North America Gunman Detective

Chapter 1492 802: Gustavo Flynn

The collaboration between two federal agencies is not that simple, especially when one is in the northeast, New York State, and the other is in the southwest, New Mexico. They rarely have any interaction.

However, since both sides agreed, all that remained was to follow the procedure. Jimmy waited in Albuquerque for two days before being notified that he was to assist the DEA in Albuquerque with their investigation into the ambush on Hank by assassins.

Of course, the FBI isn't completely uninvolved. The Albuquerque office also received a request for assistance, but for this case, the FBI's involvement is led by Jimmy, and they mainly cooperate with him.

Intervening in someone else's territory is somewhat overstepping, but after making a call with Ruiz to inquire about the arrangements, Jimmy put away his reservations.

At the DEA office, a conference room was temporarily cleared out, surrounded by whiteboards, with several boxes piled in the middle of the table. Inside were all the case reports Hank's team had handled in the past year or two. These were the contents Jimmy needed to investigate.

Hank arrived in the conference room in a wheelchair, with a laptop connected to Gomez in the hospital. Today they would all complete the case analysis together.

Hank was the most familiar with his own case, so he explained the information for each case. Though, due to time constraints, they wouldn't delve into case details, discussing only information about suspects and potentially involved organizations, which was most suitable for him to communicate.

It was Jimmy's first time learning about DEA's routine work. Originally, he thought they dealt with ruthless drug dealers, but actually, most of the time they faced street thugs and gang members involved in drug trafficking. And because the DEA's jurisdiction is relatively narrow, there's not much they can do.

Judging from the materials spanning about a year, Hank and his team haven't really hit any major drug organizations; they mostly apprehended local gang members and raided some drug-making dens, without catching any cross-border drug organizations.

The DEA seems strong, but they haven't accomplished anything big. Maybe it's because the drug dealers here are more discreet, but if they only catch local small-time drug dealers without targeting the sources, the impact is really minimal.

Aside from these seemingly lackluster achievements, Hank's team did manage to find several locations where drug dealers hid their funds, which caused significant financial losses for the dealers. This result was quite a significant gain, as at least a sizable amount of funds would be added to the office's coffers.

Some things shouldn't be said in front of Hank and the others, but this was indeed what Jimmy thought after reviewing the data. The gangs are endless, whether in Albuquerque or New York. Jimmy knew this well. Even in such a powerless situation, Ruiz and his team still tried to target the infamous big gangs in New York. But the DEA, knowing that the U.S.-Mexico border is the biggest loophole for drug trafficking, and with Albuquerque being a key transit point that must be a focus for drug dealers, still only performed simple tasks, which indeed was hard to justify.

Of course, it should be noted that Hank's team is not responsible for cross-border operations. Coordination with the Mexican government to combat drug trafficking is mainly handled by the DEA headquarters.

But there were not entirely no gains; Jimmy saw complete profiles of two assassins for the first time. The photo information was much more detailed than what Gomez brought to the hotel last time, not just headshots, but including their clothes, personal equipment, and other small items. The only regret was that the disposable phones found on them had never been used, indicating thorough preparation.

Not entirely without gains, the two men's appearances were typical of Mexicans. Without fingerprints or tattoos to confirm identities, their only distinguishing feature was the skull design on their shoes' top, clearly custom-made. With enough time and manpower, it might be possible to find the maker in Mexico, but it would be meaningless, as Jimmy lacked the budget for personnel data. After all, it would be insufficient to investigate using domestic staff alone if they needed to go to Mexico.

At least the clothing on the two men indicated they were not short of money, meaning they weren't mercenary types. They must be high-level assassins within the drug dealers' ranks, possibly assassins raised by some prominent families. If there's a chance to understand more, this could be a direction worth investigating.

Jimmy's investigation didn't start from older cases but rather began by working backward from recent ones, only skipping back to older files when encountering overlaps with other cases.

"Heisenberg has already been captured?" Jimmy asked in surprise, looking up from the files in front of him. "This Heisenberg, is it that Heisenberg?"

Hank shrugged, "At least officially, he's recognized as that Heisenberg."

Jimmy: "So, how was this fake caught?"

Hank: "We ensnared a street dealer and set a trap for him to capture him during a transaction."

Jimmy frowned, looking at the files and photos, "This is too fake, how did they close the case? It's too sloppy."

Hank turned his head to look around, dropping the corners of his mouth, "Certain things have their reasons for being done that way at the time. Regardless, he confessed to his identity and accepted all the charges."