She has the right to remain silent. As they handcuffed Gonzalo, Carmela smiled. The security camera had captured everything. Both visits, the threats, the violence.
Gonzalo Fuentes had just destroyed his own freedom. News of Gonzalo’s arrest reached Judge Aurelio Sánchez in less than an hour.
His network of informants was efficient. “He’s an idiot,” he muttered as he dialed a number on his private phone.
“I told him to be discreet. I told him to be patient.” The voice on the other end responded calmly.
“What do we do now? Gonzalo is going to talk. As soon as they pressure him, he’ll negotiate. He’s a coward. He always has been. He can frame you. He knows too much.”
We need to activate plan B. Aurelio walked to his safe and opened it.
Inside were dozens of storage devices, videos, recordings, documents he had collected over decades, his life insurance, evidence of corruption by politicians, businessmen, and judges.
