El Monte was a city in Los Angeles County, California, located east of Los Angeles. Interstate 10 passed through the city. ("Day 4: 6:00am-7:00am") A construction company in El Monte fabricated a replica of the Silver Screen Award statuette for the awards ceremony at the Chamberlain Auditorium. The sculpture was used to smuggle in terrorists led by Bastian Grost, who took the audience hostage. (Trojan Horse)