Bordertown

More murders in Juarez!

Juarez terrorized

by wave of killings!

Three more womens' bodies found!

More murders in Juarez!

Juarez terrorized

by wave of killings!

Three more womens' bodies found!

Get the truth,

read about it in El Sol.

MORE MURDERS IN JUAREZ!

Out of the way!

Confiscate all these newspapers!

Get all this trash out of here!

Move it! Take it all!

The first shift is now ending.

Thank goodness we're done.

I'm so tired.

I have to go downtown

to buy my sister a gift.

What are you going to get her?

A doll.

- How much for the doll?

- Twenty. I have different colors.

- Will you take less?

- Fifteen.

Fine. I'll take it.

Stop!

- Are you going to Colonia Anapara?

- Yes. Have a seat.

Do you mind if I get some gas?

No, that's okay.

Yes.

There is no gas station.

Everything is alright.

Don't be afraid.

Stop! I don't want

to have to kill you!

Help me, please! Help me!

Over the last few years...

375 Mexican women

have been raped and murdered.

An additional 700 Mexican women

are still missing.

No one knows who,

no one knows why.

You wanna find out?

- Nobody gives a sh*t about Mexico.

- Lf you give a sh*t, they will.

- Okay!

- Just get to the heart of the story!

You used to work

for the El Paso Courier, right?

- What does that have to do with it?

- You speak enough Spanish.

I don't speak Spanish.

I don't know anything about Mexico.

- What was the name of your partner?

- Diaz.

Alfonso Diaz. You guys

were wonderful together.

You won the JFK medal, right?

I'm really trying to help you out.

- But you're so goddamned mighty!

- All right!

I'll do it. But when I do...

I want the foreign

correspondence job. Deal?

Yeah, why not?

I'll leave tonight.

Ma'am? We've arrived.

How are you, Lauren?

This is Frank.

- Hey, Frank.

- I thought I'd give you the heads-up.

George is looking for you.

He's pissed.

You were supposed to call him

the second you landed in Juarez.

Hope you're having a blast down there.

Hold on for Frank.

What the hell is going on?

George. Did you know that they are

claiming that the murders are solved?

The police have some guy in custody.

Some Egyptian guy. His name is...

Al-Awar.

It's bullshit. It's different

patterns with the different victims.

Some are strangled

with shoelaces.

Others have bite marks

on their breasts.

- You know, it's not anything.

- It sounds you're onto something...

Don't forget what you promised me.

I want the foreign correspondent job.

One job at a time, kid.

You stay focused.

We'll talk about it

when you get home.

Hi, can I speak

to Alfonso Diaz, please?

This is the Chicago Sentinel.

- Diaz?

- Who's this?

This is Lauren.

Lauren Adrian?

Remember?

- Lauren?

- Yeah.

I mean, it can't be.

Where are you calling from?

Chicago?

Actually I'm here.

I'm in Juarez.

My...

F***.

Excuse me? Excuse me?

Lotte Bravo?

Straight? Okay.

Gracias.

Lauren? Is that you?

It's me.

It's you.

I can't believe it.

- You look good.

- You look good, too.

I was surprised when you called.

I thought I'd never see you again.

Maybe you're on CNN

and not here in Juarez.

It has been a long time,

hasn't it?

- What are they doing?

- They're looking for bodies.

Their daughters.

They're the only ones who can find

bodies. Police didn't find anything.

Authorities, well, they're trying

to cover the whole thing up.

- Yeah.

- Anyway.

What are you doing here?

I'm doing a story on the murders.

- There's always a story with you.

- It's not like that.

- Yeah, you always want something.

- I don't want anything.

It's something that I think

we need to do, together.

- I gotta go and find these pictures.

- Come on.

Team up with me.

It'll be like old times.

Old times?

That is exactly

what I want to avoid.

Sh*t.

Diaz!

You have to do something.

Her killers will come back for her.

People know about this.

You will never be safe.

I know. But, who can we go to?

The police?

They won't protect us.

The government...

all they do is steal.

The newspaper El Sol.

We should go there.

Alfonso Diaz can help us.

Hold on. Wait up!

You can't come here for six years

and expect me to help you.

- You're happy to see me, I can tell.

- Yeah, sure.

I need an inside contact, someone

who knows this world the way you do.

My God, what happened here?

What are these, bullet holes?

The price for telling the truth

in Juarez.

You are a great

investigative reporter.

One of the best when we

worked together in El Paso.

- What are you doing in this place?

- Alfonso!

They're saying the devil took a girl

to hell and she escaped.

The rumors are flying.

- This is getting crazy.

- What?

The Indians believe that the devil

himself is doing these murders.

- The devil?

- Yeah.

And they hand us

these reports all the time.

It changes shape every night.

Some nights he's a dandy.

Some nights an old man.

Keeps the women,

takes them to hell.

According to this new report,

some girl escaped from the devil.

Escaped?

Think there's anything to it?

Who knows? There's nothing

but hysteria and rumors.

Women are being used

for snuff films.

People kill women, take their organs.

Serial killers come from everywhere.

You wanna kill a woman

for any reason, you come to Juarez.

Is there any evidence

to support any of these theories?

Of course. There's evidence

to support all of them.

They may all be true.

Lauren...

the number of women killed

is not 375.

It's just a number

the police concord up.

But the real number is

probably closer to 5 thousand.

Five thousand?

Maybe it is the devil.

I brought you something.

Remember this?

What?

We earned this together.

I know.

- Take it.

- No, you keep it.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

- This is your family?

- Yeah.

Your wife?

- My wife.

- That was a stupid question.

Your boy. He looks like you.

Those bastards are trying

to take our papers.

You see? It is trying

to stall my liberty of paper.

They are trying to shut me down.

I am overwhelmed right now.

I'm fighting just to keep

my paper open. I can't help you.

- You don't mean that.

- Alfonso!

Another fire in Colonia Anapra.

People were stealing electricity again.

- A fire, what?

- Fires happen all the time.

There's no fire department,

there's no fire trucks.

What. Fire trucks?

There's no water.

Take those papers off the truck!

I don't care what they say!

Diaz, listen to me.

We can get the front page.

Think about it.

They'd never do this to you again.

What is this? More promises

of glory from George?

That's what you left me,

remember?

The answer is no.

Do you understand no? No!

Get more men to help!

You're blowing it, Diaz!

Big time!

What's going on over there?

That girl says that she was in hell

with the devil. And that she escaped.

It's all nonsense.

Open the door! Open the door!

You say your attacker

was the bus driver?

Could you identify him?

Yes... and the other man too.

Ask her if she has any marks

maybe on her neck...

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