Later, Machete was employed by Baron Zemo with the assistance of Batroc's Brigade to steal the skeleton of Ulysses Bloodstone. Machete traveled to the Amazon Jungle with Batroc's Brigade, and was captured by Incas. Machete battled the Incas alongside Batroc's Brigade, Zemo, Captain America, and Diamondback. Machete then battled Captain America alongside Batroc's Brigade. Machete traveled to the Bermuda Triangle, where he battled Captain America again alongside Batroc's Brigade. He traveled to Egypt alongside Batroc's Brigade in search of the Bloodstone fragment. He traveled to Tokyo alongside Batroc's Brigade. There, he battled Japanese cultists for possession of another Bloodstone fragment.