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Fuck! Fuck!

UNDER FIRE

- Mateo! - My name is Pedro, you hear me?

Pedro.

Kneel down.

- Mateo... - Pedro!

My name is Pedro, did you hear?

Why did you have to be there?

Why did you have to be there, motherfucker!

Juan! Juanito!

Juanito, you saw that I killed him off, right?

He couldn't walk anymore...

...and I was the closest to him.

You saw it, right?

Try to hold on.

Andres won't be long.

Get some wet rags.

Santiago.

I'll waiting by the phone.

You'll mount guard on this floor.

If you see the handkerchief move...

...you go up to relieve me, got it?

And if they don't call, Pedro?

- They will. - And if they don't?

If they haven't called by 9, you and I take off.

And what do we do with Juan and the guy downstairs?

Who is he, Pedro?

One.

Three.

Where is Juan?

- And Martin? - He'll come tomorrow.

What the fuck took you so long?

We couldn't make it. We had to...

...get us a car on the way.

- And? - We went to a motel.

We heard the sirens go by.

- Martin picked us up. - Why the fuck...

...didn't you call? We might have shot you.

What if instead of us, the cops were waiting here?

We saw you leave. We knew you'd come here.

- Exactly. - And so what?

We're here, right? We were to meet here.

We didn't stay long in the motel.

Where did you want us to go?

We took our chances.

A fat man came to the room in front of ours...

...with a very hot chick.

They were in a hurry and left the curtains open.

We watched them. Cool!

Fucking shit!

There it is.

Easy. Easy.

This is going to hurt.

Maria is upstairs.

If she sees anything funny she'll pull the handkerchief.

Stay here to watch.

Pedro... I want to talk to you.

Alone.

Let's see.

C'mon. Nobody hears us.

Whee did we go wrong?

It's as if they were waiting for us.

- Don't talk nonsense. - It's impossible.

That motherfucker had 15 bodyguards.

When we watched him, he never had so many.

And now, Simon, Santiago and Jose are dead.

Juan is wounded.

They almost took out one of our two commandos.

And that fucker is alive.

I managed to shoot him. Andres too.

But his bodyguards covered him well.

It's very strange, Pedro.

Do you think someone gave us away?

Go to your post.

When Andres is done, tell him to come.

Tell Marta to send me a can of food.

Take one each. The milk is just for Juan.

Open it.

- And that one? - He wants to see you.

And you must bring him some food.

How is Juan?

He won't make it.

...two rival gangs of drug dealers had a...

...shoot-out on the street downtown.

Front Page, as usual...

...has the information for you...

...here, on your Spanish Channel.

Around 3 o'clock...

...there were 4 dead and 5 wounded, 2 of these...

...in critical condition.

Mr. Ramon Patino Galeana, Commerce minister...

...visiting this border town to attend a...

...smuggling prevention reunion...

...accidentally passed by the site of the shooting...

...with no more consequence than the logical delay...

...caused by the criminal incident.

The rival gangs used high power guns...

...to shoot at each other for 10 minutes.

The police didn't have time to intervene.

Hortensia Hernandez...

...a worker at a local sweatshop...

...was killed by a stray bullet, along with...

...her baby.

Another innocent bystander, Gerardo Torres...

...a Burger Boy waiter in this city...

...also died, as he recklessly went out...

...to see what was going on...

...after the first bullets.

A police sketch of one of the drug dealers...

...allowed the authorities to identify him.

He is the famous "White Mosquito" , aka Santiago.

A former factory worker, whose real name was...

...Gabriel Martinez Fonseca, was...

...killed off by his own men before getting away.

Public Security Forces confirmed...

...his involvement in several criminal actions...

...including the killing of the...

...Federal Investigations Direction subchief...

...commander Ernesto Penaloza Ramirez...

...implaccable enemy of gangsters...

...whose honesty, efficiency and loyalty...

...could not be tolerated by the criminals.

The other gangster killed in the shoot-out...

...was identified as a gunman belonging to...

...the gang of "Cochiloco", a famous drug baron...

"Cochi" what?

...In the country's Northwest.

Drugs and control of territories...

...provoked the shooting...

...causing terror among the population...

...that circulated downtown at the time.

They say it was drugs-related, to make their point.

Let's see what they come up with next time.

Colonel Jose Ramirez, of the local police...

...was at the site and said:

They are like this. They kill each other for anything.

Life isn't worth anything to them.

Why were two of the corpses dressed in blue?

Colonel Ramirez added that they have clues...

...that will lead to their capture.

Can you tell me anything about the blue masks?

No, sir. I repeat they are gangsters.

And I can assure you, categorically, that...

...we'll catch them soon. We'll put an end...

...to this serious threat to our society.

What about the terrorist methods, Colonel?

...managed to escape, among them two women.

Their names were withheld so as not to hinder...

...the investigations.

This climate of freedom in which we live, and our...

...democracy, have allowed us to exterminate...

...the extremist organizations.

What about the recent assassination of a...

...top Finance Ministry official?

The lamented death of engineer De la Rosa...

...cannot be attributed to terrorist groups.

For the simple reason that they don't exist anymore.

All there are left are gangsters, mentally disturbed people.

As I believe in God, I can assure you that...

...we'll finish them off as well.

In other news, today was inaugurated...

...the Smuggling Prevention and Combat Reunion...

...in our city...

Tomas will do the first watch. Relieve him at 4, Andres.

I want you all awake at 7.

There are clean clothes in Maria's room.

Marta...

...you take the backroom, Andres the bathroom...

...and Tomas that one.

Shoot at your own discretion.

The rest run to protect the garage.

We'll eat only once a day while we're here.

Put the trash in the cellar.

There's someone there.

He must be taken every 6 hours to the bathroom...

...and given a can of water. He'll eat half my ration every 2

Why did you bring him? Who is he?

We'll talk tomorrow.

It is forbidden to go up to the look-out room.

It's the rule.

We got into this to banish hateful rules...

...and all we do is create others just as hateful.

But needed. Without our discipline...

...they'd have killed us off long ago.

Santiago used to say you were the best of us.

But if you survived the revolution...

...you'd be the worst of all.

Santiago was a good comrade...

...but he was weak.

You saw I killed him off, right?

You didn't know we loved each other.

I knew that too.

You? How?

We were never together.

These things are known.

We met at one of the training ranches.

We were assigned to the same commando.

One day we got together...

...another day I killed him.

I spent all night trying to remember...

...what I knew about him. I realized he was...

...as unknown to me as the rest.

I knew how he smiled...

...what made him angry.

I knew his opinions about this or that...

...what he wanted for our country.

That lost look he had at times.

And nothing more.

We didn't even know our real names.

Just Santiago and Maria, out of nowhere...

You did the right thing.

If either of you had been caught by the police...

...you couldn't give the other away.

The rules aren't as bad as you think.

I almost made the same mistake.

I rather work out.

And your friends? You won't make any friends?

Not here.

They are your comrades, Andres.

My comrades. Not my friends.

A friend is someone you drink with...

...to play cards or get drunk.

A comrade is something else.

It's someone I may have to kill one day.

For security reasons, because he breaks...

...because he's a traitor or a coward.

With a friend it's harder.

You end up being an accomplice of his weaknesses.

You know that now better than me.

Maybe you're right.

It's almost 7. Wake them up.

Tomas, it's 7 o'clock.

Will you come down later?

Can't you hear me? Will you come down?

Mateo.

I've told you not to call me that.

What will you do with me?

I'm not your enemy.

I was a political prisoner. You know it.

It isn't my decision.

Whose is it, then? You kidnapped me.

You tied me up and shut my mouth.

You locked me in here.

I forbid you to talk about me with the others.

They'll take you to the toilet every 6 hours.

They'll give you a can of water

You'll eat half my ration every other day. That's

You and I were friends.

We turned political together in high-school.

We protested side by side...

...against the government's crimes.

Tell me why you brought me here.

I demand an explanation. It's my right.

Our morals are different. To be like...

...our rulers, the revolution is pointless.

You have no right to talk to me like that.

You and your Party of opportunists, traitors...

...petty-burgeois.

This is the only revolution that counts.

The rest are words, and I'm sick of nice phrases.

I'm sick of procrastinating cowards like you!

We're not against armed struggle.

When the people decide...

...not a bunch of crazies. You're not the FMNL.

I won't argue with you, understand?

I won't argue with anybody, ever again!

- Can't you understand? - Don't argue!

I want to know what the fuck I'm doing here.

Why must I be treated like a dog?

Someone's coming.

It's Martin's car.

Three.

Tell Marta.

Marta?

A friend, comrade.

Whee did you hide the car?

Next to the garage. Do you think I'm new?

There's no way they can see it.

I've seen men peeing. Don't worry.

You'll have to get used to it.

See? It's just prejudice.

Roasted chicken.

Fries.

More cans?

Iced sodas.

Juan?

Can I give him a can of milk?

I'll take it.

Shitty press!

They took Santiago, Simon and Jose to the morgue.

They say they mutilated their bodies.

They say? Who?

It's the talk of the town.

Maria, when you're done...

...tell Andres to come down and you too.

And this?

Who is he?

We'll talk about that later.

Will there be a meeting?

When the others come down.

The others? Who will be mounting guard?

Nobody.

Nobody? And if the cops come?

All of us die here, comrade.

What about him? He'll be listening?

You'd rather talk upstairs where anyone can hear

- He got milk. - I gave it to him.

Didn't you see he got a bullet in the stomach?

Don't you know you might kill him?

- I didn't think... - Thinking isn't your job.

I'm the one who studied Medicine.

- You were upstarts. - You shouldn't give him milk!

Pedro authorized it.

No, Juan, no!

Next time you want to kill yourself...

Why, Juanito, why?

You'll get well, but you gotta help yourself.

One clay you'll laugh at this, you'll see.

You'll go back to your town, like you told

...as a commander of the revolution.

You won't remember this, not even your wounds.

You'll see, Juanito.

You'll get better.

You'll see.

You shouldn't have ordered to give milk to Juan.

Or you to delay support for Simon.

Because of you we lost 3 men, almost 4.

- You're shameless! - We agreed not to attack...

...if he had more guards and 2 cars, fucker.

You didn't get there on time. We messed up.

We wanted to kill him, not to fool around.

C'mon!

Calm down, comrade.

We're all in this shit together.

You should have let them kill each other.

Don't you see all they need is a pretext?

The enemy is corrupt and that's enough.

They got us all in this, right?

But if the enemy gets away...

...they're left with an urge to pull the trigger...

...against anyone, they don't give a shit.

That's why Andres doesn't make friends...

...in case there is a pretext. Right, Andres?

And Pedro?

Well, Pedro is another matter.

His motto is to kill.

If he's about to be captured, or to die for him.

There's no middle ground: kill or die.

To fill he settles his guilt...

...to be at peace with his conscience.

He orders, the rest obey.

Discipline determines everything.

I'm sure he's the one who determined...

...the fucking discipline of this organization!

Shut up.

You see? Shut up, do, come, bring, kill, murder.

Mere pretexts!

After all, that's the whole point, right, Pedro?

Having pretexts to kill.

Not just the enemy, but your comrade...

...the undisciplined.

The wounded who can't walk...

...the broken ones.

And now even your friends...

...that you meet in the street.

Then the patients, to end their suffering...

...in case the enemy gets them.

That's not a bad pretext, right?

Who's next?

What gives you the right to speak?

- You're not a saint. - Easy, Marta.

You used to talk a lot...

...while we got our hands dirty for you.

Now you've seen the difference.

Now you know, baby.

Talking is not the same as bursting...

...someone's entrails open with a gun.

You're worst than us...

...because now that you're dirty, you come to...

...teach us stupid morals and to blame us for your

...and your petty-burgeois contradictions.

You can go fuck yourself, for all I care.

Why, comrade?

What is happening to us?

Why so much fucking aggression? Why?

Why don't you just shut your trap, comrade?

Why don't you have some balls one of these days...

...and brave it out with us on a commando?

The national direction knows very well why.

Listen to me. My work in the organization is...

...as important or more than yours.

Spare me your big talk.

Let's see some action, motherfucker.

I'll kill the first who shoots.

Holy shit!

The Cops!

Cover the cars.

No, wait!

The cops don't ring the bell.

- It could be a trap. - Maria...

...go with Marta, see who it is.

Go to Juan's room. Give it back to him.

Tomas, if it's alright, pull the wire.

There's nobody.

Let's go upstairs.

I'll see who it is.

Yes?

Excuse my insistence. I saw your car outside.

I'm Mrs. Durazo, your neighbour. Look...

...you see the white house covered with ivy?

The largest one.

This house had been empty for a long time.

I'm happy someone is living here. Can I come in?

I'm sorry. We've just moved in.

The furniture hasn't arrived yet.

I couldn't offer you even a chair.

I understand, dear. Don't worry.

Excuse me. You've better come another day.

The house is a mess.

But you have two cars!

This is prettier.

I'm sorry.

Forgive my looks. You know...

...what it is like to move in.

Your husband isn't home?

The house isn't ugly, but it wasn't well kept...

...by the former owners.

They were so unfriendly and rude!

Did you buy it, or are you renting?

We bought it.

How vulgar!

Putting up this rag as a decoration!

I've never seen such bad taste in my life!

And here's another.

I'm going up.

She's... my cousin.

My cousin.

But we love each other as sisters.

She is Mrs...

Durazo. Carlota Serrano de Durazo, at your service.

As I was telling you, they fancied themselves

But I think they were communists.

They had the house full of odd pieces, hangings

That's odd.

Is thee someone else home?

No.

I'd swear I heard something.

No. A box must have fallen. I'll take a look.

We were over there when you arrived.

That's why we didn't hear you. Did you ring long?

Don't worry. What was I telling you?

You were telling us...

Ah, yes! Imagine...

...here they had an ugly figurine.

Some kind of devil.

They didn't have any sofas. Only cushions.

And lots of hangings.

It looked a bit Arab or Indian...

...who knows what.

There was a library here.

Don't open it.

I'm sorry. I didn't think you'd mind.

I think I should be going.

Yes, it was a linen drawer.

Thank God nothing got broken, dear.

Excuse me.

You will be living here alone?

Be careful.

Two women alone are a temptation in this day and

When one least expects it there are...

...bombs and bullets. One can't be sure anymore.

Thee: was a shooting yesterday, downtown.

They say they were drug addicts, but that's a lie.

My husband is a government official, and he says...

...they were some of those killers, what do they

Assassins.

No. Some of those that used to kidnap politicians...

...and now just want to kill them.

Terrorists.

Right. I always forget that word.

Those were involved in yesterday's shooting.

My husband told me they wanted...

...to kill the minister who came...

He was inaugurating something. I don't remember.

You see, that's why they end up like that.

So many mutilated corpses appear around here.

They say some are against the government...

...and the police kills them, even if they're not...

...the ones you said, but others. It's the same.

They're all trouble-makers.

Anyway...

...I won't take up any more of your time.

You know that my house is your house.

Don't bother. I know the way.

I'm chief of this commando.

Martin is our link with the national direction.

Any disregard for our discipline won't be tolerated.

I won't press charges against you...

...for insubordination, is that clear?

Is that clear?

It was clear to me before all this.

I've always been disciplined.

You, Maria?

I don't give a shit.

And you?

That gun is mine.

Give it back.

Andres...

- I... - Yes?

...you are removed as second chief.

Marta will take your place.

Son of a bitch!

Easy.

Problem number one: discipline.

From now on it will be regarded as treason.

Problem number two: passports.

What about them?

There were only three.

Martin will get the rest.

When?

I don't know.

It won't be easy.

It could take 2 or 3 days, a week, I don't know.

We have to decide who will be leaving tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

It's too soon.

Enough to get the passports.

I don't want too many people here.

Alive or dead, Juan has to stay.

If he's alive by the time we get the third

...that would eliminate you, as commando doctor.

That's not fair. He'll probably...

...be dead by tomorrow. And even if he's not...

...all we can do is sedate him.

Anyone can do that.

And you call yourself a doctor? I'll stay.

Why you?

And you too. Remember that hag saw us.

And we love each other like sisters.

Fucking busybody!

Juan, Maria and Marta will stay, under Martin's

Maria in charge of Juan.

Marta as chief.

Problem number three.

Pablo and I were very good friends.

He knows very well who I am.

My real name.

My family.

We even were together in the same Party...

...when I was a reformist.

I want to say that, in spite of his deviations...

...he's not a reactionary.

He wasn't then, and I don't think he is now.

I can even add...

...that he contributed...

...considerably to my politicization.

I stopped seeing him when he was a political

I didn't look for him afterwards, because...

...I was already in the organization and I knew...

...he would never join us.

I don't know what the fuck he was doing there

But there he was.

He recognized me, in spite of the make-up...

...and I couldn't kill him.

I know I broke a security rule...

...but I just couldn't do it.

I simply could not do it.

But I couldn't leave him there.

The rest you know already.

He does have feelings after all.

Pedro the hard-man, Pedro the inflexible...

...the "Think-of-everything".

Ball-breaker Pedro!

It turns out he is a good man, noble, generous...

...incapable of killing his childhood friend.

While I, who am stupid, killed off Santiago...

...so that the cops didn't get him.

It's alright.

What do we do with him?

- There's only one way. - What will you do?

He knows us, knows where the house is, he has heard

Put away {hay knife.

Yes, comrade, Put it away.

Put it away. We don't kill defenceless people.

You know what? You'd be a great cop.

You're almost as dumb as the cops.

And you're very smart, right?

All of you, very smart.

You're all very tough, or like to think so. I'm not.

I do know what it is to break your back in a...

...factory, all clay long. I never had time...

...to waste on stupid books.

I'm a man of balls, not words.

You think you're important because you studied

And you because you're the link with the direction.

And you...

...who knows why.

And it just so happens that I'm the stupid one.

We'll see who is who.

Don't do it.

If we're going to kill him, at least I want to hear

I don't.

I don't care what he has to say...

...but I've never killed without a reason.

If you say anything about Pedro...

...you're a dead man, comrade.

You've better think before you speak.

I...

...was near that place yesterday.

What?

Where it happened yesterday.

I was sent to this city in secret...

...to help a group of comrades...

...to organize a strike.

At a sweatshop.

A very important group.

...don't know what to say.

I don't understand why I must die.

I wouldn't want to die like this.

You gotta hurry with those passports, Martin.

In three clays the stench will be insufferable...

...and the women won't stand it.

Don't worry. They won't be here that long. I

You know something, comrade?

I didn't like what Tomas said downstairs.

I want to be in the next commando.

I'm tired of being just the liaison.

We'll see.

They think you're on the direction, but...

...only I know how important you are.

You gotta help me, please.

You've been here too long.

Pedro.

I can't do all by myself.

33 years.

Single, newspaperman.

Hold it!

Tomas.

Give Tomas the one that says "Francisco".

You take the other one.

When you're done, take Pablo to the toilet.

Make sure nothing happens to him.

The jailer always lives in the same jail.

The jailer is another prisoner.

Shut up.

That's what the common inmates said...

...when I was in jail.

I'm not interested.

I don't want to hear you.

It's time to eat, Maria.

It was all different before.

It all seemed so clean and ingenious.

Full of generosity and courage.

It was easy to imagine just and heroic actions...

...when it was only a matter of words...

...and ideas.

It even seemed like fun, right?

The faces of the corrupt when we made them...

...return the stolen money.

Their hands were shaking, insecure.

Their eyes were full of fear.

Inspectors, crooked policemen...

...voracious landlords...

...hoarders...

...corrupt Union leaders...

...shitty politicians...

...despot, servile bureaucrats.

All kinds of...

...exploiters and lackeys.

All kinds of motherfuckers.

That's why nobody got scared...

...when the M1's and Uzi's appeared.

Our dream was to use one day...

...our own tanks, bazookas, mortars...

...and another day our flag would be on top of the

The people would only need our example to raise its

...and crush all its enemies.

We'd tell them that the revolution was only just

...that there was a lot to do to keep it going.

End of story. That was it.

As easy as that.

What none of us knew...

...was the meaning of the word "People"...

...when the others mentioned it.

Most of them thought it was...

...an article of faith for sectarians.

And you?

What is the people to you?

What do you know about it that we don't?

I only know it doesn't want us.

Fuck, it is getting hot.

Watch it.

Be on guard downstairs.

Pedro told me to do it here.

I order you to go downstairs.

It's the same to you, right?

It's all the same to me, but not to you.

No.

You won't sleep when we're left alone?

I don't know. Maybe I'll find a way to feel...

...at ease and secure.

You're so fucked up, Marta. Really.

You have to understand that I have no choice.

Even if you convinced us all...

...the doubt will always remain.

And doubt is what, sooner or later, destroys...

...people like us.

You won't have any doubts after you've killed me?

No. I don't think so.

A lot of people depend on me, Pablo.

- When will it be? - Tomorrow.

Before we leave.

Why tomorrow?

Why not today?

It's possible.

But it isn't for me to decide.

You're the boss.

I'm expecting someone to desert between 11 and 4.

If that happens, we'll have to abandon the house.

And this time we won't be taking you with us.

Kill me now. Why make me wait?

Aren't you so just, that you have the power...

...to decide who dies, when and where?

Men of justice don't torture their victims.

Because I'm just, I want to give you a chance...

...that the dead man be me and not you.

There's always the chance...

...that the police take us by surprise.

I don't think it likely.

But if I'm wrong, the others have orders to shoot

And then it wouldn't make sense.

This crime.

I don't think you'll have many chances...

...with the cops, but at least you'll have one.

You have to understand.

You have to understand this isn't personal, Pablo.

Had it been anybody else, he'd be dead by now.

Take it as a reprieve.

Two days, maybe three.

Perhaps more.

Look at it this way. I'm not taking anything from

On the contrary, I'm granting you time.

I feel better since I thought of that.

Go in peace.

There's nobody.

Let's go upstairs.

Wake me up at 11.

There's someone outside.

What will you do? No, wait.

What's going on?

How you doin', dude!

Those guys are really making out.

See what a hot broad he has.

They could be cops, asshole.

They can't be cops.

Look, he's pulling down her panties.

Motherfuckers!

That looks delicious!

Who was it?

It's alright.

Take over from Tomas.

Marta, go to sleep.

What, were you spooked?

What do you want here?

- Nothing. - So?

Go to sleep. Aren't you tired?

If she deserts, you'll be responsible.

We'll find out at 4, when you're left alone with

I took those things to the basement.

I have the passports.

Give them to me.

They're fine.

- Hi. - This is Martin.

I have good news. I'm coming over.

Martin said over the phone there are good news.

He used the phone?

Hi, comrade.

Have you ever used on of these?

I don't know how to use guns.

Sure.

Sure, comrade.

Here.

I demand to be freed immediately.

You know I have nothing to do with the others.

Don't, comrade. I don't like to be yelled at.

Or to be disobeyed.

Here.

Put a finger on the trigger.

Put a finger on the trigger!

No. No.

No.

You're going to kill me.

Not us, comrade. You got yourself in trouble.

That's not true. You know I was kidnapped.

All I know is that you're going to get fucked.

You heard Mateo yesterday. You know why he brought

Mateo?

Pedro.

He had a real Apostle's name.

- Had? - They were out of luck.

You too, comrade.

You'll have to make a very long journey.

You can't kill me like this.

The Party must have...

...reported my disappearance by now.

What they will find in this house...

...is that a renowned Red was these fucking crazies'

That's an idiotic provocation.

Only you can think of such stupidities.

You think so?

Corpses are very talkative.

Here they'll find some who killed each other...

...for political differences.

Because they were deranged. For whatever you like.

But nobody will raise a finger when you're dead.

You were infiltrated. From the start, isn't it?

What did you expect?

We organize them.

These groups are very useful.

We use them to eliminate the Big Shits...

...that hinder our bosses.

Like the ones we allowed these losers to kill!

Penaloza...

...the man from Finance...

...and the rest.

The others...

...the really important ones, those never!

But the Reds, yes!

I'll die for nothing.

No, comrade.

Not at all.

Really, do you think these petty killers...

...worry us more than you and your people?

Not at all!

We waited a long time for a chance to fuck you up.

You'll give us a good pretext.

Nobody can stop the coming repression.

No! The maneuver is clear.

The Party will be strengthened by this idiotic

You really are blind! Understand this.

Every friend of yours we kill...

...every Red asshole that ends up in jail...

...every motherfucker whose balls we break and kick

...will remember you, comrade.

They will never forget you.

Everything will turn against you sooner or later.

The Party will be stronger after you kill me.

You gave me a reason to die.

Martin!

Traitors don't die of old age either.

You wanna bet?