Chapter 834 Street gang revenge?

A reply soon came from the FBI Little Rock office. Although no similar tattoos were found in the Arkansas tattoo database, a local gang agent recognized it as a gang active in Memphis, Tennessee, and occasionally in Arkansas. State infestation.

Memphis is one of the most important cities in the south-central United States. It is located at the junction of the three states of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. When it comes to this city, people who know a little about the history of this country can think of many familiar keywords.

The largest cotton and slave distribution center and trading market in the United States in the 19th century, it now has the busiest cargo airport in the United States and is home to the headquarters of Federal Express Company (FedEx).

At the same time, it is also the birthplace of blues, soul, and rock music. It is the Jerusalem in the eyes of music fans and the former residence of Elvis Presley. In addition, the famous Martin Luther King died here in an assassination.

And, of course, there’s the Memphis Zoo, which is notorious for its mistreatment of Cute Pummel.

Based on the tattoo that the restaurant waitress recognized, it was confirmed that the two gang members belonged to a Latino gang called the Seventh Street Vipers.

In a place like Memphis, dominated by dark-skinned gangs, the "Seven Street Vipers", a Latino-dominated street gang, can only be regarded as a small and unpopular gang. Alice easily found the relevant information.

"Louis Trevino, the leader of the Seventh Street Vipers, was convicted last month of racketeering."

"Isn't this right?" Jubal was a little confused. "We went through all the case information provided by the District Attorney's Office last night. Has anyone seen the name Luis Trevino?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison, and Aubrey replied, "Forget about Luis Trevino, I have never heard of the name 'Seventh Street Vipers'."

"That's because this is a federal case and a press briefing was issued only last Thursday." Alice found a report about the press conference and read.

"Federal officials would like to thank the St. Francis County District Attorney's Office for their assistance during the investigation of this case."

"This sounds like a very clear motive?" Aubrey raised his eyebrows.

Jiejie also nodded and said, "So this case was successfully convicted with the help of those three assistant prosecutors, and that press conference also made the people of the Seventh Street Viper Gang know the identity of the initiator, and the motive is indeed quite clear. Fully."

Alice's fingers continued to move on the tablet. "The problem is that Luis Trevino is currently being held in the Federal Detention Center in Forrest pending appeal. He has been there since his arrest."

"Perhaps he arranged for his subordinates outside the prison to do it?" Hannah shrugged and said without surprise. There were too many such things.

"How is it done? Visiting is prohibited until the final verdict is made, right? All call records will also be monitored." Clay was a little confused.

Jubal shook his head, "But the call with the lawyer will not be monitored. It is common for gang bosses to use lawyers to remotely control their subordinates in prison. I apply for a search warrant, who wants to go to prison?"

Aubrey and Clay volunteered. Compared to others, they had experienced the fewest cases. Running more errands was definitely a good thing and could increase their experience points.

The search warrant came out quickly, and as soon as the judge heard it was related to the murder of three assistant district attorneys, he approved it without hesitation.

Two hours later, Aubrey and Clay rushed back to the bar and handed a USB flash drive to Alice.

Aubrey looked a little excited, "All the phone recordings of Luis Trevino after he was imprisoned are in it. The last phone call between him and his lawyer was the day before yesterday, which was the morning of the murder of three assistant prosecutors."

"Then let's start listening to that recording." Alice inserted the USB flash drive into her laptop. After opening it, a bunch of audio files appeared, and she clicked on the first one.

A voice with a slight Latino accent came first, "Why is my appeal taking so long?"

Then came a voice with a slight southern accent, "Are you kidding? I have said before that I will not help you submit any documents to the court until I get the compensation I deserve. I am a lawyer, right?" Freeloader, Louis."

"Okay, okay, I understand, let my brother-in-law answer the phone." He said lazily with a Latino accent.

Obviously, the lawyer was not the only one on the other end of the phone, and the other party took advantage of the loopholes in the confidentiality principle.

"It sounds like this is not the first time they have done this." Clay's experience value increased by one. It turned out that as long as he got a lawyer, people in the prison could communicate with the outside world at will, and they didn't have to worry about the contents of the call being leaked.

Of course, doing this is very risky for lawyers. Once discovered, the lawyer's license can easily be revoked.

What follows is a conversation in Spanish, the second most spoken language in the United States because it is spoken by the majority of immigrants from Mexico and Latin America.

Everyone present can understand simple Spanish conversations, so there is no need for additional translation.

"Hai brother!"

"Listen Javier, my lawyer wants money."

"He thinks beautifully."

"No, we should give it to him and more, he deserves it."

The conversation was brief and ended in less than 20 seconds. Hannah was a little confused and said, "Deserves it? Didn't his lawyer lose the case?"

Jubal shook his head and said, "No, this is a code word. Luis Trevino didn't really ask his brother-in-law to pay the lawyer, but asked him to kill the lawyer."

"So they are indeed communicating in this way, so was the order to kill the three assistant prosecutors also issued in this way?" Clay analyzed.

Alice sighed, "It's possible, but there are at least hundreds of call recordings in it. I need some time to analyze them one by one."

"Don't worry, can you find out the identity of Luis Trevino's brother-in-law? The guy he calls Javier." Jack asked.

"This is not difficult. They also brought back the prison's visitor records. Let me take a look." Alice stopped clicking on the next audio file and opened a form instead.

"Javier Peretz, lives in Madison, not far from Memphis."

Jack patted the holster on his waist and said, "Take your equipment and let's go visit this brother-in-law."

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"Louis Trevino's lawyer is Scott Thomas, a 45-year-old partner in a small law firm. He has a poor reputation in the local area and often provides legal services to gang members.

I contacted his partner and no one has seen him since yesterday afternoon. In addition, I just checked all the call recordings and found no calls related to the murder of three assistant prosecutors. "

"Thank you Alice." Jubal hung up the phone and looked at the people who were checking the firearms.

By this time they had arrived in the small town of Madison, and a bungalow not far away was the home of the gang leader, Luis Trevino's brother-in-law, Javier Peretz.

According to information provided by the Little Rock office, he is the second in command of the Seventh Street Vipers Gang and its most trusted thug.

"I thought a guy like this would live in a slum with informants everywhere." Clay put on his bulletproof vest and looked in the direction of the bungalow with some disdain.

"They are just ordinary small street gangs, not a well-funded drug cartel. Their main business is fraud, robbery, and threats of violence to collect protection fees." Hannah helped Jiejie tighten the straps of her bulletproof vest.

Jack also added, "Don't forget that there are also selling illegal liquor and A goods. Shooting in the street is usually not their habit, assassination is. Making a person disappear is much more low-key than a public attack, and it is not easy to attract a large number of people." investigation."

"So you think the 'Seventh Street Viper Gang' is not the real culprit?" Jiejie imitated his example and began to check her Sig Sauer P320-XTen. The recoil of this sidearm was a bit too strong for her. It took me a while to get used to it.

"It's hard to say, but you're right to follow the clues. At least they do have a motive for committing the crime." Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Jack simply arranged the division of labor among the six people.

"Clay and Jubal will be responsible for the side door, Aubrey and Hannah will block the back door, and Jie Jie and I will make some noise at the front door and try to get him out of the house."

This is not a gang den, so there is no need to engage in a big battle. Everyone wears soft bulletproof vests and carry guns. The main purpose is to capture each other alive and extract confessions as much as possible.