North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 811 Salamanca
Gus acted quickly. Mike arranged for the laboratory to stop working, and the people in charge of transportation and distribution on his side also received the news and began to hide. In the past, these notifications were handled by Tyrus and Victor, but now because of the interruption in the middle, some things had to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Victor had appeared at the scene where the drug maker Gail was murdered, and had to disappear after being discovered. It was a pity for Tyus because because of Jimmy, the person who had to do this had to be bold, careful and confidential. The most convenient person was Tyus, who was assigned to monitor Jesse Pinkman.

Everything was normal when Tyrus installed the tracker before. This time, when he went to replace the tracker, he was discovered by Jimmy. Obviously, Jimmy discovered it after the tracker was installed. This kind of vigilance is really scary. However, Tyrus' identity will definitely not be exposed. If it is just an official investigation, it cannot be linked to himself.

Gus didn't know what Jimmy and the others would do next, but there was no doubt that he had been targeted by the DEA. If he didn't want to cause any more trouble, it would be best not to do anything against Jimmy and to deal with the problems with the DEA and the police first.

However, Gus and the others have probably come up with an idea these days. Jimmy is investigating the attack on DEA agent Hank, which was done by the Salamanca family. This family also has an old man and a young man, but one is in Albuquerque and the other in Mexico. To connect them with the two killer brothers, a middleman is needed, and some other things need to be arranged.

For drug trafficking groups, they definitely have a lot of people, but most of them are low-level workers. There are not many people above the middle level because most of the middle-level people know a lot of confidential things. For Gus, the more secrets they know, the greater the potential threat to his team. So after Mike joined the team, most of the others were only responsible for one line of work, and key activities were arranged by Mike and Tyrus.

Now someone is needed to lead Jimmy to Salamanca without affecting the subsequent work of his team. This person is crucial. Now they have set their sights on Gus and must complete the arrangement as soon as possible.

The monitoring team returned to the DEA building to report. Jimmy looked at the three monitoring team members in surprise: "What happened? Did you lose your target?"

The leading agent nodded and said, "Sorry, we were disturbed by them. When we were tracking them, we were blocked by a car. The other party and the surveillance car ran away. We returned to the target's home and monitored it for a while. The people inside were still there, but the target did not appear again."

Jimmy nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Take a break first. We will need you to follow up when we have some clues."

We definitely can't complain at a time like this. The monitoring team was obviously trying to remedy the situation after losing Jesse's trail before. It wasn't intentional or out of dereliction of duty on their part. That was enough. Who could guarantee that every monitoring and tracking would be successful?
However, there are not many clues now, so Jimmy can only continue investigating. Gus is not his main target, so he still has to follow up on Jesse first.

The surveillance team took a break and Jimmy set out again. He had taken photos of Jesse's two friends before, one of them was a badger and the other was a thin man. Both were locals with traceable records and had obviously committed many small crimes in the past. Such people are common in every city and there is nothing special to pay attention to. But now that Jesse is missing, he must start with them.

But apart from them, there is another person who needs attention, that is the lawyer. It’s just that the lawyer contacts too many people, and it is easy to get into trouble by following the lawyer, such as complaints, so try not to touch him unless there are clear clues and evidence.
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Hank knew that Jimmy didn't have many friends in Albuquerque, so he still invited him to his home. This time it was a family gathering, and his brother-in-law and his family would also come.

Jimmy did not refuse. He had been working for a week straight and even if he was not tired, he still needed to relax.

Hank's brother-in-law Jimmy had met before, but it was a few years ago. When he first came to Albuquerque, he gave Hank an idea to let the DEA and the school cooperate to carry out anti-drug propaganda. At that time, it was his brother-in-law Walter who helped contact the principal, but when he met Walter this time, he found that he had shaved his head.

Jimmy: "Hi, Walter, good evening."

Hank had told Walter in advance that Jimmy would be coming over, so he wasn't surprised. He greeted Jimmy with a smile and then introduced his family.

The dinner was still very sumptuous. During the conversation, I learned that Walter had lung cancer, but it was currently under control. This was a very lucky thing, after all, the cure rate for lung cancer was not high.

However, Walter was still very concerned about Jimmy's investigation into Hank's attack. He asked about the progress of the investigation, but was declined by Jimmy. After all, this was a major case, and Jimmy would not reveal some things to the outside world before there was a result, even if Walter was Hank's relative.

Hank saw that Walter looked unhappy, so he quickly interrupted the topic, "Walter, Jimmy is from the FBI, they have regulations and restrictions, and these cases cannot be discussed. However, I can show you something good."

Hank moved his wheelchair, took out a CD from a bag and put it in the player. Soon a video of a man singing appeared on the TV. Jimmy took a look and found that the man on TV was Gail, the victim of the previous murder case. The singing was okay, but the low-quality green screen video and the lyrics in an unknown language still made people laugh.

But there were only three people laughing. Jimmy turned his head and saw Walter looking at the TV expressionlessly. Was his sense of humour so high? Did he not find it funny at all?
Walter: "Hank, what is this?"

Hank: "Oh, it was found in a previous case. This guy is the owner of the notebook I asked you about last time. Jimmy, I told you that Walter is a chemistry genius. The chemical formula in the notebook was told to me by Walter."

Jimmy: "Well done, Walter, you helped identify a high-level drug maker."

Walter waved his hand, "It's just a small favor."

Hank took the disc back and put it back in the bag. "It's a pity to have such a highly educated genius. If he put his mind on the right path, maybe he could create more good things."

He took out a copy of the notebook, looked at the inscription and said, "To WW. My star, my idol. What a pity."

Jimmy had read these materials several times and didn't care. Hank sighed and said to Jimmy, "If it wasn't for Walter, I wouldn't have been able to lock on to this Gale. He is a very emotional person. There are also poems and portraits of Walt Whitman, his idol, written on it. If it wasn't for drug making, maybe he could have become a writer."

Hank put the copy of the notebook back into the bag and patted Walter: "Thank you."

Walter just nodded and said nothing.

Hank clapped his hands. "Okay, let's stop talking about this and go back to the living room."

After chatting for a while, the Walters said goodbye, and Jimmy also left Hank's house.

Walter's family is really unlucky. Jimmy and Hank got a rough idea when they chatted tonight. Walter's eldest son has mild cerebral palsy and his youngest daughter was born not long ago. As a result, Walter, the head of the family, was diagnosed with lung cancer. Even if it is under control now, his life span is estimated to be short. He also lost his job as a school teacher. His family is not a wealthy family, and no one knows how the family will live in the future.

Jimmy sighed as he returned to the hotel. The hotel parking lot was cordoned off by the police due to a gunfight. Some cars could not park and had to be parked in the ground parking lot. For safety reasons, Jimmy chose a location facing the surveillance camera. Fortunately, he changed his car, so unless there was an insider who reported the incident, no one else would know that he was driving the car.
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Jimmy's investigation is still going on. Jesse appears again after disappearing for two days, but this time he takes a taxi directly back home, drives out all the messy people in the house, and then stays at home without going out.

The monitoring team also returned there, and Jimmy was waiting for their notification. Once Jesse contacted other people, they would immediately notify Jimmy, and this time the previous incident would not happen again.

Jimmy drove and stayed outside the office of lawyer Saul Goodman, staring at the lawyer from afar. There was a long line outside his office. Looking through the occasionally opened door, he saw a fat female receptionist in the reception room, and lawyer Saul was receiving his clients in the office inside.

These clients don't look very friendly, most of them look like street thugs. As expected, he is a vulture lawyer who specializes in serving gangsters.

"Agent Yang, we have news. Come back to the office quickly."

Before he got any clues, Jimmy received a call from the DEA office. He glanced at Saul's office, started the car and returned to the office. "What did you find?"

The agent handed Jimmy a photo, "Look what we found, these two guys."

Jimmy took the photo. There were three people in the photo. In the middle was an old man sitting in a wheelchair. The two bald men at the back looked very familiar. This photo was obviously taken secretly, probably from a long distance, but it could be identified that the two men were the killers who attacked Hank.

Jimmy looked up at the agent: "Have you notified Hank?"

The agent nodded: "I've already notified him, he'll be here soon."

Jimmy waved the photo: "Where did you get this photo?"

Agent: "We raided a drug dealer's den this morning and found a darkroom with some developed photos inside. This is one of them."

Jimmy: "Give me a copy. Also, are there any other photos there that are related to them?"

Agent: "The other photos were taken from a distance. There are no frontal photos. This is the only one that is the clearest."

Jimmy nodded, "Let's talk when Hank gets here."

Hank arrived quickly. Mary pushed Hank's wheelchair into the office and arranged for him to rest in a room on the side. Hank pushed his wheelchair to the conference room by himself. Jimmy handed the photo to Hank directly, "Is it them?"

Hank looked at the photo and nodded, gritting his teeth. "Yes, it's them. I finally found them. The guy in the middle looks familiar..."

The agent from before took a document and handed it to Hank: "Hector Salamanca, due to a stroke caused by untimely treatment of heart disease, is currently in the Serenity House nursing home and has no family."

Hank: "No family? Then who paid for his nursing home expenses? Keep investigating. I want to know all his information."

The agent nodded: "OK, I'll do it right away."

Jimmy smiled and patted Hank: "Okay, don't get excited, at least we have a clue, right?"

Hank took a deep breath and nodded. "The guy in this photo looks younger. Apparently he was taken a few years ago. I need to talk to the drug dealer. Jimmy, wait here."

The agent nodded, walked over and pushed Hank away.

It's normal that Hank didn't let Jimmy go with him to investigate, because the other party was caught when the DEA raided the drug dealers' den, and it was a drug trafficking case. Although the clues found were related to the attack case investigated by Jimmy, the main body of the case was still the responsibility of the DEA. Before they complete the investigation, it is not appropriate for Jimmy to intervene now.

As a victim, Hank will undoubtedly be able to find out the relevant information by personally participating in the interrogation, even if the means are not appropriate. There is no doubt about this.

A few hours later, Jimmy, Hank and others gathered in the conference room again, and Gomez was also picked up.

The detective in charge of the investigation turned on the monitor in the conference room and connected his laptop. "This is the information we found. This old man is Hector Salamanca. A few years ago, he suffered a stroke caused by a heart attack. After being rescued, he was paralyzed and currently lives in the Serenity House nursing home.

His closest relative is Tuku Salamanca, who was shot dead by Hank a few months ago for attacking him. He was arrested by the police for beating an old man, and during his imprisonment, he had a fight with other prisoners in prison, which led to an extension of his sentence. He is a local drug dealer and the leader of a small gang. From the current clues, they are related to Mexican drug lords, but the clues are unclear.

These two people are from the Salamanca family. Their names are unknown for the time being. We only know that they are related to Hector Salamanca. We may need to talk to Hector for details, but he has had a stroke now, so it is unlikely that we can get any results."

Hank's face looked very ugly. Based on the current clues, they ambushed Hank most likely because he killed Tuku. Of course, this also basically confirmed that the Salamanca family must be related to the Mexican drug cartel.

(End of this chapter)