“They asked for money. I had to cough up because if I didn’t they’d take away my migrants. I knew those people, we were close. They were two Guatemalans and four Salvadorans from Santa Ana. If I didn’t pay, I knew they’d kidnap and torture them. Anyone who says they don’t have anyone in the States to send money gets burned. I know people who’ve had fingers and ears cut off. And plenty of them just get killed.” “And how do you know it was them?” “People say it’s not them. They say they’re gangs of nobodies, just delinquents who work for them. The real Zetas control these guys from the northern
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