Machete

This is the boss.

Ahhh !

Get dressed.

lt's too hot for clothes.

You're saving me from Torrez? You've got balls.

That looks like me.

What's this long, hard thing?

My machete.

ls it sharp?

Very.

Good.

l got him.

How did l do?

Excelente, mi amor. Excelente.

Why are you so insistent?

l own the entire force, and not just here in Mexico.

l own the DEA, l own the Marshals.

Why can't l own you?

Why don't you take the money l offer you to look the other way?

What's your price?

Maybe l should ask your wife.

Your daughter, she's in school right now, no?

l don't think so.

The honorable way to die is to cut off your head.

But

you don't deserve to die honorably.

Joining us right now, we have Franklin Jonas,

deputy director of our local lmmigration

and Customs Enforcement office.

Thank you, pIeasure to be here.

What steps are you taking to secure our borders?

ICE is working with IocaI Iaw enforcement to improve patroIs,

but there's over 2,000 miles of border between Mexico and the United States

and over haIf of that is here in Texas.

So we need to attack the probIem at its source.

There's a whoIe support network that not onIy heIps iIIegaI aIiens get across,

but is heIping them get settIed once they're here.

We need to uncover and dismantIe this network.

It's a top priority

and our most taIented ICE agents are investigating the matter.

Agent Rivera. Day 23 of surveillance for Operation Network.

The Network is suspected to be run by a woman named Luz,

code-named She.

Tacos, cafe, tacos! What do you want?

Luz operates out of her taco truck at the labor site.

You, load them up.

There's an interesting

face.

No, that's okay. Thank you.

l could help with. . .

No need.

He's new.

Run through database for possible criminal background.

Male Hispanic, scars, tattoos.

"Don't fuck with me, l won't fuck with you" attitude.

Hey!

Roundup time!

Yee-haw!

Look at them critters run !

Well, l don't speak much Mexican, neither.

You know,

you're trespassing

on my daddy's land.

Jesus, Von. Can't you see she's with child?

lf it's born here, it gets to be a citizen.

No different than you and me.

l know most people don't like us.

Call us vigilantes.

But it's really about vigilance.

Somebody's gotta keep watch on this great nation of ours.

Otherwise,

Texas will become Mexico once again.

Who's gonna stop 'em, Senator?

l am.

Welcome to America.

You catch all that?

Burn me a DVD. My high-dollar supporters are gonna like that a lot.

The infestation has begun.

Parasites have crossed our borders and are sickening our country,

Ieeching off our system, destroying us from the inside.

But State Senator John McLaughIin has a pIan of attack.

He'II fight to keep iIIegaI immigrants out.

He supports an eIectrified border fence.

No amnesty for parasites.

John McLaughIin wants to protect you from the invaders.

Vote to re-eIect State Senator John McLaughIin.

Paid for by the Committee to Re-eIect State Senator John McLaughIin.

Hey, thanks.

Can l get a couple of bean and cheese and a cafe au lait?

Ain't got no cafe au lait.

Regular coffee, then.

And hold the spit, please.

Why do you pretend to come here just for coffee?

l'm not pretending. l actually like my coffee cheap and greasy.

l can refuse service to anyone. lt's the American way.

Yeah, when they're citizens.

Got your papers?

Same as the last time you checked.

And the time before that.

Got yours?

Same as the last time you checked.

You think what you do is right?

Taking your brothers and sisters in?

Deporting them back to their own personal hells?

lt's the law.

There are many laws.

There sure are.

lmmigration fraud, aiding an illegal entry,

unsanitary food prep,

but you wouldn't know anything about that, would you?

Can l get my tacos?

Who's She?

l hear she runs an underground network.

How the hell would l know?

l just make tacos and l sell them to the workers of this world.

lt fills their bellies with something other than hate.

Funny. That sounds like something She would say.

Catch you later.

ln the race for state senator, Iatest poIIs are showing a sharp decIine

in support for incumbent John McLaughIin

and his hard-Iine position on immigration.

Get in.

$70 a day for yard work.

$100 for roofing.

$125 for septic. Sewage.

Have you ever killed anyone before?

You know this guy?

Senator John McLaughlin,

lndependent from Cocksucker County.

Built his reputation on being a hardliner against wetbacks.

His words.

Yes, if he had his druthers,

he'd send you back to old Mexico.

That's his platform, "Ship 'em all back,

"but first, make 'em build a wall along the border for no pay.

"Thank you very much. Get the fuck out."

But what the senator fails to understand is this state runs on illegal labor.

Thrives on it.

Keeps costs down, keeps the wheels turning.

We bust that up and we're fucked.

My words.

Now, l'm guessing you don't have papers.

As you well know, illegal immigrants like yourself

are being forced out of this country in alarming numbers.

So, for the sake of both our peoples,

the senator must die.

And for that l will give you $150,000 cash.

Get someone else.

No time.

This job has to happen tomorrow.

l want you to take this cash, do the job and disappear.

How long would it take you to get this kind of money?

Five, 10, 15 years?

You could do a lot of good things with this.

You deserve it.

Now, l can't make you do this,

but l can make damn sure something happens to you if you don't.

Are you in?

Have a look at this.

Straight-line design, laser-designated scope.

You can shoot the pecker off a mosquito at 1,000 yards

and keep the balls unruffled.

Machete. That's only good if you wanna make a brutal point,

but it's low-tech, completely unsuited to our purposes.

Backup.

Here's your backup.

Me.

You call or text if you have any problems or delays.

You need to be on that roof by 1:00 p.m. sharp

and put a bullet in the senator by 1:04.

Get up.

God damn it, April.

My business partner has very low tolerance for bullshit.

That's the second operation in the last six months

l've had to close down because of your meddling.

l told you a thousand times,

you need something, you come to me directly.

You do not go to these labs.

You got something to say to me?

Sorry, Daddy.

What's this?

$150,000 cash.

Are you out of your mind?

The Network helped me across once.

Use this for the people you help.

l don't know how you know what you know,

but l'm glad l know you.

What do you want?

Yeah.

Ladies and gentIemen, Senator John McLaughIin!

Well, l wanna thank you aII for coming out today.

And I wanna thank my supporters from the bottom of my heart.

Because we have been tested, tested by fire.

Our border has been put to the test,

and Iet me teII you, we have faiIed that test.

The aliens, the infiltrators, the outsiders, they come right across

by Iight of day or dark of night.

They'II bIeed us. They're parasites.

They'II bIeed us untiI we, as a city, a county, a state,

a nation, are aII bIed out.