(about a lipstick mark in the mirror of the victim's hotel room) Somebody's got to kiss and tell.
S7 E4Sangre por Sangre
Torres' death leaves a void at the top of his crew, so I thought I'd look at his replacements might be able to avoid a street war if we can talk to them. So I'm gathering this as I go. Seems, Torres was the face of this crew, but Lisa Brigosa... she's the brains and Rick Devarro is the street muscle. Although, given his penchant for getting arrested, Rick's not too bright.
There's one other. Luther Devarro.
Any relation to Rick?
His older brother. Founder of El Puño, but more of an advisor at this stage of his career. I helped put him away 15 years ago. He was released last week.
Gasoline on the fire.
It's one thing to be a street guy, another to be smart. But it's dangerous when both those qualities are embodied in one person.
I've seen everything in these bottles: worms, spiders, live scorpions... whose venom, by the way, okay, makes this drink an hallucinogenic. [Hawkes makes a face] Uh, well, I... I... I don't know anything about that.
Mac Taylor [to Lisa Brigosa]: Last I saw you, you were in Catholic school.
LBLisa Brigosa
Back when I robbed nuns for fun.
(about Mac) Fernando. Take a look at this man. If you're ever stupid enough to get arrested, this is the guy you want to put the handcuffs on. He's a fair man.
Next generation. Teach them a little respect.
You've been away for a while. Things have changed.
Question is: for better or worse? In our time, it wasn't about guns. It was the knuckle game, remember? I had snap in my shoulder. I hit you, you were hurting.
What I remember is you beating a rival gang member to a pulp. That's what put you away.
Defending the neighborhood. This place has always welcomed me with open arms.
So did El Puño. What you started only got stronger when you went away.
Yeah, no thanks to you. Every couple of months, I'd find one of my men in the mess hall.
Didn't want you to get lonely.
Mac Taylor [to Luther Devarro]: I want to know if I'm gonna have a problem with your crew.
This your way of paying condolences? Last time I checked, it was one of my men who had holes burned into him.
And killing more people is going to make it right?
What's the alternative, turn it over to the NYPD? Cops like to see us as defendants or, better yet, deceased.
Doesn't have to be that way.
I didn't make the rules.
Mac Taylor [to Luther Devarro]: You want to teach the next generation? You tell them revenge lands them in prison or a grave. You're a man of intelligence. Reason with them.
Men can reason all they want. Machines got minds of their own.
I want your assurance that this is not the beginning of a war.
I hear your concern but I can't make that assurance.
Hazel Ortega [to Flack]: I didn't kill him.
You know, these talks would go a lot better if you weren't packing a 45, which is the same calibre used to kill Torres, by the way.
I'm good. I'm pissed. Hazel Ortega got shot in my custody.
And they would have killed her if you didn't get off some shots. There was nothing you could do. This was an organized hit and she was the target.
Adam Ross [to Hawkes]: Hey, what do you know about Fishzilla?
Sounds like a bad name for a monster movie.
Close... it's the nickname of that weird little thing I found at the bottom of the mezcal bottle. Yeah, its real name is snakehead fish, all right, and it's illegal in all 50 States.
Then it couldn't have been that easy to get. How did it end up at our crime scene?
Uh, I don't know, maybe it was left as a message. You know, these things are pretty vicious. They eat everything, even their own kind.
The message could be in the name. Snakehead... reference to the Mambas?
I'm trying to track down where you can buy these things and then maybe I can figure out who purchased it.
How are you going to track it down if it's illegal and off the books?
I... I know a guy that knows a guy that... knows a guy that knows another guy.
HOHazel Ortega
Where I grew up, there's a saying: people who see but keep their mouths shut are the ones who live.
FFFernando Flores
Why would I want to go anywhere else when I can learn from Mr. Devarro?
Learn from me? Learn from my mistakes. Fact is, you want to start out like me, you might end up like Panthro. Muerto.
(to Luther Devarro) A handshake used to mean something. An officer was shot today, and a civilian wounded. The ammo we found had your crew's signature on it. When a guy like you gets released from prison a week before people start getting shot, I don't believe it's coincidence.
Two shootings. Same signature.
One gang, El Puño.
So Torres' murder wasn't a rival hit by the Mambas; it was an inside job.
So, just like a snakehead, someone in El Puño's eating their own.
I want to talk to each one of their power players. Lisa Brigosa, the Devarro brothers, Rick and Luther and Fernando Flores. Each one of them is either a potential suspect, or a potential victim.
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