Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 16, Episode 1 - Girls Disappeared - full transcript

NARRATOR: 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.

Good night. You
ready, little man?

You ready?

There we go. Shh,
shh. (NOAH BABBLING)

Good night, sweet Noah.

Aww. You miss your
mommy, don't you?



She had a hard road, huh?

I don't know if I'm ever gonna
be able to tell you the story.

But I can tell you this.

She loved you.

Very, very much.

Her name was Ellie.

ELLIE: So they let
Little Tino stay out?

But he's wearing a bracelet,
Ellie. You're gonna be safe here.

When do I have to testify?

The grand jury, tomorrow.

And then I'll get Noah back?

You gotta focus right
now on getting clean.

You gotta focus on
working your program. Okay?

You call me if
you need anything.



I don't want Noah to grow
up in foster care like I did.

I just want him to be safe.

To grow up knowing
that he's loved.

ROLLINS: They may
have found something.

BENSON: Is it her?

Uh, body's burned up pretty bad.

BENSON: It's Ellie.

Come on, Tino. Who did it?

Who gave the order?

I greenlit her.

No way.

You're doing time,
playa, 25-to-life.

Who's pulling your string?

JUDGE: Sergeant Benson, you
rescued the infant, isn't that right?

Yes, Your Honor.

Is there any chance you might like to
become a foster mother to this baby?

I'm still trying to find the
man that hurt your mom, Noah.

And I have...

You have a lot of friends.

And I promise you this,

I'm not gonna
rest until I get him.

Well, they don't teach you
everything at the academy.

The best way to win some
fights is to never have 'em.

They brainwash you
at anger management?

Fine, try it the hard way.

Now, lesson two, what's
wrong with that picture?

Afternoon, sir. License,
registration and insurance, please.

Why, is there a
problem, Officer?

Well, you're parked in front of a
hydrant and you're exposing yourself.

You mind zipping
up and stepping out?

Both of you. OFFICER: Come on.

Get your stuff together
and get out the car.

Hands on the hood.
All right, come on.

I'm parked, all right? She's
my girlfriend, you know?

It's better than
me getting serviced

while I'm driving, right? Yeah,
that's great. You're all about safety.

Got any ID in there? And
your girl, what's her name?

I don't know, we just met.

She have ID? Fake one.

Honey, how old
are you? Nineteen.

What year were you born? '96.

Houston, we have a problem.

Look, I'm sorry, all right?
My wife... My wife is pregnant.

Give me my purse.
I didn't do nothing!

Don't lie to me, chica. (GRUNTS)

Hey, hey. You move,
you lose your car.

Easy. You don't have to run.

Calm down. Easy. Hey! Calm down.

Hey, just breathe.
Just breathe! (YELPS)

Easy.

(STRUGGLING)

He'll frigging kill me.

Who's that, your pimp?

(HANDCUFF CLICKS)

Hey, SVU. We're
here for Luna Garcia.

Oh, you can help
yourself to that bitch.

My partner's processing her now.

Guapo, you done with the empathy
thing? We can let this one go.

What's up, man? Yo. What's up?

How are you?

Uh, look. I know you called.

I've just been busy, you know,

pulling as much
OT as I can and...

We know how it is. You
won't be here for much longer.

Listen, this girl you
brought in, Luna Garcia?

Yeah, she's underage.

Her prints came in
from INS a half hour ago.

She's also a material witness

in the rape-homicide
of Ellie Porter.

Noah's mom? Does Liv know?

That's why we're here.

Well, my partner
did the paperwork.

If I'd have seen the want
card, I'd have called right away.

You know, I have a rapport with
Luna, if you want me to talk to her.

Liv wants us to bring her in.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, I get it.

Here.

What's going on? Okay.

Where you taking me? You're gonna be
fine, honey. We just need to talk to you.

(GUNSHOT) ROLLINS: Get down.

Stay down. (WHIMPERING)

FIN: Police! Drop the gun!

(HORN HONKING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Move, and I'ma cap your ass.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(ELEVATOR BELL
DINGS) Where's the shooter?

At the hospital with Fin.

The girl, Luna, is in Interview.

She is pretty shaken up.

How did they know that
you were picking her up?

Well, Amaro thinks that they
were followed to the precinct.

Amaro? Yeah.

He was the arresting officer.

They shot at cops right
outside of the station,

so they want us to
know they're crazy.

You must be my new detective.

Dominick Carisi, Jr.

Call me Sonny.
I brought zeppoli.

I asked for an experienced,
empathic detective,

and they sent you?

I'm way experienced.

Sensitive and moody, too,

and I can do that
whole empathy thing.

Where are you from?

Uh, Staten Island
SVU for two months,

then Brooklyn for
almost a month,

and then Queens last week.

So they love you
wherever you go, Carisi?

Call me Sonny.

I was supposed to start tomorrow,
but I heard about the shooting

over the scanner, so I came in.

What's our read?

The 116 had a witness
of an open case.

They took a shot at her.

That girl giving the smoothie
to the mook in the minivan?

What she witness to?

ROLLINS: A few months ago,

a trafficked girl was
gang-raped and set on fire.

The Ellie Porter case. Yeah.

I remember hearing
about it. It was horrible.

Her pimp greenlit her, right?

Little Tino. He took the rap,

but we don't think
that he ordered the hit.

So this girl's hooking
for the same crew,

and you think that she's
gonna give up Mr. Big.

Want me to take a
run at her, Sergeant?

BENSON: I can certainly
see why you're so popular.

Uh, Rollins, how about
you talk to the john.

And, uh, Carisi, come with me.

I need you to follow my
lead, or you'll be oh-for-four,

and then your
all-borough tour of SVU

will continue in the Bronx.

My son has soccer
tomorrow. I need my car back.

I don't think you understand
what's going on here.

Your girl was 16.

All right, well, she didn't finish,
okay? 'Cause we got interrupted.

So that was... Okay.
See, right there,

you just confessed
to statutory rape.

Okay, so, how'd
you make the date?

Craigslist. You call the number,
and then they come in a car,

and she gets in the car with me.

Couldn't get a room. So classy.

Well, that costs a
lot of money, okay?

And I have two children
in Catholic school.

You ever date this girl? She
goes by the name of Lisette.

Or maybe Ellie.

Yeah, I don't know. Maybe.

I'm not really paying
attention to their faces. So...

You wanna look again?

I don't know her. BENSON: Yeah,
you do, Luna. You lived with her.

We found your passport when
we raided Little Tino's mom's house.

Do you know what
happened to Ellie?

Just put me in jail.

Luna, listen to me.

They took a shot at you.

They want you dead.

They killed Ellie.

Now, if you work with
us, if you talk with us,

we can make sure
that you stay safe.

Safe as you can be, anyway.

She's not gonna talk to us
if we keep blowing smoke.

Well...

How long you
been on the streets?

One year, two?

Six months before that, you're
in Mexico getting turned out.

Do you have any hope left?

You're still praying to Our
Lady of Guadalupe every night,

asking her forgiveness?

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Carisi, would you be
so kind to get Ms. Garcia

something to drink?

I told you, I don't know her!

No problem, Sarge.

But before I go,
escuchame, mariposilla.

That wasn't a warning shot.

Your papi greenlit your ass.

Hey, that's not
helpful. That's...

You ask me, you got one hope.

T Nonimmigrant
Status for trafficked girls.

You get a new identity,
you move to a new city.

Welcome to America.

Now, I can pull those
strings and make that happen,

but you have got
to make a statement.

At least, we can
offer you a chance.

But that's all it
is. It's a chance.

Es verdad?

It's us or them.

We want you to live, Luna.

They don't. Do you
understand that?

Si.

Then my partner here is gonna get
you that drink that we talked about.

(DOOR OPENING)

You got pretty lucky in
there, promising her T status.

What are you, an
immigration lawyer?

Halfway there. Night
school, Fordham Law.

I just did a term paper
on T Nonimmigrant Status.

She's a good candidate.

So you wrote a paper,

and now you told
her that you have pull?

It doesn't actually matter
if I'm telling her the truth.

I mean, I got her
to believe I am.

Look, that may
work in Staten Island,

but that's not how we
do things here, okay?

My apologies, Sergeant.

But after what happened to Ellie
Porter, she knows we can't keep her safe.

So you scare her?

What happened to that
empathy thing you do?

When's the last time she
got empathy from a man?

I mean, she's used to a
pimp telling her what to do.

To her, a nice guy
is just playing her.

Fine.

Just get her to talk.

Okay, guys, so where are we at?

Did you get anything
from our john?

Looks like the same setup
as Little Tino's operation.

I mean, the burner cell
phones, Craigslist ads.

But Little Tino's in jail.
This is another franchise.

Okay. So what about the shooter?

FIN: Diego Ramirez. He
somehow managed to lawyer up

while still in
surgery. No record.

But his prints match ones on
the gas can found at Ellie's murder.

So he was there.
Did he rape her?

We're waiting on that.

Well, I know why Luna
doesn't need a lawyer.

She's got a mouth on her.

Did you get anything?

I got the address of the
house she's working out of.

But did you get her pimp?

Well, it's too soon to ask.
BENSON: So you got nothing.

Well, I'm trying
to build a rapport.

Just stake out the
house, you'll find him.

Who are you?

Detective Tutuola,
meet Sonny Carisi.

Remember that sensitive,
experienced detective that I put in for?

So, who do we
call for a warrant?

Okay, easy there, cowboy.

We've already taken down one
house, and all we got was house.

There's something
bigger going on here.

Maybe we do stake it
out, but put a UC inside?

Cool. They don't know me.

How about I do it?
Hold that thought.

How about we go with
somebody that they do know,

and somebody that they also know

has a grudge against NYPD.

(SIREN WAILING)

(RAP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR RADIO)

License, registration,
insurance.

I'm sure you know the deal.

Deal is I didn't do nothing.

That's not what I hear.

Excuse me?

Listen, Joaquin
Menendez. I could cite you

for rolling through
the stop sign,

I could toss your
car and plant drugs,

or we can just discuss what's
going on in that house back there.

(SCOFFS)

So this is a shakedown.

Maybe I should call my abogado.

No, no, no. (SPEAKS SPANISH)

Hear me out.

Now, we both know you
have working girls in there.

Jovencitas.

And where'd you hear this from?

Those friends at SVU. Mira.

You know, maybe I can give
you a heads up when you need it,

and you can help
me with my alimony.

I'll just take the ticket.

Oh, you need proof?

I'll give you
something for free.

You're getting raided tonight.

Here's your license.

Here's my card. Burner
cell's on the back.

Call me when
you're ready to deal.

Hey, Amaro.

Ain't you the one that,
uh, beat up that chomo?

And now they got you doing traffic
stops out here in Queens, huh?

Fine. You know, if you're
too stupid to believe me

and you get snatched up,

look for El Moreno.

Tell him we're friends.

Drive safely, Joaquin.

Police! Search warrant!

(SCREAMING) Nobody move!

Let me see your hands!

OFFICER: Stay where you are!

CARISI: Hands in the
air! Hands in the air!

Come on, come on. Go take her.

You, you check the back.

OFFICER 1: Don't move! Get
on the ground! (SCREAMING)

OFFICER 2: You
heard what he said!

ROLLINS: It's
okay. Girls, it's okay.

It's all right. It's all right.

Come here. See, look? It's okay.

Come. Come on out, it's okay.

You're okay.

Not one more step,
amigo. You stay right there.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa. I got this, young blood.

Rollins found some girls
upstairs. She needs you inside.

Hey, uh...

It's all good, yo. I'm...
I'm a friend of Nick's.

Okay, get the hell out of here.

You shouldn't be in
a house like this. Go.

Chocolate milk. The real kind,

with syrup, not powder.

I don't want
that. I'm not a kid.

And I'm waiting for
my lawyer to come.

Oh, you think Joaquin's
sending you a lawyer?

He's downtown right now.

He's claiming he had no
idea you were turning tricks.

That's not true.
You're how old, 14?

Just tell us what he's done
to you, how you got here.

I don't need your
help. CARISI: No?

We got your phone. So
how about your daughter?

Does she need our help?

ROLLINS: We raided
a house last May,

and there were children inside.

Not so tonight. Where's
your baby, Missy?

Can I have something to eat?

I'll order you something.

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

Still not talking?
Okay, suit yourself.

I'm oh-for-three.

Well, these girls have been through
so much, they're scared to death.

And these idiots in D.C.
wanna send them back

because they're "terrorists
bringing over Ebola."

Did you get anything
from Missy? No, not yet.

But boy wonder's in there
talking to her about her baby.

Her baby?

(SCOFFS) She's,
what, 15? Fourteen.

She grew up in foster
homes, she ran away.

She got seduced by
some Romeo pimp,

and got turned out, and
then sold to Joaquin's gang.

Just like Ellie. FIN:
Your setup worked.

After I let Joaquin go,
he called up Amaro,

told him he owed him a favor.

Said he'd put him on retainer.

Oh. Well, I'm glad
that Joaquin's happy.

Did we get anything
out of the raid?

Well, TARU is going
through the girls' cell phones.

The numbers match the
ones on the Craigslist ads,

and lots of phone calls
from midtown hotels.

Oh, great. And another thing.

All the girls had the same
app for a car service, Quickride.

You've seen the signs.

"Drive for us, make
four grand a month."

I bet they're making a lot more
than that, driving around out-calls.

ANGEL: A prostitution
ring? Not again.

My brother's on a job in Miami,
so I know how these things work.

But there's not much I can do.

How about giving us the names
and addresses to these accounts?

We don't record that,
for privacy reasons.

You saw what happened with Uber.

I spent three years
building up this business.

I'm not gonna see it go down
because drivers were arrested

for harassing female customers.

All right. Well, how
are the accounts paid?

Some direct deposit,
some billed monthly,

some Bitcoin.

These accounts, all
paid by an off-shore LLC.

Address is a PO box.

Well, you mentioned earlier that
you've had this problem before?

I closed an account
about five months ago.

Drivers were complaining about a man
being rough with young girls in my cars.

This guy got a name?

Tino Aguilar.

He wasn't happy
when I cut him off.

A real badass.

(CELL DOORS BUZZING)

RAFAEL: Both these pimps
use Quickride to transport girls?

Paid for by a shell corporation.

And so far, forensic
accounts can't track it down.

RAFAEL: So why
would Little Tino talk?

BENSON: An A.D.A.
coming all the way to Attica?

That might make him
think he can get a deal.

What do you want from me?

BENSON: Your
girls used Quickride.

We just busted another
house that used Quickride.

It's the same
question, Little Tino.

Who's in charge here?

I'm already in jail
for rape, murder.

You can get me off from that?

I'm here, aren't I?

You cooperate, witness
protection is one phone call away.

If I talk, everybody's gonna
know it's coming from me.

No, they won't.

You have a cover now. We have the
other house, we have the car service.

We have a shooter
in custody right now

for trying to take out
one of the working girls.

Somebody's gonna
give up your boss.

You're the last person
that they're thinking about.

But none of those
witnesses talked yet?

Doesn't that tell you something?

Who ordered Ellie killed?

Why you so worried
about that dead whore?

It worked out
pretty good for you.

Excuse me?

I heard you got
a baby out of it.

Where'd you hear that?

You love that little baby?

Oh.

Are you stupid enough

to threaten a sergeant's
family in front of a D.A.

when he's offering you a deal?

All I'm saying is, if I was you,

I'd leave this alone.

Some of your own guys
working against you.

My turn to buy.
What do you want?

I want you to stay
in the car. Don't text.

I'll take an iced
coffee, light and sweet.

Well, keep your
eyes on the street.

Are you done with this paper?

Well, your shooter,
Diego, is in recovery.

He's looking for a deal.

Oh, that's all right.
He don't know nothing.

And my girls you
snatched up at the house,

they're all lawyered
up and out on bail.

So I got no worries.

You know a guy
named Little Tino?

The D.A.'s leaning on him. Went up to
Attica, told him if someone else talks first,

Tino spends the rest
of his life in prison.

Tino cooperate?

These keep coming,

I can make a few
calls and find out.

But if Tino does turn, you
don't want to be the last man in.

You know, my friend,
the one that let you go,

he can walk you through
the door if you need it.

(GRUNTING)

(CHOKING)

Little Tino just got
shanked in prison.

Do we still have
eyes on Joaquin?

I'll call Amaro.

That was Bellevue Prison Ward.

Diego, the guy that shot at us,

he just got hit in his
hospital room. He's gone.

CARISI: When
it rains, it bleeds.

Missy, that kid, shot
dead in a car with a john.

Somebody's cleaning house.

All right. Go, go, go.

Uh, Bellevue,
Attica, the shooting.

(STUTTERING) I'm going
home to check on Noah.

LUCY: Hello? Lucy.

Hey, I'm coming home right now.

Do not let anybody in, okay?

Oh, we're not home.

What? Where?

We're at the park.

He's been cooped
up inside all day,

so I thought we'd
get some fresh air.

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Lucy, what's going on?

This is Sergeant
Benson, Manhattan SVU.

Shots fired at DeWitt
Clinton Playground.

Hey. SVU.

SVU. My son was in the park.

You might wanna check with EMS.

Oh, my God.

Lucy.

Lucy! Liv!

Is he okay?

We're fine. We're fine.

Oh, thank God. Nobody got hit.

They think he was just
trying to scare everyone.

It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

Let's get you inside, my love.

Diego Ramirez got
a hotshot in Bellevue.

Missy Brooks, executed
along with a john.

Looks like he was
just collateral damage.

And Little Tino,
critical, still in surgery.

Shivved nine times.

And Noah. And Lucy.

A shooter opened
up at the playground.

You okay, Liv?

We should get
them out of the city.

There's a detail on them, and
we've already picked up Luna.

Now, what we need to do now

is find out whoever
ordered these hits,

starting with Joaquin.
We know how this started.

I mean, Amaro met with Joaquin,

and an hour later,
the knives come out?

Somehow he got that
message to his boss.

How? We had
Joaquin's phone tapped.

He was under surveillance.

Listen, tell Amaro to set
up a meet with Joaquin.

The second those two sit
down, you bring them both in.

You wanna arrest Nick?

It has to look good. I know.

Anything else?

Missy was killed in
Richmond Hill in a john's car.

I'm wondering how she got there.

How about I go
talk to Quickride?

How about we do?

Angel Perez?

Angel Perez.

Get out. I'm not talking.

They did a number on this place.

I would think you'd want
us to catch these guys.

One of your drivers may have dropped
off a girl who was murdered yesterday.

Hey, you heard what
he said. He said get out.

You know, this only happened because my
husband talked to those other detectives.

So leave us alone.

Man, what are you doing to me?

I give you a couple names, and
you put hits out on all of them?

Take potshots at my
former sergeant's kid?

I had nothing to do with that.

Hey, you think I'm an idiot?

Tell me who put those hits out,
or I'll take you down right here!

Who was it? Who did it?

Who you think you talking to?

I know who I'm talking to.

You take me down,

I bring you down with me.

Cop on the take, setting
up witnesses to be killed.

Yeah, that'll be the
final nail in your coffin.

Pleasure doing
business with you.

No, come here. You're
not walking away from me.

FIN: Hey, hey, hey!

Joaquin Menendez, Nick Amaro.

Back up. Get your
hands up in the air.

What the hell is this?
Hands up. Behind your head.

NICK: Hey, we don't need
to do this here. Come on.

Turn around.

Look, I thought we had a deal.

Not anymore.

ROLLINS: Come on.

FIN: Let's go.

This is bull.

Your dirty cop Amaro set me up.

Sit down.

He had all the names.
I don't know anything.

Shut up!

Who ordered the hits?

I got no idea. No idea. Okay.

So why don't we start
with an easy question, huh?

Who greenlit Ellie?

We know that it
wasn't Little Tino.

So who was it?

Who was it?

Why the hell you
care so much, huh?

Oh, wait. (SNICKERS)

You're the one who has her kid.

CARISI: Was it you
who took the shot?

You tried to kill Noah,

you won't make it
out of central booking.

Don't put that on me.

I don't care if you did it,

or you know who did it.

This one's on you.

Sergeant. And I promise
you, you better start talking.

Or they're gonna find
you hanging in your cell.

I promise you that.

Hey, Liv. We just
got a call from Attica.

Little Tino's conscious.

Good. I got it. Thank you.

(CELL DOOR BUZZING)

BENSON: Thank you.

Oh, hell no. You not
going in to see my son.

This is police business, Ms.
Aguilar, okay? Step aside.

Like hell. You set up my baby.

He talks to you
again, he's dead.

He didn't talk, and they
already tried to kill him.

You wanna keep him
alive, tell us who his boss is.

I don't know.

I guess there's nothing
else to talk about.

Wait.

What, you got
something to talk about?

Yeah.

I don't deal with the boss.

But I have dealt with
his bottom, Selena.

How do we get in touch with her?

Selena's the one that
breaks in the new girls.

I heard there's a new one up,

16 maybe, from Ciudad Juarez.

Goes by Carmen on Craigslist.

You book a date with
her, Selena will be close by.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hey. You must be Carmen.

Hi. Hi. Yeah.

Come on in, come in.

You're so pretty.

So, what are you
gonna do for me?

Just whatever you want.

Eh, massage is 200... Massage?

That's a joke, right?

I didn't call you for a massage.

Just tell me what you
want. Oh, yeah, that's better.

I like the ones
who struggle, huh.

Please don't hurt
me! Please don't!

Where are you
going? No, no, no, no.

(SLAMS DOOR) I like it rough.

That's what I want!

You can't do that, you
find someone who can,

because this ain't what
I'm paying for, baby.

Yeah, get out your phone.
Get... Pick up that phone!

Pick up that phone and
call somebody right now!

Selena?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I just wanted a new girl.

You sent me the Virgin Maria.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

CARISI: You know
what? For... Forget it.

We... We don't gotta do this.

You hurt my girl,
you need to pay.

Okay. (STUTTERING)
No problem, ma'am.

No problem. And you can lower
the gun, 'cause we're all friends.

Nobody needs to get hurt here.

(GRUNTS)

Hands in the air. Go.

This one's done.

She's my cousin. I
was trying to help.

Yeah, save it, sister.
Let's go. Come here.

Hey, you're okay now.
All right? You're safe.

Carmen had a date.

We gave her a ride.

Five minutes later,
she called, screaming,

scared for her life.
That's all I know.

Yeah, you think that's
gonna play for a jury?

We've got you and
your muscle on video.

Selena, stop. We've
been tracking you.

We have you on
compelling prostitution.

That's 10 years, minimum.

You understand that? Ten years.

I'm sorry for the interruption.

(SCOFFS) So, you're
her mouthpiece?

Nice suit.

Look, I don't know
who's paying your salary,

but if you're really
here to defend Selena,

then I suggest you get
her to tell us something.

I didn't tell them anything.

ROLLINS: She didn't have to.

We know she's worked
her way to the bottom.

We're building a
case against her boss.

How, by threatening
my client with jail?

With deportation?

I would think SVU detectives
would have more sympathy

for the path she's
been made to walk.

Fair enough. Let's
talk about her path.

Let's talk about
how she got here.

Let's talk about
who she works for

and what he made her do.

What you're asking her to do
would put her in grave danger.

To protect herself, my
client is invoking at this point.

And you're sure you don't
wanna consult with your client first?

Maybe see what she wants?

Don't try to trick her. Selena
knows to trust her abogado.

Verdad, Selena?

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

You saw the look
of terror on her face

when her own lawyer
walked in the room?

She's scared to death.
She works for those pimps.

She had to know about Ellie.

She had to know about
that 14-year-old girl, Missy.

And going after Noah.

Yes.

Whatever she's become, we know
she started out like those other girls.

That's who she was.

That's not who she is now.

She's a victimizer now.

We have to build
a case against her.

Where's Luna?

Uh, she's in the bunk room.

Get her down here.

How's my application
for T Status going?

I'm working on it.

Luna, do you know her?

Everybody knows Selena.

She's in charge of us.

So she's the enforcer? Yes.

But now she thinks she's better
because she works for them.

She used to be like us.

She tells me it's
my fault I'm a whore.

Your fault?

She asks how
could I be so stupid.

In our village, Vargas, every
girl knew it could happen.

And I did what my mother said.

I never wore makeup.
I tried to look ugly,

no dresses. Nunca. Nada.

And when the narcos
come, you hide.

It's okay.

And one day, I was
hiding with my kitten

when she ran away.

I climbed out after
her, and they took me.

Just after my First Communion.

Luna,

why did you say "our village"?

Selena was one of
the first girls taken.

Everybody knew her story.

She was at the market
one day with her mother,

and she let go of
her mama's hand.

And that was it.

And everybody knew she
got taken to Tenancingo.

Same place I got taken.

Tenancingo is the epicenter
for sex trafficking in Mexico.

Pimping is their main industry.

It is a very poor village,

shack after shack after shack,
except for these mansions.

They're five stories high,

turreted gates, pagoda rooftops.

I spoke to a federal task
force looking into this.

The traffickers make so much
money, they build these huge houses.

The mothers live there, a
few guards, and the children.

Yeah, children
of kidnapped girls.

So, they have
mansions in Mexico.

How's this help us
take down this crew?

I'm just getting to that.

The task force was
able to ID three owners.

The first, shot to death
in Tijuana last April.

The second is a relative of a
respected member of the town council.

And the third, they claim, is
somewhere in the US, possibly New York.

Teodoro Juarez, 35.

Son of a bitch.

Wh... Am I missing something?

That's Angel. He must have
vandalized his own office.

ROLLINS: Teodoro Juarez
is known to us as Angel Perez.

He owns Quickride, the
car service the girls use.

So he wasn't just
transporting, he's trafficking.

And problem is, no
one's gonna testify to that.

He's ruthless. He
doesn't think twice

of kidnapping young
girls, raping them,

and holding their
babies hostage.

Hold on.

That might be our way in.

These girls, they've
given up on themselves.

But what about the babies?

Does the task force
have eyes on the ground?

And in the air.
So can they tell us

how many kids are hidden
inside Angel's mother's house.

And who they are? Mmm-hmm.

Why are you here?

I done my two days, I'm out
tomorrow. Leave me alone.

And you think your
lawyer got you that deal?

We had you on
trafficking, assault, rape.

Letting you plea
down to a mis-d,

that was just to get your
lawyer out of the way.

Maybe I should call
him, tell him you're here.

BENSON: You could do that.

I don't think he's gonna
help you get your son back.

Miguel?

You know where he is?

Is he okay?

He's fine.

US Federal agents
took that photo yesterday,

in Tenancingo.

In Angel's house.

What do you want?

Do you want me to talk?

Do you know where he
is? They're gonna kill him.

Well, we've got a task
force on the ground, okay?

We think we can get Miguel
back from Mexico and back to you.

Is this a trick?
No, it's not a trick.

But if you wanna
see your son again,

you need to turn on
Angel. You need to testify.

And this life that you've
led, Selena, is over.

(SNIFFLES)

Miguel.

Where do I start?

You start with her.

Ellie.

She was smart.

Had spirit.

That's always trouble.

Angel gave permission for anybody
to do whatever they wanted to her.

Is that what's
gonna happen to me

if I help you?

You're gonna transfer
me to Michigan, right?

I read online that's
the place to go.

Just sign the statement,
Tino, before I take it away.

What are you here for, a favor?

You're going down.

'Cause I'm telling everyone
who'll listen you took a bribe.

Uh, UCs call that evidence.

I am not as dirty
as I seem, Joaquin.

I'm here with bad news.

Now everyone's cutting deals.

They are lining
up to turn on Angel.

What about me?

Well, I'm afraid it's too late.

They don't need you.

But you're looking
at life without parole.

This ain't over, Amaro.

Signed statements
from Little Tino,

five trafficked
girls, and Selena.

Everyone hates guys like Angel.

When it turns, it turns fast.

Let's get him.

ANGEL: Yeah, we're
running a little bit late.

OFFICER: Police! Don't move!

You! Hey, put your hands up!

Put them on that car.

OFFICER: Go inside! Secure
the house. Go around back.

What is this? I told you,
I'm not talking to you.

FIN: Over there.
We have a warrant.

Keep your hands up
where we can see them.

You can't do this! He's
done nothing wrong.

Don't make this hard.
BENSON: It's over, Angel.

We arrested your mother in
Tenancingo for kidnapping.

FIN: You have the
right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and
will be used against you

in a court of the law.
Mira, call the lawyers.

I will. ANGEL: You
know this is stupid, right?

I know where you live.

I know about that baby.

From one parent to another,

you don't wanna do this.

FIN: Is he threatening
my sergeant's kid?

You can't do this! He
hasn't done anything!

Ma'am, ma'am! Ma'am!
ROLLINS: Get back!

(GRUNTS)

Ah!

SENORA PEREZ: No, aah!

Why? Why? Angel!

Miss, step away. No, no, no!

Miss. Miss, step away. Angel!

No, no! Let go of me!
Let's get him out of here.

SENORA PEREZ: (CRYING)
No, no! No, Angel, no!

(CELL DOOR BUZZING)

Mi hijo!

Mom!

Mi hijo! Mom!

(BOTH CRYING)

Hey, Noah.

How's my boy?

Huh? How's my baby?

I got good news, sweetheart.

The man that hurt
your mama is never,

ever gonna hurt anybody again.

It's over.

It's okay now.

I love you.

(THEME SONG PLAYING)