Some say they could have negotiators intercepting contract killers and freelancers who came and went and were not part of other factions, which for anyone was what they said they were taking advantage of and there were mediators.
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.