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We have spotted a target near the beach, please intercept.
It's right in the cove.
Cut the engine!
They are throwing the product overhead.
In the name of the Mexican navy. Stop ship!
This is an order!
Watch out!
He's attacking the engine!
Televisa presents...
Get ready.
-Four, three, two... -It's okay, right?
We all heard about the vaquita marina.
And about the illegal fishing for totoaba.
"The cocaine of the sea."
BUCHEROS CARTEL
Which is the swim bladder of the totoaba fish.
Totoaba fishing is illegal because the nets also kill the vaquita.
But the issue is much more complex than just rescuing an endangered species.
THE NETS OF THE VAQUITA
There is organized crime involved,
corruption,
poverty,
violence,
political conflict.
And there is a big effort underway to save her.
It's a goddamn disgrace.
A goddamn disgrace.
That we are letting a species go extinct in Mexico.
Gone, forever!
Good morning.
-Good morning. -How are you?
We are from Televisa, doing a story on the vaquita and the totoaba.
-Let him pass. -Go ahead.
Thank you, Román.
See you.
POLICE
The government just announced a massive
new rescue program to save the vaquita form extinction.
An emergency plan to extract all remaining vaquitas from the Sea of Cortez.
And hold them at temporary sanctuaries
until the illegal totoaba fishing can be stopped.
This government-led effort calls for the best marine scientists
form Mexico and around the world to join forces.
This is the largest operation ever conducted
to save a marine mammal from extinction.
-How are you? -Very well.
You don't look as chubby as you do on TV.
The TV doesn't do us any favors.
EVEN IF THE PEOPLE STARVE TO DEATH !!!
SAVE THE VAQUITA
They invent a "cow" that does not exist.
Vaquitas don't exist, sir.
And they still imposed a fishing ban.
We've fished all our lives, since we were born.
We don't know anything else and we are without support.
What do you say about photos of vaquitas entangled in your fishing nets?
It's all a lie. They are saying this to criminalize the fishermen.
We're holding back, but no government can stop us from fishing again.
And if they send the navy and police after you?
Let them come!
They will never be able to stop more than 500 fishing boats.
Our boats will be back on the water, this I can guarantee you.
San Felipe has always been my hometown because this is where I grew up.
It used to be very quiet here. There weren't any bandits.
It only got ugly quite recently.
It's all about money.
They no longer have to deal drugs via Mazatian or Colombia.
The cocaine of the sea, as they call it, the totoaba, it's right here.
Grandpa.
Today, we are going to see a vaquita.
I hope everyone in my family will keep doing the right thing.
In my house,
we teach our children to take care of the animals that need protection.
There are some fishermen in San Felipe who are also legals like us,
who work for the government.
Not all of us are illegal fishermen.
On the way, we ran into some people, friends.
They know that we are part of this program of removing nets,
so they made these gestures.
They did like this.
Who?
And they shot at the drone too.
I just did like this.
We'll see who gets bored first, Dad.
Although we share a village and are neighbors,
we have now become their enemies.
We support the Vaquita CPR program by locating and removing totoaba nets.
Son, throw the anchor. We need to start dragging.
Give it ten armlengths.
They are losing thousands of dollars when we remove their nets.
They are going to get very angry, but we are just doing our job.
Let's see who gives up first.
The illegals hope that Vaquita CPR fails completely.
If the program fails, the mafia or the cartel will have won.
They will have the entire area to themselves.
There will be nothing left for us to ever fish again.
Watch your feet.
Lorenzo, come in, please. Over.
Copy. This is Lorenzo. Over.
We have something here. We are dropping the buoy!
Copy that. We are heading your way. Congratulations.
Copy that.
In the time you've worked the buche, how much money have you earned?
-I have no idea. -A lot?
Yes, but as you make the money, you lose it again.
When the Mexican cops find out that
someone made 40,000 dollars,
they will come to your house and take 30,000 dollars for themselves.
Not even one. They took them all away.
-Nothing? -No.
The presence of Sea Shepherd, does it make your job difficult?
Yes, they took away 18 of my nets.
Who's paying? How do you pay for the nets?
Well, someone lends you the money.
JT: Mexicanos.
Everybody keeps talking about Oscar Parra.
How it has escalated to never seen proportions...
He is the mafia.
That's how he does his business. A lot of people owe him a lot of money.
You understand? That's how it all works.
Let's go through it before we get there.
Okay, we have that list.
This list is from Oscar Parra's confiscated scratchbook, right?
Yes, the main guy of totoaba trafficking in San Felipe.
These are the names of the fishermen, right?
And this is the weight of the swim bladders.
This is him. Oscar Parra.
This is the brother of Oscar Parra who was arrested.
And they also got all his credentials.
He got caught with dollars, weapons, drugs...
And a backpack full of swim bladders.
His brother was arrested, they know where he lives, everybody knows him.
Why wasn't he arrested?
Let's see what the navy has to say about Oscar Parra.
In San Felipe, they told me, from day one,
he knows which truck you're driving, he knows your license plate,
the size of crew, why you are here, everything.
Nobody dares to say his name out loud. The same with totoaba.
It's easier to. speak about cocaine than about totoaba.
May I introduce Ana-Lucia Hernandez, colleague and journalist.
Who is the boss of the totoaba trade?
Well, there are some families like the Aispuro clan...
Do you know the name Oscar Parra Aispuro?
Yes, they are families... I mean known individuals in the area.
Is he the boss?
I can't confirm that he's the boss.
But they are people widely known in the community.
I can see that you have an organizational chart.
Yes. It is all mapped.
Admiral, if you know who he is, why wasn't he arrested?
Well, I repeat, there are institutions of public security...
Corruption.
It's impossible that all this happens and nobody is aware.
Maybe some authorities
look the other away.
But this has declined a lot.
-What does this mean? -It's declining.
-Wouldn't you say they are inefficient? -No, no. Not at all.
Are you going after him?
After all of them. All criminals.
And are you close to this one?
Navy, come in, please.
This is Durango, over.
There is a panga that is circling us.
Copy that. We are taking immediate action.
I will confirm the coordinates of the incident.
Latitude, 31 degrees, 24.6 minutes north.
We are advancing on the target.
We need to pass him really close so that the wave stops him.
He's trying to escape towards the shallows.
Watch out! Big wave!
He's going for the shallows.
The coast is at three miles. Abort, commandant. It's too shallow.
This is where the Gulf of Santa Clara begins.
Look in what state they are. How long they have been here.
We have no work.
Of course, it hurts us.
The illegal activity is hurting us who are the legal ones.
And this is what the government has to come and investigate.
No one has ever said, "Hey, the navy detained a panga."
I have never heard anyone say that.
I just see them cruising around town.
The marines get paid off.
You saw it?
I have seen the navy get paid off.
I have seen it. I have seen it.
It is the government that brings all this mafia.
This is the mafia of the government.
Yes, it has been seen.
I'll have problems later because of these comments.
But it's the truth.
-Hello, Meme. -How are you?
I want to show you something.
It's from a security camera, right?
Yes, this street is in San Felipe.
Those two men are soldiers in civilian clothes. Their car broke down.
They ask for help and in this truck is presumably Oscar Parra.
MILITARY 1 MILITARY 2
-Is he driving? -He is driving and gets out of the truck.
The attorney's office says that he pulled out a machine gun, an AK47.
You see it clearly, the flash of the shot.
You see how the soldier drops.
That's strong stuff...
This is confirmed by the attorney's office, right?
Yes, yes. They opened an investigation.
They put out an arrest warrant for homicide.
-So, this is the arrest warrant? -Yes.
WANTED
The alleged leader of the criminal organization appears
in a video killing a solider.
This is a major escalation.
Here is a special report by Ana-Lucia Hernandez.
There is a web of organized crime that starts in Mexico
and goes all the way to China.
Mexican officials confirmed
that there's a criminal cartel behind the totoaba trade,
which is led by Oscar Parra and his family.
WANTED
Go down this road then at the university, take another right.
So, Parra isn't in San Felipe?
Parra is in San Felipe.
Really?
Of course, it's the safest place for him to be.
San Felipe? But he just killed a marine.
Yes, his head now has a price.
But, in San Felipe, he pays off all the authorities.
Is he laying low now?
No. He is very mad. Very mad at Loret de Mola.
-Loret de Mola? The Journalist? -Yes.
This hatred is personal. Very personal.
Parra has a lot of people working for him.
They control the checkpoints, they don't check the car.
And they are dealing directly with a Chinese.
He is the brother of the owner of the restaurant where we are going.
And what is the name of this guy?
David Lee.
-Lee? -Lee, yes.
Hello. Who is speaking?
David.
I have fish for you from San Felipe.
Will you buy it?
DAVID: What kind?
Different kinds. Are you at the restaurant?
Yes.
I can be there in 30 minutes.
Isn't it strange that you talked about fish?
No.
-You should have said "buche." -Yes, sure.
I am very intelligent.
-Hello. -How are you?
Good. And you?
Fine. Take a look at the e-mail that I just sent you.
I'm not going to tell you who it's from, at least not on this line,
but I just received it.
It's the organizational chart... Exactly.
The one the admiral had at the interview.
PRINCIPALES OPERADORES
Do you remember that we asked him about Oscar Parra?
Look, here is, in the middle, Oscar Parra Aispuro.
He is marked, clearly, "El Patron," the principal operator.
OSCAR PARRA AISPURO
Yes.
Now, move down the ministerial police.
He has ministerial and municipal police under his command.
Ten municipal policemen.
MUNICIPAL POLICEMEN
We saw the news. Oscar Parra killing the soldier.
We don't want to get in trouble with him.
We don't want a confrontation with him either.
When he is working, we don't get involved.
If we keep pulling these nets, we will be in real trouble.
We will have problems.
We have to get out.
The ones who really suffer are people like us, legal fishermen.
And the question is, how to make a living now?
We can't just give up.
We have decided to travel 200 kilometers to the south to go and fish legally.
We know that this craziness will continue.
And we have no certainty that they will ever let us fish again, legally.
But not all the people in San Felipe are monsters.
The government needs to give us options. They need to hear our case.
That's cabrilla.
But rather small ones.
Let's drop them back in.
We want to be the people who helped save the vaquita.
But we really need help too.
The rescue program to save the vaquita has been aborted.
It wasn't possible to hold this Mexican species in captivity.
The vaquita died only hours after it was rescued.
All capture operations will cease,
but efforts to save the vaquita will continue...
This morning, I welcome to the studio, environmental secretary Rafael Pacchianto,
the secretary of SAGARPA.
And the navy admiral in charge of all operations to combat totoaba trafficking.
You caught "El Chapo" twice.
Will you catch "El Chapo of the Totoaba" too?
I believe so. Of course, we will.
Admiral, this is the most patrolled area in Mexico.
Now that the rescue operation is over,
saving the vaquita has become your responsibility, no?
Do you have any special technology...
We have the latest technology.
We have surface units, we have airplanes and unmanned aircraft.
-So, drones. -Yes, drones.
And the most qualified personnel.
We have all the means to be successful in this great endeavor.
And we've been making great progress, that's the most important, Carlos.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Navy, navy, the panga is approaching Playa Hawaii.
Stop the engine.
Let's get out.
Do you see something?
I can hear an engine.
That's a panga.
Listen.
It's coming over here.
We are in Playa Hawaii. Target position.
Do you have any information?
We can see lights in the north.
We can see a car.
We can also hear a siren.
Stand by.
The siren is one of theirs.
It's a warning to boats. "Don't come in, there's movement."
It tells them that we are here.
Goddamn it.
The panga is heading for the port.
The boat is already inside the marina. Can't anyone see it?
This is the suspicious boat.
The ground unit deployed in the area
should take control over all access points.
There is a unit right in front of the marina.
So we have enough detail on the ground to take care of it.
Sea Shepherd sees them handling a box to a car. Are you in control?
There is no one on the dock, commandante.
But they are already handing things over. Right at the dock, on land!
Whatever. Just secure the perimeter!
Spread out. Whatever happens, we are ready to take action.
Pull them closer and let's rip their balls off!
Two policemen are injured. Requesting permission to engage.
You can't get them. It's too tense.
They are not going to die.
-Give us our guys back! -And show your faces, cowards!
I'm gonna have you by the balls!
Be patient. We already radioed them to return the prisoners.
We are expecting their arrival soon.
They are lying to us!
-Storm the building! -Go get them!
We have closely monitored the crisis in the Upper Gulf of California.
An arrest ended in a confrontation outside a navy base
in San Felipe, Baja California.
Three fishermen, caught with illegal nets and scales of totoaba
were released because of public pressure.
This has spun out of control.
The release brings more risks.
The bucheros are armed
and already attacked activists and battle ships of the navy.
VALVERDE: The beans.
Didn't they say they will stop this totoaba problem
with their drones, planes, helicopters?
And now look what happened.
Instead of fewer bucheros, there are even more.
Oh, goddamn it.
The truth is...
When they won, they laughed at the marines, grandpa.
About beating them up, kicking them...
The soldiers are afraid of them now, the navy is scared.
So, what now?
I am very worried, how not to be? They are killing my ocean.
For money, and for bad money, not good money.
If this continues,
the worst of all will be...
first comes the death of the sea,
and with the death of the sea comes the death of the people.
So, please, tell me more about this business of yours?
We handle the totoaba deliveries back to China.
We ship to Hong Kong first, then on to China.
We buy totoaba here, smuggle it to China and sell it with a big profit.
-How do you take the totoaba to China? -We smuggle it to China by air.
With a suitcase or a carry on. We bribe customs on all levels.
So, direct flight must be convenient for you?
No, we don't take the direct Tijuana to Shanghai.
Customs in Shanghai are too risky.
Now, we are in the backroom.
A Chinese criminal organization is operating inside Mexico,
trafficking totoaba buche.
Today, I welcome to the studio Andrea Crosta,
who has brought us all this information.
According to an investigation by the NGO Elephant Action League,
which is dedicated to exposing criminals who threaten endangered species,
a group of traffickers from the city of Guangzhou in China
operates from Tijuana.
They buy the swim bladders from illegal fishermen.
They bride Mexican authorities and customs agents...
Everybody keeps talking about Oscar Parra.
Oscar Parra, he is the mafia.