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"All heavenly coripped Sandecker's hand "Keep a tequila on ice for me, Admiral"

"I wish there was another way into the mountain"

Pitt shook his head "It can only be done with a diveraft operation"

"Bring Loren and Rudi back," replied Sandecker, fighting off a surge of emotion

"You'll see them soon," Pitt promised

And then he was gone

The voice of his radio operator roused Captain Juan Diego fro out his command tent at the cone-shaped liness about Cerro el Capirote and the bleak desert that surrounded it, he thought This was a wasteland coo

"Yes, what is it, Sergeant?"

The radio operator had his back to hio couldn't see the puzzled look on the soldier's face

"I called the security posts for their hourly status reports and received no response from Posts Four and Six"

Diego sighed He didn't need unexpected predicaments Colonel Campos had commanded him to set up a security perimeter around the iven, none was asked Consuo could only watch the helicopters arrive and depart and wonder as going on up there

"Contact Corporal Francisco at Post Five and have hio sat down at his field desk and duly noted the lack of response in his daily report as a probable breakdown in communications equipment The possibility there was a real problem never entered his mind

"I can't raise Francisco at Post Five either," the radioman informed him

Diego finally turned "Are you certain your equip properly?"

"Yes, Sir The trans perfectly"