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-[Mitchell speaking]
-[Ramon speaking]
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-[Mitchell speaking]
-[Ramon speaking]
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-[Mitchell speaking]
-[Ramon speaking]
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[Ramon] Wow,
this is wonderful memories.
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Here I am with my three kids.
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[woman speaking]
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They love the waters,
little fishes.
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[Cris] Look at that.
Clear water.
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Like there's no other place
I would rather be.
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Look at this.
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[Mitchell] You know,
growing up, it was,
it was always the same thing
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It was always being together
as a family and doing things.
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[Cris]
It was always a great time
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when my parents were togethe
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and when, you know,
it's all five of us.
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It was... it was...
it was us five.
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It seemed like
everything was... was good.
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[man speaking in Spanish]
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[Mitchell] At no point
do you think that
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someone who comes
to family parties
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could actually come up
with an idea to kill somebody.
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[in Spanish]
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I couldn't believe
that a human being
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would do something like this.
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[narrator] It's August 1997
in Puerto Rico.
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30-year-old Ramon Sosa
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is on vacation
with his family.
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[Ramon]
It was a wonderful vacation
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and I think that was our first
big vacation
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that we took together
with the kids.
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[narrator]
Ramon, his wife Dolores,
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and their three children
visit the home
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of Ramon's cousin, David.
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Six-year-old Mitchell
and four-year-old Cris
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posed for photographs.
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-[Cris speaking]
-[Dolores speaking]
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[narrator] Six-month-old
baby Mia sleeps off camera.
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[Dolores speaking]
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[Mitchell speaking]
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[Dolores speaking]
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[Ramon] Where you at?
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Yeah, it was...
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it was a great opportunity
for my kids to visit
where I was born.
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I took them back
to where I used to live.
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Yes! [exclaims]
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I wanted them to see
where I grew up.
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I wanted to see, for them
to see the beach, the river,
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the countryside.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Ramon speaking]
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[Mitchell speaking]
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[Ramon speaking]
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[Dolores speaking]
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[Mitchell] It's up.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Ramon speaking]
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[Mitchell] You know,
growing up in Houston,
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I remember thinking
how crazy it was
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that there were coconut trees
in the backyard.
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-[Ramon speaking]
-[Mitchell speaking]
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[Ramon speaking]
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[Cris] Going to Puerto Rico
for the first time.
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That was such an amazing
experience being there.
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Me and my brother, we were..
we were a Mario and Luigi.
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We would just go on these
little adventures together.
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[Ramon speaking]
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Ah!
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I took my kids
to a nice little island,
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that just a very small island
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that's just outside
of Puerto Rico,
it's called Isla Icacos.
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My kids, oh, my God.
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When I told them they were
gonna get on a boat
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to go to an island,
they just were amazed.
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[Ramon speaking]
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[Dolores speaking]
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[Mitchell] It's almost
like a paradise over there.
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You know, the water
is crystal clear.
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The sand on the beach
is, you know, white.
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The food, the music
is just something
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I always wanted to be around.
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[Mitchell speaking]
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So, this is in...
in Puerto Rico.
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You know, my dad threw me
off of his shoulders.
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That's one thing
I always wanted him to do.
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He always likes
to play rough with us.
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[Ramon] So just relaxing
and not even thinking
about work
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or what you got to do
or getting up early
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or all that stuff
was just put aside
for a week or two
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and it's just a wonderful,
great feeling.
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[narrator]
Back home in Houston,
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Ramon works long hours
for a courier company.
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It was not easy
taking care of a home
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financially and...
and three kids.
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You know,
and you have to get up, work
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take care of the kids,
come home.
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Sometimes it gets stressful.
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[Mitchell]
I don't know how he did it.
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I think my dad's been workin
the same schedule
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since he started, waking up at
maybe 2:00 in the morning
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and then getting off of work
at, you know, around noon.
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But it always seemed like
he made time
to hang out with us.
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[David speaking]
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[Ramon] This is in Bayamon,
Puerto Rico.
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My cousin, David's house.
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He's showing Mitchell
the chickens,
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telling them that these are
Puerto Rican chickens.
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Mitchell, go ahead.
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[Mitchell] I was afraid
of grabbing 'em myself
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because Cris...
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Cris actually put his hand
in there and they pecked him.
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[indistinct chatter]
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I was kind of joking
with them, you know,
so they...
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they kind of took it
literally, like,
"For real, Dad?"
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Like, I was,
"No, this is not how
a chicken looks,"
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like when I eat it,
it don't look like this.
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[Ramon]
Growing up in Puerto Rico,
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that's how it was
when I was little.
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My grandmother literally
would get the chickens
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and she would kill them.
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And that's what
we'd have for dinner.
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I was born in San Juan,
Puerto Rico
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on June 1st, 1967.
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My father was a very,
very hard worker from the time
that I can remember,
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and he also
was a professional wrestler.
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And he would take me with hi
on the weekends
to go to the gym.
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But this particular gym
was for boxing.
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Even though I was maybe about,
maybe five, six
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I find it fascinating
how these guys were trainin
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and all they were doing
at the time.
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There were
some world champions
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that trained at the gym.
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We moved to the United State
when I was being around
nine or ten.
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That's when I really
started competing.
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And I won several tournament
I won junior Olympic champio
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there in that area,
till the age of 16 or 17,
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that's when I competed
in the amateur boxing.
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I had a lot of fights.
I had over 100 amateur fights.
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I was doing very well.
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And there was one promoter
that signed me
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to a professional contract
in Puerto Rico.
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But I was still a kid.
I was homesick.
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I was not training the way
I was supposed to train.
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Lost a couple of fights,
and, you know,
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I lost the love for it.
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But I still wanted some kind
of involvement with boxing.
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[narrator] In 1989, Ramon
is living in Los Angeles.
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[Ramon] When I met Dolores,
I was very young,
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was about 22 years old,
living in LA.
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On my own, working
and living the bachelor life
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She was maybe 18, 19.
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She had just graduated
from high school.
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I thought
she was very attractive.
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[narrator] The relationship
lasts 12 months.
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Dolores discovers that
she is pregnant with Mitchel
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after the breakup.
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[Ramon] I was not there
through the whole pregnancy
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I have left her basically
alone financially,
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emotionally, and go through
a pregnancy all by herself.
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In a way, I was in denial.
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But first time I saw my son
I was very happy.
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It was a very good thing,
the most happiest day
in my life.
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The day we talked,
saying sorry for everything
that I had done.
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I wanted her to come back
to Houston with me.
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But I think she said something
to the effect of, you know,
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I'll think about it.
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And that gave me hope.
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[narrator] In 1991,
Dolores decides to move
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to Texas to be with Ramon.
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She gives birth to Cris
two years later.
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Baby Mia arrives
in March 1997.
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[Mia cooing]
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[Cris] Oh, my gosh.
Look at my sister.
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Big old chunk.
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Little chunk.
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My brother is helping
and I'm just
in my own little world
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trying to find some shells
and rocks or something.
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[Cris] My mom called me ove
and I go right away.
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I might be a mama's boy
a little bit, some would say.
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[Ramon] We were driving
down on the way back home.
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I can hear live music.
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And I said, "Wait a second,
man, they having live music
over there."
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And of course,
my aunt, she just...
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she loves, you know,
to dance and have a good tim
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And I just started
dancing with her.
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[Cris] Look at my pop,
breaking it down.
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That's it. That's Sosa time
right there.
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Unh. Ah.
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I like how my dad
peeks at the camera
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just to make sure like
you're getting this, right?
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You're recording this.
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[Ramon] In Puerto Rico,
dancing is in our blood.
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We love having parties
and dancing
and having a good time.
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[Cris] We're with family,
you know,
we're dancing with anybody.
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We're gonna put on a show.
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[Mitchell] You know, family
has always been
a big thing for us.
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There's never a dull moment.
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[Ramon speaking]
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[Ramon] They just loved
the whole Puerto Rico,
you know, atmosphere.
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So, it was great,
great feeling
to see my kids happy.
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Dolores had the kids
at a very, very young age,
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still a teenager.
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And she never had got
to experience
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being young lady
and having fun
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and going out
and being with friends
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and stuff like that.
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Over the years, we started
to get a little more difficu
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and I believe that I had a lot
to do with that too,
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because I didn't
want her to work.
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The thought that our kids
are gonna be better
taking care of
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if she stayed at home.
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[Cris] Mom made a, made
a big decision
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leaving my dad
and taking us with her.
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[Ramon] I would beg her.
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I mean, I'm not gonna lie,
I would beg for her
to come back home.
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I missed my kids so much.
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I was very depressed
and I didn't know
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what the heck
the depression was.
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So, I just started coaching
a lot more
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and being involved
a lot more with boxing.
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[Mitchell] When my parents
were split,
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uh, every day after school,
we'd go to my dad's house
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and then we would go
to the gym from there.
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[Ramon] I started a non-prof
called Young Prospects Boxin
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I feel good about myself
doing something
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that was good
for the community,
good for the kids.
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As a coach, you know,
you're doing that
not just for you,
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you're doing it for a kid
and you're doing it
for their family.
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It's just... this is, to me
it's a bigger picture
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than just worrying about you.
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And you just got a little
bigger and bigger.
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And it was the time
where I was training
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some good fighters, you know,
some former Olympians.
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[Noris]
Ramon was always involved
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with some kind of celebrity
or he was meeting somebody.
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It was great. He, yes...
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He used to come and tell us
about it and show us pictures.
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"Oh, look who I met"
or, "Look at this person."
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[Ramon] Being around boxing
was great.
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Whoo!
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I just hated
to come home sometimes.
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You know, I just hate...
hated the fact
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that I had to come home
to an empty house.
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That particular evening,
I remember I had a friend.
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He told me about this place
where they play salsa music
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"They have a live band
that plays live music there,
man.
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It's pretty,
pretty nice place, man.
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It's... Beautiful ladies that
hang out over there, man.
You should go check it out."
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I pulled up to the place.
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I had a little fancy
sports car,
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you know, BMW,
had it all cleaned up.
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You know, how it is.
You're trying
to just show off.
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They're playing
really nice music.
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And I said,
"Wow, this is nice."
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I went to the bar
and the next thing I know,
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she walks in front of me
and steps on my toe.
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I was in pain.
I was in a lot of pain.
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I was like, "What the heck?"
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Then I noticed, like,
"Wow, beautiful lady."
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And all I could say is like,
"Would you dance with me?"
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And she said, "Okay, yeah."
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And we danced.
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[narrator] The woman's name
is Maria de Lourdes Dorantes
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Lulu to her friends.
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She was an excellent dancer
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And I asked her,
"Are you... are you Puerto
Rican or Colombian?"
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And she said, "Oh, no.
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You know, a lot of people
think that I am,
but I'm Mexican."
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I just love to dance salsa.
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Once the place closed down,
we were able to go outside
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and talk for a little bit.
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[narrator] Lulu reveals
that she lives just outside
of Houston.
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She is in the United States
on a visitor visa.
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[Ramon] Lulu explained to m
that she had moved
to the United States
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because she wanted
a better life for her kids
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and for herself.
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And we had a lot in common
as far as the kids
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and coming back
from difficult divorces
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and stuff like that.
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And the more we talked
and dated, the more I guess
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you know, we started
liking each other.
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It was the whirlwind
type of relationship.
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She was the type of person
that gave you massages.
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You know,
my food on the table.
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She was very attentive
to me all the time.
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[Cris] We were happy
that he was happy.
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And so, it was kind
of something that we had
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to like adapt to like,
"Okay, well,
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this is who's gonna be
in the picture."
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So, this is who we,
you know, have to respect.
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[Ramon] It's close
to Christmas time
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and we have been together
for about 15
or 18 months already.
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I feel that
this is the right time
to ask her to marry me.
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And when I did, all she did
she just started crying
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and crying
and crying and crying.
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And she couldn't believe that
I had asked to marry her.
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[Cris]
I heard about the wedding
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the day he got married
from my mom.
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My mom just dropped
the ball on us saying like,
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"Hey, your dad
got married today."
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And we're like, "What?"
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[Mitchell] I was dumbfounde
and I was like, "Excuse me.
What?"
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And I was like,
"That's really weird
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for him to get married
and us not know about it."
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-Go on.
-[Ramon speaking]
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[Mitchell] You know,
hindsight's 2020,
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I should have been picking u
on the stuff
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and realizing that my dad
wasn't interacting with us
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the way he used to.
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[Ramon]
After a week of being marrie
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I had talked about
going on a honeymoon
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and she was like,
"No, no, no, no.
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She's just not only...
we don't need to be spending
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any money on a honeymoon,
that's just too,
too expensive.
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I don't want to spend that.
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I don't want you
to spend that kind of money.
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We just spend that money
on getting
the paperwork started
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for my Green Card."
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So, I said, you know,
that sounded, you know,
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right, you know, whatever.
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So, we just started looking
into the process of her
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and her kids
getting a Green Card.
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In the first few years,
what they call
the honeymoon years,
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we're doing very well.
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I feel like, "Wow, man, she is
just this great,
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great person,
great lady, you know."
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We had talked about
opening up a gym, a business.
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She loved training
and she loved being
around the gyms
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and stuff like that.
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So, she was all in.
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[Cris] So, when my dad
opened up his big gym,
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his... his main gym,
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The Woodlands Boxing
and Fitness,
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that was a very proud moment
for everybody.
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[Cris] You know, like he ha
a bunch of members,
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he has commercials.
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He's doing, like,
all these different promos.
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He has merch, he has t-shirt
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boxing gloves
and punching bags.
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I'm like, "Look at my dad
really doing this.
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You know,
he's really doing it."
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[Ramon] The advertising
for the gym
was all Lulu's idea.
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Social media was starting
to take off then,
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so she thought that was,
you know, free advertising.
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Welcome to
Woodlands Boxing and Fitness.
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[Ramon]
She had a group of ladies
that she trained every day.
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They became very,
very close friends.
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Yeah, she would...
She ended up becoming
a very good trainer.
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With the profits
we're getting from the gym,
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the first thing we did,
we bought motorcycles,
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we had cars,
we had nice jewelry,
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a lot of nice clothes
that she was getting.
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But I think the house
that we bought together
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was the nicest thing
that we had.
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Financially, the gym
just took off,
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took off, and it was doing
very, very well.
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I mean, Woodlands Boxing
and Fitness
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was a very profitable gym.
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[all speaking]
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And I felt that
nothing could go wrong.
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[Noris] Well, the day
that my son got married,
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we invited Ramon and Lulu,
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and she brought her children
and she brought her mother.
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And, um, it was a very,
very exciting day.
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We danced and we played
and we cried. And we just..
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We had an excellent time
as a family.
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She loved to dance,
and my brother did too.
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So, um, Ramon and her,
I saw them dancing
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and it seemed like
it was, everything was, um...
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was good.
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[Ramon] That day I was holdi
a lot of issues,
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problems inside of me.
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You know, you acting
like everything's good
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and, you know, you're laughi
with my family
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and taking pictures
and this and that.
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But in reality, you know,
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we're having a lot of issues
ourselves at home.
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It bothered her a lot that
I was spending money
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on my son's education
out of all things.
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And...
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and she would always throw i
in my face that,
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well, you don't spend
that kind of money
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or time with my kids.
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[Mitchell] After Lulu
and my dad got married, the.
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the interest
that she had shown
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when we met initially,
she was not there.
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She just didn't want to be
in the same room as us.
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[Ramon] After our third year
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she became
an American citizen.
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I remember a little
disagreement that we had,
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00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:18,509
and she threw it in my face
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She said, look, you know,
I'm an American now.
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I have all the rights
in this country
just like you do.
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[Cris]
We were kind of thinking lik
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was this the reason
that the marriage happened?
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Was she just trying to get
a Green Card
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and become a US citizen?
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And is she using my dad?
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[Ramon] Now, at this point,
we have a big two-storey hom
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She's living upstairs
with her mother and two kids
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And I'm living
downstairs by myself.
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00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:53,678
And when I talk about tension
in the house,
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00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,714
it was like oil and water,
we could not mix.
403
00:21:58,418 --> 00:22:00,217
I didn't talk to her,
she didn't talk to me.
404
00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:03,154
And we were at the point
where there was no return.
405
00:22:04,757 --> 00:22:07,725
Lulu actually served me
with papers for the divorce.
406
00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:13,931
It was just so horrible,
uh, situation
how we were living.
407
00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:21,038
I met Mundo back
in the year around 2000 or s
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and that's when I had
the non-profit boxing gym.
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00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:30,281
Mundo had a rough upbringing
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He ended up joining
a local gang.
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00:22:33,986 --> 00:22:38,622
That life got him in trouble
and he eventually ended up
in prison.
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[Cris] He was going through
a hard time and boxing
was his therapy.
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My dad changed Mundo's life
by keeping him out of trouble
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and keeping him in the gym.
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[Ramon] Fast forward
about 15 years later,
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a lot of Saturdays
he would open the gym
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00:22:58,611 --> 00:22:59,910
so I can have a break.
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00:23:01,414 --> 00:23:04,048
And one day I remember
I was driving...
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00:23:05,051 --> 00:23:09,153
and Mundo calls me
and he tells me,
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00:23:09,255 --> 00:23:12,022
hey... hey, he keeps coming,
"Pops, hey pops.
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00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:16,127
I think, uh, Lulu...
Lulu, she wants to kill you."
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00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:21,732
I said, "Quit playing around
this is not a joke, man.
Quit... quit messing around.
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00:23:21,801 --> 00:23:24,602
He goes, "I seen that look.
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00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,704
I seen that look when people
want to kill somebody,
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00:23:26,706 --> 00:23:28,038
she wants to kill you."
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00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:35,846
He told me that
on this particular evening..
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00:23:37,216 --> 00:23:40,918
he just happened
to walk by Lulu
428
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,754
and she was talking
to somebody
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00:23:43,823 --> 00:23:46,257
and he just overheard them
talking about somebody
430
00:23:46,358 --> 00:23:49,860
in Mexico that cuts up people
and chops up people
431
00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:52,930
and kills people
or whatever for money.
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00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:58,202
And Lulu answered by, "Hmm,
maybe we could use him."
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00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:02,706
And then later that evening
as the gym was about to clos
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00:24:02,708 --> 00:24:05,142
there was, you know,
only a few people there,
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00:24:06,512 --> 00:24:08,245
Mundo walked up to Lulu
by herself
436
00:24:08,314 --> 00:24:11,248
and kind of sparked up
the conversation again,
437
00:24:11,317 --> 00:24:14,051
asking her, "Hey,
that conversation
you were having earlier,
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00:24:14,821 --> 00:24:16,554
was that about Ramon?"
439
00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:18,622
And she said, "Yeah, you know,
I'm just tired of him.
440
00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:20,224
I wish they would just
take him away.
441
00:24:20,226 --> 00:24:22,326
I wish he would just go away,
I can't stand him anymore."
442
00:24:23,863 --> 00:24:27,965
And Mundo said,
"Are you talking about
going away?"
443
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,334
And he made the pistol sign
with his hand
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00:24:30,403 --> 00:24:31,936
like, going away like this?
445
00:24:33,306 --> 00:24:36,340
And she said, yeah,
going away like that.
446
00:24:38,110 --> 00:24:39,710
And that's where
it all started.
447
00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:44,815
When Mundo told me about
that conversation,
448
00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:47,017
I was like, "Dang,
you know, what I do?
449
00:24:47,019 --> 00:24:48,786
I mean, what's... what's,
you know, what's the deal?"
450
00:24:48,788 --> 00:24:50,420
I mean, I was... I don't know.
451
00:24:50,423 --> 00:24:53,524
You know, I was so upset.
Do I go to the police?
Do I do... What do I do?
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00:24:53,526 --> 00:24:54,959
And he said
not to worry about it.
453
00:24:54,961 --> 00:24:57,061
I told that I was gonna
meet up with her
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00:24:57,063 --> 00:24:59,830
and see how far
she's willing to go with this.
455
00:25:04,437 --> 00:25:07,304
The next meeting
that Lulu had with Mundo,
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00:25:08,641 --> 00:25:11,642
Mundo started recording
their conversation
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00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:14,812
in a cell phone
he had in his pocket.
458
00:25:14,814 --> 00:25:18,616
He told her, "I got the people
that can do the job."
459
00:25:52,418 --> 00:25:54,051
This is the person
that at one time
460
00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:57,922
we were so in love
and were expected to live
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00:25:57,924 --> 00:26:00,057
our rest
of our lives together.
462
00:26:01,127 --> 00:26:03,627
And now I'm here listening
to her telling Mundo
463
00:26:03,629 --> 00:26:07,164
how she wanted
to keep the business,
the house, everything.
464
00:26:08,501 --> 00:26:09,800
She wanted me gone.
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00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:12,836
She wanted me dead.
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00:26:19,845 --> 00:26:23,213
[Mike] My sergeant at the ti
called me at home,
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00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:26,350
it was a Sunday,
and expressed that
468
00:26:26,419 --> 00:26:30,220
he had two individuals
at our office
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00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:34,425
that were describing a plot
for a murder.
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00:26:39,065 --> 00:26:40,531
[bleep]
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00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:50,407
[Mike] I asked Mundo,
what was it about him
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00:26:50,409 --> 00:26:52,242
that would make Maria believe
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00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:54,945
that he did have
the connections
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00:26:55,047 --> 00:26:56,413
to facilitate such a crime?
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00:27:10,096 --> 00:27:12,129
[Mike] I've never really
had a lot of individuals
476
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:13,831
that were reporting a crime
477
00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:16,700
also provide evidence
of the investigation
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00:27:16,702 --> 00:27:18,602
that they had been conducting.
479
00:27:27,947 --> 00:27:29,947
[Mike] Based on what
I have heard
480
00:27:29,949 --> 00:27:33,651
and based on what I have see
481
00:27:33,752 --> 00:27:37,054
this case definitely
warrant an investigation.
482
00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:42,826
[Kelly] The difference betwe
actually committing the crim
483
00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:46,163
and just talking about, um,
committing the crime
484
00:27:46,232 --> 00:27:47,898
is the intent.
485
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:50,200
You don't want to arrest
and charge someone
486
00:27:50,202 --> 00:27:51,502
with solicitation
of capital murder
487
00:27:51,504 --> 00:27:54,038
if they're not intending
to carry it out.
488
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,806
If they're just angry,
if they're just venting.
489
00:27:58,110 --> 00:28:01,345
So, the plan was to try
to introduce
490
00:28:01,414 --> 00:28:04,715
an undercover officer
acting as a hitman
491
00:28:04,717 --> 00:28:07,351
that could record evidence
of her actually trying
492
00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:11,121
to solicit someone
to kill Ramon.
493
00:28:30,342 --> 00:28:33,310
[Mike] During the first mee
with Maria, the undercover
494
00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:37,114
obviously asked what it is
that she wanted done.
495
00:28:59,805 --> 00:29:01,839
[Mike] She knew
what she wanted done
496
00:29:01,907 --> 00:29:05,109
and she had no problem
asking for it.
497
00:29:06,645 --> 00:29:09,446
Lulu during the first meetin
explains that they are goin
498
00:29:09,515 --> 00:29:10,814
through a divorce proceeding
499
00:29:10,816 --> 00:29:14,451
There is a court date
in a couple of days
500
00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:19,156
so that it was
a very big concern of hers
501
00:29:19,225 --> 00:29:22,626
that this killing be conducted
very quickly.
502
00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:40,410
[Kelly]
There was a large business
that she was involved in
503
00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:43,347
and they had
a nice home together.
504
00:29:43,415 --> 00:29:46,617
If he's dead
before they're divorced,
505
00:29:46,619 --> 00:29:48,819
she gets all of it.
506
00:29:48,821 --> 00:29:51,955
[Mike] 50% wasn't quite
good enough for her.
507
00:29:51,957 --> 00:29:53,123
She wanted it all.
508
00:29:54,727 --> 00:29:58,095
She also went to an ATM
that night
509
00:29:58,097 --> 00:30:00,364
and pulled out $500
510
00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:02,933
as a down payment
for the hitman.
511
00:30:06,405 --> 00:30:08,138
As soon as she did that,
512
00:30:08,207 --> 00:30:10,240
we could have arrested her
that night
513
00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:12,109
if we would have wanted to.
514
00:30:12,111 --> 00:30:14,378
Maria had already made
the solicitation,
515
00:30:14,380 --> 00:30:15,546
she made the payment.
516
00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:19,416
But I needed to get
the evidence to make sure
517
00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:21,118
that we got a justice senten
518
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,720
and that she was gonna go
to prison for a long time.
519
00:30:25,224 --> 00:30:28,625
I wanted video of her looking
at his dead body
520
00:30:28,627 --> 00:30:30,227
because I wanted
a judge or a jury
521
00:30:30,229 --> 00:30:32,830
to be able to see
her reaction.
522
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:37,034
And so, I wanted to set up
and stage his murder.
523
00:30:41,607 --> 00:30:42,706
[siren blaring]
524
00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:44,041
[Ramon] I didn't know
what to expect
525
00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:45,742
when I arrived
at the police station.
526
00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:49,513
For them to put on my makeup.
527
00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:51,715
To me, it seemed like
they didn't know
what they were gonna do.
528
00:30:53,319 --> 00:30:54,918
[Jason] We were nervous.
We were scared.
529
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,222
We were worried
that it wasn't gonna
be good enough.
530
00:30:58,224 --> 00:31:02,960
And there was literally
someone's life at stake here.
531
00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:06,630
We had no experience
in applying the makeup
ourselves.
532
00:31:06,632 --> 00:31:11,301
So that's why we resorted
to YouTube tutorials.
533
00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:15,105
And we practiced
on my partner's hand.
534
00:31:17,109 --> 00:31:20,911
After about an hour,
maybe an hour and a half,
535
00:31:20,913 --> 00:31:24,147
we thought we had
a realistic gunshot wound.
536
00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:28,118
You know, it was sink or swim.
It was time to go.
537
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:29,485
We were running out of time.
538
00:31:30,723 --> 00:31:34,758
[Mike] Lulu was very despera
due to the time limit
539
00:31:34,827 --> 00:31:37,728
that she had concerning
this court proceeding.
540
00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:42,499
So, it was important for us
to find the mob scene
541
00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:45,035
for the murder
as soon as possible.
542
00:31:46,639 --> 00:31:49,806
Luckily for us, the county
actually owned
543
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:52,109
a small field
that we could use
544
00:31:52,111 --> 00:31:53,210
to dig a hole.
545
00:31:57,383 --> 00:31:58,582
[Ramon] Unreal.
546
00:31:58,584 --> 00:32:01,418
I just cannot believe
what I was going through.
547
00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:05,222
And on the drive up there,
I'd remember thinking
of all my kids,
548
00:32:05,224 --> 00:32:07,024
my parents, my family,
549
00:32:07,026 --> 00:32:09,626
because I knew they were gonna
see this picture
sooner or later.
550
00:32:11,864 --> 00:32:13,931
[Mike] We had him remove
all of his clothing
551
00:32:13,933 --> 00:32:16,333
except for his boxers.
552
00:32:16,435 --> 00:32:19,603
Put his hands behind his back
as though his hands
were bound.
553
00:32:19,605 --> 00:32:23,206
Keep him consistent
with being kidnapped,
554
00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:25,309
executed and buried.
555
00:32:27,646 --> 00:32:29,680
[Ramon] Taught me how to pos
556
00:32:29,682 --> 00:32:32,316
They threw some dirt
on me on top of me.
557
00:32:32,318 --> 00:32:35,953
And here I was,
laying on my grave.
558
00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:40,057
[Mike] At this point
of the investigation,
559
00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:43,160
Ramon is supposed
to be deceased,
560
00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:45,629
so it was important
that we remove
561
00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,298
all electronic
communication devices from him
562
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,000
and place it
in the safe house.
563
00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:54,438
[Ramon] I was very,
very worried in that room.
564
00:32:54,506 --> 00:32:58,041
I mean, I hardly slept.
565
00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:02,446
My mother and father,
I spoke with them
just about every day.
566
00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:06,650
It was gonna be very difficult
because I always answered
their calls.
567
00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:14,891
[Jason]
Leading up to the meeting
568
00:33:14,893 --> 00:33:18,362
between the undercover
and Mrs. Sosa,
569
00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:21,932
our... our anxiety was...
was pretty high.
570
00:33:21,934 --> 00:33:24,801
Because she had to believe
he was dead.
571
00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:30,540
[Mike] So, in order to ensur
that we had Maria's reaction
572
00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:32,909
we had multiple audio
and video devices
573
00:33:32,911 --> 00:33:34,411
installed in the vehicle.
574
00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:48,325
[Jason] They have
an initial exchange.
575
00:33:48,327 --> 00:33:50,827
He proceeds to tell her
that it's done.
576
00:34:06,111 --> 00:34:08,745
He then presents her
with his cell phone
577
00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:10,047
to show her the photos.
578
00:34:15,421 --> 00:34:17,754
You know,
all the investigators
were curious
579
00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:20,924
as to what the reaction
of Maria would be.
580
00:34:29,101 --> 00:34:32,235
We were all surprised
when she laughed.
581
00:34:32,337 --> 00:34:35,806
[Jason] To smile at seeing
your spouse dead in a hole,
582
00:34:35,808 --> 00:34:39,309
um, is significant.
583
00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:40,811
I was shocked.
584
00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:52,255
So as soon as Maria
learned that Ramon was dead,
585
00:34:52,357 --> 00:34:54,558
she immediately turned
to business
586
00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:57,060
and to satisfy the debt.
587
00:35:08,207 --> 00:35:10,807
[Mike] Suspects acting like
Maria Sosa did
588
00:35:10,809 --> 00:35:12,309
is extremely rare.
589
00:35:12,311 --> 00:35:13,810
Fortunately, it's rare.
590
00:35:15,948 --> 00:35:18,815
Before she stepped
out of the car,
591
00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:21,284
she smiled,
took a deep breath
592
00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:23,053
and raise the roof
with her hands
593
00:35:23,055 --> 00:35:24,754
because she was so excited
and relieved that
594
00:35:24,823 --> 00:35:28,024
now she was free from Ramon
595
00:35:42,407 --> 00:35:44,808
[Noris] It was very unusual
for Ramon not to answer
596
00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:47,210
and not to be at work.
597
00:35:47,212 --> 00:35:51,915
That's why I started getting
very concerned
598
00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:53,517
about my brother.
599
00:35:54,753 --> 00:35:57,020
[Mike] We knew at this poin
that Ramon's family
600
00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:59,089
and friends
had been calling Maria
601
00:35:59,091 --> 00:36:00,957
and calling around,
trying to find out
602
00:36:01,059 --> 00:36:04,060
where he was
or if she knew anything
about where he was.
603
00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:06,630
And so, we wanted to see
how she would react
604
00:36:06,632 --> 00:36:08,932
when the officers
approached her.
605
00:36:16,308 --> 00:36:18,341
[indistinct chatter on radio]
606
00:36:23,215 --> 00:36:28,051
[Jason] I went into the gym
with a uniformed officer
607
00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:31,555
and I pretended to be
a detective investigating
608
00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:33,323
a missing person's report.
609
00:36:43,702 --> 00:36:46,303
[Jason] We find that
there's three people there.
610
00:36:47,606 --> 00:36:51,608
Um, it was Mrs. Sosa,
her mom and her daughter.
611
00:36:57,015 --> 00:36:58,348
[Jason] She picked up
her cell phone
612
00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:00,417
and started scrolling
through the call history
613
00:37:00,419 --> 00:37:03,453
and the text history to try
and give us an idea
614
00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,455
when she last talked to him
615
00:37:10,429 --> 00:37:14,064
[Jason] We just let her tal
as much as she could.
616
00:37:14,132 --> 00:37:16,199
Everything was being recorde
on body cam,
617
00:37:16,201 --> 00:37:19,302
so it was gonna be
used as evidence.
618
00:37:28,046 --> 00:37:31,114
It was the final nail
in the coffin,
for lack of a better term.
619
00:37:38,824 --> 00:37:41,558
[Jason] After I felt like
we had enough on video,
620
00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:45,929
I gave my counterpart
a non-verbal indicator that...
621
00:37:45,931 --> 00:37:48,398
that I was going to put her
in cuffs
622
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,333
and affect the arrest.
623
00:38:00,646 --> 00:38:02,512
[Kelly] When Maria Sosa
was arrested,
624
00:38:02,514 --> 00:38:04,614
her mom was acting
completely surprised.
625
00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:06,816
Her mom was asking questions
626
00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:09,052
she was following
the officers out.
627
00:38:09,121 --> 00:38:10,487
I'm asking them
what's going on,
628
00:38:10,489 --> 00:38:12,956
asking Maria,
what's going on.
629
00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:16,226
You could tell that
she was completely surprise
630
00:38:16,228 --> 00:38:18,028
and taken aback
by what was happening.
631
00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:22,832
[indistinct chatter]
632
00:38:27,005 --> 00:38:30,307
[Kelly] Once Maria
was arrested
and taken to the station,
633
00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:32,709
she was given the opportunity
to talk to the officers
634
00:38:32,711 --> 00:38:33,910
about what had happened.
635
00:38:57,536 --> 00:38:58,801
[Kelly]
When you arrest someone,
636
00:38:58,803 --> 00:39:01,604
you don't have to read them
their Miranda rights.
637
00:39:01,606 --> 00:39:05,008
That's...
that's a television thing.
638
00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:07,243
The only time you're required
to read them
639
00:39:07,312 --> 00:39:09,312
their Miranda warnings
is before if you
640
00:39:09,314 --> 00:39:10,613
want to interview them.
641
00:39:22,227 --> 00:39:23,860
She asked for a lawyer,
which was fine
642
00:39:23,928 --> 00:39:27,297
because we had
all the evidence we needed.
643
00:39:27,299 --> 00:39:30,633
And so, she was charged
with solicitation
of capital murder.
644
00:39:34,306 --> 00:39:37,807
[news reporter]
...an investigation resultin
in the event...
645
00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:39,142
Maria Sosa...
646
00:39:39,211 --> 00:39:42,312
[Noris] My mom...
it was at my sister's house
647
00:39:42,314 --> 00:39:44,814
she saw them on TV,
648
00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:46,149
and that
was the breaking news.
649
00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:47,751
And that's how
my mom found out.
650
00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:49,519
[news reporter]
Mrs. Sosa met with a man
651
00:39:49,521 --> 00:39:51,421
that would carry out
the murder.
652
00:39:51,423 --> 00:39:54,224
Everybody knew
on the news that Lulu
653
00:39:54,226 --> 00:39:57,460
had been arrested,
but they didn't mention me.
654
00:39:57,562 --> 00:39:59,462
[news reporter]
She is currently being held
and...
655
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:01,197
[Ramon] I called my mother
656
00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:03,400
and my father
answered the phone.
657
00:40:04,603 --> 00:40:08,104
And in the background,
I hear my mother,
658
00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:11,808
she was so upset, crying,
thinking that I was dead.
659
00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:21,117
Finally, when I got there,
my mother was on the couch,
660
00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:25,655
and when she saw me,
she just started crying
even harder.
661
00:40:27,626 --> 00:40:31,227
[Noris] When Ramon walked i
into the room
662
00:40:31,229 --> 00:40:33,329
and we saw him
that he was okay
663
00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:36,399
and he told my mom,
mom, it's okay,
664
00:40:36,401 --> 00:40:39,536
I'm here, I am doing well.
665
00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:44,240
You know, it was unbelievable.
666
00:40:50,715 --> 00:40:53,650
[Mike]
When Maria came in to plead
in front of the judge,
667
00:40:53,751 --> 00:40:55,819
she'd already been
in jail for over 15 months.
668
00:40:57,322 --> 00:40:59,556
[Ramon] I remember
the first hearing,
669
00:40:59,657 --> 00:41:02,225
the first thing that
caught my eyes were her shoe
670
00:41:03,128 --> 00:41:06,629
Here she was wearing
$1 state shoes,
671
00:41:07,532 --> 00:41:10,200
dressed in a prison suit.
672
00:41:11,603 --> 00:41:13,203
[Kelly] The agreement
that was made was that
673
00:41:13,205 --> 00:41:17,207
she would plead guilty
to solicitation of murder,
674
00:41:17,209 --> 00:41:20,743
which carries the same
punishment range
as capital murder,
675
00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:22,812
and receive a sentence
of 20 years in prison.
676
00:41:24,049 --> 00:41:25,615
[Ramon] In all the hearings
and all the times
677
00:41:25,617 --> 00:41:27,717
that we were
in the courtroom together,
678
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,552
she never looked at me once
679
00:41:30,555 --> 00:41:33,323
She had no remorse whatsoever.
680
00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:37,360
When she was sentenced
681
00:41:37,429 --> 00:41:39,829
I tell people I feel like
all the air
682
00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:42,098
was left out of the balloon
of anger.
683
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:46,436
I mean, I just was able
to sleep better, eat better,
684
00:41:46,505 --> 00:41:49,939
physically I felt
a heck of a lot better.
685
00:41:49,941 --> 00:41:53,510
And, you know, life goes on.
686
00:41:57,048 --> 00:41:59,516
[Mitchell] My dad's
essentially like Rocky to me
you know?
687
00:41:59,518 --> 00:42:01,251
It doesn't matter...
688
00:42:02,053 --> 00:42:03,520
It doesn't matter
how hard you hit,
689
00:42:03,522 --> 00:42:05,955
what matters is how hard
you can get hit
690
00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:07,257
and keep moving forward.
691
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:10,426
Whoo!
692
00:42:10,428 --> 00:42:14,264
[Cris] My dad, you know,
he hugs us a little longer,
693
00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:17,133
tells us
he loves us more than...
than usual.
694
00:42:17,202 --> 00:42:21,037
And, you know,
most importantly, stays coo
695
00:42:21,106 --> 00:42:24,307
and stays fly, stays funny.
696
00:42:24,309 --> 00:42:28,344
He keeps the, keeps that,
that Sosa energy alive.
697
00:42:29,014 --> 00:42:30,146
Yeah.