Newly assigned Chicago DEA agent who partners with Treviño to track the cartel's drug deliveries. He unknowingly shares advice with Earl in a diner, later coordinates his arrest via a roadblock, and shares a brief, respectful exchange with the elderly mule.
Earl and Bates share a candid conversation in a diner, with Earl offering marital advice to the agent hunting him.
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