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Captain Flores spoke up "Our patrol boats did run on several pieces of debris"

"Was it identified?"

"Some was pulled on board and examined but quickly discarded It appeared to have coo ship rather than a luxury cruise liner"

"What sort of debris?"

Flores checked through a briefcase and removed a thin file "I have a short inventory received from the Captain of the search vessel He lists one worn overstaffed chair; two faded life-jackets, at least fifteen years old, with operation instructions stenciled in alible Spanish; several unmarked wooden crates; a bunk mattress; food containers; three newspapers, one from Veracmz, Mexico, the other two from Recife, Brazil '

"Dates?" Pitt interrupted

Flores looked questioningly at Pitt for a ive them"

"An oversight that will be corrected," said Rojas sternly, ihts

"If it isn't already too late," Flores came back uneasily "You must admit, Colonel, the debris appears to be trash, not ship's wreckage"

"Could you plot the coordinates of the ships as they're shown on the satellite photo?" asked Pitt

Hores nodded and began plotting the positions on to a nautical chart

"Another brandy, gentlemen?" Rojas offered

"It's quite vibrant," said Gunn, holding out his glass to the lieutenant "I detect a very slight coffee flavor"

Rojas sht

My uncle distills it on his coffee plantation"