Chapter 476: The identity of the man behind the order to kill the Linden family

 At 12 noon, Special Investigation Team, office area.

 Hearing Mona say that she might have found the mastermind behind the case, all the detectives immediately moved to her side.

"Is such that."

Mona showed the screen on her computer to everyone, and pointed at several mobile phones that Luo An and others got back from the villa, and explained:

“I checked Sean Huffman’s phone records and found a man named Martin. They both attended the same Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.”

Mona typed on the keyboard, transferred the photo and identity information of this "Martin" to the computer desktop, and continued:

“According to the FBI’s internal database, Martin is affiliated with the Naroa Trafficking Group on the southern border of California.

 He is one of the subordinates of Tahvili, the leader of the independence cartel. "

Luo An frowned slightly, Lacey's eyes lit up and asked:

“You mean that the person who ordered the killing of the former team leader Linden’s family was the leader of this independence cartel, Tahvili?”

 “The probability is very high.”

Mona nodded and explained:

“The killer Eneston whom Luo An captured before said when he was interrogated that in the murder order, the person who placed the order had a special request:

 The son of former team leader Lynn Osborne must be hung upside down and disemboweled.

I looked up the experience of drug trafficker leader Tahvili. A few years ago, his eldest son, who was a sole dealer, was arrested after a transaction failed due to the appearance of an undercover agent.

The eldest son's children and wife, who were Tahvili's grandson and daughter-in-law, failed to evacuate in time. They were caught and hanged by the hostile forces, the other party to the transaction, and disemboweled and died on a high wall in a certain city. superior.

 And the leader of that operation..."

Mona typed on the keyboard quickly, and a familiar face appeared on the computer screen:

“It’s none other than the former group director, Lyndon Osborne.”

 “Fu-k!”

"damn it!"

After listening to Mona’s explanation, the detectives suddenly realized and understood the connection between the whole incident:

 Because of the appearance of an undercover agent, his son was arrested and his grandson and daughter-in-law were killed.

In order to take revenge, Tahvili found someone to kill the original undercover dispatcher and the leader of the case, Lyndon Osborne and his family.

  “But… something seems not quite right.”

Winslow pondered for a while and said:

“Under normal circumstances, a leader of a pro-independence group like Tahvili would usually let his subordinate, Martin, directly kill people, instead of asking him to go to a broker and issue a killing order.

 The possibility of encountering an accident or unexpected situation when issuing a murder order is too high. "

 “That’s right.”

Chenelle next to her nodded, and then added:

“Also, how did Tahvili, the leader of a criminal organization, find out that the leader of the original operation was former team leader Lyndon Osborne?”

 In response to Chenelle’s question, Lacey crossed her arms over her chest and sneered:

　　“There is no airtight wall in this world.

As long as Tahvili pays enough money, someone will definitely tell Tahvili who was the leader of the original action.

Maybe this person is an agent who participated in that operation and is now short of money. "

Every year, the number of FBI agents who betray all kinds of information for money is countless. Lacey has seen this kind of thing too many times.

“But what Winslow said makes sense.”

 Michelle pointed to the computer in front of her and said:

“The FBI’s internal database shows that in cases where gangs and criminal organizations seek revenge, 90% of the cases are carried out by gang members themselves or by trusted subordinates.

It is a bit strange for Martin to find a broker to place an order to kill people. ” ˆ ˆ Lacey frowned slightly and subconsciously turned her head to look to her side:

 “Luo An, where are you...your people?”

Lacie was stunned for a moment. She thought Luo An had been by her side, watching them discuss the case, but when she turned around, she found that he was missing.

“Luo An and Horst from the Supervision Department just left here together.”

Chenelle, who was standing at the end, casually answered about Roan's whereabouts, then handed Mona a croissant and continued to discuss the case.

Mona took a bite of the food in her hand, and a flash of light flashed in her eyes. The woman's intuition told her that Luo An was probably hiding something from her.

 There may be a high-level mole in this building. Luo An did not tell the agents just to be safe. Currently, there are only four people who know about it:

Roanne Greenwood, head of the Special Investigations Unit, Naseem, director of the FBI's Los Angeles Division, Potente Byrne, the team leader, and Horst of the Inspectorate.

After listening to what Mona had found out, several thoughts and speculations came to Luo An's mind. So when Lacey and others were discussing the man behind the murder of the Linden family, Luo An had already taken Horst to the director. Naseem's office.

 “Good afternoon, Director.”

 Knocking on the door and getting permission to enter the office, Luo An briefly described the current situation and asked directly:

“Director, does our FBI Los Angeles Division currently have an action plan against the leader of the Naroa drug cartel, namely Tahvili?

 In other words, are there any undercover agents sent by our FBI Los Angeles branch around Tahvili? "

Lacey previously suspected that Tahvili had paid money from grassroots agents to learn that the leader of the original operation was Lyndon Osborne.

 But Luo An, who knew more about the matter, suspected that Tahvili might have learned about it from the mouth of the mole.

Director Nasim’s face changed slightly when he heard this. He also thought of this, so he said solemnly:

“In terms of the Department of Homeland Security, there is indeed an operation targeting the Naroa independence trafficking group, which has been operating for more than a year.”

Director Nasim is not particularly familiar with the specific circumstances of this operation of the Department of Homeland Security. After all, the director is more concerned with issues such as the general development direction of the branch.

Picked up the landline phone on the desk and briefly narrated a few words. Then Director Nasim hung up the phone and asked Horst from the Supervision Department to go to the Department of Homeland Security and secretly get the documents related to the operation here.

 “Okay, Director.”

Horst nodded with a serious expression, turned around and left the office. Director Nasim leaned back on his chair, closed his eyes, pondered for a while, and asked:

“Luo An, do you have any guesses about the identity of this mole now?”

 “Sorry, Director, not yet.”

Luo An shook his head. He was just an ordinary leader of the special investigation team. He didn't know much about high-level matters.

However, since the director asked a question, Luo An couldn't answer nothing, so he pondered for a while and said:

“Director, I think the death of former team leader Lyndon Osborne’s family may be a plan by the insider to kill two birds with one stone.”

Director Nasim asked directly without opening his eyes:

"What's the meaning?"

 Luo An coughed lightly and explained:

“I have always been thinking about the purpose of the mole constantly leaking the identity of the undercover agent to the leaders of criminal organizations.

After thinking about it for a long time, there is only one reasonable reason: for money.

There are undercover agents around him. As long as the leaders of criminal organizations know about this, they will not be stingy about spending a large sum of money to buy the information from the insider. "

Director Nasim raised his head and signaled Luo An to continue. Seeing this, Luo An continued:

“This mole has hidden himself for so many years, so he must be a very cautious guy.

The leaders of these criminal organizations later died in various accidents, and the insiders also knew the identities of the undercover agents.

So we can be sure that the status of the insider is either very high; or the status of the insider is not high, but the position is very critical; or the insider has other accomplices, and the whole thing was done by the cooperation of several people. "

Hearing this, Director Nasim raised his eyebrows, slowly opened his eyes and looked at Luo An, and asked:

“You just said that this case may be a plan by the insider to kill two birds with one stone. Please explain in detail.”

Just as Luo An was about to speak, Horst from the Supervision Department suddenly knocked on the door and returned to the office with a sealed document bag.

 (End of this chapter)