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CARTEL PROTECTION

John "Soap" MacTavish-TF-141, Los Vaqueros
"CARTEL PROTECTION"
Las Almas, Mexico
30 oct 2022 1000

The doors at the back of the helicopter revealing two men, one measuring about 5'11 with a mohawk and the other around 6'2 and a half with a skull mask. Outside Alejandro waited for them to approach him, "Alejandro..." Soap was the first one to speak up, "Sargent MacTavish'' confirmed Alejandro stretching his hand for a hand shake with Soap, "Call me Soap" said Soap as he shook Alejandro's hand back. "Lieutenant..." stated Alejandro as he turned to look at Ghost, "Laswell, says they call you Ghost." continued Alejandro now looking into Ghost's eyes directly. "Actually I believe he prefers to be-" quickly mentioned soap but was cut off by a "That'll do" stated Ghost, the first two words he's said since he got to Las Almas. "Welcome to 'the City of Souls'." says Alejandro as he starts walking towards the trucks, "I've never been to Mexico before" comments Soap as he follows suit behind Alejandro. "This isn't Mexico... this is Las Almas" mentions Alejandro laughing internally, they think this place is part of Mexico. "Shepherd's contractors are inbound to reinforce. They're bringing hardware, they'll need room" mentioned Ghost as he interrupted the lovely conversation between Soap and Alejandro, "my base is your base" said Alejandro walking up to the car and opening the door for Ghost (such a gentleman) after that he closed the door and he sat in the co-pilot seat, "this is my second in command, Sergeant Major Rodolfo Parra" introduces Alejandro. "Me dan miedo los fantasmas" murmurs Rudy as he positions both hands on the wheel, "you speak spanish?" asks Alejandro in a subtle low chuckle, "No" answers Soap as if it was news to them. "You will" states Alejandro as he turns to look back forward.

^TIME SKIP^

As a citizen you could see a very long row of jeep trucks move around the city but from inside the first truck there were just some men talking about life well mostly. "White truck, four armed in the back" noted Soap as he picked up his gun ready to shoot. "Hey- tranquilo. Easy—" that's normal here" turns Alejandro to tell Soap in a very relaxed face "guns on the street is jurisdiction of the police" continues Alejandro but now facing the front "Where are the police?" asks Ghost, slightly concerned internally but he ain't gonna admit it, "Well, Las Almas has a very serious problem. There are few here to uphold the law, and many of those who resist corruption... disappear" mentions Alejandro. "What about the military?" asks Soap, more concerned. "Well, because we are well trained, soldiers are recruited by the narcos..." explains Alejandro. "Why not you?" asks Ghost, now fully intrigued by the conversation, "We grew up here. We love this place, and we will die fighting for it" shrugs Alejandro and relaxes onto his seat as Soap sees the strangest scene, "Kids, guns and balloons... that's a new one" states Soap as he turns to look at Ghost to see if he had any reaction to the scene, "narcos use generosity to win over the people" explains Alejandro. "Even the children?" Soap asks, surprised, "Especially the children" states Rudy for the first time in a while. They stopped and looked at a narcomanta, explaining it was part of 'El sin nombres' clan and to not trust the military because they're paid to keep shut or do the dirty work.

(ima stop there cuz i feel like i'm exposing my country too much lol, well mostly nuevo leon and jalisco like CJNG and those things lol)

"Cartel is holding Hassan and the girl in the village across the river" says Alejandro as he sighs softly, "let's hope they're still there".