Jacob Diaz

They work for Indio.

They're here for his protection and his guests.

Ole explained that there were over twenty guards in and around Palladium.

Simply being with Indio could get us killed.

Should I introduce myself to him?

asked Diaz.

No, grunted Ole dismissively.

He'll be dead soon.

They, the Beltranlevas, are looking for him.

Indio drank all night.

At nine in the morning, he was so intoxicated that several of his bodyguards had to carry him out.

They loaded their boss into one of six white Suburbans, and the caravan took off.

Ten weeks later, on April 21, 2010, Álvarez Vázquez, El Indio, was arrested in Cuernavaca, along with 18 members of his security detail, after a fierce shootout with the Mexican Marines.

Then, four days later, El Catante, Dagoberto Jiménez, was arrested in Mexico City.

One by one, Valdez Villarreal's allies were getting knocked off by the authorities.

These were the lucky ones.

Diaz was back in Orlando, some four months later, when he heard the news.

His friend, Rafael Aviles, had been killed by one of the Beltran Leyva hit teams hunting down Valdez Villarreal's associates.

Aviles and three of Valdez Villarreal's other distributors had been decapitated.

Their corpses were then hung from a bridge in Cuernavaca.