Things in Albuquerque have been settled, and Jimmy can finally return to Dallas. All the things that are inconvenient to carry are stored in the warehouse. He hasn't figured out how to deal with them yet. Justin has already gone to Houston once. Asking him to come to Albuquerque seemed like a bit of a fuss.
Jimmy dragged his suitcase and took a taxi to the airport. He skillfully showed his documents, filled out the form and got on the plane with a gun. He successfully returned to Dallas and checked in at the hotel next to the FBI's Dallas office.
The next day, Jimmy changed clothes and went to the FBI office early in the morning. He went directly to Director Lambert's office as before.
Jimmy came to Director Lambert's desk with the file: "Good morning, Director Lambert. Sorry, I didn't find the suspect in this case." After that, he put the file on Lambert's desk.
Lambert looked at Jimmy and nodded: "You have been out for a long time this time, more than a month."
Jimmy also smiled: "There are so many clues about this eucalyptus. I found some possible clues, but unfortunately, I searched for it in Houston and Albuquerque for a long time but couldn't find it, so I had to come back."
Lambert: "Well, okay, let's put this thing aside for now. You go find Agent Ray Hope first and partner with him temporarily."
Jimmy nodded: "Okay, I'll go down first."
Lambert watched Jimmy leave the office, picked up the file, and put it directly into the drawer without opening it at all. Jimmy has come back, which means that his personal matters have been dealt with, and the information obtained before can be investigated and confirmed.
Lambert picked up the phone on the table and started arranging the investigation. In fact, for more than a month, Lambert and the others had not relaxed their monitoring of Jimmy's mobile phone number, but they did not check it every day, but would check it every few days.
Dallas, Houston, Laredo, Austin, El Paso in Texas, Los Alamos in New Mexico, and Albuquerque. Jimmy travels to a lot of places, and some places in between will be changed the next day. It seems that It looked like he had been driving or following someone.
Lambert also paid attention to these places to see if anything special happened. He did not find someone to verify some information in time. He was mainly worried that if someone investigated, it would interfere with what Jimmy was doing. Since he said that he should let him go Go do something and try not to disturb him in the middle.
Now that the matter was over, it was naturally time for investigation. He was also curious about what Jimmy had been doing during this time.
Jimmy came downstairs, but Ray was not in his office. Jimmy called and sat directly in his office waiting.
It was almost an hour before Ray came to the office. He greeted Jimmy and walked to his seat: "Hi, Jimmy, has your problem been solved?"
Jimmy shook his head: "It's too difficult, there are too few clues, and it takes a lot of time. Lambert asked me to partner with you temporarily. Do you have any tasks recently?"
Lei nodded, sat down, opened the drawer and took out a large folder, "I was dealing with a bank robbery recently, but I remember you were in the homicide squad in Manhattan, right?"
Jimmy nodded: "It's the homicide department, but other people have also been in contact."
Lei: "Okay, but you need to rest today. I have some other things to deal with. This is Yuzi's information. You can take it back and look at it."
Jimmy nodded, "Okay, I'm still at the hotel next door. If you need anything, call me. By the way, help me apply for a car."
Lei stood up, "No problem, come with me."
The process went very smoothly, and Jimmy felt that the people in Dallas were easy to talk to. Ray just took Jimmy through the process briefly, and the administrative staff just checked Jimmy's identity and gave him the key, allowing him to drive the car right away. , an old buddy Crown Victoria.
After driving away from the FBI office, Jimmy went to buy something to drink and then returned to the hotel. Just by looking at the thickness of the folder, you knew that what Ray was dealing with was not that simple. Jimmy opened a can of beer and opened the file.
The incident occurred at a bank in Princeton, northeast of Dallas. A few days ago, the bank was operating normally. At 10:13, a white man wearing a mask and a baseball cap walked into the bank. In front of a counter, he put his hands on his shoulders. He took off the bag and put it on the counter, then took out a piece of paper and handed it to the teller.
The teller took the note as normal, but saw the handwriting on it: "Don't yell, I have a gun, I don't want to hurt anyone, please put the money in my bag."
The teller was startled and looked up at the man. He put his hand in his jacket and pulled it out, allowing the teller to see his pistol.
The teller did not resist and took out all the cash from the counter and placed it on the counter. At the same time, he also triggered the silent alarm in the drawer.
The man put the money in his backpack with one hand, took a gun and pointed it at the teller, took two steps back, turned to the security guard, threatened the security guard to open the door, and left on the motorcycle at the door.
A few minutes after the robber left the bank, the patrol policeman came to the bank entrance. After understanding the situation, he reported the situation while driving in the direction of the motorcycle leaving, but unfortunately, the robber's location was not found.
The local police dispatched most of their police force to investigate the surrounding area, and reported it to the state police and FBI. The robber's motorcycle route was confirmed through surveillance. However, the trace was lost after leaving the city. At the same time, the motorcycle license plate showed the motorcycle and license plate. It doesn't match, it's a carefully prepared fake license plate.
There are no simple bank robberies. Jimmy has not experienced many bank robberies, but there have been at least 250-400 bank robberies in the United States every year since the 21st century. The detection rate is not high, less than 60%, that is to say There are at least a hundred bank robberies every year in which the robbers cannot be caught.
There is clear bank surveillance video of this case. Although he was wearing a hat and mask, his face shape, skin, and hair color were still identifiable. Although he had touched the counter, there were many fingerprints on the counter and they were intertwined, making it impossible to identify him. Normally extracting independent fingerprints, there is no way to determine his identity through this solution.
Moreover, the robbery was so well prepared that it was obviously a well-planned robbery. It is very likely that glue and other methods were used to avoid fingerprint retention. It is obviously unrealistic to rely on fingerprints.
The good news is that he put the decoy banknotes stored at the bank counter into his backpack, and all the serial numbers of those banknotes have been extracted. As long as these banknotes enter circulation, he can trace back to the source and reversely investigate the source of the banknotes, thereby obtaining clues to the source. Robbers.
The bad news is that if the robbers decide to seal the banknotes and not use them for a short period of time, it will be very difficult to retrieve them later, because U.S. banknotes circulate very efficiently and are used frequently across regions. The manpower required has increased exponentially.
The bank was not fully prepared. There was no dye pack at the counter that was robbed. If there were a dye pack, the dye pack would explode after leaving a set distance from the bank, destroying banknotes and the robber's exposed clothing. Dye it in various colors to fully expose him.
Not all banks prepare dye packs. Statistics show that only 30% of banks that were robbed used dye packs, and many of them were found discarded by the robbers.
Putting the eucalyptus aside for now, Jimmy drank his beer and looked outside. He decided to go shopping first and buy two pieces of clothes. Jimmy's clothes needed to be sent to the laundry, and there weren't enough clothes to change. Of course, the main thing It's a suit.
Jimmy had several identical black suits hanging in his apartment in New York, and this time he only brought two with him when he came out. Daily casual clothes are enough, but work suits still need to prepare one or two more for rotation.
Shopping is not Jimmy's strong point, because he is the kind of person who buys things with a clear goal. But after seeing a cowboy hat, he bought a cowboy hat. Speaking of which, when he came to the Dallas office before, Jimmy basically wore casual clothes and a cowboy hat the whole time.
To be on the safe side, Jimmy bought a black suit. Although it wasn't custom-made, it still fit him well. The suit Jimmy chose was an American power suit, mainly to make it easier for him to wear a holster. The body line of the American suit was not so close-fitting and could just cover up the holster and pistol under the clothes.
The next day, Jimmy came to the office again to wait for Ray's arrival. His hotel was a bit close to the office, which would definitely be the case when going out according to New York working hours.
Lei arrived after a while, "Jimmy, have you seen the movie?"
Jimmy nodded: "I've seen it, but there don't seem to be any clues about the robbers in the file. Do you have any suspects?"
Lei nodded: "We have investigated the surrounding surveillance and the people near the bank, and we have also released video photos of the suspect through the TV station to collect clues. There is not much that can be done now, and we will continue to follow the instructions today. The direction of the suspect's escape continues to be investigated."
Jimmy: "Is it just the two of us?"
Lei: "Of course not. There are still a few detectives, and the police can also be mobilized to help. Okay, that's the mission today, let's go."
Ray and Jimmy left the office, Ray made a few phone calls on the way to the parking lot, and then began a tedious and largely unproductive on-site investigation.
While Jimmy assisted Ray in the on-site investigation, Lambert's investigation was also underway at the same time, and a lot of the news he received really surprised him.
Now we have to investigate Jimmy's whereabouts and what he did during this period, and the plan is very simple. The whereabouts are mainly based on the location records of Jimmy's FBI mobile phone. This can be directly investigated in the FBI data. Lambert's authority is definitely sufficient. The investigation is not troublesome. First, are there any murders targeting gang members in the local area? Second, are there any mass disappearances.
On the Houston side, because it was Jimmy who called him at night, he knew at that time that Atez Houston's power had been uprooted. Now re-investigating, it turns out that among the people reported missing at the police station, there are more than a dozen gangsters and gangsters with bad records who have disappeared for a long time, and the time they disappeared was basically the same time as when Jimmy called to tell him that he had caught Morey Davis. consistent.
The situation is the same in Albuquerque. There are even more missing people there, and there are more than twenty people reported missing, all of which occurred during the time Jimmy was in Albuquerque, and there are also no clues.
Although there are shootings and disappearances in several other cities, most of them are single incidents and there are no widespread disappearances like Albuquerque and Houston.
What shocked him the most was that, according to the information from DEA informants, Azite boss Barrio committed suicide in his manor. At the same time, more than 20 security personnel in the manor died. According to the situation on the scene, it should be a sneak attack by a small elite team. of his estate.
According to the information obtained from informants, there were no more than three people who raided the manor, and they all used silenced weapons. The weapon left at the scene was an MP7 with a silencer. This is not a common weapon used by drug dealers at all. Usually only used by special forces soldiers or agents performing special missions.
Barrio's wife confirmed that one of the people who raided the manor spoke, and it was definitely in English, which led them to believe that the raiding team came from the United States. As for the reason why Barrio was attacked, no one could tell clearly. In fact, DEA is under great pressure now, because many people speculate that this operation is a beheading operation carried out by DEA.
The informants' information was already very detailed. Although the results of their speculations sounded quite outrageous, Lambert was basically certain that Jimmy was most likely responsible for this. The question is, how did he do it?
This was a cross-border raid on Barrio's manor, and he had to rush back to the country in time to avoid being discovered. This was very difficult, and it was impossible to go through the normal route.
Putting aside whether Jimmy had the ability to raid the estate like this, how did he get across the border and back?
Lambert thought of some speculations that Hughes had mentioned to him. Anyone who could achieve this level at the border must have something to do with the CIA.
Those missing persons also made Lambert very concerned. Jimmy only went out alone. From all aspects, he should not have the ability to deal with more than ten or twenty gang members at the same time.
Making people disappear is a very technical job, far more difficult than killing a person. Even if Jimmy is already a senior agent, it is not difficult for one or two people. If there are many people, there is no way to hide it unless there is professional assistance.
Lambert had to wonder what kind of background Jimmy had that could accomplish so many things in such a short period of time. Even the cooperation of CIA might not be able to accomplish so many things.
The CIA's domestic operations are more covert operations, or pretending to be other agencies. This ability to make dozens of people disappear in a short period of time is definitely not their strong point.
Lambert didn't wait for any more news. He called Hughes directly. It was not convenient to talk about many things on the phone, so he could only invite him to fly to Dallas for a meeting.
Hughes also knew the meaning of Lambert's call, arranged the tasks for others, and directly booked a flight to Dallas for the next day. In a club, the two old men met.
Hughes and Lambert chatted for a while, lit cigars, and Lambert handed Hughes a document.
Hughes leaned on the sofa and looked at the time, place, and major events recorded on the paper. These records were basically consistent with Jimmy's action trajectory.
Hughes frowned after reading the record and turned to look at Lambert: "So, he did all of this?"
Lambert nodded: "There is no evidence or clues pointing to him, but the time, location, and basically everyone from Azite should be enough."
Hughes tore the paper into pieces, picked up a lighter, lit it a little, threw it into the ashtray, and then destroyed all the scraps of paper bit by bit: "Who else knows these things?"
Lambert: "I don't know everything, but someone has been in contact with Jimmy. I don't rule out that someone with an interest can collect some information."
Hughes: "Are your people involved? Will they be exposed?"
Lambert waved his hand: "Our people were not involved in what happened here. They just took over a gang leader from Jimmy. The participation of the CIA group is indispensable here. Not to mention anything else, this matter in Nuevo Laredo is not something that ordinary people can do." Can’t do it.”
Hughes stopped talking and leaned on the sofa smoking a cigar.
(It may seem like kidding to rob a bank with a note, but there are real success stories. It was posted in advance today so you can see it early.)
