713 Accidents
The details of the case must not be told to Kano on the street, and they can only return to the police station together.
The two policemen hadn't left before, and although the security was not very good, at least it wasn't as dense and messy as in the city, so they didn't need to patrol outside all the time, at most they were scheduled to stay in the main thoroughfare for a while.
In fact, for reservations, the police station here already has a relatively large proportion of residents to police officers, and many reservations have only single digits of police.
In the face of these policemen, Jimmy didn't hide too much, he briefly talked about the case investigated earlier, focusing on the traffickers coming here to hand over the kidnapped girl to the buyer, just because they didn't have any characteristics and personal information about the girl, so they can only say that the information they currently have is that the other party handed over near a house that alternates blue and yellow.
For the indigenous people, a missing girl from another place is not their concern, what they care about is actually whether Jimmy has evidence that they were handed over outside the house in their community center, after all, it should not be wrong for the FBI to chase him across most of the United States.
But it is still very troublesome for them to be identified as a handover place here, after all, human trafficking is different from other crimes, and usually this kind of buyer will definitely be an unsafe factor for them here, far more serious than ordinary criminals, because their security forces here are relatively insufficient, and people disappear every year in the reserve, including underage girls.
If that buyer is really the person who keeps the land, then he must control the matter on his side, and the FBI has chased here, they should have a lot of clues in their hands, maybe their own people can find someone first.
Kano looked at Jimmy with a serious expression and asked, "Agent Yang, I need more detailed information, such as what are your suspicions?" ”
Jimmy: "We were investigating people in Albuquerque who had sex crimes before we came, and they tend to have a higher chance of being suspected, but I don't think you have anyone registered here, right?" ”
Kano nodded, the reservation has its own laws, and to a large extent, it does not have much intersection with the state police and other county and city police, and the information is not completely synchronized.
Jimmy: "I want us to get rid of all suspicions for now, and now we need to think about whether anyone came here some time ago, you just said that you haven't had an event here in a while, and there shouldn't be many outsiders. ”
Kano shook his head: "There are still many people here who are not natives, and if they have friends or other people, we don't know about them. ”
Jimmy: "Please help and ask the others, we must catch them as soon as possible and free the poor girl." ”
Kano glanced at the two policemen next to him, the three nodded to each other, and Kano looked at Jimmy, "I'll contact the others, I'll do my best." ”
Jimmy and Hope waited at the police station for a while, and got the news from Kano, they can go back to Albuquerque first, and come back tomorrow, the news has not yet been put together, but Jimmy didn't want to go back, he found a hotel when he was passing by just now, although it didn't look good, but after all, it was close, in case they got the news in advance, it was not impossible to set off overnight.
In fact, he is also worried about one thing, although these police can be trusted in principle, but when they inquire about the news, it will definitely leak out, if the other party is here, or someone related to them is here, it is likely to notify the other party in advance to run away, and maybe they can intercept it if they are closer.
Jimmy called Hope out to discuss, of course Hope didn't have any opinion, he had become accustomed to following Jimmy's arrangement these days, and the two of them settled in the town.
Jimmy pondered the situation here, he went downstairs to find the boss to get a map, and by the way, at the suggestion of the boss, he bought a cup of local tea, the taste can only be indescribable, so that Jimmy, who is used to drinking black tea, can only force and praise the boss for his good craftsmanship.
Kung Fu Jimmy, who drank tea, chatted with the boss about the history of the reservation and the local situation, perhaps because the faces of the Chinese people are quite similar to the local aborigines, and the boss did not refuse Jimmy's request to chat, but said a lot of so-called tribal secrets, but these Jimmy basically did not have much interest.
He found a little problem from the boss's words, the residents of the reservation did not stay in a centralized manner, and there were quite a few people outside the town who lived alone or formed small tribes to live together, but everyone usually came to the town to purchase and participate in activities, so strictly speaking, Jimmy's previous thoughts were a bit problematic, that is, the buyer probably did not live here, but scattered outside, and the possibility of Kano and them investigating and asking here to get useful information was greatly reduced.
Sure enough, this kind of unexpected news is more interesting, Jimmy looked at the time, took two cans of beer from the side and clinked glasses with the boss for a while, and asked where he could go if he planned to have a pastime at night.
Jimmy's boss will not be polite, and after a sip of beer, he will open the conversation, there are several places to play on the edge of the reservation, there are bars, and of course, there are casinos, and for a single man like Jimmy, there is still a lot to play if he wants to relax.
The laws on the reservation are different from other places, federal laws and state laws can be enforced here, but their autonomy is much greater than other cities and counties in the state, so it is not uncommon for casinos and other entertainment venues to appear on the reservation.
New Mexico does not prohibit casinos, but public casinos are basically in border cities and reservations, and there are relatively few in major cities, so the entertainment occasions recommended by the hotel owner to Jimmy and Hope, two men who came alone, were naturally casinos on the edge of the reservation.
Jimmy determined the location of the casino, drank his beer with the boss and went back to his room, he called Hope to come over, and then drew on a piece of paper from memory a few places to play that the boss had just recommended.
Jimmy: "There may be something missing in the direction that we were thinking about, there are a couple of casinos here, and they're not located together, where there are casinos, of course, alcohol and sex, do you think it's possible that the buyer is here?" ”
Hope nodded: "Of course, it's just that you can open a casino here, and the people and forces involved ......"
Jimmy understands what Hope means, the people who can open casinos will not have a small influence in the local area, although this is a small reservation, but in view of the laws and aboriginal advantages here, it is still very troublesome for Jimmy to do it directly, and there is another point, they want to investigate the kidnapped girl and the buyer, the gangs here are not their targets, and it is impossible to investigate all the gangs.
After a brief chat, Jimmy asked Hope if he was interested in going to the casino, Hope shook his head, their identity to go to the casino is not a problem, after all, there is a valid reason, but this is better left after clearing other clues, otherwise the report will be difficult to deal with.
Kano and their actions were far more efficient than Jimmy expected, and they contacted others to confirm the news that day, and looked for several gang leaders overnight to communicate about the matter, but the results they got were not good, these people may need to deal with the people in their police department, but not to the extent that they need to report everything in detail, so they were busy all night and did not get any specific clues.
This kind of contact is definitely impossible to call, so Kano and they were very busy running around for several hours at night, and when Jimmy and they came to the police station early the next morning, Kano did not go to the police station, or someone else called him, but Jimmy was in a very bad state when he saw Kano coming, and he didn't seem to have any energy at all.
Jimmy: "Hi Kano, what's going on?" You look tired. ”
Kano: "Nothing, why did you come so early?" ”
Jimmy: "Oh, we didn't go back to Albuquerque, there are guesthouses in town, it's a little more convenient. ”
Kano: "Okay, I thought you'd go home and rest, so I came a little late, wait, I still have something to do." ”
Jimmy smiled and nodded, and sat down next to Hope, the two of them were already sitting in the waiting area by the door, and it wasn't troublesome.
Jimmy watched Kano leave, stared at Kano and whispered to Hope, "Smell it?" Tobacco mixed with the taste of the leaves. ”
Hope's eyes were also looking left and right at everything in the police station, and he also said in a very soft voice: "I smell it, the smell is not strong, and he didn't have it on him yesterday, the police uniform is still the same, he hasn't changed, I see the light-colored stain on his sleeve." ”
Jimmy: "Well, he's either smoking his own cigarettes or spending a lot of time in one of the mixing venues. ”
Hope: "I didn't notice this yesterday, and it can be ruled out that he smoked so many kinds of cigarettes and leaves. ”
Jimmy: "Keep an eye on him, maybe we'll have a windfall." ”
Hope nodded slightly, and after a while, Kano beckoned Jimmy to the conference room, and talked about some of the news they had obtained from contacting the others yesterday, but basically it could be considered that there was no gain, because the town is not isolated here, although outsiders don't travel here much, but there are still a lot of cars passing by, and in this case, others will not remember the people and cars passing by a month ago.
There wasn't much they could do now, so Jimmy and Hope discussed it and decided to start the investigation with the people with criminal records at the police station, because Kano could confirm that they were the only ones with this alternating blue and yellow house around, at least none of them had heard of it anywhere else.
Kano couldn't stay with Jimmy all the time, so the police department had compiled some information for Hope to see, and the two of them needed to investigate on their own after copying some of them.
Jimmy and Hope left the police station and walked along the town to find a target, just then Jimmy's phone rang, he glanced at it and picked it up, "Is there something wrong?" Ruiz. ”
Ruiz: "Where are you now?" ”
Jimmy: "Near Albuquerque, New Mexico, what's going on?" ”
Ruiz: "Find a phone number to call this number." ”
Ruiz gave a cell phone number, and Jimmy glanced at Hope, "I understand, I'll get back to you later." ”
Hanging up the phone, Jimmy said to Hope, "Turn around, I remember we passed by a phone booth just now." ”
Hope glanced at Jimmy and didn't stop: "I remember there was one up ahead." ”
Soon they were out of town, stopping in front of a public phone booth in the suburbs and putting Jimmy down, and Hope drove forward, turned around and came back, and Jimmy was already in the phone booth.
Coin dialed the number reported by Ruiz, and soon the opposite side picked up: "Seventeen had an accident over there, we made an appointment to meet today, but he missed the appointment, I went to his place to take a look, he was not at home, and the phone was turned off." ”
Jimmy: "What happened?" ”
Ruiz: "He said that someone introduced him to a big client, and he went to see him last night, and we made an appointment to meet and talk today, but he didn't show up, and I suspect something may have happened to him. ”
Jimmy: "Big customer? Or a middleman? ”
Ruiz: "It's not clear yet, I just left his residence. ”
Jimmy glanced outside the phone booth, Hope was still thirty or forty meters away from his position, and he definitely couldn't hear his voice: "It will take more time to go back now, you investigate first, I am with the people at the headquarters, and it takes a reasonable reason to leave directly, I need to think about it." ”
Ruiz: "Okay, then I'll look into the information he gave me first." ”
Jimmy: "So be it, I'll leave you a number when I'm ready." ”
Ruiz's previous fishing plan seems to be working very well, and the business on Seventeen's side should be okay, and has gained the trust of some people, but obviously the fishing bait is a little fragrant, a big fish swallowed the bait, and the hook fell out, and Ruiz they are a little troublesome this time.
Seventeen is a serious FBI undercover agent and a friend of Ruiz, and his disappearance is not only an undercover agent disappearance, but also a precursor to the failure of the bureau set up by Ruiz and the people behind him.
Ruiz was able to call Jimmy directly, probably hoping to use his ability to investigate Seventeen's whereabouts and the people behind the scenes, not that there was no one else in the Manhattan office to investigate, but because before the implementation of this plan, Jimmy already knew about the submarine dock, and Jimmy had visited the underground dock that was about to be completed at the beginning of the previous plan, and now to investigate Seventeen, Jimmy is the most suitable. (End of chapter)