Los Angeles Legendary Sleuth

Luke contacted the judge and submitted evidence, formally applying for an arrest warrant for the UPS courier, Brando Salvalto.

Although the Los Angeles Police Department might not be able to arrest all members of the smuggling organization, anyone who dared to commit crimes in Los Angeles must be brought to justice.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, FBI Agent Alfie Imma arrived at the Robbery and Murder Department.

Luke invited her into the office, joking, "Agent Imma, you are indeed punctual."

"Sorry to have kept you waiting.

That guy was tougher than we thought, and we had to put in more effort."

Luke gestured for her to sit down, "I hope the wait was worthwhile."

"Of course, after some patient and friendly interaction, Carlos agreed to cooperate with the FBI and told me everything he knew.

Captain Lee, you can ask me directly."

Luke said, "Was Natasha murdered?"

"No."

"Who is he really?"

"He belongs to a Mexican gang called 'Bossita,' which engages in crimes such as human trafficking and smuggling.

Although he's young, he's a focus for development within the gang and has a group of subordinates to assist him with tasks."

Luke asked, "Why was he hiding around Natasha?"

"Because the Bossita gang, no, to be exact, many gangs involved in human trafficking despise Natasha immensely.

Natasha's main occupation is a jiu-jitsu instructor, not exactly an intelligence expert, and she might even be less professional than some reporters.

But the major difference between her and journalists is, journalists seek news, just news.

After reporting on human trafficking once, they might shift their focus to other news, not clinging onto the gangs involved."

Alfie Imma paused, then continued,

"But Natasha is different. At the age of 12, she and her parents attempted to smuggle themselves into Los Angeles, but her parents had an accident during the process, and only she made it to Los Angeles.

The incident greatly impacted her, and at 18, she began investigating the truth behind her parents' death. Using her memories and some investigative leads, she learned the truth about their deaths during the smuggling."

"How were they killed, and why did she survive?"

"Midway through the smuggling, a gang member wanted to take away her mother. Her father was killed trying to protect his wife, and she was lucky to survive.

The smugglers, all gang members, would do anything for the maximum profit.

Young, attractive girls would be sold, those in better situations would be extorted for money, and some would be forced into trafficking drugs.

Even if all these gang members were killed, none of them would be wronged."

Alfie Imma returned to the main subject, "Although Natasha is not a professional intelligence officer, she has persistently investigated smuggling organizations for over a decade, visiting welfare homes, relief stations, and the Latin community to console and investigate leads about the organizations and those persecuted by them.

For over a decade, she never gave up.

It's like a marathon race. Many run faster than her, but they leave the track for various reasons.

Only Natasha keeps running on this track. Although she's not the fastest, her goal has never changed.

She has provided a lot of information and evidence about the smuggling organizations, and for this reason, many such organizations have targeted her.

The Bossita organization is just one among them.

These smuggling organizations also compete among themselves. Carlos's infiltration around Natasha was not only to monitor her.

It was also hoped that by using her to provide information to the FBI, they could strike at other smuggling organizations to monopolize the smuggling industry."

Luke was somewhat surprised, "Is the competition that fierce?"

"Even more brutal than imagined."

"Since the FBI has been investigating smuggling organizations, which organization do you think killed Natasha?"

"The Gonsede Gang, founded by a man named Manu Gonsede, who was originally a Mexican fugitive before smuggling himself into America, where he joined a small smuggling gang responsible for receiving and settling smuggled individuals.

This man was cruel and quickly made a name for himself, gathering a group of followers.

In an operation against smuggling crimes carried out by the FBI and the Border Patrol, his gang was severely impacted, but he used this opportunity to establish his own gang.

The newly formed Gonsede Gang was even greedier than the previous smuggling gang, no longer just limited to smuggling itself; they would drain every smuggler, with fraud and extortion being the most basic.

Young, attractive girls would be sold, and others were forced into drug trafficking, and there were even rumors of organ trafficking.

The FBI has repeatedly joined forces with the Border Patrol to strike at this gang, and Gonsede himself has fled back to Mexico, but he still remotely commands various criminal activities."

Luke pursued further, "How are you so sure it was the Gonsede Gang that killed Natasha?"

"Based on our investigation, the Gonsede Gang has been smuggling drugs and has its own sales channels.

Their sales channels are different from ordinary drug sales channels, being more secretive.

We suspect that they likely use the courier method to deliver drugs to buyers.

The details are still unclear, but couriers are likely members of the Gonsede Gang; they could easily use an explosive in a delivery to kill Natasha."

Upon hearing Alfie Imma's statement, Luke was half convinced, but it did answer one of his questions about why someone intercepted the police car when they were arresting the courier.