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Hotel, valente gets the call we thought we d been waiting for one dead male shot in head, a note pinned to his chest. [ valente speaking in spanish ] anthony: in mexico, people fight to live, every day. one man stands alone, facing another man. his intent? to beat his opponent with his fists until he can resist no more. a match, yes. but more accurately, a fight. jorge lacierva is a former bantamweight titleholder. with his father, jorge sr., and his son, alexis, he trains aspiring fighters in this gym in the santa anita neighborhood of mexico city. he knows that these young men, like generations of boxers ....
anthony: our local fixer, alex, is here to translate. alex: in this case, he thinks that they pull the pants down so check him for weapons. anthony: they re loading him into the sheet. alex: this is the csi team. so when they were pulling his pants off, money and jewelry started falling from the pockets. basically, they took the money out of his pockets and that was the only available spot. anthony: to show that they didn t take anything. alex: yeah, exactly. so this is also a drug dealer. the thing here in mexico is as soon as someone is killed, normally they get candles just right next to it, sometimes santa muerte is related to drug dealings and criminals. anthony: how long have you been doing this? [ valente speaking in spanish ] alex: about 9 years. anthony: how many bodies, do you think? valente: no lo se. anthony: hundreds? valente: si, quiza. anthony: how do you push them out of your mind when you re not working? [ valente speaking in spanish ] ale ....
Not like any other kind of job, but as soon as he gets home, he just takes this cover off and just keep living. anthony: that s a terrible picture. it s just that s sad. what happened here? [ valente speaking in spanish ] alex: there was an elephant called ilda. she ran away from a circus. so, she basically was crossing the highway, and a big bus just ran over it. anthony: the world we live in now, of all of these pictures, this is the one that would get people most upset, you d get the most mail, the most, oh, my god, you know, what a what kind of a world do we live in? alex: this was probably the most viewed picture from different media around the world. anthony: 80,000 mexicans have died in the last seven, what, seven years? in narco violence? alex: and this is the most important picture. anthony: as our crew gets ready to crawl back to our ....
They are, after all, left out to be seen. often with a helpful note, identifying who done what and, generally speaking, why. there is a language to the never-ending violence. a coded message in the twists and marks of the bodies. and valente rosas is one of the many documenting them for the press. this is what he does every night. rides around, waiting for a phone call, or a radio message, telling him that there s another one. so, who s buying drugs? who s selling drugs to who? anthony: here you kill each other for a reason. it s business? valente: si. anthony: more mexican ....
[ valente speaking in spanish ] anthony: our local fixer, alex, is here to translate. alex: in this case, he thinks that they pull the pants down so check him for weapons. anthony: they re loading him into the sheet. alex: this is the csi team. so when they were pulling his pants off, money and jewelry started falling from the pockets. basically, they took the money out of his pockets and that was the only available spot. anthony: to show that they didn t take anything. alex: yeah, exactly. so this is also a drug dealer. the thing here in mexico is as soon as someone is killed, normally they get candles just right next to it, sometimes santa muerte is related to drug dealings and criminals. anthony: how long have you been doing this? [ valente speaking in spanish ] alex: about 9 years. anthony: how many bodies, do you think? valente: no lo se. anthony: hundreds? ....