Isn’t Seattle a sactuary city? (I noticed that there was no description of the gangs, so I am assuming the obvious)
It’s got nothing to do with Seattle—it is 150 miles east.
http://www.musicinelsol.com/MIESDrivingDirections.pdf
It's an hour or so away, over the mountains. Looked it up on a map because I had never heard of it. Small place.