La Nota Roja

The Red Note

La Nota Roja

With pure burnt hornA puro cuerno quemado
The smell was giving that nightDaba el olor esa noche
The weapons were flashingLas armas relampagueaban
And the car windowsY los vidrios de los coches
Were flying into piecesVolaban hechos pedazos
That happened there in Los MochisEso pasó allá en Los Mochis

The tires screeching could be heardSe oían rechinar las llantas
And the engines were roaringY los motores rugían
The adrenaline levelEl nivel de adrenalina
Was rising to a hundred percentAl cien por ciento subía
While death was countingMientras la muerte contaba
The men who were fallingA los hombres que caían

Northern winds blewSoplaron vientos del norte
With the smell of hellCon el olor al infierno
A plane took offSe levantó una avioneta
Without lights, it was disappearingSin luces se fue perdiendo
In it, two traffickersEn ella dos traficantes
From Cuernavaca, MorelosDe Cuernavaca, Morelos

The Cessna 206La Cessna 206
Seemed to bring the devilParecía que traía al diablo
It was because the gas turboEra porque el turbo gas
Was running out on themYa se les iba acabando
And they had to landY tuvieron que bajar
In the Sierra de DurangoEn la sierra de Durango

They spoke in codes onlyEn puras claves se hablaban
From below they would answerDe abajo les contestaban
They were traffickersEran unos traficantes
Who were in the mountainsQue estaban en las montañas
To attend emergenciesPara atender emergencias
Members of the same mafiaMiembros de la misma mafia

The red note reportedLa nota roja informó
Several dead and injuredDe varios muertos y heridos
But never mentionedPero jamás mencionó
Those who had gone missingDe los que se habían perdido
Among the clouds of the skyEntre las nubes del cielo
Protected by the nightPor la noche protegidos