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A VIX original series

An EL MALL production

Inspired by real events.

Some scenes were changed

for fiction purposes.

Don't miss the show we have for you. Amazing stuff, all day.

An interview with a Purépecha artist. No more, no less.

Amazing things we already saw.

We both saw them and, wow, they're really impressing.

Then, a musical selection.

Hello.

...that will astonish you.

What?

Some rock from the past decade,

from the US. And also, why not?

Some Mexican music.

Hello, good evening.

It's a pleasure to greet you.

One of the darkest chapters in the history of crime in Mexico

has come to an end.

Daniel Arizmendi was captured today.

The most wanted and most bloodthirsty kidnapper in the

country,

responsible for multiple kidnappings and other crimes,

unfortunately famous for mutilating his victims.

He had an immense amount of power

which allowed him to bribe police officers

and agents from the public prosecutor's office.

THE EAR CHOPPER WAS CAPTURED

Enrique, what is it?

Sorry. I had an issue.

Where were you? We are late.

- Can I have a coffee? -No, no.

Please, I'm asking you.

How is the director?

The model is almost ready.

They are preparing the product

right behind us.

Where should we begin?

- Five minutes. -With the model.

With the model? Okay.

Enrique. Five minutes.

Ma'am, we want to start with the model.

How long will she take.?

- Five minutes. -Five minutes.

Five minutes, guys. Let's go.

- You ready, Enrique? -Yes.

Let's go.

I don't want to work with him anymore.

Let me talk to the director.

She doesn't want Enrique anymore.

Why?

He's the Ear Chopper's brother.

Here you are.

Thank you.

At your service.

Sorry, what is your name?

Manolo. At your service.

Nice to meet you. How long have you worked here?

Each finger is ten years.

They say many people come here.

Yes. From singers to thieves.

Who are you looking for?

Remember Daniel Arizmendi?

The Ear Chopper, right?

Of course I remember.

He always sat in that table.

He came with his brother, a lady and many men.

They were very respectful.

They spent a lot and left very good tips.

Well, that nice man was the boss of the most

cruel kidnapping gang in the country.

We didn't know who he was back then.

We were all very shocked

when we saw him on TV,

Chained up, with that indifferent stare into the

cameras.

You're too young to know about the Ear Chopper, right?

It's a family problem.

- Excuse me. -It was a pleasure.

Hello, it's Enrique Arizmendi.

You called me a while ago

to talk about a documentary.

I've been thinking about it.

I'm in Mexico City for a few days and

I'm willing to talk to you.

No, no. I don't have anything.

Let me see.

What's up? You're Lucía, aren't you?

How do you know?

Don't worry. I just came to deliver a message.

You know who it's from.

No, who?

Although you want to get rid of me,

you will find me everywhere.

It's not me, I'm just the messenger.

Hey! Hey! Come here!

Go ahead, asshole!

Enrique, can we meet today at five?

Fucking shit.

Don't move, asshole.

Give me my son back. Give me my son back.

Let's go, asshole!

Give me my son back.

I gave you everything.

Where is my son?

Where is my son? Give him back!

We have all of it.

Perfect.

Let's see, brother. Here's your part.

Thanks! Finally, man.

- Man. -Thank you, brother.

Put them here, boss. Thank you very much.

Brother-in-law.

There. Hope you have enough, huh?

Mother-in-law.

Thank you! Well, this is for the savings fund.

This is for the collaborators.

These are commissions. This is for the investment fund.

Last time we bought gold Centenarios.

Now we need a property.

I've already seen two places in the State of Mexico.

Not bad, but not that nice either.

There you go!

It's great to work like this.

Only professional people at this table.

- Sure! -Cheers!

- Cheers! -Cheers!

Cheers.

Cheers!

What are you looking at? Move, come on!

I'm. Almost.

There.

Do you want to count it?

No need. Enjoy.

- Good morning. -Hello.

See you.

Count it well. See you.

- Thank you. -You're welcome.

What do we have?

We have three options for you, boss.

Hey, boss, the first one.

That's Omar del Moral.

He owns a distribution company.

He's in two states.

We think we may have savings of

three, four or five million, but dollars, boss.

He has offices in Guadalajara and Monterrey,

and 17 tractor-trailers,

some with double trailers. Big, heavy ones.

This is the second one.

Joaquín Astienza Marcos.

He owns a gym chain in DF,

Puebla and Cuernavaca.

He has a heart disease, recently diagnosed.

He's an easy prey.

Plus, he's got about a million and a half

invested in jewelry and gold Centenarios.

And third option.

Horacio and Juan Carlos,

Brothers. Great relationship.

They run a fuel distribution company, gas and diesel.

But we need to repeat that, Sarita.

If not, the bonus has no reason.

Our informants say they have five million

between checking accounts and cash.

We should go, right?

And saving for a wedding.

No, the numbers don't add up.

The numbers don't add up.

Huh.

I like the brothers.

There's more chance they'll pay the ransom.

Which is the one getting married?

- Juan Carlos -The one in red.

This one? Good money, for sure.

He's the good one.

Investigate him and let me know.

Yes, boss.

- Cheers, right? -Cheers.

Cheers.

That's it. Come on! Come on!

Come one! Cover it!

There you go! Goal!

Guns?

No, I've never seen him with one.

How is his girlfriend's name?

Marina.

The one who was sitting over there?

Yes.

Any bodyguards?

No. He and his brothers are always cool.

They don't like to be the center of attention.

When is the next match?

Thursday.

What's up, man?

They're beating us!

We're very unfocused.

Yes, and we were lucky with Juanki's goal, right?

Yes, amazing.

Lucía.

Yes.

It's Enrique.

Yes. Sit down.

- Hello, good afternoon. -Thank you.

Can I have a coffee please?

- Sure. One second. -Thank you.

I know Daniel and I look alike.

If I'm honest, I got nauseous when I saw you.

Sorry that I'm so honest.

No, I appreciate it.

But don't worry. I'm nothing like him.

I could never be.

I couldn't, even if I'd meant it with all my heart.

No, I see. There's a look in your eyes,

not like Daniel.

I know what you mean.

Hey, and why a documentary?

At first, I had a different idea.

I wanted to talk about kidnappings in the 90s,

based on my father's materials.

But when my dad died, I discovered a whole world

within the boxes he had saved.

What did your dad do?

Chase criminals.

It's what the police is supposed to do.

I'm not so sure.

I tell you something?

There are many reasons to mistrust the authorities.

The thing is, as I moved forward,

Daniel gained the spotlight.

For how cruel he was and how famous he became.

Every drop of that fame is inversely proportional

to the hell I've lived through.

My brother ruined my life. Well, both of them.

Artemio had his things too.

Good morning, I'm the headmistress.

Is my son okay?

Don't worry, your son is fine.

But we find ourselves in a very delicate situation

and I need to ask you something.

Yes, please.

Are you the kidnapper's brother?

Yes, ma'am. I'm Daniel's brother.

We are very sorry. But we need you to change

your son's school.

Son, come here.

This is very unfair.

I'm deeply sorry, sir.

We need to protect the children.

Excuse me.

What I don't want

is to make you uncomfortable.

I know it's hard to talk about this.

But I came here on my own will, so.

Let's talk about everything you need.

Leave me alone, Daniel!

The same one again, dad? Why not a new one?

Shut up and pay attention to the game.

- I'll win. -Oh.

Oh, that looks amazing!

You think your mom will like it?

If she doesn't like her, fuck her.

Poor woman, she hasn't seen her grandchildren for a year.

She should thank her lucky stars. We're visiting.

Honey, let me try that.

- Oh, no. -What?

We can't take it incomplete!

Just a little piece. No one will notice.

I can't argue with you.

Who loves you more than anyone?

You always get away with it.

Who loves you more than.?

- No, no. -What is it?

Stop.

He's here.

Stay quiet. Don't try to see me!

Quiet.

What do you want? The watch?

Shut up! Stay quiet.

- No, no. -Quiet, asshole!

Shut the fuck up.

No, please!

You're going to be fine. Calm down.

- Let's go. -Let's go.

Hurry up, you fucking faggot in clown underwear.

I'm done.

What did I say about the water?

Look, dude, if your family doesn't pay.

No, they will pay.

Don't interrupt me, kid.

If your family doesn't pay, you're a dead body.

If you shit yourself, I'll make you eat your shit.

And if you pee,

I'll cut that tiny little dick of yours.

What did I say about crying?

Stop crying!

And don't you dare try to remove the blindfold.

What's up, bro?

You're not being too hard on the kid, are you?

No, no, no, boss.

I was just explaining him the rules.

Take that to our guest. And make sure he eats.

Yes, boss.

You're an asshole.

Let's see, kid. I'll feed you.

Easy. Easy. You have to eat.

And you? Are you more calm now?

What do you mean?

You're not going back to bad habits, right?

You're always mistrusting me.

Of course not. We're working really hard

at the car dealership. Aren't we?

I assure you we are.

The pot calling the kettle black.

All I hope is these children

follow their uncles' examples.

Enrique and Juan.

They have given me a lot of joy.

You want some bread?

No, thanks.

You, love?

And, of course,

I'm also responsible for

what happened with my brothers.

Just like my mother and Juan, my oldest brother.

But the most responsible for this

is my father. They lived with him.

Did your mom visit in jail?

No.

No. She never forgave them.

She never went to see them.

It was horrible when she found out about the kidnappings,

the murderers.

Mom, I'm leaving.

See you later.

...called the Ear Chopper.

After nearly three years operating anonymously,

we release the first images of the leader.

Why is your brother on TV?

...and his brother.

- Daniel Arizmendi, -No!

also known as the Ear Chopper,

and Artemio, his brother.

Mom, calm down. Calm down.

My Lord.

Do you know what was the worst?

The public shame we went through.

FAMILY OF TORTURERS AND MURDERERS

They call my children every day

to threaten them.

They are children.

I need you to take them to LA with my father-in-law.

Take them away from this.

If you don't, who will do it, Enrique?

How is Daniel?

He's adapting. Look, there he is.

Hello.

It's dad.

Hello.

Where the hell do you have

the money from the kidnappings?

You're going straight to hell.

I had to hide, lower my standard of living.

I was terribly depressed and, I'm sorry to say this, but.

I tried to kill myself many times.

I know you will ask: why didn't you get

professional help?

A psychologist, a shrink.

I didn't have money. Not one cent.

Do you know what saved me?

My son. Do you have children?

Do you want to?

I'm interviewing you now.

Yes.

Silence. Silence. They're calling.

Yes. It's Horacio.

Look, asshole, it's been two weeks already.

We're not a fucking hotel.

We host and feed him, asshole.

We can pay today.

But we could only gather 400 thousand.

400.

No. Nothing except what we agreed on.

We can give you that today.

Hello? Hello?

Catch him!

No, no, no.

Quiet. Quiet!

Piojo!

- Boss. -A jar, some paper and a pen.

- Yes, boss. -Sit him down.

Okay, kid, calm down.

Come here. Easy.

If you look at us, you're dead.

Here, write.

Negotiate my freedom.

Pay what they want, or they'll kill me.

I'm sorry about everything that happened to you.

It's the family we got.

Family?

You can't call that family.

And your nephews went to LA?

Yes. But you won't believe this.

They also ended up in jail.

It seems that evil has

very deep and powerful roots.

My dad spent years chasing your brother.

Really?

He turned out to be a corrupt man who played both sides.

It seems corruption is everywhere.

I want to be in your documentary.

Do you know what hurt the most?

My brother never apologized.

I went to visit him in prison and he was.

so calm, like nothing had happened.

Like he hadn't done anything

to the victims or to us.

I think it's time to end with this curse.

I want to talk to a camera so he can see it,

so this doesn't happen again.

Are you sure?

They tried to kill your nephew

years ago, and ended up killing his friend.

This isn't over.

And if we don't speak up,

it may never be.

Did you get our message?

We have the amount you asked.

Please tell us what to do.

Don't keep hurting my brother.

Well, if you keep your word, so do we.

Wait for our instructions. We keep our word.

That's it!

We made it!

He's alone.

All clear here. The van is coming.

- Bend down, asshole! -Yes. Yes.

Don't look at me.

Where is my brother?

He'll talk to you on the phone. Stay quiet.

Where is my brother?

It's been many hours.

We did our part.

You need to have faith.

A taxi is coming.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Are you sure you would put it there?

Why not?

Do you want to improve your interviews?

Look, sit down.

- Me? -Yes.

If we change the light here,

this slight difference,

against the light,

makes a much better shot.

That's the framing. Come and see.

What do you think?

Oh, yes, there's a difference.

- I look handsome? -Very.

I'll put the mic on.

- Can I? -Yes, sure.

It's your dad?

- Excuse me. -You have his eyes.

I don't.

Yes.

I'm trying to remember

when was the last time I saw my father.

In the visitors' line

at the prison exit.

I saw my father and.

At first, I thought he hadn't seen me.

Keep going.

Years later,

I thought he had seen me,

he had recognized me.

But he didn't want to talk to me.

But do you know why?

He didn't have anything to say.

And neither did I.

Then I thought that

your family is not the one you are born to,

but the one you choose.

We live with our families,

and turns out we don't know them.

Thank you.

They'll be with you soon.

Yes.

I'm going to the toilet.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

Is he okay?

Yes. Yes.

Everything okay?

What?

If you feel okay.

Never been better. Thanks for asking.

Do you trust me?

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you. Should we start?

Ready?

- Look. -Yes.

Bring them three bottles of whiskey.

- To the boys there. -There. Of course.

Can you repeat what you said about family?

Let's see if I remember.

I was inspired back then.

Something like.

We don't really

know our family,

even though we live with them.

Like we don't know our neighbors either,

or the people who work with us,

much less those who sit with us on a truck.

But we can't live with fear.

In spite of everything,

we need to learn how to trust.