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“Who are you?”

“Juan Cabrillo,” he said in his noret you out”

“Why?”

“Your cover has been compromised It’s only a matter of time before Ferreira knoho you really are”

“I can’t leave now!” He looked around to make sure nobody heard his outburst and lowered his voice “I’ve spent two long years infiltrating Ferreira’s organization By the end of the day, I’ll have the account infor cartel in the Americas We’ll be able to freeze billions of dollars in assets”

“If you don’t leave, before they kill you you’ll be tortured for information about the CIA’s efforts to infiltrate the cartels, and that’ll ress will be set back years, and we still won’t have the info you’re trying to get”

Machado paced the hall in frustration And Juan syuy He’d had his own fair share of missions blown up by bureaucratic idiots back at headquarters

“I’m sorry,” he said “Believe et the job done”

Machado stopped pacing and leaned against the wall in defeat

“You realize Ferreira won’t just let me walk away,” Machado said “It’ll be too suspicious if I leave the Dragão now”

“We have an exit strategy We’ve arranged a distraction In the confusion, you, o into the water”

“And swim to shore?”

“We have a subet in and dive before they even know it’s there”

“This is nuts”

“Yes, it is,” Juan agreed “But we need to go Now”