Caray, Caray!

Yolanda’s attempts to get into the helicopter are foiled by Castro who’s been sent to guard it.  She pretends she’s only there getting extra buckets for watering.  Col. SantaMaria catches her there and screams at her to get back into the tent.

• Los Lucio are traveling to meet El Senador; John’s flying and Zulima asks him to teach her to fly.  To shut her up he tells her it’s not for everyone.  She whines that he taught Yolanda.  Well, Yo! was born to fly, he tells her.  However, when they get back he’ll give her a chance and if she has what it takes he’ll take her on.  (That shuts her up, at least, whether the intent or not.)  And he leaves her in charge of the ranch while they’re gone.

• At the prison, Bette is unwillingly introduced to her roommate’s deplorables.  She excuses herself to get a bit of fresher air.



• In Villa Antigua meanwhile, Raul talks to Bette’s “legal adviser”and explains that she’s not been part of the Lucio gang, didn’t commit any atrocities or do anything crooked.  In fact, she actually turned state’s evidence and yet somehow got sent to prison.  The PD says he’ll look into it but it will take quite a bit of time –-weeks and/or months--and it will take $$$$.

• Back in Tres Fuegos. DEA Dave and Monica have a long heart-to-heart.  She’s upset that the cartels have taken not only her parents from her but now also her sister.  She has nothing and no one left of family and is going to resign her position with the police.  He says it’s not her fault this happened.  It’s the way they work.  He doesn’t want her to give up her job.  She does, though.

• Cañengo and Arley are now guests of the federales at the main prison in El D.F., aka Mexico City.  Arley shows Can the ropes.  A bit later, Arley is brought in to be questioned by Dave—even given a reduction in sentence if he cooperates.  Dave also gets the story from Mena that Yoli died in a plane crash.  The cartel lawyer shows up just as Mena tells Dave to stick his offer where the sun don’t shine.

• Back in the Colombian jungle at the army base, Col. S&M questions Castro about Yoli’s being near the copter.  Castro says he can only report on what he saw and it was only her anxious to get the buckets to assist in putting out the fire.  He’s interrupted by a radio message from Rubio informing him they found something in the area of Caicedo’s abandoned jeep.  The colonel heads out to see for himself.

• Cindy’s mother goes to the police department asking for word about Lisbet and Raul’s overheard her and tells her she’s in a jail in M.C.  He offers to give her a message but has to leave temporarily.  Sindy’s mama sneaks out of the station and tells Amanda who locates her and chats by phone.

• In Altamirada, an agent is at Flor’s house and calls Dave to advise him it seems no one’s there.  The place looks empty.  He then looks inside the window and tells Dave it seems there’s something hidden behind a sofa.  He breaks in and  reports it’s Flor’s dead body and by the smell of things, she’s been that way for quite a few days or longer.
• Somewhere along the way, Rubio and the Colonel have a conversation about Caicedo being the most likely candidate as responsible for the grenade attack that was supposed to kill la piloto.   Yoli overhears and learns that Teresa died—most likely murdered—with a couple bullets to the chest.  The Colonel doesn’t think it’s unusual for a whore to be involved with something that could get her killed.

• In Mexico City, los Lucio are finally introduced to and received warmly by El Senador and Las Sombras’ inner circle.  [la cúpula]  The Senator congratulates them on their latest endeavors and because they’ve become the best producers in the region.  If El Senador becomes president they’re going to need a huge capital infusion for greasing palms.  It’s three times the work but they’re going to get all the business in Centro and South America and in the Caribbean.  Plus they get to use the mansion as their new base of operations.

• Back at the army base, Yoli chats it up with Col. S&M while tending to his burns and scratches.  She asks him about Teresa’s death and he wonders why it’s of interest to her.  She pretends no special reason, just that one day you’re alive and the next you’re not.  S&M warns her that better be the reason.

• Dave has another agent check into Yoli’s flight and learns that she’s believed dead as “nobody survived” her plane crash.  He informs Rosalba who has a big cry over it and over Flor’s untimely and definitely provoked passing.

• Yoli looks on as the Colonel walks the helicopter pilot back to his machine.  She races out and yells at the Colonel or the pilot or both.  I can’t be sure of what she tells S&M the reason was—she thought she knew him???  But he gets after her for it.

• In the tent [carpa] S&M is upset that the pilot might have seen her and outside of that base she does not exist—and that’s what he tells the new male nurse who arrived to take over at the clinic.  The medic wants to ask for some supplies and S&M informs him he’ll have to wait for it all till the helicopter returns—in five months.

• Dave cries over Yoli’s memory as she thinks back to the two different men in her life.  Dave then gets a call from the agency telling him he’s been called back to The States.  The Lucio case has been closed.

• Olivia is driving the van to Guatemala.  She needs better directions to the new hideout for the Lucios’ gang. Oscar’s toy-boy fakes needing to go to the bathroom and as soon as the old officer unchains him from the table Toy Boy attacks and shoots him dead.  Liv stops the van.  Old Dude Officer shoots Toy Boy dead and then dies himself.
 Liv buries him on the side of the highway.  She feels a ton of guilt about getting the old man killed.

• At the new hideout in Guatemala, one of the guards brings in Roberto.  Christian is there, she says, but he has no idea that his big sis is still alive.  Rob lies that he killed her, but Zuli says stop lying.  She spoke to her on the phone and knows better; and Oscar and John both know he lied about killing her.  He’s in deep doo doo when they return.

• In Colombia again, Yoli asks to be posted in the infirmary if she’s going to be at the post for a while.  S&M agrees and then takes a call from the general.  The helicopter pilot reported seeing a woman at the base.  Col. S&M lies that it was only one of the local whores.  She’s there as one way to keep up the general moral of the troops.  Uhhhh yeah?  Well, the general may be on his way or will call back with further instructions….

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