I think their ride out of town or means via cash or a vehicle for getaway purposes was the guy with the burned hands and the fat wallet who is going home next week/being deported- I think he left them hanging out to dry...they had no money and no car-they had to have had a getaway plan but something went wrong-
just my 2cents
Check the Saudi student’s hands. Do you see any burns? Do you see any injury at all?