El Reten

The Checkpoint

El Reten

They were at a checkpointEstaban en un reten
A platoon of soldiersUn peloton de soldados
The federal judiciaryLa judicial federal
All very well armedToditos muy bien armados
Waiting for a contraband that had been reportedEsperando un contrabando que había sido denunciado

The head of the judiciary to the sergeant talkingEl jefe de judiciales al sargento platicando
The white load is very largeLa carga blanca es muy grande
The one we are waiting forLa que estamos esperando
The head of drug dealers was a federal officer under my commandEl jefe de traficantes fue federal a mi mando
The sergeant answers: I know Martin wellEl sargento le contesta conosco bien a Martin
He is not a man to give upEl no es hombre que se rinda el va
Fight to the end if notPelear hasta el fin si no
We make a plan, many of us are going to dieLe hacemos un plan muchos vamos a morir

Venia Martin chain in a yellow truckVenia Martin cadena en una troca amarilla
Two cars crossed himLe atrabesaron dos carros
Police people as if to surrenderGente de la policia como si fuera rendirse se
I parked on the side of the roadEstacionaba en la orilla
Suddenly opening fire when he saw them forming a ballAbriendo el fuego de pronto cuando los vio hacerse bola
Bending almost all of them as if they were made of rubberDoblandolos casi a todos como si fueran de goma
The sergeant fell dead to where the Sun risesEl sargento cayo muerto para donde el Sol se asoma

A Mauser bullet was heard after the shootingSe ollo un balaso de mauser después de la balasera
Caia Martin instantlyCaia Martin al instante
Federal chief lying on the roadTirado en la carretera el jefe de federales
I was coming out of a groveSalia de una arboleda

When he was dyingCuando se estaba muriendo
Martin tells the federalMartin dice al federal
You can now put the load asideYa puede apartar la carga
Like we did back when you were my boss and reportComo lo haciamos allá cuando usted era mi jefe y reportar
HalfLa mitad