“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat

A contingent of armed hitmen from the Cartel del Noreste (CDN) appear on film in daylight hours. For this broadcast a captive male will narrate before the camera the events that lead to his capture. 

Names of guilty parties involved and the illicit narcotics being distributed are spoken aloud on film. The following interrogation has been said to have taken place inside the state of Coahuila. 


Video translation is as follows:

Sicario: Whats your full name?

Captive: Jose Torres Lara

Sicario: How old are you?

Captive: 21. 

Sicario: Where are you originally from?

Captive: Monclova, Coahuila. 

Sicario: Why were you detained?

Captive: Because I was found to have a nexus with a commander from the GATE (Special Weapons and Tactics Group). 

Sicario: What is the moniker of the GATES commander?

Captive: He’s known as El Mayor. 

Sicario: What does he specialize in besides being a corrupt piece of shit?

Captive: He distributes drugs. 

Sicario: Which type of drugs?

Captive: Crystal meth. 

Sicario: In which town?

Captive: It’s in the community of Luchana, Coahuila. 

Sicario: Who all does he distribute this drug to?

Captive: He has certain delivery points. In addition he also distributes to my cousin. 

Sicario: Whats your cousins name?

Captive: Ruben Gonzalez Lara. 

Sicario: Is there something that you’d like those pieces of shit to know?

Captive: Don’t get mixed up with those corrupt pieces of shit who are only collecting intel the way they did it with me. 

Sicario: Fierro. We are the absolute Operativa Coahuila. 

Gunmen all scream: We are the absolute Operativa Coahuila!

Sicario: We are the fucking absolute Northeast Cartel. 

Gunmen all scream: We are the fucking absolute Northeast Cartel!




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