THE ANTI-DRUG FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,
MEXICO AND COLOMBIA BAND TOGETHER TO DISMANTLE A
POWERFUL CRIMINAL NETWORK OPERATING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. CAPTAIN AMALIA ORTEGA,
AN UNDERCOVER AGENT FOR THE COLOMBIAN SECRET POLICE, LEADS OPERATION PACÍFICO.
A STORY BASED IN TRUE EVENTS
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How did you find me? -I spoke with Pedraza.
That's a lie.
Why did you come, Jones?
I brought you something, can I?
Paula. -He's clean.
His bag. Move.
I don't trust you.
Everything you do is for yourself.
Captain.
It's an untraceable phone.
You know.
This one is for you,
I have one,
Restrepo has one,
Pedraza too.
The only one missing one is General López.
That will be harder because they only let medical staff in.
Are those the ones we took from El Guapo?
That's right.
I believe you were wondering
how to get one of those, right?
You have three magazines.
I brought you some clothes,
I guess you need it.
How's Gabriel?
Safe and sound.
Hello? -Who's this?
Only one person has this number,
and I'm sure it wasn't you. Who's speaking?
I'm Major Vargas from the Colombian National Police.
I work for El Guapo.
Where is he? Is he all right?
Yes, he's all right. He needs help, that's why
he told me to call you.
Tell him not to worry. He'll receive a message
with instructions soon.
Leave him alone.
Excuse us.
What did you decide?
The enemy of my enemy is not my friend,
but maybe you and I can help each other. -Stop messing
around, García. You wanted to talk to me, now talk.
Vargas became a problem
for the association.
And for your office, I'm guessing.
And for your friend Amalia, right?
I'm listening. -Vargas got involved with us in Mexico.
He got in little by little,
and soon he made himself essential. But I don't trust him.
Would you be willing to
testify before a judge? -No, attorney.
I'm the one with the deal.
You get me out of here and I'll give you
the information you need to take him down so he can rot in jail,
or whatever you want to do to him.
Who says that once you're out,
you won't betray me?
I don't think they trust Vargas.
Otherwise I would be out,
and you wouldn't be needed.
Trust me, attorney.
The worst that can happen is
that I don't give you evidence, but a corpse.
No, no, wait a moment.
You have to understand, Guerrero,
I want Vargas alive for
that I don't need a corpse.
I want him alive, so he pays for everything he has done.
Tell me something, attorney. Is it useful the evidence showing
that Vargas killed the United States Ambassador in Colombia?
Do we have something, Jones?
Anything against Vargas, or other information?
Nothing for now. -I can't believe this.
We still rely on finding that card,
and Guerrero talking.
Well I have to go.
Jones. Thank you.
Take care, Amalia.
As soon as I know something, I'll let you know.
Lieutenant -Jones.
What do you think, Captain? -He's an idiot,
but he's a good friend. And he saved us.
I'll go take a shower, I need one now.
Go.
He said it was the 34. This one.
Okay.
Let's look for the key.
This is our last chance.
Either he was getting ready to party,
or he was a dealer. -That Freddy was full of surprises.
This shit has to be a joke.
Paula, answer the phone.
Paula.
Hello. -How are you, Amalia?
I heard Vargas got in
your apartment. -Yes but don't worry, Helena.
Everyone is fine.
Paula and I weren't there,
and we told Pedraza and Rojas just in time.
Are you in a safe place?
I am, but I don't know where
Pedraza and Rojas are.
And Paula. is now in danger. -Wasn't she with you?
She was here. but I went to take a shower
and she ran away with our guns. I'm sure she went after Vargas.
Dear God. We can't let her, or anyone kill him.
Guerrero wanted to do it to and I told him no.
Did you talk to Guerrero? -Guerrero proposed to help us
and give us information against Vargas. -That sounds nice, but
I don't know if we should.
Yes, but it's not that easy.
In exchange we would have to let him free.
How could we do that?
Of course not.
He guarantees us because
he doesn't trust anybody,
and the one he trust less is Vargas.
So he's willing to give us
the evidence that we need.
We can't let Guerrero free.
We gave lives to get him. Lives!
I know, Amalia. But it's the only way we have
right now to prove the criminal
that is Vargas. Without anyone dying.
We have to go. -Where to?
Where to? -To a safe place.
You told me this place was safe.
I wasn't counting on Captain Ortega escaping.
She will come looking for me,
and I don't want to put you in risk.
Where would we go?
Rodolfo Espinoza Roldán,
it's always a pleasure to receive
a member from the snake clan in this house.
Welcome to the Condor clan.
Thank you. -Senator Villegas.
I never imagined that
we worked for the same side, Major.
It's a surprise for me too, to be honest. -Go ahead
.but it is an honor. -For the same side?
That's right. I called the number and
Mr. Ignacio answered. We're here thanks to him.
I would have loved to meet you in other circumstances, Mr. Espinoza.
Please, Senator. Call me Rodolfo.
Okay, Rodolfo.
Don't call me senator, just call me Mr. Uriel.
Mr. Uriel,
thanks for answering the call that my people did from Mexico.
Gladly.
If I had known that we were on the same side I would've
offer a long time ago.
We would've saved all this inconvenience.
Luckily, we're here thanks to Major Vargas.
I was just doing my job.
She escaped. Come on.
Mr. Rodolfo,
How can I help you?
What do you need from me?
I have client in Europe and Asia waiting for my goods.
So I need to reactivate its production and distribution.
And I need help with Captain Ortega too.
Count with my full support.
Not only as part of the organization, but as a friend.
I know your father in law, before Fabiola was born.
I didn't know that. -You didn't have to know that.
Excuse me,
I have to answer this call.
What do you want Paredes? I hope it's important.
Keys? For what?
I need those keys right now.
Send a team. -Okay, Sir.
I'll give the order to get them right away.
It wouldn't be the first time
that the Snake and Condor clan work together.
So this would be like an alliance. -There's some areas that
we took from the guerrillas.
My people is working on them now.
They produce an excellent quality drug,
I'll put you in contact with them.
That's perfect. Thank you.
And as for Captain Ortega,
I guess Major Vargas could help you with that.
I'll give you Salvador,
he and his men will take care of your security.
Thank you so much.
I don't know how to pay you. -You will think
of a way later.
When I have everything ready.
I'll get to you, okay? -Okay.
Thank you for this, Major.
I was only doing my job.
Freddy was a dirtbag.
He had backup keys for the whole place.
The worst thing is that
the building administrator
didn't know that he stole even the shampoo.
The shampoo is nothing, but the money from the register.
Turn left here.
Now left.
What's
What do we do?
Go faster. Speed up, Lina.
Up, up.
I'm thinking about doing a tasty
broccoli soup every day.
You'll eat it, instead of pizza.
Say hi to mom, she's been recording this the whole time.
Hi, mommy.
What are you doing, boy?
Paula, what a relief.
What happened to you? Are you hurt?
No, no, no. I just twisted my foot. -What happened?
Listen to me, I went to Major Vargas' place.
I followed him, and I know where they're hiding El Guapo.
Sir, it's me. I can understand, Sir.
The organization has a clan, its name is the Condor clan here in Colombia.
Senator Villegas is part of it.
I don't know, sir.
But I do know that Senator Villegas is close with
Mr. Ignacio de la Fuente since many years.
Mr. Ignacio contacted us.
That's what we're investigating, Sir.
We know that each clan operates
independently, and the information goes to the higher ranks.
If there's two clans, there must be more.
I need you to find what those clans are, and how many are there.
Where they operate, who are the higher ranks of the organization, and
which is their function within the organization.
Is this really necessary?
Is not safe to go to your home. And if we go to a hotel
we have to check in with documents and they could track us.
Are you hungry? -Not so much,
but if you want we can grab something to eat.
To be honest I'm not hungry either.
I'm still afraid,
and I would have a drink.
It could be a bottle of. -Water?
Yeah, water.
I apologize, Díaz.
I forget that you.
That I have a drinking problem?
Yes, that.
I've been sober for six days. -How did you do it?
I spent nine years sober,
I think I can do it again.
I drank to drown my pain, Lina.
But it looks like they learned to swim
because I always end up screwing things up.
Nine years sober.
That means you started drinking very young.
When I was 14. When my mom died, my father
wasn't home. I used to hang out with boys from the neighborhood
and they did . other stuff, but I was scared of drugs.
I thought that alcohol was less dangerous.
What did you do? -It hurt.
When I was 18 my dad forced me to
enlist myself to do the military service
with the bachelors police. -Did that made you stop drinking?
Not even a little.
But I liked it, so I registered in
the School for Non-commissioned,
and there they judge me.
Then my dad died, but that time
a friend supported me.
Arias, entered at the same time
as me. We were inseparable.
Where's Arias? -Vargas killed him.
I'm so sorry, Díaz.
You and Arias were.
How can you think that?
I'm a man.
Oh, Diaz. Really.
I apologize,
but with the ring association,
the thing with the cadets.
I don't even know what anymore. - No, definitely.
Women are all alike. You want men who express themselves,
but I say something and
that makes me gay?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, okay?
Hello. This is a transfer order to a special protection center.
When? -Right now.
That special protection center sounds
really nice, but that wasn't what I ask for.
First we have to get you
to safety. You're not safe
in here according to some information that we have.
Let's get you to safety and then we talk about that other thing.
Okay, Then you'll have
what you asked for later. -Don't worry.
We'll go step by step. Take him away.
I was an idiot. I put myself in the hands of my enemies.
Every witness is dead,
so we don't have anything.
There's a tablet with every private's information.
Where's that tablet?
I had it at some point, but I gave it back to Vargas,
so he must have it.
Excuse me. Yes.
Amalia?
El Guapo? Where?
Lina, you shouldn't go to the university.
We're dealing with dangerous people.
What about
my parents' house? -Not good either.
A friend?
Díaz, when will this end?
I don't know. Soon.
I call you later? Only if you want, if not, that's no problem either.
Obviously I want you to call me.
Thank you for being so nice to me.
Good morning, Captain.
Okay. I'll be right there.
Where are we going?
To some prosecutor's house.
This is taking too long, no?
This dude talks a lot of shit, right?
You can't park there.
No, man. This car broke down.
I got it back from the mechanic yesterday. It cost a lot of money.
Get this piece of tin out of here.
Do you have something to throw it?
Bring some water.
Faster.
Díaz. In position.
Yes, Colonel. Give me a moment,
I'm getting to position.
Díaz, are you in position?
I'm on it, Colonel. -How are you doing, Sir.
I'm Salvador. Mr. Uriel sent me.
I'm your new head of security.
First we have to see what's happening over there.
As you command, Sir. -Don't you need water?
Not anymore.
Take it back. -Hey, man.
What was wrong with that truck? -It was nothing wrong
with that truck.
Did you check it? -Yes, sir.
From now on the order is this,
you shoot first and then you
ask questions.
Is that clear?
Are you stupid?
No, Sir. But it wasn't my fault I was---
Not being able to catch a drunk man and a student.
Sir, I had them right there---
I don't want excuses.
Go fuck yourself.
Bustos.
Tell me, Vargas.
You know that I'm close to do the same with you?
Do you understand that we have to catch that girl?
Of course.
Right? -There's an easy way to do it.
How's that? -We get a warrant and when
she uses her documents
the alarms go off.
Wow, is that a new system? -No, this is---
Then why the fuck didn't you say that before?
You wanted to go against me, right?
What the fuck do you want?
What do you want, Vargas?
Why do you have me like this?
You get me out of here and I'll give you
the information you need to take him down so he can rot in jail,
or whatever you want to do to him.
You wanted to sell me out in exchange of your freedom.
Okay.
I thought you swore loyalty
to the organization.
To the organization, Vargas. Not to you, asshole.
For me that's betrayal.
In every language, in any way.
And traitors usually go bad.
I only told that attorney what
she wanted to hear, Vargas.
.that's all, I'm no traitor.
Don't be an asshole.
Rodolfo, male.
The two.
Rodolfo, my man.
Welcome.
That's it. We're connected
to the DEA servers, so nobody can track us.
Thank you, connect the rest of the team.
Done. -What do we have?
The house where El Guapo is staying
is property of the Ochoa's clan.
Then it was unoccupied, and later
there was an expired ownership.
And now is owned by the
Society of Special Assets. A government entity.
What is the most popular drug dealer
doing in government property?
The same thing that makes the
Police Intelligence Director protect him.
It won't be easy to get in that house.
Díaz sent a lot of pictures.
Let me look.
There was four guards of a
security company this morning, one even had a doggie.
But later that day, these blinded
trucks show up full of people. Around 20 people.
Half get in, half stay outside.
Everyone armed to the teeth.
20 is a lot.
We have to get an army to get El Guapo.
Jones, could you get that?
Anything I get from the DEA's support
would have to go through the official channels.
Vargas would find out immediately.
What about our way?
How much would it take?
It would take some time.
We have to do something, now.
The only thing we could do is to build our own army.
No.
With Vargas working for the Intelligence and being how he is
he could find out about our plans.
The information would leak out.
We need General López for that. -López?
Yes, we need to build an army
with policemen and military men who trust López
and believe in his innocence. They could be retired cops,
the important thing is that they are trained, right?
I agree.
Who's going to talk to him?
They're looking for all of us.
The only one who can go
to the hospital without raising any flags it's me.
Be careful.
Yes. I'll call you as soon as I get there.
I'll be there.
I'm visiting my aunt who's in the 302. Yeah, I'll go.
General López will be release this afternoon.
I need you to get this order to the administration
so they startthe paperwork urgently.
Okay, ma'am. -Perfect.
General. -Jones.
Captain Ortega needs to talk with you,
this is a safe line and the number is registered.
Thank you, Jones.
Can I ask you for a favor? -Whatever you need.
Look for Nurse Jackie and ask her to come.
I'll do it right now.
Thank you.
There's Jones.
Hello, General?
Amalia.
Tell me how you are, Álvaro.
Good, Amalia.
They will release me.
I think they'll take me somewhere else,
to some place owned by the police where Vargas wants to take me.
Do you want us to get you out of there before that happens?
No, I didn't agree with your escape,
neither would agree with me escaping.
I'll face this.
Álvaro. -General?
The call got cut off.
I would have imagined anything but not
that you are using outlaw's technology.
Let's see the last call was to.
Vargas,
There it is.
Hello. -Captain Amalia Ortega.
A fugitive from the law, talking to a criminal.
That's fine.
I'm speechless.
I can tell you something, sooner or later you'll go down, Vargas.
Major. Good to see you here.
They told me you were visiting General López.
I was going to interrogate him
because I think he may know
where the captain is hiding.
Yes, it could be.
He may know that information.
What about this? Didn't you notice this?
I know this kind of phones.
El Guapo's people used it. What a disgrace, General.
I thought you were different but now I see that you are
just as corrupt as the rest of your team.
Calm down, Jones.
He doesn't have long.
Everyone has its time, Vargas.
I only wish that I'm alive
when your time comes.
That's good. For now you'll be taken to a
National Police quarter, and this
will be confiscated as evidence.
Rojas are you 100% sure that they can't track us?
Captain, if that weren't the case,
we would have intercepted El Guapo's calls a long time ago.
Okay, I'll call you later.
I don't think they'll do anything to López.
Doctor Restrepo.
Come in.
I didn't want to call from the office.
Now I think there's mics everywhere.
Why? What happened? -We have a big problem.
Guerrero is missing. -How can Guerrero be missing?
You told me you were going to
take him somewhere safe so Vargas doesn't find out.
Yes, but he found out.
It was Bustos or someone else.
Guerrero's transfer was this morning,
he had to be somewhere at a certain hour and he didn't get there.
They just call me, they found
an abandoned truck and two dead guards.
Do you think it was Vargas?
It was either Vargas or El Guapo.
Both of them wouldn't want
Guerrero to talk, right?
When they brought you I thought you were dead.
That fucking Vargas will pay.
You're here thanks to Vargas.
That motherfucker tasered me,
and must have drugged me.
Why are you laughing, Sir?
Don't you see that he got payback for what you did in Mexico?
Mister, please. I'll move the car right away.
Miss, can't you see there says
no parking zone?
I'm sorry Agent,
but it was just a moment.
Documents, please.
I only have money for gas, I don't have anything else.
Your documents, miss.
Yours and your vehicle's.
This is the car's, I'll hand you my ID.
Is it done? Everything in order?
I'm sorry, miss. You will have to come with us.
Excuse me?
Yes, there's a search request for you.
What?
No, Sir.
This must be a mistake.
Miss, give me that.
It's not time to be on the phone.
Are you serious?
It's serious, miss. Give me your hands.
My God. Calm down, I'm going.
From the first night they brought me to jail, Sir.
When we got out of Cúcuta. They interrogated me, in the attorney's office.
I was in jail. -Vargas told me he didn't know where you were.
That asshole is lying. He knew I was in jail.
He knew I was in the attorney's office. -What is he playing now?
I don't know. I don't have a clue, but I don't trust that asshole.
He has a lot of explaining to do.
I need my lawyer. -Of course, General.
You're right.
But that will be in confinement.
You know that I admired you from school?
You know that I don't, Vargas?
You know that I always thought you were mediocre?
Did you admire him too,
Agent?
Sure,
until I realize he's a sellout
for drug dealers.
Twisted.
Twisted?
That sounds weird, but it's true.
You're twisted, General.
We've been working together for
many years on the same side.
Gentlemen, I have to ask you
to leave because I have to
give the patient an injection.
Where's Jackie? -Her son is sick,
she can't come.
Jones, let's give some privacy
to the general.
You'll arrest him later.
Jones, tell me the truth,
what are you doing here?
I told you already. I was going to interrogate General López.
And you know what? I won't get out of here without doing it.
That woman did something to the general. Doctor!
Nurse. Nurse stop.
We have to watch the general.
Nothing happened, calm down.