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The detective put hireed to be contacted at a designated pay phone Marinelli put the question to his be behind Father Jaime Ramirez’s death?

“Yo, anything possible,” said the raspy-voiced man on the other end “‘Specially since da man had old connections”

“Connections? To whom?”

“Connections from his days in Salvador To Los Diablos”

Marinelli felt his hands go dahter Los Diablos was one of the biggest andthe I-95 corridor There were nothemselves

“Do you know if the guy who shot him, Chico Hernandez, had connections to Los Diablos?”

“I dunno frohborhood there be all spics And theether, see what I’m sayin’?”

Especially when to speak out against Los Diablos ue cut out or worse, Marinelli thought

“I wonder how Hernandez got pulled into this thing?” he asked aloud, but talking to himself

“I dunno, man”

“Tell me more about Ramirez’s connections with Los Diablos”

“I can tell ya what I hear, but you ain’t hear it from me Ya feel me?”

“Okay Give”

“Word is the good father been handing out more than holy hosts, see what I’m sayin’?”

Marinelli let this sink in “Drugs? Are you saying Los Diablos supplied Ras?”