It also happened that whoever hired or took it to the negotiator was guilty, because he was a henchman paid to appear strategically in a specific place, in which he was supposed to take an amount, appear at the wrong time and in the wrong place.
That one was strategically located to deflect the right amount, with two gunmen magically found him and entered his house that was supposed to be guarded, in which he should have a lot of security, but they still entered Esmeralda's room and shot him five times. before fleeing, albeit in her pajamas, Emerald staggered into the hallway and passed out.
When asked later by the New York Police Commissioner how he managed to get out of the room, Emerald said he drank two shots of whiskey first, with Emerald being rushed to Polyclinic Hospital in Manhattan.