
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Year:
- 2005
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There's some coyotes hopping around
across the road from that windmill.
What are they doing?
Hell, l don't know.
Looks like they're eating
something, l guess.
Wanna shoot a coyote?
Hell, yes.
That's a dead son of a bitch.
F*ck.
-When did they find him?
-Sometime this morning.
He was buried on a hill
near Boracho Peak.
-Who killed him?
-No fucking clue.
Was he involved with drugs
or smuggling or anything like that?
Melquiades Estrada?
No.
l gotta get a mask.
Jo Edna, let Earl tend to the
hot dogs and the hamburgers.
He'll bring the charcoal and ice...
...and folding chairs
and the whole nine yards.
Just be sure Minnie
don't have to worry...
...about a place to go
to the little girls' room.
And tell Shawnelle she can forget
about a car on Saturday night...
...if she don't show up.
l love you too, baby. Gotta go.
This beauty has two bedrooms,
each one with its own bathroom.
Central AC and heat throughout.
All of our homes come standard
equipped with electric oven...
...washer, drier and dishwasher.
Your Waste King garbage
disposal is optional, of course.
lt's a good option because
we charge the wholesale price on it...
...with no installation fee,
and it's top of the line.
We're strictly top of the line.
Strictly top of the line
all the time. That's our motto.
-How much this house cost?
-Sixty thousand dollars.
But if you're really interested...
...l can get you a
1 0 percent discount, l think.
Where y'all from?
Cincinnati.
Long way from home, huh?
-What line of work bring you to Texas?
-Border Patrolman.
We're always
a long way from home.
Yeah. All right.
Well, actually, this mobile
residence has the highest...
...resale value of any domestic
residence in its price range...
...in the Southwest
time and time again.
l don't know.
Well, we also have some excellent
previously owned mobile residences...
if that would be your requirement.
Come over here, Sparky.
lt's a good thing
you can do something else.
Where'd you come from?
Coahuila.
What are you doing in Texas?
Looking for work.
What kind of work?
l'm just a cowboy.
Hey, Perkins.
Here's the stuff that your
friend had on him.
-You know who they are?
-That's his wife and kids.
-Any idea how to get ahold of them?
-Well, they live in...
...Mexico.
Can l keep this?
Yeah, l guess for a while. We're
gonna have to do an autopsy on him.
When you get through,
l want you to give Melquiades to me.
-Hell, l can't do that. Are you crazy?
-No.
l'm not.
Gotta go.
-All right, see you tonight.
-Come back early, though.
l get real bored here.
Haven't you made
friends with the neighbors?
No, l don't like them.
l'm gonna buy you Nintendo
so you don't get so bored.
Okay.
And take me to the mall
this Saturday in Odessa.
Okay, babe. Find out where it is.
The deceased died of a gunshot
wound of an AR-1 5 .223 bullet.
Entered 2 inches left of the sternum
between the fourth and fifth rib.
lmpact caused a lung to burst.
Severe hemorrhaging.
Took 1 5, 20 minutes to die.
l would estimate
he died seven days ago.
The trajectory indicates that the shot
was fired from 300 yards away.
He was gunned down.
Listen, bud, we need
to bury him now.
Refrigeration in this dump is broke,
and l gotta be in El Paso tomorrow.
-Okay, bury him.
-l need to notify his relatives.
He ain't got any.
Two-one-seven, clear.
Three-five-nine, clear.
This is 7 49.
I have approximately 1 5 individuals
crossing La Brecha de la Loma Negra.
About a half a mile from me. Over.
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