Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The

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bThere's some coyotes hopping around/b

bacross the road from that windmill./b

bWhat are they doing?/b

bHell, I don't know./b

bLooks like they're eating/b

bsomething, I guess./b

bWanna shoot a coyote?/b

bHell, yes./b

bThat's a dead son of a b*tch./b

bFuck./b

b- When did they find him?/b

b- Sometime this morning./b

bHe was buried on a hill/b

bnear Boracho Peak./b

b- Who killed him?/b

b- No f***ing clue./b

bWas he involved with drugs/b

bor smuggling or anything like that?/b

bMelquiades Estrada?/b

bNo./b

bI gotta get a mask./b

bJo Edna, let Earl tend to the/b

bhot dogs and the hamburgers./b

bHe'll bring the charcoal and ice.../b

b... and folding chairs/b

band the whole nine yards./b

bJust be sure Minnie/b

bdon't have to worry.../b

b... about a place to go/b

bto the little girls' room./b

bAnd tell Shawnelle she can forget/b

babout a car on Saturday night.../b

b... if she don't show up./b

bI love you too, baby. Gotta go./b

bThis beauty has two bedrooms,/b

beach one with its own bathroom./b

bCentral AC and heat throughout./b

bAll of our homes come standard/b

bequipped with electric oven.../b

b... washer, drier and dishwasher./b

bYour Waste King garbage/b

bdisposal is optional, of course./b

bIt's a good option because/b

bwe charge the wholesale price on it.../b

b... with no installation fee,/b

band it's top of the line./b

bWe're strictly top of the line./b

bStrictly top of the line/b

ball the time. That's our motto./b

b- How much this house cost?/b

b- Sixty thousand dollars./b

bBut if you're really interested.../b

b... I can get you a/b

b10 percent discount, I think./b

bWhere y'all from?/b

bCincinnati./b

bLong way from home, huh?/b

b- What line of work bring you to Texas?/b

b- Border Patrolman./b

bWe're always/b

ba long way from home./b

bYeah. All right./b

bWell, actually, this mobile/b

bresidence has the highest.../b

b... resale value of any domestic/b

bresidence in its price range.../b

b... in the Southwest/b

btime and time again./b

bI don't know./b

bWell, we also have some excellent/b

bpreviously owned mobile residences.../b

b... in the lower price ranges/b

bif that would be your requirement./b

bCome over here, Sparky./b

bIt's a good thing/b

byou can do something else./b

bI think my horse needs water./b

bWhere'd you come from?/b

bCoahuila./b

bWhat are you doing in Texas?/b

bLooking for work./b

bWhat kind of work?/b

bI'm just a cowboy./b

bHey, Perkins./b

bHere's the stuff that your/b

bfriend had on him./b

b- You know who they are?/b

b- That's his wife and kids./b

b- Any idea how to get ahold of them?/b

b- Well, they live in.../b

b... Mexico./b

bCan I keep this?/b

bYeah, I guess for a while. We're/b

bgonna have to do an autopsy on him./b

bWhen you get through,/b

bI want you to give Melquiades to me./b

b- Hell, I can't do that. Are you crazy?/b

b- No./b

bI'm not./b

bGotta go./b

b- All right, see you tonight./b

b- Come back early, though./b

bI get real bored here./b

bHaven't you made/b

bfriends with the neighbors?/b

bNo, I don't like them./b

bI'm gonna buy you Nintendo/b

bso you don't get so bored./b

bOkay./b

bAnd take me to the mall/b

bthis Saturday in Odessa./b

bOkay, babe. Find out where it is./b

bThe deceased died of a gunshot/b

bwound of an AR-15.223 bullet./b

bEntered 2 inches left of the sternum/b

bbetween the fourth and fifth rib./b

bImpact caused a lung to burst./b

bSevere hemorrhaging./b

bTook 15, 20 minutes to die./b

bI would estimate/b

bhe died seven days ago./b

bThe trajectory indicates that the shot/b

bwas fired from 300 yards away./b

bHe was gunned down./b

bListen, bud, we need/b

bto bury him now./b

bRefrigeration in this dump is broke,/b

band I gotta be in El Paso tomorrow./b

b- Okay, bury him./b

b- I need to notify his relatives./b

bHe ain't got any./b

Twob- /boneb- /bseven, clear.

Threeb- /bfiveb- /bnine, clear.

This is 749.

I have approximately 15 individuals

crossing La Brecha de la Loma Negra.

About a half a mile from me. Over.

bWhere are they?/b

bRight down there in that draw./b

bOn the ground!/b

bGet down!/b

Alto, bgoddamn it!/b

bRun, run, Mariana!/b

bTake her./b

bStay down, b*tch!/b

bStay down./b

b- How many got away?/b

b- Three./b

bWell, somebody's gotta/b

bpick strawberries./b

bYou were way overboard there, boy./b

bNo, sir./b

bFuck it. They were/b

btrying to get away./b

bThink about how much trouble I'll get/b

binto if you keep beating these people./b

bI don't like trouble, boy./b

bI don't like it at all./b

bI'm awful sorry about Mel./b

bSo am I./b

bHe's a good Mexican./b

bPete, you been cooped up/b

bin here for two days./b

bYou need to get outside/b

band do something./b

bWhat's that to you?/b

bBrought you some jerky./b

bI found these shells.../b

b... out there where Mel's/b

bgoats was on the loose./b

bThey was about/b

b300 yards up the hill./b

bThey might mean something./b

bYou ladies fine?/b

bHow's your eggs, sweetie?/b

bBob's watching us./b

bIt's been a while since/b

bwe've had some time together./b

bYou dirty b*tch./b

bI could see you tomorrow./b

b- Miss./b

b- Just a second./b

bSame place?/b

bSame place./b

bWhat's it gonna be?/b

b- What do you want?/b

b- I wanna talk to you./b

bWe found that stuff where/b

bwe found Melquiades' goats./b

bDon't you wanna look at it?/b

bNo, I don't. I wanna sit here/b

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