PAL NORTE PART 3 ENGLISH

WITH EMPTY POCKETS AND THEIR IDENTITY DISCLOSED BY LAW AGENCIES. THIS IS HOW SOME
CRIMINALS END IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER DRUGS FROM MEXICO TO THE UNITED STATES.

SUCH IS THE CASE THAT INVOLVES ÓSCAR ANTONIO MORA AND FRANCISCO MARTÍNEZ MORENO. IT
WAS JUST ON SEPTEMBER 25TH WHEN COUNTY PINAL SHERIFFS CONFISCATED 191 POUNDS OF
MARIJUANA FROM A VEHICLE MORA WAS DRIVING. MORA HAD COMMITTED A TRAFFIC
INFRINGEMENT ON HIGHWAY 8 IN ARIZONA.

THIS IS PAL NORTE

ARIZONA INTERSTATE ROUTES ARE IN FACT THE ROADS THAT THE BURREROS [DRUG TRAFFICKERS]
PREFER TO MOVE THE STACKS OF MARIJUANA OR OTHER ILLICIT SUBSTANCES TO THEIR DESTINY.

“WHAT DO YOU WANT OR WHAT?”

NARCO ENTITIES ARE WILLING TO CROSS THE DESERT WITH 500 POUNDS OF DRUGS TIED TO THEIR
BACK.

"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY CAUGHT YOU"

SOT CARLOS GASTELUM MARIJUANA TRAFFICKER

"THREE TIMES."

CARLOS GASTELUM HIDES IN NOGALES, SONORA ANTICIPATING AN ERROR FROM BORDER PATROL
TO TRY AND JUMP THE BORDER FENCE.

SOT ZULEMA LÓPEZ EMPLOYEE OF A STORE IN NOGALES, AZ

"PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO CROSS, EITHER CLIMBING OR THROUGH TUNNELS."

AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT REPRESENTS A NEVER-ENDING THREAT AGAINST BORDER PATROL.

WE LEARNED THAT THE AUTHORITIES INSPECT AREAS, AT TIMES, INSIDE BUSINESSES.

LOPEZ "THE AGENTS ENTER AND INSPECT ALL AROUND."

ACCORDING TO MRS LOPES, BURREROS AMONG OTHER UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS,

"ENTER THESE BUSINESSES TO HIDE. LET’S PRETEND I AM AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT AND I

ENTER YOUR BUSINESS, I NEED YOUR HELP... HELP ME, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
I’LL FOLLOW YOU."

"NO ... NO ... I WOULN’T KNOW.”

SHE IS NOT READY FOR THAT ENCOUNTER.

BORDER PATROL IS AWARE OF THE DISPUTE FOR MEXICAN TERRITORIES BETWEEN DRUG CARTELS
THAT PRESSURES TRAFFICKERS INTO CROSSING THE UNITED STATES NO MATTER THE
CIRCUMSTANCE.

SOT DANIEL HERNÁNDEZ AGENT OF THE BORDER PATROL

"HERE, WE HAVE HAND PRINTS AND WE ALSO HAVE SIGNS THAT SHOW PEOPLE USED THEIR FEET
TO HOLD THEMSELVES AS THEY WOULD COME DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE FENCE."
LAST YEAR AGENT HERNANDEZ SAW AN INCREASE IN ARRESTS OF THOSE WHO TOUCHED
AMERICAN GROUND IN SASABE, ARIZONA ... 25 MILES WEST OF NOGALES.

"WE SEE BIGGER GROUPS IN THIS AREA BECAUSE POPULATION IS LOW HERE."

DESPITE A LOW POPULATION, SENSORS REMAIN BURIED BY THE DESERT OF SASABE, TWO BORDER
PATROL REVISION STOPS ARE STATIONED ALONG ROUTE 286 THAT ALLOW AGENTS TO INTERVENE
IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

SOT DRUG DEALER ALLEGEDLY SELLS HEROIN

"A WAR IS COMING IF THEY DON’T STEP ASIDE. THEY WILL LOSE THIS WAR. "

THAT’S THE MESSAGE THIS MAN, WHO SAYS HE’S A DRUG LORD, SENDS TO BORDER PATROL
AGENTS. HE REFUSED TO REVEAL HIS IDENTITY IN RESPECT TO THE SANGUINARY GROUP OF
CALIFORNIA HE ALLEGEDLY BELONGS TO.

"I AM A SOLDIER ... OF THE MEXICAN MAFIA."

HE CAME OUT OF PELICAN BAY PRISON IN 2014 AFTER BEING SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN JAIL. HE
MURDERER HIS DRUG-DEALING PARTNER.

"I PUT A BULLET TO HER HEAD."

"DID SHE DIE?"

"EASYLY ... SLEEPING."

HE ACCUSED HER OF STEALING 250 DOLLARS IN CASH FROM HIM THAT HE MADE AS PROFIT FROM
SELLING DRUGS.

"AS SOON AS I KILLED HER, I CHECKED HER PURSE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE HAD IN THE BAG?
MY MONEY."

TODAY, HE LIVES IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. HE SAYS HE PURCHASES 2 POUNDS OF CHIVA [HEROIN] PER
WEEK THAT COME FROM NOGALES, SONORA. HE AGREES THAT HIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN AFFECTED
AS A RESULT OF THE CONFISCATIONS THAT BORDER PATROL HAS PROCESSED AT THE BORDER.

“JUST LIKE THE SMOKE THAT LEAVES AS I SMOKE THIS MARIHUANA, THIS IS HOW THE SOLDIERS
WILL VANISH."

SOT DANIEL HERNANDEZ AGENT OF THE BORDER PATROL

"IT DOES NOT MATTER THE DANGER THAT EXISTS. WE WANT THE PUBLIC AND THE POPULATION
OF THE UNITED STATES TO LIVE IN PEACE."

AT BORDERS WITH MEXICO THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY ALONE, BORDER
PATROL HAS CONFISCATED 857 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA AND 6 THOUSAND OF COCAINE DURING
FISCAL YEAR 2017.

HERNÁNDEZ / "WE’RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING AND WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE."

DRUG DEALER "THAT IS TRUE."

HERNANDEZ "WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR JOB ACCORDING TO THE LAW NO MATTER WHAT."

DRUG DEALER "BUT AS I TELL YOU, I DIE FOR LA RAYA [MEXICAN MAFIA]. I AM READY ... WAR?
LET’S GO."

NECESSITY?

SOT MIGUEL PADILLA BURRERO

“PEOPLE HAVE TO EAT BROTHER.”

OR AMBITION?

IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION.