Show: In Justice - 1x13
Jon, that's, that's spanish.
Is Sonya latina?
Yeah, that's great.
Thank you, ma'am.
Okay, bye-bye.
Charlie, look at this new case I dug out of my underwear drawer.
Yeah, that's quite impressive, Sonya.
But what is this right here?
Oh, that is where I drew stars around your name.
Ah, stars.
I sprayed it with perfume.
I have a minute to kill.
Don't make me chase you, you little minx.
Oh, come after me, come after me!
Get back here, you latina leopard!
N.J.P.
N.J.P.
Xavier Medina, serving life in prison for murder at donovan correctional facility in San Diego.
A new case?
Old case.
It just became new again.
How'd it do that?
I was working this case when I first came to the N.J.P., but it never went anywhere, because our key witness fled to Mexico.
And she's the only one who can support Xavier's version of events.
So?
Well, I have a friend that works at immigration, so I asked her to keep an eye out for this witness, a Lupe Huerta, in case she ever came back.
Well, I just got a phone call from my friend.
Lupe was apprehended trying to cross the mexican border last night.
She's being held at the I.C.E.
detention center in San Ysidro, San Diego.
Well, good.
We'll head down friday, ask for a material witness warrant, and they've got a great spa down there, too.
Actually, Lupe's going to be deported unless we make that plea in person in four hours.
Four hours?
And change.
That's when they start busing deportees back to Mexico.
Four hours, Charlie?
Yep.
This witness is our whole case.
I mean, if we lose her, we have nothing.
And if she's deported, we're never going to find her again.
So we move on.
It's not like we're lacking in cases.
We've got to chase some witness down in San Diego?
Come on.
No, this witness, I have...
Look...
I know at first glance, this case may not seem like much, but I've met Xavier, okay?
He could have taken a plea.
He would have gotten seven years, but instead he decided to let the jury see that he was innocent.
The D.A.
made the trial into a referendum on immigration.
Xavier didn't go to prison for murder.
He went to prison for being a mexican.
Sounds like a campaign bumper sticker to me.
Yeah, coach.
I hate flying coach.
It wasn't that bad.
You didn't have a kid projectile vomit all over you.
Keep going, Sonya. "
Question--come on, Xavier, we're your friends here. "
Just tell us why you did it.
Answer..."
I told you.
I found him, okay?
But your prints were found on the knife.
It was in his head.
I couldn't leave it...I couldn't...
He pulled the knife out?
Yeah.
You've got to love the smart ones.
Felix is my friend.
I'd never hurt him, never!
Look, maybe you guys were friends, but I have a witness back at the factory who said he saw you flirting with this girl, with Lupe.
Not flirting.
Lupe asked me to look for him.
Okay?
She could not find him.
All I know is, you flirt with my girl, I get angry.
So Felix was jealous, right?
He confronts you.
You fight.
He pulls the knife.
You grab it from him, kill him.
Justifiable homicide.
Seven years.
Ask Lupe.
She will tell you the truth.
Please.
Lupe's gone!
She's back in Mexico!
That's right.
Without Lupe, what have you got? "
Without Lupe, what have you got?"
That's all.
Okay, we'll find Lupe.
How much time we got?
One hour.
It shouldn't be too...
You are hereby remanded into the custody of U.S.
Immigration and customs enforcement for immediate deportation.
We'll find Lupe.
All right, I'll start the plea.
Let's split up.
Okay.
After you've seen the judge, please follow the red line to the east door.
Hey, sis, don't let them send me back to Mexico.
I'm your long-lost brother Eduardo.
Sorry, bro, you' going to have to stay lost.
Come on, I'm house-trained.
Look, I match your photo.
Okay, so I cut my hair.
What's the matter?
You don't remember me?
All those who want to self-deport, you want to go see the outermost holding area.
Where are you going?
Conti!
Conti!
We've just flown in from Oakland, your honor.
And I'm very much impressed, mister...
Swain.
We are searching...
David.
We have located a material witness in a murder trial, your honor, a miss Lupe Huerta.
We ask she be held in-country.
Take a seat, mr.
Swain.
Pat, get a lawyer from I.C.E.
down here, and someone find this Lupe Huerta.
Lupe Huerta!
Lupe Huerta, forward, please!
Lupe Huerta, forward, please!
Stay with her.
Stay with her!
Your honor, my client's trial counsel asked I.C.E to hold miss Huerta here if she ever were to ever surface back in 2002.
2002?
That's right, your honor.
Mr.
Swain's client was convicted and sentenced four years go.
So your guy was already convicted?
Well, what the hell's the shouting about?
We're seeking to overturn his conviction.
Hola.
�Que tal?
Hola.
Where are you from?
Colima.
�Y tu?
You don't sound like you're from Colima.
My parents are.
I'm from the United States.
You're waiving your right to a hearing and agreeing to be returned voluntarily.
Yes, sir.
No, no, wait, wait, wait!
She's a material witness in an investigation.
I'm a lawyer.
That's my witness!
She's agreed to a voluntary return.
There's nothing I can do.
I'm just asking that she be held here until we can resolve this.
Your honor, her testimony is vital to our case.
Well, the hold on her expired.
No special circumstances allow for her entry into the country.
David, she's self-returning.
Who are you?
Your honor, let me bond miss Huerta out.
I will represent her in the deportation hearing, which is in like, what, like a week?
Lupe...listen to me.
Xavier sent me.
We want to help you.
You were trying to come to the United States, right?
I just wanted to come here for work.
Okay, good.
We can help you with that.
We can help you come legally.
Just talk to the guard.
You don't understand.
Okay, help me understand.
Why are you running?
They will kill me.
Who?
Wait, wait, who?
Who?
Tell me!
Miss Huerta will be held until june.
Any objections from the government?
M.
Swain is making an end-run around I.C.E.-- Come on, ms.
Yee!
No objection, your honor.
Your petition is granted, mr.
Swain.
Hey, hey, bro, listen, I need...
I need a favor.
Oh, anything for you, sis.
Good, good.
Can you follow that girl?
The girl, the one in the yellow.
I'm Sonya Quintano.
The national justice project.
Oakland!
Don't forget!
National justice project!
Oakland, California!
National justice project!
So she said someone's trying to kill her?
Yeah, she said "they."
"They're" trying to kill her.
You have any idea what Lupe might mean by that?
No.
So Lupe's gone?
Yes.
We're hoping for a phone call from somebody who followed her over the border but...
Sorry, Xavier.
Are you saying, "I'm sorry we lost her" or "I'm sorry we cannot help you anymore"?
Xavier, we can't help you unless you give us something more concrete, okay?
I watch you on tv, for english.
Yeah?
What did you watch, "20/20" or court tv?
Court tv.
I don't like this...Cynthia Lady.
Oh, she's terrible.
She's mean.
You know, you think she'd be nice when you meet her, but she's not.
That blond hair...
Oh, my god, it's a wig.
David, could we just...
the...
case?
Yeah.
All right, look, Xavier, you said that you...
you worked with the victim Felix Desoto at the...
at the factory at the border, right?
Yes, we became friends.
We both had green cards.
We were studying to become american citizens.
We would test each other.
What is the 27th amendment to the constitution?
Congressional raises.
What year was it drafted?
1992.
Congratulations.
You now know more than 99% of all americans.
Now the prosecution said you killed Felix 'cause of Lupe.
They said that on the day of the murder you were seen trying to kiss her.
No, no, she asked me to look for Felix.
He left work early, and he didn't phone her.
Why'd she go to you and not the police?
She was illegal.
She did not want to be arrested.
All right, so you go looking for Felix.
What do you find?
His car next to the road, between the factory and my apartment near the otay mesa.
Prosecution said that you both pulled over there after work.
You fought.
And then...
Back away!
Back away now!
I found Felix dead.
I'm sorry.
I wish it sounded truer.
And you have no idea who killed him?
No.
Xavier Medina, mexican national green card holder.
Convicted of murdering his best friend Felix Desoto.
Conti, who gets to go to San Diego on this?
Anyone who doesn't ask who gets to go to San Diego on this.
Okay, what's the evidence against him?
The eyewitness account of the border patrolman who found Xavier with the body.
The fingerprints on the knife.
Good.
Victim's blood.
Good, all of which is consistent with Xavier's story.
Lupe asked him to find Felix.
Xavier finds him dead.
So what's inconsistent about Xavier's explanation?
Motive.
The factory manager claiming that Xavier was flirting with Lupe.
Right, right.
The factory manager Curt Walters.
We're going to need to talk to him.
Also, Lupe is an inconsistency.
Is she being paranoid?
If there is a "they" trying to kill her, has it got to do with our case or is it something else she's involved with?
I'll take knife evidence.
Brianna, you go to San Diego and talk to the factory manager.
Any questions?
Conti?
We're usually a team.
Okay.
Brianna, you want someone to go with you?
Someone who speaks spanish and knows his way around a churro.
Fine.
Okay, let's hit it.
I don't like that smile.
You like it enough to keep coming here.
So what now, setting my hair on fire?
Put out your right hand.
Science.
Thanks, Jake.
Don't worry, it comes out after three or four washes.
Okay, pick up that knife.
Good.
Now this is plaster, the same consistency as a human skull.
You're a cold-blooded killer.
Go.
Hard, right?
And the knife slipped a bit in your hand, didn't it?
It did.
You never thought killing someone was so hard.
Now pull it out.
Sword in the stone time, huh?
Thank you.
Now look at your prints.
That is what we scientists like to call smears.
You plunge the knife in, your prints smeared.
You yank the knife out, your prints smeared.
You with me?
I am.
Good.
Now this one.
Just take the knife out.
Okay.
These prints only smear in one direction.
You didn't plunge it in.
You only yanked it out.
Which just happens to match...
Your client's prints on the murder weapon.
Which means someone wearing gloves killed the victim.
Xavier came along, pulled the knife out.
Yes, or your client was wearing gloves when he stabbed him.
Then he felt so bad, he took off his gloves to pull out the knife so that the police would catch him.
Thank you, Jake.
Sonya, pack a bag.
We're heading to San Diego.
Up here is where I found your guy.
But I came over the slope up there, hit the light, caught him with the knife.
And you said you don't usually come out this far east?
Right, migrants head west across the otay.
What made you come out here that night?
I got a call from I.C.A.D.
dispatch to look for a group of illegals.
There are thousands of sensors buried under these hills to warn of border crossings.
You step on one, a light goes off in I.C.A.D.
And the sensor here...you said it was a group of illegals?
Right.
So the sensor tells you how many pass over it?
Yes, sir.
In real time?
Yes, ma'am.
And there were two passing over it that night, the killer and the victim, right?
No, four.
I don't understand.
The sensor felt four people pass over?
Or animals.
An animal heavy enough can trigger the sensors.
But you said it was a group.
What animal heavy enough to set off the sensor travels in a group out here?
I don't know, but if there were two other people out here that night, why didn't I see them?
Actually, if there were two other people out here that night, who were they?
Been shipped south of the border.
We're one of the last ones.
Thank you, N.A.F.T.A.
So about Xavier Medina-- you still think it was about a fight over Lupe?
Yeah, it's sad, really, but it's a weird culture here.
Most of these women...
they come from small towns where they're not supposed to be assertive.
They get here, they're working harder.
They're making more money than the men.
Everything gets turned on its head.
And then the women start making decisions for themselves, and the men get jealous.
Must be a long day.
How many hours do they work?
Oh, it's not so bad.
This morning's shift goes till 3:00.
Then we got an afternoon shift going till 11:00 P.M.
3:00.
Shift is over.
Here she comes.
Now what if she only speaks spanish?
Four years of college spanish, baby.
Hello, hi.
Uh, hola, senorita.
Mire, le ruego que me deje en paz, por favor.
Four years, huh?
I got the "por favor" part.
Uh, �me permite hacerle una pregunta?
�Son investigadores de la policia?
No, no, somos abogados.
Okay, ask her what she wanted to tell me about Xavier.
Yes, thank you, Jon.
You're being very helpful.
�Es verdad que Xavier mato a Felix porque estaba enamorado de Lupe?
Eso es lo que dicen, pero no lo creo.
Todo el mundo sabia que habian drogas en abundancia en la fabrica.
What?
What, what did she say?
Well, she said the rumor in the factory about how Felix was killed-- they don't think it was jealousy.
They don't?
Then �por que?
Drugs.
Of course I didn't say anything about the crystal meth.
That's 'cause you can benefit from workers who are able to work twice the hours.
No, because it was four years ago.
And you don't cross the drug runners, not if you want to keep your factory running.
Your trucks show up late.
The tires are slashed.
You act like you're in Mexico, mr.
Walters.
No, I act like I'm on the border.
It doesn't matter which side I'm on.
Do you still think Felix's death happened during a fight over Lupe?
Yeah, totally, completely.
Felix had nothing to do with drugs.
It turns out crystal meth is popular in these factories 'cause it helps the workers work twice as long.
Is Felix mixed up with it?
We don't know.
The boss says no, workers say yes.
Thank you.
Well, if Felix was killed for drugs, that would explain why Lupe was afraid of them.
Also why border patrol sensors picked up four people at the crime scene, not two.
Ah, good--progress.
We're going to the airport.
Where are you?
Oh, there was so much work, I thought I'd stay the night.
You heading back to Oakland?
My dad wants to see you.
What?
My dad wants to see you.
All right.
I'll call you back, Charlie.
Thank you, son.
David Swain.
Yes.
I don't believe we've m-- I was ten years behind you at Harvard.
Ignacio Cedillo.
Please, have a seat.
We just checked in.
Beautiful hotel.
Yes, it is.
You mind if I offer you a suggestion, mr.
Swain?
One lawyer to another.
That would depend on the suggestion.
Xavier Medina isn't worth it.
Isn't worth what?
The hassle.
You know, I don't do cryptic, mr.
Cedillo.
I'm fine with direct.
I'm good with angry.
So tell me, are we talking a broken leg here?
A financial hit, what?
I'm a laywer with one client.
The name will mean nothing to you.
I work hard to keep him out of the public eye.
And until recently, he's made himself wealthy with certain sales in Mexico.
Crystal meth.
My client isn't proud of his past activities, mr.
Swain.
And like any true penitent, he's trying to put them behind him, start fresh, legitimize his interests.
My client had nothing to do with the murder that you're pursuing, but he's worried that your investigation might bring some unwanted attention, and his peace of mind matters to him, so he's willing to purchase it.
Now we're getting somewhere.
My client is searching for a firm that will handle his corporate portfolio.
We didn't know the size of your retainer, so we guessed it.
If I stop representing Xavier Medina..
Daddy!
Take a look inside the envelope, mr.
Swain.
Charlie...
yeah, listen.
Do me a favor, would you?
Find out everything you can on an Ignacio Cedillo.
Yeah, thanks.
Miss...
keep the change.
They're called globitos.
It's crystal meth wrapped in a balloon.
And you think Felix was mixed up in this?
No, I don't think so.
He was afraid to do anything that might hurt his chances to become a citizen.
I was, too.
Xavier, I've been talking to an immigrion attorney.
Even if we can get you out of here, the chances..
But if my conviction is overturned, it will be like it never happened.
Yes, theoretically, that's the argument, but you see, the law is not that clear-- Mr.
Swain, I have done nothing wrong.
I have my green card.
I have been in the United States for more than five years.
I will pass my citizenship exam.
I will become a citizen, mr.
Swain.
Okay.
Cedillo works for Juan Garcia Rebollo, A.K.A. "
Lord of the skies."
Drug trafficker?
First class.
Crystal, coke, heroin, he pushes it all.
The name of his crew is hermanos de la a-go-nia.
Actually, it's hermanos de la agonia.
It means "brothers of agony."
Hermanos de la...
agonia.
And they control the routes in San Diego?
With an iron fist.
If anyone gets in their way, they make him into guiso, which means "stew," which is what a person looks like after being thrown into a vat of acid.
Okay, thanks, Jon.
Good work.
Are we in over our heads here?
Yes.
Way over our heads?
Yes.
You think this drug dealer did it?
Killed Felix?
No, but I think his toes will be stepped on if we find out who did.
What do you want to do?
It's costing us-- flights, rental cars, hotels.
It could be 100 grand before we're done.
And no sense we're coming closer to a habeas.
No.
You think he's innocent?
Don't you?
Yes.
Okay.
Hold on.
Sonya, it's your brother.
Can you tell him I'll call him back?
He says he's at a pay phone.
A pay phone?
What is he doing at a pay phone?
I don't know.
He says, "it's your long lost brother."
I don't know what that means.
Conti, it's Eduardo.
It's the kid!
What?
Thanks.
Hello, Eduardo?
Hey, sis.
How you doing?
Where are you?
Tijuana.
I miss you.
Did you follow her?
Yeah, sure thing.
Do you know where she went?
Better.
I'm looking at her right now.
The store's right up here.
When did you last see her?
This morning.
So are you a bounty hunter or something?
No, a lawyer.
A lawyer?
Lawyers do this in america?
Some do.
You know who else is in there?
Uh, yeah.
Her mom.
So you he a gun?
I did, but I got rid of it.
You saw her go in..the mom?
Uh, no, I talked to her.
Lupe!
We just want to talk, okay?
Please.
Lupe, stop!
Stop!
Listen to me.
I know you're afraid of something, but talk to us, please.
Xavier's in prison because of you, but you can get him out.
Please, Lupe, he needs you.
She doesn't know anything.
She thinks that I came back because I hated america, and I don't want her to worry.
Worry about what?
They killed Felix. "
They"?
Who?
He came to me at work.
He was upset.
He saw something.
He had to work the night before because the manager was sick.
That's when he saw the two men.
They were dumping something into the barrels.
What, drugs?
No, it wasn't about drugs.
He thought that they saw him, and he was worried they would kill him and me too.
So he told me to leave, to come back to Mexico.
Can you come back with us, Lupe?
You can tell the court what you know.
We can have you protected.
The court can protect you.
Xavier needs your help.
I'm sorry.
Okay, the barrels Felix said he saw..
where were they?
There are the barrels.
Okay, now I don't want an argument.
Got your phone?
Go back to the car, turn on the headlights, shine 'em down here.
If I give this signal...
or if anything happens, you call the police.
Tell 'em it's a 10-dash-108.
10-dash-108, okay.
Okay.
Go.
Yeah.
Hello.
You should have accepted the money, mr.
Swain.
It's hard to pursue a case without a client.
Victoria, get me the donovan correctional facility now!
I was lucky this time.
They're going to try again.
I've requested an expedited transfer until your habeas hearing.
When is this?
Well, we don't know yet.
But we're coming close to cracking this thing.
We found a body in an oil drum near the factory.
The police are investigating.
Whose body?
Well, we don't know.
A young woman.
Felix knew the body was there, and that might be why he was killed.
So these people who are trying to kill me in here, they-- Yeah, they figure they get rid of you, we'll stop our investigation.
So then a transfer won't help.
They'll find me wherever I go.
Punch a guard.
What?
Punch a guard.
They'll automatically put you in solitary.
No, then they'll extend your sentence.
No, you've got to punch someone who won't press charges.
Well, who?
What?
No.
Come on, David, one pop and it's over.
Why can't he punch you?
'Cause you're the lawyer.
That's more realistic.
I think I can make punching you look pretty realistic.
Maybe I could fake a punch.
No, no.
Not with the...
Come on, David, just take one for the team.
Why do people use sports metaphors when they want you to do something stupid?
Just a little bop in the nose.
No pain, no gain.
Guard...
You said you were gonna get me out of here!
You lied to me!
I want out of this place!
Let me out of this place!
Do you ever clean up?
Always.
That's just from this morning.
You study the autopsy report?
Yes, thank you, I love getting these photos around lunchtime.
What was your analysis?
The world needs more people like me.
Your analysis of the autopsy report?
The San Diego coroner got one thing right--the victim is a she.
From there, he's out of his depth.
The age, I put at 13, 14.
Anything about how she died?
Violently.
Tool marks on the rib cage photos from a knife.
Probably didn't put up much of a fight either.
How do you know?
Hi.
Hi.
I'll come back.
No, no, not on my account.
Jake, how do you know?
How do I know what?
That she didn't put up much of a fight.
Oh, well, a few healed fractures on her arms and legs, the kind you see on victims of abuse.
Also, her long bones show the presence of harris lines.
What are they?
A sign she was malnourished.
Malnutrition?
We were thinking she was a drug mule.
I doubt it.
Drug mules have to be strong with resilient bodies.
This girl was bordering on starvation.
Then what was she doing at the factory?
What's this?
What is that?
Look.
Yeah, it's a cross around her neck.
From Oakland?
Such a long way to come for such a small cross.
Well, we understand your town is known for them.
Yes, for many years.
The milagros are made from tin mined in the mountains here.
These days I understand you can buy these in New York and in China.
Global marketplace.
We think this one's authentic.
It was found on the body of a murder victim in San Diego.
A girl.
She was killed four years ago.
Unfortunately, that's a familiar story.
So you know of families who might have lost a daughter?
Follow me.
It used to be only the men crossed to the other side, but then the abductions began.
The abductions?
Young girls taken off the street in the light of day.
Nobody knew what happened until one day when one of them returned, starving, from California.
She escaped?
Yes.
At first, she could not even speak, and when she finally did, she spoke only of horrors.
She'd been raped.
Much worse.
She'd been held in bondage, starved into submission for the gratification of others.
Forced prostitution.
Global marketplace...
That's what Felix threatened to expose.
Not drugs.
And they killed him for it.
The question is, who's "they"?
Mr.
Swain, hello.
I heard about the attack on your client.
I'm sorry.
Wow, that looks like it hurts.
Only when I smile.
Well, let's not smile then, my goodness.
How's your client, by the way?
He's fine, thanks.
How's yours?
Good.
He was sorry to hear you wouldn't represent him.
No, I did do some research, though.
It seems your client has his hands in a lot of pockets-- manufacturing, transportation, a regular monopoly board.
He likes to diversify.
Yeah.
I don't remember the square for human trafficking.
Is that between boardwalk and park place?
Clearly you think you know something you really don't know, mr.
Swain.
Well, that's true.
We've been operating under the wrong theory.
We thought Felix was killed because he knew about drug trafficking.
Well, it wasn't drugs being trafficked, was it?
It was girls.
Daddy!
I'll be right there, son.
Come on.
One second.
We're still woing out the details, but we feel we have enough for a press conference.
Of course, they're going to want to know where we got our information, and we're going to have to tell them the whole story about the factory on the border, it's co-owned by your client.
I already told you my client has nothing to do with the murder.
That's true.
If we only had another name-- the name of someone who did know something about this, we could keep your client out of it.
Give me 24 hours.
Let's go!
Clear the way!
Back up!
Let's go!
The rest--one floor.
The rest of you, stand by.
Sweep it!
Go, go, go, go!
Clear!
Clear!
We found the girls.
Call for EMs.
Yeah, we code 10-4-7.
Additional b-m-s-2 location.
Oh, god.
Calmate, calmate.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
We're here to help.
We're here to help.
Shh, shh, shh, it's gonna be all right now.
It's gonna be okay.
We found Walters.
Take her to E.M.S.
He's downstairs.
That him?
Yeah, that's Walters. "
I can't live with the guilt anymore. "
I've done so many terrible things, "including ordering the death of Felix Desoto."
What are you doing?
Check.
And don't be hasty, hmm?
Mike.
I was asking for a name, not an act of vigilantism.
You read the letter, mr.
Swain.
It was suicide.
How convenient.
You knew he was the trafficker.
What I know is irrelevant.
Based on your information, we made some inquiries.
One cannot anticipate these outcomes.
He was a bad man who did bad things, mr.
Swain, and now he's dead, and his human captives have been delivered to their families.
We've done good together.
We have not done anything together.
Yes, we have, and it's impolite not to thank us.
You're welcome.
This is a very important day for all of you, and for me, it's a chance to do one of my favorite things-- welcome new members to our great democracy.
You all right?
No.
David, you had no idea they'd do that to Walters.
We wanted to get Xavier out.
We wanted justice done.
No, we wanted to get Xavier out.
We don't even know if Walters was the guilty one.
No, we don't.
Nothing's certain.
But we got an innocent man out of prison.
And that's...
Good.
Will the candidates for citizenship please raise your right hand?
Repeat after me. "
I hereby declare on oath..."
I hereby declare on oath... "
that I absolutely and entirely swear..."
That I absolutely and entirely swear... "
that I will support and defend the constitution..."
that I will support and defend the constitution... "
and laws of the united states of america..."
and laws of the united states of america... "
against all enemies, foreign and domestic..."
Smile.
You got a man out.
I can't.
It still hurts. "
So help me god."
So help me god.
Congratulations!
You are now citizens of the United States of America!
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Is Sonya latina?
Yeah, that's great.
Thank you, ma'am.
Okay, bye-bye.
Charlie, look at this new case I dug out of my underwear drawer.
Yeah, that's quite impressive, Sonya.
But what is this right here?
Oh, that is where I drew stars around your name.
Ah, stars.
I sprayed it with perfume.
I have a minute to kill.
Don't make me chase you, you little minx.
Oh, come after me, come after me!
Get back here, you latina leopard!
N.J.P.
N.J.P.
Xavier Medina, serving life in prison for murder at donovan correctional facility in San Diego.
A new case?
Old case.
It just became new again.
How'd it do that?
I was working this case when I first came to the N.J.P., but it never went anywhere, because our key witness fled to Mexico.
And she's the only one who can support Xavier's version of events.
So?
Well, I have a friend that works at immigration, so I asked her to keep an eye out for this witness, a Lupe Huerta, in case she ever came back.
Well, I just got a phone call from my friend.
Lupe was apprehended trying to cross the mexican border last night.
She's being held at the I.C.E.
detention center in San Ysidro, San Diego.
Well, good.
We'll head down friday, ask for a material witness warrant, and they've got a great spa down there, too.
Actually, Lupe's going to be deported unless we make that plea in person in four hours.
Four hours?
And change.
That's when they start busing deportees back to Mexico.
Four hours, Charlie?
Yep.
This witness is our whole case.
I mean, if we lose her, we have nothing.
And if she's deported, we're never going to find her again.
So we move on.
It's not like we're lacking in cases.
We've got to chase some witness down in San Diego?
Come on.
No, this witness, I have...
Look...
I know at first glance, this case may not seem like much, but I've met Xavier, okay?
He could have taken a plea.
He would have gotten seven years, but instead he decided to let the jury see that he was innocent.
The D.A.
made the trial into a referendum on immigration.
Xavier didn't go to prison for murder.
He went to prison for being a mexican.
Sounds like a campaign bumper sticker to me.
Yeah, coach.
I hate flying coach.
It wasn't that bad.
You didn't have a kid projectile vomit all over you.
Keep going, Sonya. "
Question--come on, Xavier, we're your friends here. "
Just tell us why you did it.
Answer..."
I told you.
I found him, okay?
But your prints were found on the knife.
It was in his head.
I couldn't leave it...I couldn't...
He pulled the knife out?
Yeah.
You've got to love the smart ones.
Felix is my friend.
I'd never hurt him, never!
Look, maybe you guys were friends, but I have a witness back at the factory who said he saw you flirting with this girl, with Lupe.
Not flirting.
Lupe asked me to look for him.
Okay?
She could not find him.
All I know is, you flirt with my girl, I get angry.
So Felix was jealous, right?
He confronts you.
You fight.
He pulls the knife.
You grab it from him, kill him.
Justifiable homicide.
Seven years.
Ask Lupe.
She will tell you the truth.
Please.
Lupe's gone!
She's back in Mexico!
That's right.
Without Lupe, what have you got? "
Without Lupe, what have you got?"
That's all.
Okay, we'll find Lupe.
How much time we got?
One hour.
It shouldn't be too...
You are hereby remanded into the custody of U.S.
Immigration and customs enforcement for immediate deportation.
We'll find Lupe.
All right, I'll start the plea.
Let's split up.
Okay.
After you've seen the judge, please follow the red line to the east door.
Hey, sis, don't let them send me back to Mexico.
I'm your long-lost brother Eduardo.
Sorry, bro, you' going to have to stay lost.
Come on, I'm house-trained.
Look, I match your photo.
Okay, so I cut my hair.
What's the matter?
You don't remember me?
All those who want to self-deport, you want to go see the outermost holding area.
Where are you going?
Conti!
Conti!
We've just flown in from Oakland, your honor.
And I'm very much impressed, mister...
Swain.
We are searching...
David.
We have located a material witness in a murder trial, your honor, a miss Lupe Huerta.
We ask she be held in-country.
Take a seat, mr.
Swain.
Pat, get a lawyer from I.C.E.
down here, and someone find this Lupe Huerta.
Lupe Huerta!
Lupe Huerta, forward, please!
Lupe Huerta, forward, please!
Stay with her.
Stay with her!
Your honor, my client's trial counsel asked I.C.E to hold miss Huerta here if she ever were to ever surface back in 2002.
2002?
That's right, your honor.
Mr.
Swain's client was convicted and sentenced four years go.
So your guy was already convicted?
Well, what the hell's the shouting about?
We're seeking to overturn his conviction.
Hola.
�Que tal?
Hola.
Where are you from?
Colima.
�Y tu?
You don't sound like you're from Colima.
My parents are.
I'm from the United States.
You're waiving your right to a hearing and agreeing to be returned voluntarily.
Yes, sir.
No, no, wait, wait, wait!
She's a material witness in an investigation.
I'm a lawyer.
That's my witness!
She's agreed to a voluntary return.
There's nothing I can do.
I'm just asking that she be held here until we can resolve this.
Your honor, her testimony is vital to our case.
Well, the hold on her expired.
No special circumstances allow for her entry into the country.
David, she's self-returning.
Who are you?
Your honor, let me bond miss Huerta out.
I will represent her in the deportation hearing, which is in like, what, like a week?
Lupe...listen to me.
Xavier sent me.
We want to help you.
You were trying to come to the United States, right?
I just wanted to come here for work.
Okay, good.
We can help you with that.
We can help you come legally.
Just talk to the guard.
You don't understand.
Okay, help me understand.
Why are you running?
They will kill me.
Who?
Wait, wait, who?
Who?
Tell me!
Miss Huerta will be held until june.
Any objections from the government?
M.
Swain is making an end-run around I.C.E.-- Come on, ms.
Yee!
No objection, your honor.
Your petition is granted, mr.
Swain.
Hey, hey, bro, listen, I need...
I need a favor.
Oh, anything for you, sis.
Good, good.
Can you follow that girl?
The girl, the one in the yellow.
I'm Sonya Quintano.
The national justice project.
Oakland!
Don't forget!
National justice project!
Oakland, California!
National justice project!
So she said someone's trying to kill her?
Yeah, she said "they."
"They're" trying to kill her.
You have any idea what Lupe might mean by that?
No.
So Lupe's gone?
Yes.
We're hoping for a phone call from somebody who followed her over the border but...
Sorry, Xavier.
Are you saying, "I'm sorry we lost her" or "I'm sorry we cannot help you anymore"?
Xavier, we can't help you unless you give us something more concrete, okay?
I watch you on tv, for english.
Yeah?
What did you watch, "20/20" or court tv?
Court tv.
I don't like this...Cynthia Lady.
Oh, she's terrible.
She's mean.
You know, you think she'd be nice when you meet her, but she's not.
That blond hair...
Oh, my god, it's a wig.
David, could we just...
the...
case?
Yeah.
All right, look, Xavier, you said that you...
you worked with the victim Felix Desoto at the...
at the factory at the border, right?
Yes, we became friends.
We both had green cards.
We were studying to become american citizens.
We would test each other.
What is the 27th amendment to the constitution?
Congressional raises.
What year was it drafted?
1992.
Congratulations.
You now know more than 99% of all americans.
Now the prosecution said you killed Felix 'cause of Lupe.
They said that on the day of the murder you were seen trying to kiss her.
No, no, she asked me to look for Felix.
He left work early, and he didn't phone her.
Why'd she go to you and not the police?
She was illegal.
She did not want to be arrested.
All right, so you go looking for Felix.
What do you find?
His car next to the road, between the factory and my apartment near the otay mesa.
Prosecution said that you both pulled over there after work.
You fought.
And then...
Back away!
Back away now!
I found Felix dead.
I'm sorry.
I wish it sounded truer.
And you have no idea who killed him?
No.
Xavier Medina, mexican national green card holder.
Convicted of murdering his best friend Felix Desoto.
Conti, who gets to go to San Diego on this?
Anyone who doesn't ask who gets to go to San Diego on this.
Okay, what's the evidence against him?
The eyewitness account of the border patrolman who found Xavier with the body.
The fingerprints on the knife.
Good.
Victim's blood.
Good, all of which is consistent with Xavier's story.
Lupe asked him to find Felix.
Xavier finds him dead.
So what's inconsistent about Xavier's explanation?
Motive.
The factory manager claiming that Xavier was flirting with Lupe.
Right, right.
The factory manager Curt Walters.
We're going to need to talk to him.
Also, Lupe is an inconsistency.
Is she being paranoid?
If there is a "they" trying to kill her, has it got to do with our case or is it something else she's involved with?
I'll take knife evidence.
Brianna, you go to San Diego and talk to the factory manager.
Any questions?
Conti?
We're usually a team.
Okay.
Brianna, you want someone to go with you?
Someone who speaks spanish and knows his way around a churro.
Fine.
Okay, let's hit it.
I don't like that smile.
You like it enough to keep coming here.
So what now, setting my hair on fire?
Put out your right hand.
Science.
Thanks, Jake.
Don't worry, it comes out after three or four washes.
Okay, pick up that knife.
Good.
Now this is plaster, the same consistency as a human skull.
You're a cold-blooded killer.
Go.
Hard, right?
And the knife slipped a bit in your hand, didn't it?
It did.
You never thought killing someone was so hard.
Now pull it out.
Sword in the stone time, huh?
Thank you.
Now look at your prints.
That is what we scientists like to call smears.
You plunge the knife in, your prints smeared.
You yank the knife out, your prints smeared.
You with me?
I am.
Good.
Now this one.
Just take the knife out.
Okay.
These prints only smear in one direction.
You didn't plunge it in.
You only yanked it out.
Which just happens to match...
Your client's prints on the murder weapon.
Which means someone wearing gloves killed the victim.
Xavier came along, pulled the knife out.
Yes, or your client was wearing gloves when he stabbed him.
Then he felt so bad, he took off his gloves to pull out the knife so that the police would catch him.
Thank you, Jake.
Sonya, pack a bag.
We're heading to San Diego.
Up here is where I found your guy.
But I came over the slope up there, hit the light, caught him with the knife.
And you said you don't usually come out this far east?
Right, migrants head west across the otay.
What made you come out here that night?
I got a call from I.C.A.D.
dispatch to look for a group of illegals.
There are thousands of sensors buried under these hills to warn of border crossings.
You step on one, a light goes off in I.C.A.D.
And the sensor here...you said it was a group of illegals?
Right.
So the sensor tells you how many pass over it?
Yes, sir.
In real time?
Yes, ma'am.
And there were two passing over it that night, the killer and the victim, right?
No, four.
I don't understand.
The sensor felt four people pass over?
Or animals.
An animal heavy enough can trigger the sensors.
But you said it was a group.
What animal heavy enough to set off the sensor travels in a group out here?
I don't know, but if there were two other people out here that night, why didn't I see them?
Actually, if there were two other people out here that night, who were they?
Been shipped south of the border.
We're one of the last ones.
Thank you, N.A.F.T.A.
So about Xavier Medina-- you still think it was about a fight over Lupe?
Yeah, it's sad, really, but it's a weird culture here.
Most of these women...
they come from small towns where they're not supposed to be assertive.
They get here, they're working harder.
They're making more money than the men.
Everything gets turned on its head.
And then the women start making decisions for themselves, and the men get jealous.
Must be a long day.
How many hours do they work?
Oh, it's not so bad.
This morning's shift goes till 3:00.
Then we got an afternoon shift going till 11:00 P.M.
3:00.
Shift is over.
Here she comes.
Now what if she only speaks spanish?
Four years of college spanish, baby.
Hello, hi.
Uh, hola, senorita.
Mire, le ruego que me deje en paz, por favor.
Four years, huh?
I got the "por favor" part.
Uh, �me permite hacerle una pregunta?
�Son investigadores de la policia?
No, no, somos abogados.
Okay, ask her what she wanted to tell me about Xavier.
Yes, thank you, Jon.
You're being very helpful.
�Es verdad que Xavier mato a Felix porque estaba enamorado de Lupe?
Eso es lo que dicen, pero no lo creo.
Todo el mundo sabia que habian drogas en abundancia en la fabrica.
What?
What, what did she say?
Well, she said the rumor in the factory about how Felix was killed-- they don't think it was jealousy.
They don't?
Then �por que?
Drugs.
Of course I didn't say anything about the crystal meth.
That's 'cause you can benefit from workers who are able to work twice the hours.
No, because it was four years ago.
And you don't cross the drug runners, not if you want to keep your factory running.
Your trucks show up late.
The tires are slashed.
You act like you're in Mexico, mr.
Walters.
No, I act like I'm on the border.
It doesn't matter which side I'm on.
Do you still think Felix's death happened during a fight over Lupe?
Yeah, totally, completely.
Felix had nothing to do with drugs.
It turns out crystal meth is popular in these factories 'cause it helps the workers work twice as long.
Is Felix mixed up with it?
We don't know.
The boss says no, workers say yes.
Thank you.
Well, if Felix was killed for drugs, that would explain why Lupe was afraid of them.
Also why border patrol sensors picked up four people at the crime scene, not two.
Ah, good--progress.
We're going to the airport.
Where are you?
Oh, there was so much work, I thought I'd stay the night.
You heading back to Oakland?
My dad wants to see you.
What?
My dad wants to see you.
All right.
I'll call you back, Charlie.
Thank you, son.
David Swain.
Yes.
I don't believe we've m-- I was ten years behind you at Harvard.
Ignacio Cedillo.
Please, have a seat.
We just checked in.
Beautiful hotel.
Yes, it is.
You mind if I offer you a suggestion, mr.
Swain?
One lawyer to another.
That would depend on the suggestion.
Xavier Medina isn't worth it.
Isn't worth what?
The hassle.
You know, I don't do cryptic, mr.
Cedillo.
I'm fine with direct.
I'm good with angry.
So tell me, are we talking a broken leg here?
A financial hit, what?
I'm a laywer with one client.
The name will mean nothing to you.
I work hard to keep him out of the public eye.
And until recently, he's made himself wealthy with certain sales in Mexico.
Crystal meth.
My client isn't proud of his past activities, mr.
Swain.
And like any true penitent, he's trying to put them behind him, start fresh, legitimize his interests.
My client had nothing to do with the murder that you're pursuing, but he's worried that your investigation might bring some unwanted attention, and his peace of mind matters to him, so he's willing to purchase it.
Now we're getting somewhere.
My client is searching for a firm that will handle his corporate portfolio.
We didn't know the size of your retainer, so we guessed it.
If I stop representing Xavier Medina..
Daddy!
Take a look inside the envelope, mr.
Swain.
Charlie...
yeah, listen.
Do me a favor, would you?
Find out everything you can on an Ignacio Cedillo.
Yeah, thanks.
Miss...
keep the change.
They're called globitos.
It's crystal meth wrapped in a balloon.
And you think Felix was mixed up in this?
No, I don't think so.
He was afraid to do anything that might hurt his chances to become a citizen.
I was, too.
Xavier, I've been talking to an immigrion attorney.
Even if we can get you out of here, the chances..
But if my conviction is overturned, it will be like it never happened.
Yes, theoretically, that's the argument, but you see, the law is not that clear-- Mr.
Swain, I have done nothing wrong.
I have my green card.
I have been in the United States for more than five years.
I will pass my citizenship exam.
I will become a citizen, mr.
Swain.
Okay.
Cedillo works for Juan Garcia Rebollo, A.K.A. "
Lord of the skies."
Drug trafficker?
First class.
Crystal, coke, heroin, he pushes it all.
The name of his crew is hermanos de la a-go-nia.
Actually, it's hermanos de la agonia.
It means "brothers of agony."
Hermanos de la...
agonia.
And they control the routes in San Diego?
With an iron fist.
If anyone gets in their way, they make him into guiso, which means "stew," which is what a person looks like after being thrown into a vat of acid.
Okay, thanks, Jon.
Good work.
Are we in over our heads here?
Yes.
Way over our heads?
Yes.
You think this drug dealer did it?
Killed Felix?
No, but I think his toes will be stepped on if we find out who did.
What do you want to do?
It's costing us-- flights, rental cars, hotels.
It could be 100 grand before we're done.
And no sense we're coming closer to a habeas.
No.
You think he's innocent?
Don't you?
Yes.
Okay.
Hold on.
Sonya, it's your brother.
Can you tell him I'll call him back?
He says he's at a pay phone.
A pay phone?
What is he doing at a pay phone?
I don't know.
He says, "it's your long lost brother."
I don't know what that means.
Conti, it's Eduardo.
It's the kid!
What?
Thanks.
Hello, Eduardo?
Hey, sis.
How you doing?
Where are you?
Tijuana.
I miss you.
Did you follow her?
Yeah, sure thing.
Do you know where she went?
Better.
I'm looking at her right now.
The store's right up here.
When did you last see her?
This morning.
So are you a bounty hunter or something?
No, a lawyer.
A lawyer?
Lawyers do this in america?
Some do.
You know who else is in there?
Uh, yeah.
Her mom.
So you he a gun?
I did, but I got rid of it.
You saw her go in..the mom?
Uh, no, I talked to her.
Lupe!
We just want to talk, okay?
Please.
Lupe, stop!
Stop!
Listen to me.
I know you're afraid of something, but talk to us, please.
Xavier's in prison because of you, but you can get him out.
Please, Lupe, he needs you.
She doesn't know anything.
She thinks that I came back because I hated america, and I don't want her to worry.
Worry about what?
They killed Felix. "
They"?
Who?
He came to me at work.
He was upset.
He saw something.
He had to work the night before because the manager was sick.
That's when he saw the two men.
They were dumping something into the barrels.
What, drugs?
No, it wasn't about drugs.
He thought that they saw him, and he was worried they would kill him and me too.
So he told me to leave, to come back to Mexico.
Can you come back with us, Lupe?
You can tell the court what you know.
We can have you protected.
The court can protect you.
Xavier needs your help.
I'm sorry.
Okay, the barrels Felix said he saw..
where were they?
There are the barrels.
Okay, now I don't want an argument.
Got your phone?
Go back to the car, turn on the headlights, shine 'em down here.
If I give this signal...
or if anything happens, you call the police.
Tell 'em it's a 10-dash-108.
10-dash-108, okay.
Okay.
Go.
Yeah.
Hello.
You should have accepted the money, mr.
Swain.
It's hard to pursue a case without a client.
Victoria, get me the donovan correctional facility now!
I was lucky this time.
They're going to try again.
I've requested an expedited transfer until your habeas hearing.
When is this?
Well, we don't know yet.
But we're coming close to cracking this thing.
We found a body in an oil drum near the factory.
The police are investigating.
Whose body?
Well, we don't know.
A young woman.
Felix knew the body was there, and that might be why he was killed.
So these people who are trying to kill me in here, they-- Yeah, they figure they get rid of you, we'll stop our investigation.
So then a transfer won't help.
They'll find me wherever I go.
Punch a guard.
What?
Punch a guard.
They'll automatically put you in solitary.
No, then they'll extend your sentence.
No, you've got to punch someone who won't press charges.
Well, who?
What?
No.
Come on, David, one pop and it's over.
Why can't he punch you?
'Cause you're the lawyer.
That's more realistic.
I think I can make punching you look pretty realistic.
Maybe I could fake a punch.
No, no.
Not with the...
Come on, David, just take one for the team.
Why do people use sports metaphors when they want you to do something stupid?
Just a little bop in the nose.
No pain, no gain.
Guard...
You said you were gonna get me out of here!
You lied to me!
I want out of this place!
Let me out of this place!
Do you ever clean up?
Always.
That's just from this morning.
You study the autopsy report?
Yes, thank you, I love getting these photos around lunchtime.
What was your analysis?
The world needs more people like me.
Your analysis of the autopsy report?
The San Diego coroner got one thing right--the victim is a she.
From there, he's out of his depth.
The age, I put at 13, 14.
Anything about how she died?
Violently.
Tool marks on the rib cage photos from a knife.
Probably didn't put up much of a fight either.
How do you know?
Hi.
Hi.
I'll come back.
No, no, not on my account.
Jake, how do you know?
How do I know what?
That she didn't put up much of a fight.
Oh, well, a few healed fractures on her arms and legs, the kind you see on victims of abuse.
Also, her long bones show the presence of harris lines.
What are they?
A sign she was malnourished.
Malnutrition?
We were thinking she was a drug mule.
I doubt it.
Drug mules have to be strong with resilient bodies.
This girl was bordering on starvation.
Then what was she doing at the factory?
What's this?
What is that?
Look.
Yeah, it's a cross around her neck.
From Oakland?
Such a long way to come for such a small cross.
Well, we understand your town is known for them.
Yes, for many years.
The milagros are made from tin mined in the mountains here.
These days I understand you can buy these in New York and in China.
Global marketplace.
We think this one's authentic.
It was found on the body of a murder victim in San Diego.
A girl.
She was killed four years ago.
Unfortunately, that's a familiar story.
So you know of families who might have lost a daughter?
Follow me.
It used to be only the men crossed to the other side, but then the abductions began.
The abductions?
Young girls taken off the street in the light of day.
Nobody knew what happened until one day when one of them returned, starving, from California.
She escaped?
Yes.
At first, she could not even speak, and when she finally did, she spoke only of horrors.
She'd been raped.
Much worse.
She'd been held in bondage, starved into submission for the gratification of others.
Forced prostitution.
Global marketplace...
That's what Felix threatened to expose.
Not drugs.
And they killed him for it.
The question is, who's "they"?
Mr.
Swain, hello.
I heard about the attack on your client.
I'm sorry.
Wow, that looks like it hurts.
Only when I smile.
Well, let's not smile then, my goodness.
How's your client, by the way?
He's fine, thanks.
How's yours?
Good.
He was sorry to hear you wouldn't represent him.
No, I did do some research, though.
It seems your client has his hands in a lot of pockets-- manufacturing, transportation, a regular monopoly board.
He likes to diversify.
Yeah.
I don't remember the square for human trafficking.
Is that between boardwalk and park place?
Clearly you think you know something you really don't know, mr.
Swain.
Well, that's true.
We've been operating under the wrong theory.
We thought Felix was killed because he knew about drug trafficking.
Well, it wasn't drugs being trafficked, was it?
It was girls.
Daddy!
I'll be right there, son.
Come on.
One second.
We're still woing out the details, but we feel we have enough for a press conference.
Of course, they're going to want to know where we got our information, and we're going to have to tell them the whole story about the factory on the border, it's co-owned by your client.
I already told you my client has nothing to do with the murder.
That's true.
If we only had another name-- the name of someone who did know something about this, we could keep your client out of it.
Give me 24 hours.
Let's go!
Clear the way!
Back up!
Let's go!
The rest--one floor.
The rest of you, stand by.
Sweep it!
Go, go, go, go!
Clear!
Clear!
We found the girls.
Call for EMs.
Yeah, we code 10-4-7.
Additional b-m-s-2 location.
Oh, god.
Calmate, calmate.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
We're here to help.
We're here to help.
Shh, shh, shh, it's gonna be all right now.
It's gonna be okay.
We found Walters.
Take her to E.M.S.
He's downstairs.
That him?
Yeah, that's Walters. "
I can't live with the guilt anymore. "
I've done so many terrible things, "including ordering the death of Felix Desoto."
What are you doing?
Check.
And don't be hasty, hmm?
Mike.
I was asking for a name, not an act of vigilantism.
You read the letter, mr.
Swain.
It was suicide.
How convenient.
You knew he was the trafficker.
What I know is irrelevant.
Based on your information, we made some inquiries.
One cannot anticipate these outcomes.
He was a bad man who did bad things, mr.
Swain, and now he's dead, and his human captives have been delivered to their families.
We've done good together.
We have not done anything together.
Yes, we have, and it's impolite not to thank us.
You're welcome.
This is a very important day for all of you, and for me, it's a chance to do one of my favorite things-- welcome new members to our great democracy.
You all right?
No.
David, you had no idea they'd do that to Walters.
We wanted to get Xavier out.
We wanted justice done.
No, we wanted to get Xavier out.
We don't even know if Walters was the guilty one.
No, we don't.
Nothing's certain.
But we got an innocent man out of prison.
And that's...
Good.
Will the candidates for citizenship please raise your right hand?
Repeat after me. "
I hereby declare on oath..."
I hereby declare on oath... "
that I absolutely and entirely swear..."
That I absolutely and entirely swear... "
that I will support and defend the constitution..."
that I will support and defend the constitution... "
and laws of the united states of america..."
and laws of the united states of america... "
against all enemies, foreign and domestic..."
Smile.
You got a man out.
I can't.
It still hurts. "
So help me god."
So help me god.
Congratulations!
You are now citizens of the United States of America!
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