How the LAPD got word of the heist ... (Spoilers)
Did Waingro track down Trejo at his house and get the heist time/info from him? Otherwise, how did Rollins' character know when he called it in?
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Waingro, was a C.I. (confidential informant). He tracked down Trejo, beat him nearly to death to get the heist time, and then informed L.A.P.D.
Maybe you are right. I always thought it was the character played by Henry Rollins. He worked for VanSant ...not sure of the spelling... One of his crew got the info from Trejo, maybe even Henry himself.
Been a while since I watched it, maybe you are right.
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There is a deleted scene showing Waingro and some other thugs at Trejo's house when Trejo returns there after calling Neil on the pay phone to tell the crew that he can't make the heist.
Waingro held Trejo's wife hostage in order to get Trejo to withdraw from the heist and give Waingro the info on where and when the score would be, which he then passed along to van Zant who in turn passed in on to Henry Rollin's characacter. Or perhaps Waingro called and told Rollins directly.
Henry Rollins character was the C.I.
That's why Hanna and Casels go to his place after the heist/shootout and ask him where he got his info from.
Waingro told Rollins about the heist after extracting it from Trejo.
Yes that sounds right.... thinking about it, Waingro was way too crazy to be a C.I.