The DEA's information about the gangsters in Mexico is also quite complete, at least those larger gangs should have them, but I don't know if Hank, a senior agent, can get the corresponding information, after all, there are still some information here that is highly confidential, and only agents with specific tasks can see it.

However, this so-called Carlos Escobar should not belong to this type of gang, and Hank only reacted immediately when he heard Wendy say this name, indicating that a considerable part of the gang information on Juarez's side must be in his head.

Hank's investigation is not expected to go particularly well, Jimmy and they waited until the afternoon, Hank called Jimmy and came to the café where they stayed to meet them, fortunately Jimmy and they didn't order a cup of coffee to sit for a few hours, and they wouldn't be kicked out if they stayed here.

Hank sat down and handed Jimmy a folder, with the DEA badge on the cover, Hank may have brought out the internal information directly, "It's a bit troublesome, Carlos Escobar's information is here, not much, but Juarez is in a very troubled state now, and now the gangs in the whole city are fighting, and their latest information has not had time to update." ”

Hank's reference to Juarez being in a very troubled state is the Juarez drug trafficking war, which began in 2006 when several large drug cartels in Mexico began to compete for some important stronghold cities on the U.S.-Mexico border, and the Sinaloa group and the Juarez cartel fought a years-long tug-of-war in Ciudad Juarez.

In fact, it is not a drug trafficking war between the two sides, including the local gangs in Juárez and the corrupt police, one or two hundred forces large and small are vying for each other's turf and cross-border passages in Juárez.

Since 2006, Juárez has been ranked at the top of the list of the world's most dangerous cities for many years, with at least 2,000 official killings recorded each year, and it is difficult to count the number of deaths behind the scenes.

However, due to the special circumstances of the time, it was said among Mexicans that "go north, go to Juarez, go to Juarez, go and be Juarez, and you will make a fortune if you go." ”

In this case, it is entirely conceivable for those outlaws and those who are unwilling to be destitute to rush to Juárez to fight for their own money, and the various gangs are supported and supplemented by these new forces, further extending the duration and casualty of the war on Juárez.

Carlos Escobar rose to prominence in this drug trafficking war, he is a Mexican, he founded Los Reyes Negros in Juárez a few years ago, at first they were not very powerful, with the start of the drug trafficking war, they also gradually took control of a small territory in Juárez, becoming one of the surviving gangs.

There are dozens of core members of the gang, including a squad of gunmen who started his team, most of which are retired Mexican soldiers and SWAT officers, and there is information that they relied on assassinating important people to seize Juarez's territory and take over two small gangs.

Carlos's gang is no longer a small gang, with gunmen protecting important people and grabbing territory, drug dealers earning money for them, and snakeheads doing some traditional wiring business along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Drug dealers in Mexico usually have all kinds of small favors for the citizens under their control, on the one hand, to appease their own forces, on the other hand, they can continue to recruit younger brothers to expand their influence, as long as there is a little ideal gang, usually do not go too far in their own territory.

Carlos controls and operates a drug trafficking network, and intelligence indicates that they have a separate transportation route to transport drugs from around Juarez into the United States, and the specific operation of this route has not yet been found, and they have people in New Mexico who cooperate in money laundering and drug trafficking and other crimes, and they have not been found to have a permanent gang base in New Mexico.

The clues Wendy provided to them this time show that there are serious loopholes in the DEA's monitoring of this gang, since they can control a well-known underground club in Albuquerque, it means that their power has penetrated deep into Albuquerque, otherwise it is impossible for the local gang to allow them to swagger to occupy territory here, you must know that Wendy's intelligence that the bottom knows must have been widely circulated in the underground world.

The reason why Hank's face is not very good, it is estimated that this is also one of them, a senior agent like him has the responsibility of collecting information about local crime groups, although it will not be the main responsibility, but they must have something wrong.

Jimmy: "Did you get the information for that club?" ”

Hank: "The club information is not in the bureau, but I asked someone, it is a club that is very famous in the underground world, and it provides high-end services, and ordinary gang members have no capital to play at all." ”

Jimmy thought for a moment, put the information together and handed it to Hope on the other side, "So, Hank, do you think I should continue to investigate this club?" Do you know what case I'm here to investigate, do you think it's possible that it's them? Putting aside all distractions for the time being, how much do you think is possible? ”

Hank didn't speak, waiting for the waiter to bring coffee and leave before he said, "I'm not familiar with this kind of case, I've never done this kind of case in all these years, but...... If the person you're looking for is inside, I don't think she has any channels to get the word out, and if something happens, no one will be able to find her. ”

Jimmy: "Hope, what do you think?" ”

Hope didn't look up, still looking at the information: "I think we shouldn't have any other clues, but after all, this is not the accurate information we obtained, and it may not have any intersection with the situation in Utah, in case of an accident, it will be troublesome at that time." ”

Jimmy breathed a sigh of relief, he picked up his coffee cup and took a sip, thinking for a moment before looking at Hank, "Are you going to do anything about this Carlos Escobar?" ”

Hank: "Oh, not yet, in fact we didn't find Carlos Escobar and their people active in Albuquerque...... Hi, I see, you want to do a joint operation? ”

Jimmy nodded, he looked to the side, no one was close nearby, he said softly: "The clue is provided by the informant, when you cooperated with the FBI investigation, you found Carlos in Juarez, Mexico, they invaded the underground world of Albuquerque, as Juarez's drug dealers, you have reason to suspect that they are drug trafficking and money laundering in Albuquerque...... I guess that kind of reason should convince your supervisor to arrange a special operation, right? ”

Hank thought for a moment, "Maybe, but the special operation may not be approved, but it should be possible to use technical means and intelligence personnel to reconnoitre." I need to go back and think about it. ”

Jimmy: "Of course, just please let me know the results as soon as possible, and if you don't participate, I'll need to arrange it as well." ”

Hank gulped down the coffee from his cup, reached out to take the information from Hope's hand, said goodbye to Jimmy, and got up to leave.

Hope watched Hank leave before saying to Jimmy: "Young, this time is completely different from our previous ones, the clues are very vague and there is no direction, it may be difficult for us to directly investigate this club to convince others, after all, we still need the assistance of the Albuquerque office." ”

Jimmy: "No, for us, that's the only clue now, and if we choose not to follow this lead, then we can pack up and go home, and that's the end of the case." Do you want to get this result? ”

Hope: "Of course not, but if something goes wrong with the process, you and I will be targeted." ”

Jimmy pointed to where Hank was sitting just now: "So we need some other people to help, if they intervene, it will be difficult for the OPR side to investigate, and it is not easy for the people on the DEA side to cooperate, if we have anything to gain in this investigation process, I think the DEA should be willing to take the blame for us." ”

Hope frowned and leaned back in his chair, he didn't have some head-scratching ideas like Jimmy from time to time, more to follow the rules, act within the scope of the regulations, and there were not many opportunities to cooperate with other federal agencies, he couldn't think of how the DEA would cooperate with him, the final case report was to be written by himself, if these things were not thought out in advance, the final report would be a disaster.

Obviously, the case investigation report will not be circulated only among Peter and his direct leaders, because this time they have removed the cooperation of the three offices in Missouri, Utah, and New Mexico, which is already a very big operation, and there will definitely be many people and departments interested in their cases, and any anomalies that appear in the report will be investigated by people with pigtails.

The fact that he lost his gun before was already a difficult accident to deal with, and now he is going to attack an underground club controlled by drug dealers based on some vague clues, how can he explain it then?

Jimmy cleaned up: "Let's go, let's go back and think about it slowly." ”

The two returned to the hotel, Hope continued to consider the report, and Jimmy called Roland in the room first, to make sure that there was still no signal, and then contacted Peter, this time the operation is better to have a little authorization from above, even if it is just a notice, it is better than their own casual action, and there is also a saying when throwing the pot.

Peter was a little silent after getting the reason for Jimmy's reference clues, dealing with gangsters in domestic cities and dealing with Mexican drug dealers are completely two different concepts, gangsters have a small pistol at most, a few shotguns and the like, and drug dealers make money they make are all life-hard, so the equipment is obviously a higher level, and the corresponding risk has been greatly improved.

Out of trust in Jimmy, Peter finally agreed to the direction of their investigation, but told Jimmy to pay attention to safety, which can be regarded as obtaining the authorization of his boss from the process.

Jimmy told Hope about the reply he got, and Hope didn't have to worry about it.

Hank's side was also moving quickly, and just one day later, he contacted Jimmy again, and the DEA would work with FBI headquarters agents and the Albuquerque office to investigate the stronghold of the suspected Mexican gangster.

Everything was ready, two surveillance cars parked around the La Noche club, one left and one right, of course, a little far away, too close to be easily detected. The two cars belong to the DEA and the FBI, respectively, and of course one or two people from each side of the club will enter the club, and for security reasons, Jimmy will be the only one on the FBI's side, and Steven Gomez on the other side will be on the other side in place of Hank.

Steven Gomez is Hispanic, and he doesn't look too conspicuous in this kind of place, and Jimmy, although he is more conspicuous, but out of trust in his abilities, and also to protect Steven, others really can't believe it.

In order to make Jimmy look more in line with the temperament here, he also deliberately changed his outfit and put a tattoo sticker on the shoulders to his neck, and the two entered the club with an informant outside the club.

The club has no signboard outside, after all, it is an underground club, but when you enter it, you will find that the environment inside is very good, the lighting is dim, but through the surrounding soft lights, the hazy feeling is more attractive than the bright environment.

The bar counter and tables and chairs are all brown and black as the main colors, with dim lighting, low background music, which will not arouse the disgust of the guests present, plus alcohol and drug stimulation, it can stimulate the sexuality of some people, Jimmy They just walked to the bar and sat down and saw a lot of people hugging each other.

Steven is obviously not a good bird either, and his current status is not a senior agent of the DEA, so he seems to be quite relaxed.

Jimmy and the others just sat down for a moment, then got up and left the bar, and walked around the club, next to the room was the small casino, Steven was wandering around a few tables in the casino, filming everything with a tiny camera in the button of his clothes, and Jimmy walked to the other rooms.

Since it is a club, it can't be like Jimmy's bar with only a bar lobby, this is a small five-story building, and in Jimmy's observation, there are two basements underground, and the total area is definitely not small.

In addition to the normal staff and customers, there are many people standing or sitting in rooms with several key positions, and there are also people standing and guarding the corners of each passage, and it is obvious that the security force here is not weak.

Jimmy observed and noted some special locations, some of the people in the room were indeed very anomalous, but Jimmy couldn't bring them up without seeing their behavior with his own eyes.

After a brief record, Jimmy came to Steven's side, beckoned him to the side, and the two walked to one of the passages, Jimmy and they turned into the bathroom, and after a little conversation, they came out of the bathroom, looked left and right, and came directly to a room next to them, opened the door and went in, and casually controlled a person who was watching the surveillance inside, and then dived into other passages and rooms to check. (End of chapter)