Gang Related

Three more dead Lords.

That's 12 in the last three days.

This isn't a war, it's an extermination.

Morgue's gonna run out of vacancies

if this doesn't end soon.

This is Angelicos for sure.

I recognize the knife work.

I thought you said Javier was backing off.

Guess he changed his mind.

Damn.

Well, at least it was N.H.I.

N.H.I?

"No Humans Involved." All the vics are all bangers.

No innocents. We can take some comfort in that at least.

Oh, my God!

They might disagree.

We've been on the sideline for three days.

Let's lock down these neighborhoods,

put an end to this thing.

I agree with Lopez.

If I thought that would make

a difference, don't you think I would?

All we can do is try to contain this.

The only one who can stop this is Javier Acosta.

There are dead Lords

all over the streets.

You promised me this was over.

Marciela, too?

I know you're hurting,

but if you don't stop hunting for Lavar Quintel's son,

this was is gonna spin out of control.

Ryan, I do not want to make your job

any harder than it has to be,

but we have the Lords on the ropes.

And if we back out now,

that would be bad business.

What do you mean, business?

Don't forget what started this war.

Fishscale. The Metas are looking for a distributor,

we have to make sure

that's Los Angelicos.

- I thought you were trying to get out. - I am.

And Fishscale is how we do it.

The money we'll generate will be a windfall

like we have never seen.

We use those profits

to expand our legitimate business holdings: real estate,

strip malls, parking lots.

All legal and all clean.

This is our chance, Ryan.

We can't just let it slip away.

Just... end it.

The violence between the Lords and Los Angelicos didn't start

when Carlos Acosta got shot.

Carlos got shot because the gangs are fighting

over the pipeline of Fishscale.

And that pipeline begins with the Metas cartel

out of Colima, Mexico.

For the last ten years, their main guy in Los Angeles

has been Miguel Salazar.

Salazar has been insulated

and completely untouchable until now.

As most of you know, three DEA agents were ambushed

earlier this week. This is the third hit on the DEA

in the last six months.

And it's the biggest operational loss in DEA history.

One of those agents was a good friend of mine, Tim Spellman.

We graduated from the academy together.

Now, Spellman was shot 78 times, one for each count

they brought against Salazar. One of the hardest

days of my life was explaining his death to his family.

I'm sorry, man.

The Metas are targeting law enforcement north of the border,

trying to soften up the guys who are hitting them.

They figure that works in Mexico, so it'll work here.

But they're wrong.

Two hours ago, the DEA got one of the shooters,

and he cut a deal to give us the identity of the man

who orchestrates every Metas hit on U.S. soil.

This man, Diego Diaz. He reports directly

Salazar and was the coordinator of the DEA attacks.

If we can get to Diaz,

we have a shot at Salazar.

But we have to move fast 'cause the Metas know

we're on to Diaz, and they will try to get to him first.

I say we let 'em cap him.

I mean, this bastard deserves to sleep with the worms.

We have to think big picture.

If we can get Diaz to turn on Salazar,

we can effectively destroy their whole operation up here

and save countless law enforcement lives.

I know you got a personal stake in this.

You want to sit this one out?

No, no, no, if it's going down, you can bet your ass I want in.

Just don't expect me to take a bullet for that guy.

Who's the woman and kid?

The woman is Ana Marie,

Diaz's wife, and the girl is his daughter, Natalia.

We have intel that they've been green-lit by the Metas.

His wife and kid, too?

They're sending a message.

You perras just signed your death warrant.

Yours has already been signed.

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Got that from the DEA an hour ago.

Diaz and his family are just lucky

we got to their place first.

He's agreed to turn State's evidence.

Gonna testify against his Meta bosses

in exchange for a new life.

You do know you weren't authorized

to make that kind of decision, right?

No, but you are.

You just make up

your own rules as you go, don't you?

This guy knows where all the bodies are buried.

With the help of his testimony, we have a chance

of bringing down Miguel Salazar,

one of the biggest drug suppliers on this coast.

And if I know anything about you, Jessica Mary,

it's that you're a true believer

and that you're in this for all the right reasons.

And this is one of 'em.

Fine.

I'll call Jerry.

I'll have him convene a grand jury tomorrow.

And I suppose that's as close to a "thank you" as I'm gonna get?

Yes.

Well, you're welcome anyway.

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Hey, my name's Ryan. What's yours?

- Natalia. - Natalia?

That's a pretty name. What's your bear's name?

Gustavo.

- Gustavo. - That's a, that's a very nice name, too.

You know, Natalia, it's okay to be scared.

Are we gonna be okay?

Yeah, I know you're gonna be okay,

'cause I'm gonna protect you.

I'm gonna have to take this. Excuse me.

Hello.

Ryan, my sources on the street got word you picked up

a Meta soldier named Diego Diaz. Is this true?

Yeah. We're about to transfer him downtown

to the detention center.

I may be able to end this war like you asked.

I need you make sure Diaz gets there safely.

Once he arrives, I'm gonna need that alias

they're keeping him under.

I have people who can take it from there.

Look, Diaz is about to turn State's evidence on Salazar.

Once he does that...

Ryan, if I can deliver

Diaz to Salazar, I may be able to leverage that favor

to get us the Fishscale distribution.

I can't do that.

You're gonna have to find another way to end this war.

All right.

All right, mijo, you're right.

I'll find another way.

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You guys good?

Good to go.

Deliver this guy to the courthouse,

and we're done. Let's go.

Still on this Lopez witch hunt, huh?

Just because I haven't proved it yet,

doesn't mean it's not true.

Look, when I'm in the mood to read fiction,

I will buy a good book.

It's Lopez's sworn testimony.

There's also an audio file of the night in question.

It disproves what he said

about Tanner's murder under oath.

Is that so?

Lopez testified that there was seven seconds

between the shots that killed Tanner

and the shot that struck him in the shoulder.

According to that audio file,

there were 58.

Now-Now I can see a boot losing track of 50 seconds,

but not a seasoned detective who did two tours as an Army Ranger.