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Soon the FBI Little Rock office responded. Although no similar tattoos were found in the Arkansas tattoo database, an agent in charge of local gangs recognized that this was a gang active in Memphis, Tennessee, and occasionally appeared in Arkansas.

Memphis is one of the most important cities in the south-central United States. It is located at the junction of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. When mentioning this city, anyone who knows a little about the history of this country can think of many familiar keywords.

It was the largest cotton and slave distribution center and trading market in the United States in the 19th century. It now has the busiest cargo airport in the United States and is the headquarters of FedEx.

It is also the birthplace of blues, soul music, and rock music, the Jerusalem in the minds of music fans, and the former residence of Elvis Presley. In addition, the famous Martin Luther King was assassinated here.

Of course, there's also the Memphis Zoo, which is notorious for its abuse of adorable dolphins.

Based on the tattoo that the restaurant waitress recognized, it was confirmed that the two gang members belonged to a Latino gang called the Seventh Street Vipers.

In a place like Memphis, which is ruled by black gangs, street gangs like the Seventh Street Vipers, which are mainly composed of Latinos, can only be regarded as small and insignificant gangs. Alice easily found relevant information.

"Luis Trevino, boss of the Seven Street Vipers, was convicted last month of racketeering."

"Isn't this right?" Jubal was a little confused. "Last night we went through all the case files provided by the District Attorney's Office. Has anyone seen the name Louis Trevino?"

Everyone shook their heads, and Aubrey replied, "Forget Louis Trevino. I've never heard of the name 'Seventh Street Vipers'."

"That's because this is a federal case and a press release was only issued last Thursday." Alice found a report about the press conference and read it.

"Federal officials would like to thank the St. Francis County District Attorney's Office for its assistance during the investigation of this case."

"This sounds like a very clear motive?" Aubrey raised his eyebrows.

Jiejie also nodded and said, "So this case was successfully convicted with the help of those three assistant prosecutors, and that press conference also made the people of the Seventh Street Viper Gang clear about the identity of the initiator, and the motive was indeed quite clear. Fully."

Alice's fingers continued to move across the tablet. "The problem is that Luis Trevino is currently being held at the Federal Detention Center in Forrest pending his appeal. He has been there ever since he was arrested."

"Perhaps he arranged for his subordinates outside the prison to do it?" Hannah shrugged and said without surprise. There were too many such things.

"How is it done? Visiting is prohibited until the final verdict is made, right? All call records will also be monitored." Clay was a little confused.

Jubal shook his head. "But calls with lawyers won't be monitored. It's common for gang leaders to remotely control their subordinates in prison through lawyers. I'm going to apply for a search warrant. Who's willing to go to the prison?"

Aubrey and Clay volunteered. Compared to others, they had experienced the fewest cases. Running more errands was definitely a good thing and could increase their experience points.

The search warrant came out quickly, and as soon as the judge heard it was related to the murder of three assistant district attorneys, he approved it without hesitation.

Two hours later, Aubrey and Clay rushed back to the bar and handed a USB flash drive to Alice.

Aubrey seemed a little excited. "All the phone recordings of Louis Trevino since he was imprisoned are in there. The last time he spoke with his lawyer was the day before yesterday, which was the morning when the three assistant prosecutors were killed."

"Then let's start listening to that recording." Alice inserted the USB flash drive into her laptop. After opening it, a bunch of audio files appeared, and she clicked on the first one.

A voice with a slight Latino accent came first, "Why is my appeal taking so long?"

Then came a voice with a slight southern accent, "Are you kidding? I have said before that I will not help you submit any documents to the court until I get the compensation I deserve. I am a lawyer, right?" Freeloader, Louis."

"Okay, okay, I got it. Let my brother-in-law answer the phone." The Latino voice said lazily.

Obviously, the lawyer was not the only one on the other end of the phone, and the other party took advantage of the loopholes in the confidentiality principle.

"It sounds like this isn't the first time they've done this." Clay's experience point increased by one. It turned out that as long as they could get a lawyer on board, people in prison could communicate with the outside world at will, and they wouldn't have to worry about the content of the call being leaked.

Of course, doing this is very risky for lawyers. Once discovered, the lawyer's license can easily be revoked.

What follows is a conversation in Spanish, the second most spoken language in the United States because it is spoken by the majority of immigrants from Mexico and Latin America.

Everyone present could understand simple Spanish conversations, so there was naturally no need for additional translation.

"Hai brother!"

"Listen Javier, my lawyer wants money."

"He thinks beautifully."

"No, we should give it to him and more, he deserves it."

The conversation was brief and ended in less than 20 seconds. Hannah was a little confused and said, "Deserves it? Didn't his lawyer lose the case?"

Jubal shook his head and said, "No, this is a code word. Luis Trevino didn't really ask his brother-in-law to pay the lawyer, but asked him to kill the lawyer."

"So they are indeed communicating in this way, so was the order to kill the three assistant prosecutors also issued in this way?" Clay analyzed.

Alice sighed, "It's possible, but there are at least hundreds of call recordings in it. I need some time to analyze them one by one."

"No rush. Can you find out the identity of Luis Trevino's brother-in-law? The guy he called Javier," Jack asked.

"This is not difficult. They also brought back the prison's visitor records. Let me take a look." Alice stopped clicking on the next audio file and opened a form instead.

"Javier Peretz, lives in Madison, not far from Memphis."

Jack patted the holster on his waist and said, "Take your equipment and let's go visit this brother-in-law."

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"Louis Trevino's lawyer is Scott Thomas, a 45-year-old partner in a small law firm. He has a poor reputation in the local area and often provides legal services to gang members.

I contacted his partner and no one has seen him since yesterday afternoon, and I just checked all the recorded calls and found no calls related to the murder of the three assistant DAs."

"Thank you Alice." Jubal hung up the phone and looked at the people who were checking their guns.

By this time they had arrived in the small town of Madison, and a bungalow not far away was the home of the gang leader, Luis Trevino's brother-in-law, Javier Peretz.

According to information provided by the Little Rock office, he is the second-in-command of the Seventh Street Vipers Gang and its most trusted thug.

"I thought a guy like this would live in a slum that's full of spies." Clay put on a bulletproof vest and looked in the direction of the bungalow with a hint of disdain.

"They are just ordinary small street gangs, not a well-funded drug cartel. Their main business is fraud, robbery, and threats of violence to collect protection fees." Hannah helped Jiejie tighten the straps of her bulletproof vest.

Jack added, "Don't forget about bootleg liquor and fake goods. Street shooting is not their custom. Assassination is. Making someone disappear is much more low-key than an open attack, and it is not easy to attract a large-scale investigation."

"So you think the 'Seventh Street Viper Gang' is not the real culprit?" Jiejie imitated his example and began to check her Sig Sauer P320-XTen. The recoil of this sidearm was a bit too strong for her. It took me a while to get used to it.

"It's hard to say, but you're right to follow the clues. At least they do have the motive for committing the crime." Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Jack simply arranged the division of labor among the six people.

"Clay and Jubal will be responsible for the side door, Aubrey and Hannah will block the back door, and Jie Jie and I will make some noise at the front door and try to get him out of the house."

This isn't a gang den, so there's no need to make a big scene. Everyone is wearing soft bulletproof vests and carrying guns, and the main goal is to capture the other party alive and extract a confession.