Law & Order Special Victims Unit s27e17 Episode Script
Deep Under
1
In the criminal justice system,
sexually based offenses are
considered especially heinous.
In New York City, the
dedicated detectives
who investigate these vicious felonies
are members of an elite squad
known as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
Anonymous tip to SVU said 6:30.
20 bucks says it's bogus.
50 bucks says you're wrong.
It's an abandoned
train yard in open daylight.
No corroboration, no names.
Griff, you do know what
anonymous means, right?
Whoever tipped us knew the location,
the time frame.
They reported it directly to SVU.
They even knew the right police code.
Yeah, it's not a state secret.
OK, all I'm saying is, half the tips
that came through Anti-Crime
were smoke.
This is starting to feel like a
And here we go.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I only take cash.
♪
♪
ESU, what do you got?
I count ten.
Two suspects still in vehicles, armed.
We need this clean.
Minimal bloodshed.
Loud and clear, Captain.
Got eyes on your target?
I do now.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- On your mark.
- Roger, Captain.
In position. Three.
- Let's move.
- Two, one.
- Go.
- NYPD!
Hands up, hands up!
- ESU!
- NYPD!
- Hands in the air!
- Get down.
Stay where you are. Don't move.
- Don't move.
- Watch it, watch it.
Down on the ground.
Show me your hands.
- Hands up.
- We're clear, Captain.
- Let's go.
- On me.
♪
Let's go.
Open it up.
Go.
♪
[GIRLS WHIMPERING]
- NYPD.
- It's OK.
Oh, my God.
It's OK.
We're the police.
You're all safe.
We're here to help you.
You hurt?
Are you hurt?
I don't think so.
We're gonna get you out of here, OK?
- OK.
- Don't move! Don't move!
Bogey westbound, on foot.
Go, go!
I got it.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hands over your head!
Help me get him over.
[MUFFLED GRUNTING]
- Velasco?
- Take me in.
- Take me in now.
- OK.
♪
Come on.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR BUZZES]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
On your feet.
Move!
It's OK.
I had the
cameras turned off.
You really gotta make us chase you?
- I had to sell it.
- OK, first of all, are you OK?
Yeah, I just can't
be in here for too long.
I'm with you. Take a breath.
But I need to know how this happened
and-and about the
tip that you called in.
Look, I'm deep
undercover for the DEA
as the muscle for a
street crew in San Diego
that has ties to a
cartel called Los Sin Fe.
Why is a West Coast drug cartel
trafficking women in New York?
Because we were
here for an exchange.
What kind of exchange?
I thought it was drugs for guns.
We had coke. We had fent.
But then the other night, I heard that
they were trading it for people.
And the DEA wanted
us to rescue the women?
No
- They don't know.
- Wait, what?
You don't trust your handler?
I can't explain everything
to you right now, OK?
I just need you to
know that there's more.
- More victims?
- Yes.
The exchange was one of two.
When does this second exchange
- go down?
- I don't know.
- Do you know how many women?
- No, not yet.
I just know that you
gotta start looking.
Now
- I'll reach out when I can.
- OK
- Velasco, wait, wait.
- You gotta send me back
or they're gonna think
that something's up.
Glenn Schaffner,
for Vicente Zavala.
- He's done here.
- Well
I'm sick of talking to myself.
You can have him.
Bye, Vicente.
Report from the hospital?
Yeah, minor injuries
on the victims we rescued.
Abrasions, bruising.
I'm assuming from transit.
I've asked for a rape kit
from anyone who consents.
Any luck with the IDs?
We did get a few
matches in Missing Persons.
OK.
So we have Angela Neumann,
Tanya Cortez, Madison Cleary,
all from the tri-state,
all with a record for prostitution.
We know sex workers are
at a higher risk of trafficking,
but we don't know how
they got in that truck.
And I assume we got nothing
from the other perps
that we picked up?
They're all lawyered
up with Schaffner.
I looked into him, he's
a known cartel attorney,
hired to protect their guys.
Other than that, nothing
else we could dig up
- on Los Sin Fe.
- Yeah, well
That's
why I brought in this guy.
Our guy is deep in.
That's all I need to hear.
- I know.
- Where's everybody else?
Uh, Rollins and Carisi went
away for a week with the kids.
And Curry
- That's a story for another time.
- Say no more.
I think it's best we
do this elsewhere.
My guys in Narcotics say
Los Sin Fe started in Mexico,
then popped up in San
Diego two years ago.
- OK, who's in charge?
- This guy.
Alejandro José Guevara,
AKA El Chiquito.
The Little One.
Cute.
He's wanted for
distribution, money laundering,
and he has a rep for ambition.
That's why he's expanding
into human trafficking.
He's just diversifying
his portfolio.
So he sends a crew all the
way to the east coast to do it?
Well, a guy like this
doesn't get where he is
without friends, so he probably
had a connect here who was already
in the trafficking business.
- Any idea who the connect was?
- No.
But Narcotics made
a call into San Diego,
and they think they know
who Velasco might be with.
- OK.
- Arturo Aguilar.
He's a shot caller,
point man, and enforcer.
Rap sheet for intent to distribute.
May or may not be
good for a dozen murders.
Yeah, but nothing
they can tie him down to.
Now, San Diego said he did
catch a crowbar to the dome
from a rival gang member, and rumor is
- he hasn't been the same since.
- Not the same how?
Oh, yeah, well, a
couple of months ago,
he thought one of his
guys was skimming.
He tied him to his bumper
and drove for 10 miles
- before he hit the brakes.
- OK, so he's a liability.
Why hand him the job?
Because he happens to
be Chiquito's younger cousin,
and Aguilar idolizes him.
- Velasco, how's he?
- Uh, on edge.
Not himself.
He's putting a lot on the line
trying to save these girls.
He's still got some SVU in him.
I'm betting the
cartel pays his bail.
He's out by the end of the day.
Along with the others we arrested.
By the time their
court date rolls around,
- they'll be long gone.
- Well, we need to rescue
these women before that happens.
Hey, Madison, are you hungry?
Can I get you
anything to eat or drink?
- No.
- OK.
Listen to me.
I want you to know
that you're not in trouble.
- You're safe here.
- You don't know that.
I do absolutely know that.
You have to help her.
OK, who's that?
Brittany.
My sister.
They still have her.
OK.
OK, Madison, so
Anything that you can tell me,
about where they held you,
anything that you can tell me
about the identity of these men,
will be very helpful
in me finding her.
Can you do that?
We were
Working for this guy
running an escort thing.
What is the name of this
guy that you worked for?
It was Tony.
I don't know his last name.
- That's OK.
- Um
he said we're gonna
do something different,
and we're gonna meet at this motel.
So I, I
we go there,
and there were these five other guys
I'd never seen before.
And
He told us,
that they sold us.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
OK.
And Brittany was terrified,
and she started screaming and crying,
and I tried to get her out,
but they put these hoods on our heads
and then pushed us into a truck.
And there were other girls there.
And that's when they
brought you to New York?
Yes, and then the
truck stopped moving,
and they pushed us out into this room,
and then they took the hoods off.
OK. Did you get a look at the room?
It was almost like it
was like a big closet.
And they left us in there
for a really long time
until they came back.
And, I was holding her hand,
but I
I-I couldn't hold on tight enough.
They took me, and they left her.
And she was
she was screaming,
and it's my fault.
Did you get a look
at any of these men?
Do you remember anything about them,
anything distinctive about them?
Something about their
voice or a tattoo or
The one guy that
was, like, the boss,
he I think he had
very long, dark hair.
- OK.
- And
and he had this scar on his neck
that was like that.
- Madison, that's very
- [PHONE BUZZES]
Very useful information.
Um
c-can you just give me one minute?
All right?
Hey, Bruno, I can't talk right now.
Yeah, I know, but you're
gonna want to hear this.
You got a visitor.
Agent Maggie Weber, DEA.
OK, uhm,
have her wait in my office.
Hey, Agent Weber.
Captain Benson.
Heard you saved the lives
of six trafficking victims yesterday.
I assume you're here about
the suspects that we arrested.
I'm sure they're getting transferred
into federal custody as we speak.
No doubt.
So tell me about this tip you got.
Uh, it came in on the main line.
It was routed to us, and
luckily, it was credible.
One thing about me, Captain,
I don't really believe in luck.
One thing about me, Agent,
is I like to get
straight to the point.
Joe Velasco.
I know the tip came
from my undercover.
You're his handler.
So we were very
careful with his arrest.
I don't doubt that.
My issue is that he wasn't
when he went around me.
Velasco told me about the trafficking.
I kicked it up the chain,
but DEA brass decided intervening
would jeopardize the Los Sin Fe op.
So, you're here to tell me to
let those women be sacrificed?
No.
Mm-mm.
I'm here to make sure
that whatever you do next
doesn't get my guy killed.
Sounds like you're
worried about him.
Well, he's solid.
But lately, he's been reporting less
and spending more time inside.
- Why do you think that is?
- I don't know.
But since he was
your guy not long ago,
I thought you might.
[SIGHS]
All I know is that I have a victim
whose sister is still missing,
along with other women
who are being trafficked.
And I want that off
my conscience, too,
which is why I want to
cooperate off the books.
So how about we start by
trying to identify the captors?
OK.
Uh, long, dark hair, ear to ear
Scar.
Hector Lozano.
He's Los Sin Fe's east
coast trafficking connect.
I'm always sorry the
guy who cut his throat
didn't finish the job.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Someone got here first.
- Go.
- NYPD!
ESU!
Body.
Clear!
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
What?
Come on.
You wanted to touch
me, you could ask me.
- Arturo's orders.
- Where is everyone?
Sent back to California.
Didn't say why.
You're good.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I really appreciate you
sending me that lawyer.
I'm gonna talk to Vicente.
Here if you need me.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
Sit down.
I heard that you gave 'em
hell trying to get out of there.
Those dirty cops,
they try to break you?
They tried.
They failed.
Look, if I knew, you
would know, Arturo.
You know, when I was younger
[SIGHS]
I thought that loyalty was loud
That to prove yourself,
you made it known.
Then my cousin, he
taught me that loyalty,
true loyalty, is quiet.
It's listening,
doing what you're told, and when.
I guess that's why
I'm still here, right?
That's why you're still here.
So I have to ask you.
Of course, you can trust me.
All right.
Go get Benny.
Go get Luis.
Cops, they took our van.
We're gonna need new cars.
We're gonna need new cars.
[KNOCKING]
[RAPID KNOCKING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Is someone knocking?
Yeah, honey. Just stay there.
♪
How did you get past my door man?
Should probably get your super
to check the door on the roof.
Hey, Joe.
Hey, kid.
It's OK, honey.
Go back to bed.
We're good.
I don't have to worry about
Noah ratting me out, do I?
Well, I don't know.
He's hit quite a rebellious streak.
Listen, I got something.
Hey, shh.
A fabric wholesaler,
Amsterdam Textiles.
Am I supposed to know what that is?
That's where the
cartel is getting the van
to transport the victims since
you took ours during the raid.
Well, if you have
the plates, we'll track it.
I don't have them.
Somebody else picked them up.
- Listen, I know it's not much
- No, but it's a start.
I'll have Bruno and
Griffin look into it.
Listen, I also got something.
- OK.
- Uh, I got a visit,
from your handler at the DEA.
Weber?
What does she want?
She figured out that
you were the tipster.
- She wasn't mad?
- No, surprisingly not.
Look, she's on your side,
and she's as concerned
about you, Velasco, as I am.
Look.
Look, look, look.
I really appreciate you
both looking out for me,
but I'm good.
So why is it that we both think
that there's something
that you're not telling us?
We found Hector Lozano today.
He was murdered.
And, Weber suspects,
that it was your enforcer, Aguilar.
And for that reason,
I am gonna ask you to consider
- having Weber pull you out.
- I can't.
- I can't do that.
- We can work the case
from the outside in,
we're gonna find these girls.
I said no, Captain.
Six months ago, when I left SVU,
you told me to go where
I'd do the most good.
At what cost?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I gotta go.
♪
[DOOR SHUTS]
Hey, sorry, we're not open yet.
Are you the owner, Manuel Rojas?
What's the problem?
We're here to figure that out.
How many vans you got, Manuel?
For the business?
Just one.
Yeah?
Where is it?
Not here.
Um
One of my guys had to make a delivery.
We're very busy right now.
OK, well, you just said
you're not open yet, so
You don't understand.
Help us understand, Manuel.
They came here, two men.
Threatened to kill my grandchildren
if I didn't cooperate,
if I talk to cops.
Oh, God. [MUTTERS]
Hey, we will do everything
we can to protect you.
We'll put an officer
outside your business,
with your family if necessary.
Did these men mention their names?
[SIGHS] No.
They just said they needed my van.
Didn't say where it was going.
I'm guessing they
didn't give you a number,
some way to reach them?
No, they didn't say anything else.
I tried to tell them no.
I swear.
OK, we believe you, OK?
We just we need any information
you can give us about the van.
I have the paperwork,
the license plate,
registration, everything.
Looks like Velasco was two for two.
Yeah, I'll call it in.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[KNOCKS]
Arturo send you?
I'm here unofficially.
♪
So how do you like New York?
Hate the weather.
Cold's kind of nice.
I've always wanted to see snow.
Maybe we should stay a little longer.
Oh yeah?
Then what?
And then buy some big, dumb coats.
And then I lose my gloves,
but then I blame
you for stealing them.
Impossible.
Your gloves wouldn't fit my hand.
Why, 'cause you're so big and tough?
[DOOR RATTLES]
- Who is it?
- Sorry. Housekeeping.
Uh, no, thanks.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[SIGHS]
You heard from Arturo?
He barely says
anything to me anymore.
He's probably just being
extra careful after the raid.
Yeah, that's probably
why he killed Hector.
- Hector was a rat?
- I don't know.
Arturo just said he had a feeling
Hector couldn't be trusted.
A couple years ago, that
would have been a warning,
but now it's just over.
He's getting worse too.
He's getting high on his own supply.
He's
He's looking at me weird.
What do you mean?
I mean, I used to
be good at pretending
Saying the right thing
Being able to read him.
That's
That's how I survived.
Vicente, I want to get out.
I want to run, just
like we talked about.
Come here.
We will, just not right now.
It's not the right time.
It's too hot.
One day it will be.
And who knows?
Maybe we'll come back to New York
and get a studio for 10 grand a month.
- [LAUGHS]
- Nothing crazy.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey, baby.
Hey, what's wrong?
OK, sure.
Yeah, when?
OK.
OK, bye.
The exchange is going down tonight.
He wants everybody
back at the restaurant.
OK.
He did not sound good.
It's all good.
Don't worry.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[METAL CLATTERING]
♪
Losing your touch.
You tailing me isn't smart, Fin.
Neither is you shacking up
with your point man's woman.
You're crazy.
I'm using her for access.
I'm trying to find these women.
Really?
I saw you coming out of that room.
If that's all I thought this was,
I wouldn't be here.
It did start as access.
And she doesn't participate.
She just hears things,
and she'll whisper to me.
Then after a while, it just stopped
Stopped feeling like work.
You know, we both got jumped in young.
It just felt safe.
Only thing, you became a cop.
Yeah, and she got
caught up with Aguilar,
and dude is paranoid on a good day,
- and he's escalating.
- And that's all the more reason
you should pull out of undercover.
No, I told Benson,
I'm not doing that.
What, because of the DEA?
Because of the victims?
Or because you're
trying to protect her?
All of it, Fin.
All of it.
I mean, look, Velasco, I've
always kept it real with you,
and I'ma keep it real
when I say you can't.
You can't protect SVU.
You can't protect the DEA,
not the missing victims,
or this girl all in one shot.
It's not how it works.
The exchange might
be happening tonight.
I'll get the word out
as soon as I can.
Hey, take care of yourself.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[DOOR SQUEAKS]
What, you don't want
to feel me up this time?
Are we doing this or what?
He told us to wait here.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey, what do you got?
Key's still in the ignition.
I followed it straight here.
- Driver?
- Male, Hispanic, 30 to 40.
- He went inside a minute ago.
- Anyone else?
- Nope.
- OK.
All right, let's go.
♪
- [DOOR THUDS]
- NYPD!
- NYPD!
- ESU!
♪
Clear!
- Room clear.
- Second bedroom clear.
Bathroom's clear.
Open up!
Ram it.
- [DOOR THUDS]
- [SPEAKING SPANISH]
NYPD!
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa! Hands up.
Put the phone down.
[PHONE CLATTERS]
♪
Where are they?
Hey, I asked you a
question. Where are they?
I got no idea what
you're talking about.
Get him out of here.
The place is empty.
No sign of victims.
They're not here, Captain.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Phones, guns, now.
Only the people in this
room knew about that van,
and one of them is a rat.
As expected, the
guy is a brick wall.
Says he was on the phone with
his grandma when we rolled up.
And no luck tracing the call?
TARU is working
on it, but nothing yet.
It's got to be a burner.
OK, what about the address?
The previous owner
was evicted six months ago.
Neighbors haven't seen
anyone come in or out,
including the victims.
Which confirms
they were never there.
I thought I was clear about
protecting my undercover.
As was I when I agreed to it.
Then why is he unreachable?
Unreachable?
What does that mean?
It means you made a move
on that van, arrested him,
spooked Aguilar, and
possibly burned Velasco.
What makes you think he's burned?
Because it was a play
by Aguilar
To sniff out the rat.
And you walked right into it.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You're right.
Agent Weber, we did.
We walked right into it.
But we were acting off
intel that Velasco gave us.
If this was a ruse,
that means that our guy,
and the victims are in danger, so
So we need your help.
My team back at home has access
to the DEA's deep tracking system.
It works even with
Velasco's phone turned off.
Probably should have led with that.
Access requires
approval from upstairs.
- I'm pushing, but it takes time.
- I'm not sure we have time.
Which is why I need
to know what the plan is.
If Velasco is not already burned,
another raid will do it.
He said the exchange
may be happening tonight.
We find him, we find the victims.
I know this is risky,
but if we put him in cuffs,
- we can keep him safe.
- All right.
I'll follow up with HQ, push harder.
OK, well, make it
quick, because the second
we get a ping on Velasco's location,
we're rolling out of here.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I'm telling you,
Arturo, it's not me.
- Then who is it, Benny?
- One of them.
I don't know.
I would never betray Chiquito.
You're getting crazy, man.
Please.
- [GUNSHOT]
- OK, OK.
Look, there's still time to go.
Arturo, it doesn't
have to be like this.
It does if he deserved it.
We don't know that he did.
Listen, you're not acting
like yourself right now, OK?
You think that Chiquito
would be happy about this?
Chiquito already knows.
He's said to take everyone out
if it means the rat dies with them.
And I don't see you sweating, Vicente.
I'm not sweating
'cause I'm not a rat.
Then why have you
been coming and going
since we got to New York?
Hmm?
I'm loyal, Arturo.
I'll say that much, but I'm
not gonna beg for my life.
You know, maybe my
cousin was wrong about loyalty.
Maybe it's the quiet ones
that you have to look out for.
- You a rat, Vicente?
- Hey! OK!
Are you a rat?
- Arturo, stop!
- No!
Stop!
He was with me.
♪
He was with me right after the raid.
The heat was on.
I didn't know who to trust, and
I needed the extra protection,
so I asked Vicente to
post outside the motel
when you couldn't be around.
I
I would have told you, baby,
but, you had a lot going on,
so, I'm sorry.
I'm gonna talk to you, Luis.
I'll keep an eye on him for you.
Oh, my God. Are you OK?
- I'm fine. I'm fine.
- Vicente, Vicente.
Now is our chance.
We need to go.
- We need to leave.
- We can't go.
- We can't go.
- Why?
Because this exchange
needs to happen.
- There is no exchange.
- What? What are you talking about?
Those girls are just
sitting there waiting.
Waiting for what?
Waiting for Arturo
to get rid of them.
Chiquito wants them buried.
He said they're compromised.
Do you know where they are?
Do you know where they are?
Avenue C, 10th
Street, a massage parlor.
- Why?
- Do you trust me?
- Do you trust me?
- Yes.
I need your phone.
I've got a ping on
Velasco's location,
live signal. Inwood,
Mexican restaurant.
Mobilize ESU.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Captain, it's me.
- Velasco, are you safe?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Just listen.
Avenue C and 10th, a massage parlor.
That's where the victims are.
You got to go there now.
Go now.
All right, Velasco,
hang on, hang on a sec
No, they're gonna kill them. Go.
OK, I got a massage
parlor at those cross streets
listed as permanently closed.
Something tells me Velasco
isn't as OK as he says he is.
- What did you just do?
- Hopefully saved those women.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'm a cop.
♪
It was you.
It was you,
- this whole time.
- Listen to me.
Listen to me. I can explain,
but not right now.
OK?
I will.
- We're dead.
- No, we're not.
We're dead because
you just made that call.
Shh.
We're not dead.
Those women could have been dead,
and I'm not gonna let that happen.
- Who are you?
- My name is Joe Velasco.
I'm undercover for the DEA.
- You used me.
- Yes, I did, I did.
- You used me.
- Hey, hey, hey. I did.
I'm sorry, but I swear to God,
I swear to God, it became real.
Look at me. Look at me. Look at me.
- Get off me.
- Hey. Shh.
My friends are gonna come get us.
- Your friends are gonna lock me up.
- No, they're not.
No, they're not.
You said you trusted me.
Do you trust me?
- I don't trust anybody.
- OK, I'm
You thought I wasn't
going to find out, Luis?
I'm not the rat,
Arturo! Not the rat!
You are the rat!
I swear to God, I'm not the rat!
[GUNSHOT]
[SOBS]
Listen.
Listen to me.
I can still get you out. He
has my phone and my gun,
but he didn't take these.
You have to take them.
Please, go.
Go.
Go.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
NYPD.
[DOOR THUDS]
♪
Place is clear, Captain.
♪
Hi. It's OK, it's OK.
We're the police.
We're here to help you, all right?
Everyone's safe.
We're here to help you.
You're all safe.
Hey.
You must be Brittany, huh?
H-how did you know that?
Because your sister told me.
She she's OK?
Yeah, she's at the
hospital, and she's safe.
- She's alive?
- Yes, yes, yes.
I-I stayed quiet.
They-they said that
they wouldn't hurt her
if I
If I stayed quiet.
You did everything right, OK?
Just take a breath. Take a breath.
You did everything right.
Can you
Can you take me to her?
- Yes.
- OK.
Your sister helped me find you.
You're all saved.
Let's get you out of here.
Go this way.
♪
What the hell is she doing in there?
So you really think
it was both of them?
I think that when Eliana's done,
we have to go.
- What the hell is she doing?
- Wait, wait.
Wait, hey, hey!
Arturo, hold on.
Eliana!
[SOBS]
Eliana, stop.
- You think I'm an idiot?
- Arturo!
- Huh?
- No, no, I just want out, please.
Put the gun down!
Please, please, I won't
talk. I just want to go.
- Please.
- What is it, huh?
- Fear or guilt?
- No.
It's not me.
Are you the rat?
Answer me!
Huh?
- Are you the rat?
- It's not me.
It's me!
I'm the rat!
And I'm a cop.
The police are on their way.
You can still get out alive
if you put the gun down.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[GRUNTS]
♪
- [GUNSHOT]
- [YELLS]
Please, no.
[PANTING]
[SPEAKS SPANISH]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
[BODY THUDS]
[SIRENS WHOOPING]
Central, we need a bus,
218th and Broadway now.
Oh, man.
I told you to be careful.
[GASPS]
I need a trauma kit, quick.
Come on.
Breathe, man.
You got this.
[PANTING]
Eliana.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
How bad?
Well, the bullet
lodged in your lung.
It didn't punch through,
but it collapsed it.
Sergeant said another inch,
we wouldn't be having
this conversation.
- The victims?
- They're safe.
- Eliana?
- She's safe too.
Velasco, she must be, uh,
quite a woman
To get you involved in all of this.
Yeah, I told her.
I would like to see her.
Uh, Eliana is in the
federal protective custody
along with Aguilar.
Feds want to charge him
with murder and trafficking
and Eliana as an accessory.
She didn't ask for any of this.
Which is why we
interrupted Carisi's week off,
and he is trying to work on
a deal with the U.S. attorney.
And if Eliana tells us everything
about Los Sin Fe,
then she'll get into
Witness Protection.
I screwed up bad
trying to do it at all.
I tried to save everything.
Velasco,
you took so many risks,
and you lied to us,
and I get why,
but let's not confuse that with OK.
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
I know I gotta talk to the DEA.
I'm sure they're gonna cut me loose.
I don't know.
Agent Weber has had your
back since the beginning.
Maybe she still does.
My take is they'd be crazy
to let a cop like you go.
♪
I gotta take some time to
figure out who I want to be
And where I can do the most good.
Yeah.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
In the criminal justice system,
sexually based offenses are
considered especially heinous.
In New York City, the
dedicated detectives
who investigate these vicious felonies
are members of an elite squad
known as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
Anonymous tip to SVU said 6:30.
20 bucks says it's bogus.
50 bucks says you're wrong.
It's an abandoned
train yard in open daylight.
No corroboration, no names.
Griff, you do know what
anonymous means, right?
Whoever tipped us knew the location,
the time frame.
They reported it directly to SVU.
They even knew the right police code.
Yeah, it's not a state secret.
OK, all I'm saying is, half the tips
that came through Anti-Crime
were smoke.
This is starting to feel like a
And here we go.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I only take cash.
♪
♪
ESU, what do you got?
I count ten.
Two suspects still in vehicles, armed.
We need this clean.
Minimal bloodshed.
Loud and clear, Captain.
Got eyes on your target?
I do now.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- On your mark.
- Roger, Captain.
In position. Three.
- Let's move.
- Two, one.
- Go.
- NYPD!
Hands up, hands up!
- ESU!
- NYPD!
- Hands in the air!
- Get down.
Stay where you are. Don't move.
- Don't move.
- Watch it, watch it.
Down on the ground.
Show me your hands.
- Hands up.
- We're clear, Captain.
- Let's go.
- On me.
♪
Let's go.
Open it up.
Go.
♪
[GIRLS WHIMPERING]
- NYPD.
- It's OK.
Oh, my God.
It's OK.
We're the police.
You're all safe.
We're here to help you.
You hurt?
Are you hurt?
I don't think so.
We're gonna get you out of here, OK?
- OK.
- Don't move! Don't move!
Bogey westbound, on foot.
Go, go!
I got it.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hands over your head!
Help me get him over.
[MUFFLED GRUNTING]
- Velasco?
- Take me in.
- Take me in now.
- OK.
♪
Come on.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR BUZZES]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
On your feet.
Move!
It's OK.
I had the
cameras turned off.
You really gotta make us chase you?
- I had to sell it.
- OK, first of all, are you OK?
Yeah, I just can't
be in here for too long.
I'm with you. Take a breath.
But I need to know how this happened
and-and about the
tip that you called in.
Look, I'm deep
undercover for the DEA
as the muscle for a
street crew in San Diego
that has ties to a
cartel called Los Sin Fe.
Why is a West Coast drug cartel
trafficking women in New York?
Because we were
here for an exchange.
What kind of exchange?
I thought it was drugs for guns.
We had coke. We had fent.
But then the other night, I heard that
they were trading it for people.
And the DEA wanted
us to rescue the women?
No
- They don't know.
- Wait, what?
You don't trust your handler?
I can't explain everything
to you right now, OK?
I just need you to
know that there's more.
- More victims?
- Yes.
The exchange was one of two.
When does this second exchange
- go down?
- I don't know.
- Do you know how many women?
- No, not yet.
I just know that you
gotta start looking.
Now
- I'll reach out when I can.
- OK
- Velasco, wait, wait.
- You gotta send me back
or they're gonna think
that something's up.
Glenn Schaffner,
for Vicente Zavala.
- He's done here.
- Well
I'm sick of talking to myself.
You can have him.
Bye, Vicente.
Report from the hospital?
Yeah, minor injuries
on the victims we rescued.
Abrasions, bruising.
I'm assuming from transit.
I've asked for a rape kit
from anyone who consents.
Any luck with the IDs?
We did get a few
matches in Missing Persons.
OK.
So we have Angela Neumann,
Tanya Cortez, Madison Cleary,
all from the tri-state,
all with a record for prostitution.
We know sex workers are
at a higher risk of trafficking,
but we don't know how
they got in that truck.
And I assume we got nothing
from the other perps
that we picked up?
They're all lawyered
up with Schaffner.
I looked into him, he's
a known cartel attorney,
hired to protect their guys.
Other than that, nothing
else we could dig up
- on Los Sin Fe.
- Yeah, well
That's
why I brought in this guy.
Our guy is deep in.
That's all I need to hear.
- I know.
- Where's everybody else?
Uh, Rollins and Carisi went
away for a week with the kids.
And Curry
- That's a story for another time.
- Say no more.
I think it's best we
do this elsewhere.
My guys in Narcotics say
Los Sin Fe started in Mexico,
then popped up in San
Diego two years ago.
- OK, who's in charge?
- This guy.
Alejandro José Guevara,
AKA El Chiquito.
The Little One.
Cute.
He's wanted for
distribution, money laundering,
and he has a rep for ambition.
That's why he's expanding
into human trafficking.
He's just diversifying
his portfolio.
So he sends a crew all the
way to the east coast to do it?
Well, a guy like this
doesn't get where he is
without friends, so he probably
had a connect here who was already
in the trafficking business.
- Any idea who the connect was?
- No.
But Narcotics made
a call into San Diego,
and they think they know
who Velasco might be with.
- OK.
- Arturo Aguilar.
He's a shot caller,
point man, and enforcer.
Rap sheet for intent to distribute.
May or may not be
good for a dozen murders.
Yeah, but nothing
they can tie him down to.
Now, San Diego said he did
catch a crowbar to the dome
from a rival gang member, and rumor is
- he hasn't been the same since.
- Not the same how?
Oh, yeah, well, a
couple of months ago,
he thought one of his
guys was skimming.
He tied him to his bumper
and drove for 10 miles
- before he hit the brakes.
- OK, so he's a liability.
Why hand him the job?
Because he happens to
be Chiquito's younger cousin,
and Aguilar idolizes him.
- Velasco, how's he?
- Uh, on edge.
Not himself.
He's putting a lot on the line
trying to save these girls.
He's still got some SVU in him.
I'm betting the
cartel pays his bail.
He's out by the end of the day.
Along with the others we arrested.
By the time their
court date rolls around,
- they'll be long gone.
- Well, we need to rescue
these women before that happens.
Hey, Madison, are you hungry?
Can I get you
anything to eat or drink?
- No.
- OK.
Listen to me.
I want you to know
that you're not in trouble.
- You're safe here.
- You don't know that.
I do absolutely know that.
You have to help her.
OK, who's that?
Brittany.
My sister.
They still have her.
OK.
OK, Madison, so
Anything that you can tell me,
about where they held you,
anything that you can tell me
about the identity of these men,
will be very helpful
in me finding her.
Can you do that?
We were
Working for this guy
running an escort thing.
What is the name of this
guy that you worked for?
It was Tony.
I don't know his last name.
- That's OK.
- Um
he said we're gonna
do something different,
and we're gonna meet at this motel.
So I, I
we go there,
and there were these five other guys
I'd never seen before.
And
He told us,
that they sold us.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
OK.
And Brittany was terrified,
and she started screaming and crying,
and I tried to get her out,
but they put these hoods on our heads
and then pushed us into a truck.
And there were other girls there.
And that's when they
brought you to New York?
Yes, and then the
truck stopped moving,
and they pushed us out into this room,
and then they took the hoods off.
OK. Did you get a look at the room?
It was almost like it
was like a big closet.
And they left us in there
for a really long time
until they came back.
And, I was holding her hand,
but I
I-I couldn't hold on tight enough.
They took me, and they left her.
And she was
she was screaming,
and it's my fault.
Did you get a look
at any of these men?
Do you remember anything about them,
anything distinctive about them?
Something about their
voice or a tattoo or
The one guy that
was, like, the boss,
he I think he had
very long, dark hair.
- OK.
- And
and he had this scar on his neck
that was like that.
- Madison, that's very
- [PHONE BUZZES]
Very useful information.
Um
c-can you just give me one minute?
All right?
Hey, Bruno, I can't talk right now.
Yeah, I know, but you're
gonna want to hear this.
You got a visitor.
Agent Maggie Weber, DEA.
OK, uhm,
have her wait in my office.
Hey, Agent Weber.
Captain Benson.
Heard you saved the lives
of six trafficking victims yesterday.
I assume you're here about
the suspects that we arrested.
I'm sure they're getting transferred
into federal custody as we speak.
No doubt.
So tell me about this tip you got.
Uh, it came in on the main line.
It was routed to us, and
luckily, it was credible.
One thing about me, Captain,
I don't really believe in luck.
One thing about me, Agent,
is I like to get
straight to the point.
Joe Velasco.
I know the tip came
from my undercover.
You're his handler.
So we were very
careful with his arrest.
I don't doubt that.
My issue is that he wasn't
when he went around me.
Velasco told me about the trafficking.
I kicked it up the chain,
but DEA brass decided intervening
would jeopardize the Los Sin Fe op.
So, you're here to tell me to
let those women be sacrificed?
No.
Mm-mm.
I'm here to make sure
that whatever you do next
doesn't get my guy killed.
Sounds like you're
worried about him.
Well, he's solid.
But lately, he's been reporting less
and spending more time inside.
- Why do you think that is?
- I don't know.
But since he was
your guy not long ago,
I thought you might.
[SIGHS]
All I know is that I have a victim
whose sister is still missing,
along with other women
who are being trafficked.
And I want that off
my conscience, too,
which is why I want to
cooperate off the books.
So how about we start by
trying to identify the captors?
OK.
Uh, long, dark hair, ear to ear
Scar.
Hector Lozano.
He's Los Sin Fe's east
coast trafficking connect.
I'm always sorry the
guy who cut his throat
didn't finish the job.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Someone got here first.
- Go.
- NYPD!
ESU!
Body.
Clear!
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
What?
Come on.
You wanted to touch
me, you could ask me.
- Arturo's orders.
- Where is everyone?
Sent back to California.
Didn't say why.
You're good.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I really appreciate you
sending me that lawyer.
I'm gonna talk to Vicente.
Here if you need me.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
Sit down.
I heard that you gave 'em
hell trying to get out of there.
Those dirty cops,
they try to break you?
They tried.
They failed.
Look, if I knew, you
would know, Arturo.
You know, when I was younger
[SIGHS]
I thought that loyalty was loud
That to prove yourself,
you made it known.
Then my cousin, he
taught me that loyalty,
true loyalty, is quiet.
It's listening,
doing what you're told, and when.
I guess that's why
I'm still here, right?
That's why you're still here.
So I have to ask you.
Of course, you can trust me.
All right.
Go get Benny.
Go get Luis.
Cops, they took our van.
We're gonna need new cars.
We're gonna need new cars.
[KNOCKING]
[RAPID KNOCKING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Is someone knocking?
Yeah, honey. Just stay there.
♪
How did you get past my door man?
Should probably get your super
to check the door on the roof.
Hey, Joe.
Hey, kid.
It's OK, honey.
Go back to bed.
We're good.
I don't have to worry about
Noah ratting me out, do I?
Well, I don't know.
He's hit quite a rebellious streak.
Listen, I got something.
Hey, shh.
A fabric wholesaler,
Amsterdam Textiles.
Am I supposed to know what that is?
That's where the
cartel is getting the van
to transport the victims since
you took ours during the raid.
Well, if you have
the plates, we'll track it.
I don't have them.
Somebody else picked them up.
- Listen, I know it's not much
- No, but it's a start.
I'll have Bruno and
Griffin look into it.
Listen, I also got something.
- OK.
- Uh, I got a visit,
from your handler at the DEA.
Weber?
What does she want?
She figured out that
you were the tipster.
- She wasn't mad?
- No, surprisingly not.
Look, she's on your side,
and she's as concerned
about you, Velasco, as I am.
Look.
Look, look, look.
I really appreciate you
both looking out for me,
but I'm good.
So why is it that we both think
that there's something
that you're not telling us?
We found Hector Lozano today.
He was murdered.
And, Weber suspects,
that it was your enforcer, Aguilar.
And for that reason,
I am gonna ask you to consider
- having Weber pull you out.
- I can't.
- I can't do that.
- We can work the case
from the outside in,
we're gonna find these girls.
I said no, Captain.
Six months ago, when I left SVU,
you told me to go where
I'd do the most good.
At what cost?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I gotta go.
♪
[DOOR SHUTS]
Hey, sorry, we're not open yet.
Are you the owner, Manuel Rojas?
What's the problem?
We're here to figure that out.
How many vans you got, Manuel?
For the business?
Just one.
Yeah?
Where is it?
Not here.
Um
One of my guys had to make a delivery.
We're very busy right now.
OK, well, you just said
you're not open yet, so
You don't understand.
Help us understand, Manuel.
They came here, two men.
Threatened to kill my grandchildren
if I didn't cooperate,
if I talk to cops.
Oh, God. [MUTTERS]
Hey, we will do everything
we can to protect you.
We'll put an officer
outside your business,
with your family if necessary.
Did these men mention their names?
[SIGHS] No.
They just said they needed my van.
Didn't say where it was going.
I'm guessing they
didn't give you a number,
some way to reach them?
No, they didn't say anything else.
I tried to tell them no.
I swear.
OK, we believe you, OK?
We just we need any information
you can give us about the van.
I have the paperwork,
the license plate,
registration, everything.
Looks like Velasco was two for two.
Yeah, I'll call it in.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[KNOCKS]
Arturo send you?
I'm here unofficially.
♪
So how do you like New York?
Hate the weather.
Cold's kind of nice.
I've always wanted to see snow.
Maybe we should stay a little longer.
Oh yeah?
Then what?
And then buy some big, dumb coats.
And then I lose my gloves,
but then I blame
you for stealing them.
Impossible.
Your gloves wouldn't fit my hand.
Why, 'cause you're so big and tough?
[DOOR RATTLES]
- Who is it?
- Sorry. Housekeeping.
Uh, no, thanks.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[SIGHS]
You heard from Arturo?
He barely says
anything to me anymore.
He's probably just being
extra careful after the raid.
Yeah, that's probably
why he killed Hector.
- Hector was a rat?
- I don't know.
Arturo just said he had a feeling
Hector couldn't be trusted.
A couple years ago, that
would have been a warning,
but now it's just over.
He's getting worse too.
He's getting high on his own supply.
He's
He's looking at me weird.
What do you mean?
I mean, I used to
be good at pretending
Saying the right thing
Being able to read him.
That's
That's how I survived.
Vicente, I want to get out.
I want to run, just
like we talked about.
Come here.
We will, just not right now.
It's not the right time.
It's too hot.
One day it will be.
And who knows?
Maybe we'll come back to New York
and get a studio for 10 grand a month.
- [LAUGHS]
- Nothing crazy.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey, baby.
Hey, what's wrong?
OK, sure.
Yeah, when?
OK.
OK, bye.
The exchange is going down tonight.
He wants everybody
back at the restaurant.
OK.
He did not sound good.
It's all good.
Don't worry.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[METAL CLATTERING]
♪
Losing your touch.
You tailing me isn't smart, Fin.
Neither is you shacking up
with your point man's woman.
You're crazy.
I'm using her for access.
I'm trying to find these women.
Really?
I saw you coming out of that room.
If that's all I thought this was,
I wouldn't be here.
It did start as access.
And she doesn't participate.
She just hears things,
and she'll whisper to me.
Then after a while, it just stopped
Stopped feeling like work.
You know, we both got jumped in young.
It just felt safe.
Only thing, you became a cop.
Yeah, and she got
caught up with Aguilar,
and dude is paranoid on a good day,
- and he's escalating.
- And that's all the more reason
you should pull out of undercover.
No, I told Benson,
I'm not doing that.
What, because of the DEA?
Because of the victims?
Or because you're
trying to protect her?
All of it, Fin.
All of it.
I mean, look, Velasco, I've
always kept it real with you,
and I'ma keep it real
when I say you can't.
You can't protect SVU.
You can't protect the DEA,
not the missing victims,
or this girl all in one shot.
It's not how it works.
The exchange might
be happening tonight.
I'll get the word out
as soon as I can.
Hey, take care of yourself.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[DOOR SQUEAKS]
What, you don't want
to feel me up this time?
Are we doing this or what?
He told us to wait here.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey, what do you got?
Key's still in the ignition.
I followed it straight here.
- Driver?
- Male, Hispanic, 30 to 40.
- He went inside a minute ago.
- Anyone else?
- Nope.
- OK.
All right, let's go.
♪
- [DOOR THUDS]
- NYPD!
- NYPD!
- ESU!
♪
Clear!
- Room clear.
- Second bedroom clear.
Bathroom's clear.
Open up!
Ram it.
- [DOOR THUDS]
- [SPEAKING SPANISH]
NYPD!
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa! Hands up.
Put the phone down.
[PHONE CLATTERS]
♪
Where are they?
Hey, I asked you a
question. Where are they?
I got no idea what
you're talking about.
Get him out of here.
The place is empty.
No sign of victims.
They're not here, Captain.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Phones, guns, now.
Only the people in this
room knew about that van,
and one of them is a rat.
As expected, the
guy is a brick wall.
Says he was on the phone with
his grandma when we rolled up.
And no luck tracing the call?
TARU is working
on it, but nothing yet.
It's got to be a burner.
OK, what about the address?
The previous owner
was evicted six months ago.
Neighbors haven't seen
anyone come in or out,
including the victims.
Which confirms
they were never there.
I thought I was clear about
protecting my undercover.
As was I when I agreed to it.
Then why is he unreachable?
Unreachable?
What does that mean?
It means you made a move
on that van, arrested him,
spooked Aguilar, and
possibly burned Velasco.
What makes you think he's burned?
Because it was a play
by Aguilar
To sniff out the rat.
And you walked right into it.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You're right.
Agent Weber, we did.
We walked right into it.
But we were acting off
intel that Velasco gave us.
If this was a ruse,
that means that our guy,
and the victims are in danger, so
So we need your help.
My team back at home has access
to the DEA's deep tracking system.
It works even with
Velasco's phone turned off.
Probably should have led with that.
Access requires
approval from upstairs.
- I'm pushing, but it takes time.
- I'm not sure we have time.
Which is why I need
to know what the plan is.
If Velasco is not already burned,
another raid will do it.
He said the exchange
may be happening tonight.
We find him, we find the victims.
I know this is risky,
but if we put him in cuffs,
- we can keep him safe.
- All right.
I'll follow up with HQ, push harder.
OK, well, make it
quick, because the second
we get a ping on Velasco's location,
we're rolling out of here.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I'm telling you,
Arturo, it's not me.
- Then who is it, Benny?
- One of them.
I don't know.
I would never betray Chiquito.
You're getting crazy, man.
Please.
- [GUNSHOT]
- OK, OK.
Look, there's still time to go.
Arturo, it doesn't
have to be like this.
It does if he deserved it.
We don't know that he did.
Listen, you're not acting
like yourself right now, OK?
You think that Chiquito
would be happy about this?
Chiquito already knows.
He's said to take everyone out
if it means the rat dies with them.
And I don't see you sweating, Vicente.
I'm not sweating
'cause I'm not a rat.
Then why have you
been coming and going
since we got to New York?
Hmm?
I'm loyal, Arturo.
I'll say that much, but I'm
not gonna beg for my life.
You know, maybe my
cousin was wrong about loyalty.
Maybe it's the quiet ones
that you have to look out for.
- You a rat, Vicente?
- Hey! OK!
Are you a rat?
- Arturo, stop!
- No!
Stop!
He was with me.
♪
He was with me right after the raid.
The heat was on.
I didn't know who to trust, and
I needed the extra protection,
so I asked Vicente to
post outside the motel
when you couldn't be around.
I
I would have told you, baby,
but, you had a lot going on,
so, I'm sorry.
I'm gonna talk to you, Luis.
I'll keep an eye on him for you.
Oh, my God. Are you OK?
- I'm fine. I'm fine.
- Vicente, Vicente.
Now is our chance.
We need to go.
- We need to leave.
- We can't go.
- We can't go.
- Why?
Because this exchange
needs to happen.
- There is no exchange.
- What? What are you talking about?
Those girls are just
sitting there waiting.
Waiting for what?
Waiting for Arturo
to get rid of them.
Chiquito wants them buried.
He said they're compromised.
Do you know where they are?
Do you know where they are?
Avenue C, 10th
Street, a massage parlor.
- Why?
- Do you trust me?
- Do you trust me?
- Yes.
I need your phone.
I've got a ping on
Velasco's location,
live signal. Inwood,
Mexican restaurant.
Mobilize ESU.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Captain, it's me.
- Velasco, are you safe?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Just listen.
Avenue C and 10th, a massage parlor.
That's where the victims are.
You got to go there now.
Go now.
All right, Velasco,
hang on, hang on a sec
No, they're gonna kill them. Go.
OK, I got a massage
parlor at those cross streets
listed as permanently closed.
Something tells me Velasco
isn't as OK as he says he is.
- What did you just do?
- Hopefully saved those women.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'm a cop.
♪
It was you.
It was you,
- this whole time.
- Listen to me.
Listen to me. I can explain,
but not right now.
OK?
I will.
- We're dead.
- No, we're not.
We're dead because
you just made that call.
Shh.
We're not dead.
Those women could have been dead,
and I'm not gonna let that happen.
- Who are you?
- My name is Joe Velasco.
I'm undercover for the DEA.
- You used me.
- Yes, I did, I did.
- You used me.
- Hey, hey, hey. I did.
I'm sorry, but I swear to God,
I swear to God, it became real.
Look at me. Look at me. Look at me.
- Get off me.
- Hey. Shh.
My friends are gonna come get us.
- Your friends are gonna lock me up.
- No, they're not.
No, they're not.
You said you trusted me.
Do you trust me?
- I don't trust anybody.
- OK, I'm
You thought I wasn't
going to find out, Luis?
I'm not the rat,
Arturo! Not the rat!
You are the rat!
I swear to God, I'm not the rat!
[GUNSHOT]
[SOBS]
Listen.
Listen to me.
I can still get you out. He
has my phone and my gun,
but he didn't take these.
You have to take them.
Please, go.
Go.
Go.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
NYPD.
[DOOR THUDS]
♪
Place is clear, Captain.
♪
Hi. It's OK, it's OK.
We're the police.
We're here to help you, all right?
Everyone's safe.
We're here to help you.
You're all safe.
Hey.
You must be Brittany, huh?
H-how did you know that?
Because your sister told me.
She she's OK?
Yeah, she's at the
hospital, and she's safe.
- She's alive?
- Yes, yes, yes.
I-I stayed quiet.
They-they said that
they wouldn't hurt her
if I
If I stayed quiet.
You did everything right, OK?
Just take a breath. Take a breath.
You did everything right.
Can you
Can you take me to her?
- Yes.
- OK.
Your sister helped me find you.
You're all saved.
Let's get you out of here.
Go this way.
♪
What the hell is she doing in there?
So you really think
it was both of them?
I think that when Eliana's done,
we have to go.
- What the hell is she doing?
- Wait, wait.
Wait, hey, hey!
Arturo, hold on.
Eliana!
[SOBS]
Eliana, stop.
- You think I'm an idiot?
- Arturo!
- Huh?
- No, no, I just want out, please.
Put the gun down!
Please, please, I won't
talk. I just want to go.
- Please.
- What is it, huh?
- Fear or guilt?
- No.
It's not me.
Are you the rat?
Answer me!
Huh?
- Are you the rat?
- It's not me.
It's me!
I'm the rat!
And I'm a cop.
The police are on their way.
You can still get out alive
if you put the gun down.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[GRUNTS]
♪
- [GUNSHOT]
- [YELLS]
Please, no.
[PANTING]
[SPEAKS SPANISH]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
[BODY THUDS]
[SIRENS WHOOPING]
Central, we need a bus,
218th and Broadway now.
Oh, man.
I told you to be careful.
[GASPS]
I need a trauma kit, quick.
Come on.
Breathe, man.
You got this.
[PANTING]
Eliana.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
How bad?
Well, the bullet
lodged in your lung.
It didn't punch through,
but it collapsed it.
Sergeant said another inch,
we wouldn't be having
this conversation.
- The victims?
- They're safe.
- Eliana?
- She's safe too.
Velasco, she must be, uh,
quite a woman
To get you involved in all of this.
Yeah, I told her.
I would like to see her.
Uh, Eliana is in the
federal protective custody
along with Aguilar.
Feds want to charge him
with murder and trafficking
and Eliana as an accessory.
She didn't ask for any of this.
Which is why we
interrupted Carisi's week off,
and he is trying to work on
a deal with the U.S. attorney.
And if Eliana tells us everything
about Los Sin Fe,
then she'll get into
Witness Protection.
I screwed up bad
trying to do it at all.
I tried to save everything.
Velasco,
you took so many risks,
and you lied to us,
and I get why,
but let's not confuse that with OK.
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
I know I gotta talk to the DEA.
I'm sure they're gonna cut me loose.
I don't know.
Agent Weber has had your
back since the beginning.
Maybe she still does.
My take is they'd be crazy
to let a cop like you go.
♪
I gotta take some time to
figure out who I want to be
And where I can do the most good.
Yeah.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪