Jimmy smoked a cigarette while pondering over the issue. The name Borsa mentioned by David seemed vaguely familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had heard it. Even though his memory was excellent, not everything stuck with him.

Regarding the names of drug traffickers, if he didn't hear it from Ruiz, it must have been from Dallas or Albuquerque. He wouldn't hear the name of a drug dealer from elsewhere. His collaboration with the CIA only involved clearing out a drug dealer's hideout. Oh, right, was that dealer's supplier Borsa?

This matter was a bit tricky, but David was not Ruiz. He could help, but there was no necessity to overdo it. Just a call to Torsten to confirm would suffice. The follow-up was too much hassle; it was better not to bother.

Discarding the cigarette butt, Jimmy returned to the office to continue reviewing cases assigned to their team.

Jimmy wasn't thinking too much about it anymore, but Torsten was quite intrigued by the situation.

A trafficking route capable of delivering drugs to New York implied a large organization. Typically, smaller organizations only handle distribution within their controlled regions or nearby areas. Interstate trafficking generally only involves neighboring states. For Borsa to transport from Texas to New York State without being detected was exceedingly challenging.

However, the name didn't ring any bell for him. As a DEA agent deeply rooted in Dallas for many years, even if he didn't know the intricate details of every drug trafficking organization, he was somewhat familiar with their aliases and gangs. Often, the challenge wasn't identifying who was selling but gathering sufficient evidence.

Torsten opened the system and began to investigate previously recorded drug trafficking groups. He also wanted to check if he could trace any link to this Borsa through these people, or at least see if there were any similar organizations capable of shipping to New York.

As a mere team leader, Torsten was on par with Jimmy's current position. His data may not be comprehensive, but it's substantial. It would take some time to go through the groups he currently had access to.

In the DEA, anyone who reaches the rank of team leader has a number of informants at their disposal. Some might even place undercover agents within drug cartels, but such agents typically maintained contact through single lines of communication. Torsten didn't have such an undercover agent at hand. After gathering information, he would need to reach out to informants. Of course, paying informant fees would indeed be costly.

Torsten believed Borsa must exist, given that Jimmy took the trouble to call, indicating that New York FBI likely had reliable leads. Because it involved multiple regions and a lack of familiarity with drug trafficking, the FBI couldn't handle it directly through their Dallas office.

Most of Torsten's informants covered Dallas, basically Northern Texas. After checking the time, he made a few calls, then took a few envelopes from the drawer, greeted others, and left the office.

Dallas, ranking within the top ten populous cities in the United States, would inevitably have its share of various traffickers. Likewise, as a key regional office for the DEA, Torsten and his team of team leaders had access to plenty of resources.

Torsten spent a few hours outside, successfully contacted several informants, and distributed the task objectives, hoping they could soon return with any information they might uncover.

However, this approach was more of a widespread net, relying on luck. The crucial part was obtaining the information swiftly. So after returning to the office, Torsten consulted a few reliable colleagues. Everyone found Borsa's name unfamiliar; at least he wasn't someone from within Dallas.

Torsten underestimated the drug trafficking intelligence network. Whilst he was scrambling around for leads, someone had already found out who he was seeking and quickly informed Borsa, who was in faraway New Mexico.

Borsa was not in Texas but in New Mexico. Though the two states border each other, Dallas is in the northeastern part of Texas, while Albuquerque is centrally located in New Mexico, with quite some distance between them.

The information David and his team obtained from the gang misled the messenger who relayed to Jimmy, so the search in Dallas effectively led nowhere. However, the leaked information inadvertently alerted Borsa about issues in one of his subordinate's lines, outing his name.

Borsa was a bald, older Latin American man primarily residing between New Mexico and Mexico. For someone like him, lingering in one place for too long posed significant risks; he was not the cartel boss but merely a line leader under the boss's command.

Borsa's shipments usually first traveled to New Mexico, then distributed across several surrounding states, eventually extending to most states across the U.S. Of course, he wasn't managing these operations single-handedly; domestically in the United States, he used several different teams to handle various regions.

The message Borsa received originated from Texas; he immediately organized a team to verify the information. The drug cartel's power was formidable, with ample manpower and funding to scrutinize specific information.

Soon, he confirmed that Torsten from the Dallas DEA office was investigating a major Texas drug kingpin named Borsa. The investigation was very sudden without previous whispers. By cross-referencing multiple sources, he identified that the DEA had indeed targeted him.

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