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THE ACERO DYNASTY
How do we get the money if you can't go to Mexico?
I'm not going to get it.
I'm going to tell you where I hid it,
and you're going to get it.
Alright, idiot.
Let's see if your bulldog bark can keep up
with your puppy dog bite!
Hold this, hold this.
This geezer wants an ass whooping.
We need to watch out for what Teca does.
I don't want him to keep messing with the Acero-Quintanillas.
We'll have to play Trojan Horse.
There's no time to play right now, sweetie.
We have to be resourceful.
We have to take advantage now that Teca likes you
and cares about you. I don't want any more fighting.
I want to convince Teca Martinez to forget about this whole war.
Everyone else is expendable.
Understood?
-I said, understood? -Yes, sir.
Understood?
No, no, no! Felipe!
What's your problem, Mom?
I asked you to be discreet.
Is the problem because we're not married?
Why don't we just get married?
I just need information. I'm an FBI agent.
Relax. Put the gun down.
You have information on that woman.
Give it to him!
I think he's a narco.
Let it go.
If you kidnapped them, you're in trouble.
Shut up!
I want information about Vicenta.
Drop the gun!
Drop the gun! Go get the kids, run.
Drop it or swear I'll shoot.
I've told you three times, you don't need to tie me up.
-Shut up! -I just want some information.
I'm not... Put the gun down.
We don't believe you.
Move, -------!
Take it easy.
Now you're going to talk.
Did I kill him?
Tie him up.
Where's the rope?
Did I kill him?
Will I really have to shoot a gun?
It's not like we want to take anyone's life,
but when the Grim Reaper's staring you down,
you have to shoot.
It's your life or theirs, you get me?
You know what you're talking about.
How much experience do you have with this?
More than I'd like.
Will you ever tell me what you used to do before you got here?
You have to concentrate.
Face your target and focus on a tiny area.
Don't look at the entire can, just a spot on it.
Once you've got it lined up, take a deep breath
and as you're exhaling...
----!
-Oh my God. -Take it easy.
So you've also got unfinished business with Teca Martinez
and that's why you need me.
That's right, Vicenta.
Mr. Arturo knows a lot, but he can't set foot in Mexico.
Otherwise he would've already gone after Teca Martinez.
He's got unfinished business with many people.
Life is like a plane ride.
You can fly high, but it'll cost you.
We need top people like you to make him pay.
The biggest badass that side of the river.
You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
So much so that I had to pay... with interest.
Prison is very unforgiving, Vicenta.
New arrivals have to do chores for three months,
degrading oneself cleaning other people's piss and ----!
Make sure you clean real good now.
Get over here.
No...
You're nothing there without money.
Everything costs something in Puente Grande.
The government froze all my accounts
and left me penniless and unprotected.
Let's get out of here.
That's what that bastard Teca wanted:
To stomp on my neck to suffocate and terrorize me
so I'd tell him the whereabouts of his black book.
There, tied to the bars of your cell
in case you fall asleep,
you've got a lot of time to think,
to give the devil a chance to blacken your heart.
I considered hanging myself with that very same rope.
Every day there is an eternity.
They rob you and beat you.
There's not one moment of happiness.
Eleven years, Vicenta.
I became consumed by hate.
And I badly want revenge.
Do you realize what you're saying?
No, this isn't sudden at all.
-What? -We know each other...
Yes, we know each other...
No, Felipe. You're both too young for that.
You've got your whole lives ahead of you.
I'm not forcing you to marry Samantha
so you can be together.
All I'm asking is that you be discreet
because in case you've forgotten,
your brother and sister sleep right next door.
Sam...
We were going to do this before.
Before everything happened with Hector,
I'd given her a ring.
What's the big deal that we're doing it now?
She lives here anyway.
-You're engaged. -It's part of the plan...
Don't tell me you're falling for little Quintanilla.
Of course not.
Because I don't pay you for that.
I don't want you getting too close with that fool.
Don't forget all the favors you and your mom owe me.
Let's see.
I'd hate for his life to go down the drain.
Felipe.
-What? -Your mother's right.
I'm not ready to walk the aisle.
I don't even have anyone to give me away.
-Who cares? -I've been through so much.
I was 14 the first time my mom sold me.
Is that the story you want your kids to hear?
I love you, but you deserve someone
who belongs in your world, in your life.
Someone like your mom.
Sam, I don't care about your past.
I'm talking about our future.
Mr. Quintanilla, I have the DNA test you requested.
The baby is yours.
If what you're saying is true, I'll take responsibility.
It's not me saying it, it's the DNA test...
The gender's in there as well. It's a boy.
Get dressed so we can talk.
I hadn't been in jail a month when I learned
that Salvador Acero, your brother,
had killed Teca Martinez.
I was so happy at that moment,
but then I learned the bastard was alive
and behind bars, just like me, in the United States.
Everybody's got his or her own story, right?
I'm really sorry about yours.
I've got another question.
Sorry, but if I'm going to do this, I need to know.
Where the hell did you find all his drug contacts?
Where'd you find that treasure?
The Sinaloa Cartel, the Gulf Cartel.
I was even a consultant for the Cali Cartel.
None of those genius drug lords suspected
that Teca Martinez was my boss.
He betrayed him and turned him in to the federal police.
I was there the day they showed up at the house,
armed and screaming.
Your whiskey, Mr. Arturo.
Thanks, Mecha.
Did you sell another painting?
Don't move.
This is a raid.
Let him go.
-This isn't necessary. -Don't take him away.
Don't take him away!
Everything's going to be fine, Mecha.
Everything will be fine.
I thought Mr. Arturo
was an art collector or a painter until that day.
So what happened?
If you were that, how'd you end up working for Teca?
I met Teca when he came to buy works of art.
To launder money, just like Pablo Escobar back in the day.
I let him get to know me,
and he saw how good I was with numbers.
Mr. Arturo is fantastic with money,
like that king from those stories
whose touch turns everything to gold.
What's his name again?
King Midas.
That's right.
You didn't answer my question.
Sorry.
Nothing gets past you.
You remind me a lot of my daughter.
Why did I agree to work for the most powerful drug lord
in the world?
For money, like everyone else.
But no.
To be honest, I wanted to feel alive,
to feel that rush of adrenaline.
What's more, drug lords get offended
when they feel rejected.
Why fight the inevitable?
I didn't know Vicenta turned you on, Teca.
I'm just finding out about this. How can that be?
You've only met her a few times. It doesn't add up.
It doesn't add up because you suck at math, Tuti.
Haven't you ever heard that there's a thin line
between love and hate?
You're in love with Vicenta Acero?
No.
I feel for her what I'd feel for my Sarita.
I wanted to wring her neck but at the same time ---- her.
Women like her are hard to find and even harder to tame.
They're mares that put up quite the effort
but also have all the right moves.
I wanted to take care of my family,
my wife and daughter.
Or at least that's what I thought.
That I was taking care of them.
Is your family under the DEA's protection?
No.
I started revealing secrets in order to secure my freedom
and because of that, they disappeared.
I'm sorry.
PERDÓN.
I never... I never heard from them again.
I'm really sorry.
Yes.
Working for the Tijuana Cartel
was a mistake that cost me dearly.
I made them powerful, so I'm going to destroy them.
They say revenge is sweet, but it's not to me.
To me, it's dry and bitter like whiskey.
See?
The Acero-Quintanillas aren't the only ones
that want Teca six feet under.
You're the only one who's truly hurt him.
You killed Julian Romero, his only remaining son.
Let her go and I'll give you anything.
Know what I want, copper? I want Vicenta Acero.
Can you get her for me?
You gonna swap her for this one?
Tell me!
There's no negotiating with the devil.
Alright.
But if we're going to start this war,
we're doing things my way.
Just like you, I've lost many of the people I loved.
THE ACERO DYNASTY