[DEA official Mike Spencer sees Agent Pena viewing a gallery of DEA agents killed in the line of duty, specifically Pena's mentor Kiki Camarena]
It all started there. Before him, we didn't even know we were in a war. Another hot one down there for you, huh? You took down the big players in Colombia.
Yeah... we'll make new ones.
Don't turn a victory into a defeat, Javier. The Colombian super-cartels are gone. And whoever comes next are gonna be fighting amongst themselves for years. And they're still only going to be a shadow of what Medellin and Cali were. And now it's time to take the fight to the real enemy in The War on Drugs. "Mexico."
The real enemy?
Let me put in some calls. I'll make this bullshit resignation go away. What else is a guy like you gonna do?
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