ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I couldn’t have written this book without the help of the following people:

Titi, Cristina, Marcos, Anabel, Karina and the muchachos del barrio:

Chispa, Pepe, Gabriel, Enrique, Cuervo and Fabian.

Ricardo Rajendorfer and Luis Ernesto Vicat, who shared their knowledge of the Buenos Aires Provincial police.

Fellow writer Comisario Mayor Eugenio Zappietro of the Federal Police of Buenos Aires, who was generous with his time and explained so much without explaining.

The following people provided help and personal support along the way: Brad Cure, Jonathan Wolfson, Bruce Kimball, Jed Cohen, Dr. Ken Brown, Lt. Kevin Siska, Eliot Cohen, Bess Reed, Luisa Hairabedyan, Sheila Ferreira, Raul Schnabel, Mariana Ponce de León of Amnesty International, Hebe de Bonafini and Sergio Schocklander of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo. A particular thanks to Dra. Maria del Carmen Verdu and Paola of the CORREPI.

I must acknowledge the inspiration and information provided by the courageous work of Argentine investigative journalists Miguel Bonasso, Ricardo Rajendorfer and Carlos Dutil, Andres Openheimer and others. Foremost among them Rodolfo Walsh, author of Operacion Massacre, and Jose Luis Cabezas, whose murders are still awaiting solution.

Thanks to Joe Regal, loyal and tireless agent and friend, who encouraged me to keep running. Body of a rock!

And I thank especially my prized friends Martin Vilches and Claudio Vilarino, que me bancaron cuando yo hacia mi ultima jugada.