- Sergeant Ken Williams: Well, what happened? Did he try to cheat you?
- Pablo Diaz: First, he do everything he promised. Then today, he come to where I am work. He take away half of the money I have been paid. He say, I must go on working like an animal!
- Sergeant Ken Williams: Well, what else did he say?
- Pablo Diaz: I must give him more money, or he will report me to the Border Patrol and they will put me in jail for the rest of my life!
- [first lines]
- Narrator: The border between Mexico and the United States is relatively open to nationals of both countries for short visits. Occasionally American criminals take advantage of this situation to exploit Mexican labor in ways that are brutal and cruel. Frequently the Highway Patrol is instrumental in stopping this traffic in human lives, but unfortunately, in many cases, not before a great deal of damage has been done.
- [last lines]
- [Standing next to the truck he wants to use for his getaway, human smuggler Ben Douglas holds Pablo Diaz hostage. When Dan Mathews tells Douglas he took the keys to the truck, Douglas threatens to kill Diaz if Mathews doesn't give them to him. Mathews throws a set of keys toward Douglas, and as Douglas bends down to pick them up, Captain Perez of the Mexican police shoots him. Mathews picks up the keys]
- Captain Perez: [sighs] He is very dead, señor. I'm sorry.
- Chief Dan Mathews: I'm sorry for what he did to your people.
- Captain Perez: I will take care of everything.
- Chief Dan Mathews: When you want me, call me for the inquest.
- Captain Perez: Thank you, señor.
- Pablo Diaz: Gracias señor. That was very close.
- Chief Dan Mathews: It wasn't too close. These are the keys to my house. God bless.
- Captain Perez: Bless you.