knowthat you killed our chief of intelligence." "We also knowthat you killed police chiefs in Tijuana and Mexico City." "A question." "Why do you resist?" "My father has money." "That is not the correct answer." "We also found out that you hunted down a neighbor of General Salazar." "A poor peasant." "Your people killed his granddaughter." "That was a stupid thing to do" "You fucked up." "I'm on the board of my son's school." "I have fund-raisers for adult literacy, at my own home." "I think I have a right to know if my husband is a legitimate businessman." "Of course he is." "'ve known Carl for twenty years." "He doesn't even jaywalk." "Carl is a very important member of this community." "And, when we get through suing the police and the district attorney and the DEA, they're gonna be renaming the public parks after your husband." "Carl is very, very good at his business." "Which is smuggling illegal drugs into this country." "They're whispering." "I can't hear it." "I know!" "." "That fuckin' bug's too far away from the room, man." "I told you." "It's halfway to the kitchen." "We're not gonna get shit." "They're saying something." "It sounds like they're conspiring to conspire." "I can feel the lie vibrating from their home." "Hm." "I don't think she's in on it, man." "Come on." "I dream about this." "I have actual dreams about this, about busting the top people, the rich people..." "White people." "I know, I know." "But I don't think she's in on it, man." "She knows Arnie Metzger." "So does half of San Diego." "You wanna bet?" "Well, get in your pocket." "I love it." "I love it when you do this." "How much you wanna bet?" "How much?" "I got twelve bucks." "Ok, give me ten, we'll make it even." "Ok." "Beautiful." "Wait a minute." "What?" "How old are you?" "16." "Live wth your parents?" "Yes." "Parents still together?" "Yes." "Do you work?" "I volunteer." "I read to blind people ne day a week for two hours." "In school?" "Cincinnati Country Day." "Private?" "Yeah." "How are your grades?" "I'm third in my class." "What's that mean?" "I get A's, all A's." "You do?" "What else do you do?" "I'm a National Merit finalist." "I'm on the Hi-Q team and the math team." "I'm in the Spanish Club." "I'm a Thespian." "I'm vice-president of my class." "I'm on the volleyball team." "You wanna tell me what you're doing here, Caroline?" "Carol." "Oh, sweetie." "Are you ok?" "Oh." "It's ok." "Caroline, how well did you know this boy that overdosed?" "He didn't hang around us." "He was like one of those hippie kids." "I'm not part of that group." "How well did you knowthis boy Seth, the one that was driving?" "He's a friend." "He's also, like, the only one that was doing anything about the situation." "He definitely had a few beers, but it's not like he wanted to drive." "We just didn't know what else to do." "It wasn't my pot." "Ok, we understand, honey." "We've gotta talk." "Alone." "I think she's lying." "Me, too." "So, let's ground her, clip her wngs." "School, scheduled activities, that's it, until further notice." "Robert, honey," "Caroline clearly used very bad judgement." "But don't you think spending the night in jail is punishment enough?" "I mean, we've all had our moments." "Lord knows, I tried every drug there was known to..." "Oh, stop it." "I don't wanna hear about that." "You experimented, when you were in college." "Experiment!" "Shall we call it what it was?" "This is different." "She's only sixteen years old!" "I just think she needs to find out for herself, on her own." "We have to allow her room to figure it out..." "Oh, you wanna give her room?" "All right?" "So she can O.D., like that other kid?" "I am not sending out the message that our family wll accept this kind of behavior, because we do not." "Correct?" "Of course, but we don't want to push her away." "She has to knowthat we understand what she's exposed to." "How long have you know about this?" "How long have you known?" "6 months." "My technique is more profound than yours, Javier." "Much more profound." "When he loves me like a father he wll never tell anyone he was here." "He wil give the names of his superiors." "Then we get them and they too wll give us names." "And eventually somebody wll get us to Juan Obregón." "And on that day, the Tijuana cartel wll fall." "What a disgrace." "It's all right." "Salazar is here." "You're among friends now." "This shameful treatment wll stop immediately." "Guard!" "Yes, General." "We are not savages." "Yes, General." "Has he eaten?" "I don't know, sir." "Go get him some clothes." "Yes, General." "Your Honor, this is a man who heads a large, criminal organization wth international contacts we can only begin to understand." "Our case against him is very strong." "He is not a flight risk." "His flight is assured." "The People ask that Your Honor deny bail." "Thank you." "den Kautionsantrag abzulehnen." "Danke." "My client is no more a flight risk than Your Honor, or the able prosecutor." "He's a pillar of his community, a family man wth a wfe and child, living in La Jolla, the community where he has made his home for the past 20 years." "As our defense wll quickly show my client is guilty of nothing more than being the handy target of an admitted criminal." "Therefore we ask that you release" "Carl Ayala on his own recognizance." "I'm gonna deny bail." "I appreciate your coming in so early this morning." "Judge, it's an honor to handle it for you." "She's a minor." "We probably would have expunged it on her 18th birthday anyway." "Nevertheless, this is , sensitive issue for me." "I'm sure you can understand that." "Like I said, open container," "P.I., misdemeanor possession:" "it's easy to make it go away." "One thing bothers me." "That kid they dropped off had coke and heroin in him serious amounts." "He's lucky he's alive." "So, I've got to ask." "What's your daughter on?" "I don't know what you mean." "Well, I mean, have you asked her what kind of drugs she's tried?" "No, no, I don't know." "Is she in any kind of therapy?" "." "Professional help?" "No, no, no, no." "No way." "My daughter is one of the leading students in her school." "Well, I hope it stays that way." "Yeah, hi, it's Robert." "I want you to clean out my schedule for the next three days." "'cause I'm tired of talking to experts who've never left the beltway." "It's time to see the front lines." "Carlos Ayala started out in the family connection biz." "Real estate in Tijuana, fishing boats out of Ensenada, hydroponic strawberries." "Then he met up wth the" "Obreg-n brothers of the Tijuana cartel." "We made a study of the customs lines at the border and calculated the odds of a search." "The odds are not high." "We found variables to further reduce them." "So, you pay off customs officials?" "Well, you know, in Mexico, law enforcement is an entrepreneurial activity." "Not so much in the States." "Anyway, we hire drivers wth nothing to lose and throw a lot of product at the problem." "Some get stopped." "Enough get through." "It's not difficult." "This worked for years." "And it's gonna continue to work for years." "And NAFTA makes things even more difficult for you because the border's disappearing." "In the next year or two, Mexican trucking companies are gonna be able to go from the States to Mexico and back again wth the same freedom as UPS, DHL or FedEx." "It's gonna be a fuckin' free-for-all." "So, are we on Larry King or something?" "Shit, tell us something we don't know!" "." "You guys remind me of those Japanese soldiers, left behind on deserted islands, who think World War Two is still going on." "But your government surrendered this war a long fuckin' time ago." "I don't think all this attitude is gonna help him any in front of a jury." "It's really bad attitude." "Very bad, very bad." "Look, Ed, there's only one problem wth all this math." "You're in here." "Yeah, I got greedy, didn't I?" "Yes, you did." "Decided to bring a little in on my own, and somebody tipped you off." "Carl never would have been so stupid." "Well, Carl hired you." "That was a mistake." "Carl and I have been friends since we were little kids." "He was loyal." "Javi." "A group of us are going to a party." "Who?" "Esteban, Guzmán, Tomás...all of them." "Your new buddies." "Yes." "Let's go." "No." "It'll be fun." "Another day." "At my house I have some B  W speakers." "A while ago I bought a CD burner." "I make CDs wth the music I want." "Just like I bought them in a store." "You and I have a lot in common." "Not everything, but a lot." "We both studied on the other side wth the gringos." "Your father is an engineer, right?" "My father, may he rest in peace, was also an engineer." "I've been into stereos since I was very young." "Most people don't care, but for me it's very important." "They say in Latin:" "In vino veritas. (Wine brings out truth.)" "Use this to write down the addresses of those bastards who killed my captains." "And not where they were last week, Where they are this minute." "And better yet, where they are going to be tomorrow." "You know where they are going to be tomorrow, right?" "Reported by the government news agency, Notimex (NTX):" ""Yesterday, forces of the Mexican Army, acting on an anonymous tip..."" ""...joined wth police to arrest members of the Obregón brothers drug cartel."" ""Head of the Federal Drug Forces, General Arturo Salazar, said in Mexico City..."" ""...that the sweep was a crippling blowto the Obregón brothers..."" ""...who reportedly dominate the narcotics trade..."" ""...in the city of Tijuana and the rest of Baja California state."" ""General Salazar went on to say that the authorities were working overtime..."" ""...to confirm that Porfirio Madrigal, head of the rival Juarez cartel..."" ""...died last week during a plastic surgery procedure."" "Here it is, here it is." "Get out, asshole." "Are you going to kill me?" "No, the Obregóns wll do that for us." "U.S./Mexico Border SAN YSIDRO, CALIFORNIA" "The port of San Ysidro, California." "45,000 vehicles on average, 25,000 pedestrians per day." "In the last 6 months, a threefold increase?" "lncrease in narcotics seizures." "Seizures." "Would that mean, pro rata, that three times as much drugs is getting in?" "That's a scary way to figure it, but I believe that's true." "I'd love to say that we were getting 60 or 70 %." "In the reality, I think we're more like 40 or 50 % of the total that's approaching us." "And it's all big-dollar issues now." "That's why a lot of murders take place." "One organization is fighting another." "When things are good, they don't kill each other." "But when they're losing dope and they're losing drivers and guys are going to jail, people start killing each other." "How's David?" "How's David?" "Oh, he's terrific, Carl, terrific." "Oh, Helena." "He watched his father being dragged away by federal agents." "He's just doing fine." "I can't even begin to tell him where you are and when you're coming home, if you're ever coming home." "Helena, we're gonna get through this." "I promise." "I'll make it up to you." "Do you have any idea what's going on out here?" "Huh?" "Our credits cards are maxed." "The people in the bank." "You should see the way they look at me when I walk in there." "I've a letter from the government telling me anything I sell from the house wll be taken against an income tax lien." "Our fucking friends." "Nobody wll help us." "Nobody wll take us in." "Nobody wants anything to do wth us, Carl." "So you just tell me how you're gonna make it up to me." "Helena...." "Just tell me what to do." "I'm not bringing a child into the life that I was brought up into." "I won't do it, Carl." "I want our life back." "Yes, we're smarter." "We knowthe difference." "Hello?" "Ding, ding, ding." "We have a wnner." "Hi, folks." "Hello." "Hi." "Room 3-10, please." "Ok, I need some I.D.'s and 28 dollars." "Ah, man, I love this place." "I wsh we could just stay here." "Just be here forever and ever and make a little home here." "I want to..." "I want to have sex and then do a hit right as we're both coming." "Ok." "The first time I got laid was on a beach just like that." "You got a what on a beach?" "Got laid, man." "Lost my virginity, was a sophomore in high school." "That's cool." "Yeah, it was sweet." "Did he treat you good?" "Who's this guy?" "." "I don't know." "I never seen him before." "He's going right for the kid." "David!" "David, come back here!" "Mom." "Please put down my son." "Shouldn't let him go wth strangers." "Karen." "He tries to move wth that kid, you break cover." "Your husband owes a lot of money." "Snapping this kid's neck wouldn't nearly cover it." "You better pay or your kid'll disappear And he won't turn up till the evening news." "You get only one warning." "First payment is 3 million dollars." "What's up, Ana?" "Manolo never came home last night." "Come on, come in, sit down." "I don't know where he is." "He wasn't wth you last night?" "I'm worried." "Don't worry so much, it makes you ugly." "Do you want a coffee?" "Coffee wth sugar?" "Look, Javier." "I was going through his clothes the other day." "And look what I found." "What's this?" "What were you doing?" "I was wth friends from work." "Was Salazar there?" "The General is going to Mexico City next week I'm not going to get left behind." "The word is you're not that happy in your work maybe we can help." "El Paso Intelligence Center EL PASO, TEXAS" "John, how are you?" "Judge, welcome." "Bob Wakefield." "Pleasure." "Good to see you." "EPIC is very unique." "It's a facility that has over fifteen different agencies, state and local, that participate in gathering intelligence and making sure that information gets out to people in the field that need it to stop drug traffic." "From here, we have the ability to track vessels, airplanes any drug carrier." "When the information comes in, we're able to check wth different databases to see if it's in the system or not." "Would most of that energy be focused on the 2 cartels?" "The Juárez and Obreg-n brothers?" "Are these two the most important ones?" "They are the 2 clearest threats right now." "They are the dominant force in trafficking, both on the Mexican side and in the U.S." "How are they're achieving the level of intelligence that they're showng?" "Craig, why don't you answer that?" "Unlimited budget." "So, you're saying, actually, that even a country of our size and the budget that we throwtowards this issue, they can compete at the same level?" "No." "They're way beyond us." "Our budgetary process, it makes us pale in comparison." "That house you're looking at over there used to belong to Porfirio Madrigal." "His nickname was Scorpion." "I'll let you figure out what that means." "Didn't he die during plastic surgery?" "." "Best of our information, yes." "Who do you interact wth on that side?" "Nobody." "Well, who has my job in Mexico?" "Your job doesn't exist over there yet." "I want everyone thinking out of the box the next few minutes." "What are we doing about Mexico?" "Come on, guys." "Out of the box." "Unlimited funds?" "Unlimited." "From a D.E.A. standpoint, we need a vetted task force and matching funds." "And cut the red tape on getting them equipment and training." "Come on, guys." "I wanna hear from everyone." "F.B.I., customs, treatment." "Is anybody from treatment on this plane?" "No, Judge." "Well, then I want to know why there isn't anybody from treatment on this plane." "We need to take down one of these cartels." "Either Juárez or Tijuana." "Not because they're a symbol, but hell, they are a symbol, but because we need to send a message." "When Carlos Ayala hires Michael Adler as his legal defense, I send Ben Williams down to San Diego as a prosecutor." "Why?" "." "Because it's a symbol." "It's a symbol that we are sending the best." "And it's a message that we're going after their top guys." "So, right now, on this flight, only the dam is open for new ideas." "On a clear day, you can see Mexico City." "I have this place swept twice a day, so just feel free to talk." "All right?" "I learned that back in Miami in '85." "U.S. shut down the entire Caribbean." "It's a big game of whack-a-mole..." "Arnie, I need money." "Somebody, I think it was the Obreg-ns, threatened David." "They want a first payment of 3 million dollars." "Oh, Helena." "I'd give it to you myself, but I just don't have that kind of money." "Please, does anyone owe us money?" "." "Yes, like I said, there are people that do owe you money." "But nobody's gonna pay." "Carl's got too much heat on him." "What about our legitimate businesses?" "Don't we own a construction concern?" "Laundromats." "Washes the money." "Just tell me something positive, Arnie." "Give me some good news, for Christ's sake." "I'm sorry." "I just keep wondering what's gonna happen if he doesn't get out." "I've just never been on my own before." "I always had someone." "Always." "I remember the first time that I saw you, little Helen Watts from the wrong side of somewhere." "Somehow I knew even then that your survival skills were pretty well honed." "I'm glad you think so, Arnie." "I just keep picturing a debt-ridden, thirty-year-old mother of two, whose ex-husband is being compared to Pablo Escobar." "And I don't know anyone who wants to be wth someone like that." "Do you?" "MEXICO CITY, MEXICO" "You two don't like me, do you?" "Miss, wth all due respect, we don't have an opinion." "Maybe it's because I'm going to have the nicest home you've ever seen in your miserable lives." "The old man actually kept his promise." "The General is a man of his word." "They wil say anything to get what they want and then it's always tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow." "Occupational hazard, I guess." "The bags?" "My love!" "It's beautiful, how beautiful." "How are you feeling?" "Good?" "How handsome you are." "Listen the Scorpion is alive." "Get in." "Porfirio Madrigal isn't dead at all!" "That means that Salazar is working for the Juárez cartel." "I can't believe this doesn't matter to you." "This is nothing new, Manolo." "That's why Salazar is so interested in cleaning up Tijuana." "And he has plans for Juan Obregón, the bastard." "That's right." "You know how much money he would pay for this information?" "How much?" "A fuckload of money, partner." "What's up, man?" "Take off your glasses." "Take off your glasses so I can see your eyes." "We're going to keep our mouths shut." "Okay." "I think we may have found our Mexican drug czar." "General Salazar." "Be nice to have somebody to work wth down there." "Does this mean you're gonna be gone more?" "Possibly, yeah." "You might want to pencil in a little face time wth your daughter," "Because I'm at the edge of my capabilities." "lt's important we maintain a unified front." "If you start in on the war metaphors, I'll drive right into a fucking telephone pole." "Look, I am as worried as you are." "Oh, I don't think so!" "Leave me alone." "Give me some money." "That's what I get from our daughter." "That way of shutting me out seems familiar!" "Well, she has a way of self-medicating that I'm sure is familiar to you." "I'm not the one who has to have 3 scotches just to walk in the house and say hello." "I have one drink before dinner to take the edge off." "It's different." "Because otherwise I would be dying of boredom." "Why don't you go in and tell your daughter how bored you are?" "Caroline, open this door immediately." "Who is it?" "I'm going to the bathroom." "Open the goddamn door!" "One minute!" "Excuse me." "I have to go to bed." "Oh, Jesus." "Oh, my God." "You are not going anywhere, young lady." "You stay right there." "Where are they?" "." "Where the hell are the drugs?" "Where are they?" "." "Fuck you." "Fuck you." "I wasn't doing anything." "You're like the Gestapo." "Fuck me." "Fuck me." "Well, fuck you!" "Javier, good to see you." "Hi." "Did you take the precautions we discussed about being followed?" "Will you move to middle, please?" "You're not carrying a weapon?" "No." "Where you taking me?" "Somewhere safe." "A place we have, that we know is protected." "He's good." "Don't worry." "It's really safe." "This is safe." "This is safe." "Hey, come on, Javier, close the door." "Everything's cool, all right?" "This is safe." "Come on." "All right, where would you like to go?" "Huh?" "Just name it." "Where do you wanna go, Javier?" "I believe it's important that we work together," "Mexico and the United State, one hand washing the other." "We agree." "So, maybe you can tell me about your informants in our operations." "Well, we thought that maybe you'd have that kind of information for us." "This is a very different proposition, my friend." "We pay for that kind of information." "Is that what you're talking about, Javier?" "Getting paid?" "You like baseball?" "Claro." "We need lights for the parks so kids can play at night." "So it's safe." "So they can play baseball." "So they no become burros para los malones." "Everybody like baseball." "Everybody likes parks." "Listen," "I believe it's important that the United States take an interest in Tijuana now." "That's what I'm talking about, my friends." "Account number 8-2-0-1-4-3-0-2-8-0-9-1 -2-4-3-1." "A cash advance." "How much can I get?" "That's it?" "You ever try the patch, man?" "The what?" "The patch." "Oh, that shit doesn't work, bro." "It worked for my cousin." "No shit?" "I mean, he had to wear about 5 or 6 of 'em at a time." "But it worked, though, man." "So, how's he doing now?" "." "Oh, he's dead." "He's dead?" "lt wasn't from the patch, man." "Ok, she's coming out." "On it." "Well, what did he die from?" "His wfe shot him." "She's leaving her property." "The hell is she going?" "Ah, maybe her neighbors." "I don't think the neighbors are fuckin' wth her too much right about now." "What does she have in her hand there?" "She seems to be headed for the van." "Oh, shit." "What do we do?" "I don't know what do we do." "What do we do?" "What do you think she wants, man?" "She's your girlfriend." "See, she'll invite you to her baby shower, you know?" "." "Just say hello, nice and suave." "Work it." "Hello?" "Would you like some lemonade?" "I was just making some." "You want some lemonade?" "Sure." "Look, I knowthis is a difficult situation, and you're only doing your jobs." "I don't wsh you guys any ill wll." "But I have a favor to ask you." "You askin' us for a favor?" "Some man threatened my child." "These charges created so much attention, it seems to be bringing all the nuts jobs out of the nut jar." "Would you keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary?" "." "Yeah, of course we wll." "I'd really appreciate it." "Sure." "Thank you for the lemonade." "You're welcome." "I'm gonna get this analyzed right away, bro." "So, it was my birthday." "And my ex-wfe was getting re-married." "And I was in some church basement telling a bunch of strangers that it was a good day because I didn't have to eat out of a dumpster." "That was enough to send me out on a pretty big one." "I've been thinking a lot about the first step, that I came to believe that I was powerless over alcohol and that my life had become unmanageable." "See, my disease tells me that I don't have a disease, that it's my birthday, and I can have one, little beer, one little line, little Valium." "Six months later, I wake up in a sober-living house in Philly." "I'm from Dallas, people." "It's a disease, an allergy of the body, an obsession of the mind." "So, my name is Marty, and today I am a grateful, recovering alcoholic." "And it's a good day because I didn't have to eat out of a dumpster." "Thanks." "Hi." "I'm Caroline, and I'm not sure I'm an alcoholic." "I mean," "I don't really like to drink." "For someone my age, it's a lot easier to get drugs than it is to get alcohol." "I guess I'm angry." "I mean, I think I'm really angry about a lot of stuff." "I'm just not sure what." "Listen to me." "I built our house." "And I'm not gonna lose it." "My business... that would take a lot of private study." "I suggest you look into the Coronel." "The painting?" "Into selling it if you can stomach it, you should look into it." "Oh, my God." "Indeed, Judge, I recruited the best men in Mexico for my task force." "I make the selection, putting them under a rigorous screening process." "And not only physically, but also psychologically." "I'm sorry for boxes and the paintings and things, but I have been too busy to completely settle in here." "I know you've made very good progress wth the Tijuana cartel." "Congratulations." "Muchas gracias." "I am confidant that before the end of the year, Juan Obreg-n is gonna be taken into custody." "But you must understand that is going to be a very difficult task because of the corruption in the police force." "Well, hopefully, the exchange of training methods and information between our two countries wll help." "I hope so." "On another note, General, we were talking about supply." "What about demand?" "What are your policies towards treatment of addiction?" "Treatment of addiction?" "Addicts treat themselves." "They overdose, and then there's one less to worry about." "What I want you to do right now is write down five triggers that could lead to your relapse, that could jeopardize your recovery." "Five triggers." "Your parents, something like that, something they could say." "Anything that could be a trigger for you." "It varies from person to person." "I know some of us already discussed it." "Linda, we talked about it the other day." "And I know you have trouble wth your sister, how she's always kind of outshining you." "Hey, sugar foot." "How do you like your new home?" "You gotta be kidding me." "This is not what my lawyers negotiated." "Please." "Fuck your lawyers, ok?" "You're not getting any goddamn cappuccino or biscotti." "You ain't gettin' none of that shit, either." "Pick a bed." "And no long distance calls, all right?" "Use 1800-criminal if you do." "Mr. Ayala first came to see me in January." "That would have been 1987." "He wanted to rent warehouse space along the harbor." "I didn't ask too many questions." "I am a businessman also." "I was the company secretary from 1991 - '94." "I supposedly worked for all six companies, but they weren't, I mean..." "It was just an empty office wth a desk and a telephone." "I never sold anything the whole time I was there." "Sometimes, people came in, and they got paid." "I don't really know what they did." "Didn't Mr. Ayala say where the money came from?" "No." "Did you ask where the money came from?" "No." "Where do you think it came from?" "Objection, speculation." "Sustained." "I'll rephrase, Your Honor." "Did you feel like you were engaged in a legitimate enterprise?" "No." "Not really." "Thank you." "You were followed by the police." "But they won't be able to hear us over the children." "I want to use a bomb." "Are you kidding?" "Can't you just shoot him, or something?" "I don't really like guns." "You shoot somebody in the head two, three times and some pinche doctor is trying to keep them alive." "When are you gonna do it?" "I don't know." "Eduardo Ruiz is the only real wtness against Carl." "Security wll be very tight." "I may not be able to get to him." "You'll be able to get to him." "If they can get to the Pope and the President, you can certainly get to him." "Careful." "You are starting to sound like your husband, Mrs. Ayala." "Nobody saw her leave?" "No, I understand." "Ok." "I gotta go." "I've gotta go home." "Did you want me to resch..." "Fine." "What's going on?" "You seem nervous." "Because of Manolo." "I'm afraid he's going to do something foolish." "And it's going to get him killed." "Why?" "." "He says he's going to sell information to the DEA." "They're going to pay him a lot of money." "What could he tell the DEA?" "You know about Salazar and Madrigal." "Where is he right now?" "." "I don't know, he took his passport and left." "Give me a kiss." "Don't tell him that I told you." "Hey, beat it." "Hey, beat it!" "Fuck!" "Fuck." "What the fuck do you want, man?" "Yeah." "Your Honor, while in private practice, previously represented the town of" "Seal Beach in their stop-work suit against the police department of Seal Beach." "This disqualifies you from hearing this case." "We therefore move for a temporary suspension until it's investigated." "Mr." "Adler this is a most unusual motion." "Nonetheless, we feel our client deserves every fairness afforded under the law." "I hope this is not, in any way, designed to delay the testimony of Eduardo Ruiz." "We wll recess until nine A.M. on Monday morning, and I wll see counsel in my chambers." "They are coming this way." "Todos estan ah'." "They're passing me now." "Boy, there's a lot of them." "Listen, would you mind if we walked back to the hotel today?" "." "Walk back?" "Yeah." "They're not getting into the car." "What are they doing?" "They're arguing, or something." "It's 2 blocks." "I could use the fresh air." "You know?" "." "I'm stuck in that piece of shit hotel room for two weeks." "I don't give a fuck." "I only walk when I wanna walk!" "What about the car?" "They're going past me." "I do not know." "I think they're going back to the courthouse." "This could be the last chance to do this!" "Get out of the car!" "Shoot him in the head!" "Just shoot him!" "Fucking rat." "Move!" "Get him down!" "Get down!" "Come on!" "Get down!" "Get down!" "Down, down, down!" "We need an ambulance!" "Ray, go, go, Ray!" "." "Come on!" "Ray!" "." "Wait a minute!" "Ray!" "." "What's up, Manolo?" "Looks like you're waiting for someone." "I'm just looking for the waitress." "I'm ready to order." "Do you want anything?" "A fucking salad?" "Something to drink?" "No, no." "Calm down, calm down." "What are you going to have Manolo?" "A steak." "Well, if you like steak we know a much better place." "You come wth us." "Javier had nothing to do wth this." "It was all my idea." "Punish me, not him." "Do me a favor." "Don't tell Ana I died like this." "Tell her it was something else something official." "Tell her I died doing something worthy." "Forgive me, Javi." "Put some muscle into it." "You too, Manolo." "You're done." "Get out of there." "Don't you hear?" "Javier, put the shovel down." "Get out, let's go." "I told you it wasn't his fault." "Shut up." "Turn around." "Let's go, Javier, it's over." "Don't be alarmed, Javier." "The old man works like this." "We had to go through the same thing." "We had to do this to be sure we could trust you." "Now we see that we can." "We are family now." "Sorry about the other night." "Me, too." "Thank you for coming down here though, I suspect it has been a pointless journey." "Why would you say that?" "Bueno, pues, I hear these stories." "Your husband in jail, his business in chaos, various people fighting over the scraps." "My husband was a victim of an informer in your organization, not in ours." "That is not true, Mrs. Ayala." "Your route has been compromised." "Perhaps it is time for me to deal wth other distributors in California." "I don't think you're gonna do that." "You don't?" "No." "My husband was working on something he called the Project for the Children." "Are you aware of this?" "I don't know." "Perhaps I remember something." "If you want to smuggle narcotics in Se-or Espastico Jacobo, that is nothing new, Se-ora." "No, not in." "The doll is cocaine, high-impact, pressure molded cocaine." "It's odorless, undetectable by the dogs." "Undetectable by anyone." "I don't believe you, Se-ora." "Usted primera." "I'm six months pregnant." "I won't do it." "Then we don't have a deal." "Yeah, right." "We don't have a deal." "I'm sorry to waste your time, Mr. Obreg-n." "Ok." "Ok, ok." "That's good coke." "lt should be." "It's yours." "I want our debt forgiven." "I want to be the exclusive distributor of Obreg-n brothers cocaine in the U.S. And I want the principal wtness against my husband, Eduardo Ruiz, killed." "Have you told the complete truth during this interview?" "." "Yes." "Alex?" "Solid." "That's good shit, Javier." "You know, they dump those cell phones every 24 hours." "Yes, but I have a contact at Mex Tel, who can get me his new E.S.N. in 12 hours." "That's good to know." "So, nowthat you have what you want, let's talk about how I get what I want." "Oh, you don't have to worry about that." "You're not gonna have any problems there." "But first let's talk about what precautions you're taking to protect yourself." "You worry about getting me what I want." "I'll worry about myself." "Oye, Javier, you should feel good about this." "I feel like a traitor." "Helena Ayala just left Club Platinum, the Obreg-n brothers' place in Tijuana." "She got stopped at the border." "She was clean." "And she's back in San Diego now." "Ok." "Hello?" "Robert?" "It's Jeff Sheridan." "Did I wake you?" "I'm sorry." "Listen, General Salazar has been arrested." "He has been working for Porfirio Madrigal and the Juárez cartel the entire time." "We was trying to push the Obreg-ns out of Tijuana, so he and Madrigal could move in." "What?" "I thought Madrigal was dead." "I thought that had been verified." "Apparently not." "It is a shitstorm here." "But the D.E.A. supplied the information and was part of the sting, so maybe we can spin this a little, I'm thinking." "So, when are you coming back?" "I'll try to get there as soon as I can." "Yeah, ok, but..." "Robert." "Robert?" "Robert?" "I gotta call you back." "What..." "My Leica's missing." "She got the videocamera, too." "At least we know she's still alive." "Where are you going?" "Pawnshops open in an hour." "Ten minutes after that she'll be at her dealer." "If I can find him, I should be able to find her." "Although "ser" and "estar" both mean "to be", they have very specific uses that..." "May I help you, sir?" "Excuse me!" "Seth has to be excused." "He's going on a field trip." "I can't believe you brought my daughter to this place." "Whoa." "Why don't you just back the fuck up, man." "To this place?" "What is that shit?" "Right now, all over this great nation of ours, a 100,000 white people from the suburbs are cruising around downtown, asking every black person they see, You know where I can score some drugs?" "What about the effect of this on the psyche of a black person, on their possibilities?" "You bring 100,000 black people into your neighborhood into fuckin' Indian Hill, and they're asking every white person the same, Within a day, everyone would be selling." "Your friends, their kids." "Here's why, It's a 300 % markup value." "You go on the street and make 500 dollars in two hours and do whatever you want to do wth the rest of your day, and you're telling me that white people'd still go to law school?" "Yeah, what do you want?" "I'm looking for my daughter." "Caroline?" "She's been here." "This is a business, man." "Why don't you get the fuck out of here?" "I need to find my daughter." "All right?" "I'll pay you." "All right." "Ok." "Hold on right there." "Who in the fuck do you think you are?" "Where the fuck do you think you are?" "And why the fuck shouldn't I just put your ass in a dumpster?" "I got money." "I got a thousand dollars in my wallet." "It's for you." "If I want your money, man, I wll take your money." "Just tell me where my daughter is." "Please." "You motherfucker." "Please." "Don't do that shit again." "Look, Jesus, man, I'm telling you, just don't do this vigilante thing." "Ok?" "Either the cops are gonna find her, or she's gonna call you." "Ok?" "I promise." "If Manolo hadn't done what he did they wouldn't have been able to get Salazar and Madrigal." "He did something really good." "What's more, he did something important for Tijuana." "I would like to believe you." "You don't have to believe me because it's the truth...the simple truth." "Tomorrow I'm going to burn his clothes." "Look, I know she's in there, man!" "I don't know what you're talking about." "No, I fuckin' know she's in there!" "Go away!" "." "Jesus Christ!" "Hey." "I..." "I haven't touched her." "You, you get the fuck out of here right now." "Hi, Daddy." "Hi, sweetheart." "Hey, good morning, Eddie." "Good morning." "Big day." "You're a star." "Why don't you go take a shower, man?" "You smell." "Who is it?" "lt's the Mafia." "I've got his breakfast." "Coming." "Come in." "So, who's this going to?" "Over here." "Whoo." "Fuck off." "Relax, Eddie." "Seriously." "Yeah, where has the love gone, man?" "Good-bye." "Nigga be testifying for about ten days, you know?" "." "We could just decide to stop feeding your ass." "Should I be grateful for spending the rest of my life looking over my shoulder?" "Wow, that's heavy, Eddie." "Can't you, for one second, imagine that none of this had happened?" "And my drugs had gone through?" "What would be the harm?" "Huh?" "What would be the harm?" "A few people get high, who are gettin' high anyway." "Your partner is still alive." "We don't have to have breakfast together." "Don't you see this means nothing?" "Your whole life is pointless." "You're really breaking my heart, man." "The worst part about you, Monty, is..." "Monty?" "." "The worst part about you, Monty, is you realize the futility of what you're doing, and you do it anyway." "I wsh you could see howtransparent you are." "This food tastes like shit." "So, take your stank ass and go get a shower already." "Let me tell you you only got to me because you were tipped off by the Juárez cartel, who's trying to break into Tijuana." "You are helping them." "So, remember, you work for a drug dealer, too, Monty." "Fuck me." "Who is it?" "Breakfast." "Hurry up." "It's getting cold." "Ok, one second." "Get the fuck down!" "Get down!" "Hey, hey, hey, hey, I'm on your side!" "Spred your legs!" "What the fuck?" "Oh, shit." "Call an ambulance." "Go!" "Shit!" "Eddie!" "Eddie!" "Hold on." "Oh shit!" "Help!" "Hurry up wth that ambulance!" "Shit!" "Hold on!" "Hold on!" "Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, because of the sudden death of Eduardo Ruiz, the People have determined that we cannot continue our case against Carl Ayala." "We got it in." "Way to go." "Oh, Carl!" "Thank you so much." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Oh, Carl." "Yeah?" "Hi!" "So, I got a copy of your speech." "It's fantastic." "So, Robert, my genuine thanks." "You're my choice." "You're gonna be great." "The President's sorry he wasn't able to spend more time wth you." "After the press conference he wants to really sit down." "Oh, and I got to the Post, too." "Don't worry about that thing wth your daughter." "It's not news." "They're wiling to treat it as a family matter, personal matter." "Anyway if it came out we could turn it into a qualification. "I have been in the trenches of the drug war." "I've seen the face of the enemy." Et cetera, et cetera." "A sterling reputation and close friend of the President recently confirmed into the Office of National Drug Control Policy, our new drug czar, Robert Hudson Wakefield." "The war on drugs is a war that we have to wn, and a war that we can wn." "We have to wn this war to save our country's most precious resource, our children." "68 million children have been targeted by those who perpetrate this war." "And protecting these children must be priority number one." "There has been progress, and there has been failure." "But, where we have fallen short" "I see not a problem," "I see an opportunity." "An opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past, while laying a foundation for the future." "This takes... not only new ideas, but perseverance." "This takes... not only resources, but courage." "This takes not only government, but families." "I have laid out a..." "I have laid out a ten-point plan..." "I can't do this." "If there is a war on drugs, then many of our family members are the enemy." "And I don't know how you wage war on your own family." "Judge Wakefield!" "Mr." "Wakefield?" "National Airport, please." "Duck!" "Ok." "Throw another one." "Hey, Arnie it's Saturday." "You're working too hard, my friend." "Ah, Carl." "I'm running late." "I'm gonna, I'm coming right over." "No, no, no." "Don't bother, Arnie." "Let me ask you something." "When were you gonna tell me about the 3 million dollars we got in from" "San Francisco 2 days after I was arrested?" "I was waiting for the right time." "Oh, and you didn't think you could trust my wfe wth that information?" "I didn't want to risk it." "You know, that could have been frozen." "You had it all figured out, didn't you?" "You were gonna move into my house, raise my kids, sleep in my bed, wth my wfe." "Sounds like a nice plan." "Oh, is it insane?" "Just think about it, ok?" "If I was gonna rip you off, why wouldn't I just leave town after Ruiz was killed?" "Why would I sit next to you in court and listen to a dismissal?" "Let me ask you something." "You think there's a difference between a reason and an excuse," "Arnie?" "'cause I don't." "Good-bye, Arnie." "Carl!" "Carl?" "Come on, sweetheart." "Come outside." "Everyone's waiting for you." "Who was that?" "Arnie, he's..." "He can't make it to the barbecue." "Oh." "Come on." "Hi, Helena." "It's a great party." "Hello." "Who's..." "You know him?" "Friend of yours?" "Oh, I'm a nobody." "I'm the nobody who arrested you." "You're the guy." "What are you doing in my house?" "Just looking around." "You got nice shit." "Drug money buys a lot of nice shit, Carl." "Security?" "." "You don't wanna talk that way in my house." "You know, you're a fuckin' murderer, Carl." "Fuck you, and fuck your wfe." "You put me out, Carl." "I'm a cop." "I don't care." "Get out." "Hey, hey!" "." "Get off me." "Fuckin' got what you wanted." "Just ok?" "You tell your kid a nice little bedtime story for me, ok?" "You tell him how you murdered my partner!" "His name was Ray Castro, Helena!" "Ray Castro!" "You remember that!" "What's his problem?" "Get the carpet, honey." "Just in case..." "No, I'll do it." "I'll do it." "I got it." "I got it." "I got it." "It's all right." "Where'd he come from?" "I'll tell you later." "What you wanna do, man?" "Get the fuck away from me." "On the good days, I feel like I get it." "Like, it all makes sense." "I can stay in the moment, I don't have to control everything in the future." "And I believe everything is gonna work out fine." "On the bad days I just wanna grab the phone, and start dialing numbers." "I wanna pull my hair and run through the streets screaming." "But, thanks to the people I've met in these rooms, like Margaret and Jim and Sarah..." "I'm pretty sure I'm gonna make it through today." "Would you like to share?" "My name is Robert, and my wfe," "Barbara, and I are here to support our daughter, Caroline." "And we're here to listen." "Subtitles:" "VICOMEDIA 08/2001"