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ill according to plan The US will lose patience The violence will unite the hout the Southwest This is e cannot afford to have our glorious past rewritten I have spent a fortune to buy territory, voting, and political influence Halcon Industries is stretched to the limit I built this new Chichen Itza to be the capital of the new country But even the vast resources of our cartel can't equip an army to defend

itself against a United States that nize the trend of the future This is why it is vital that we find the vast riches that will enable us to carry out our plan It will not succeed without the treasure"

"We are close to asseents have acquired documents from a number of sources in Spain and other countries"

"Has there been any outcry?"

"Not yet The International Herald reported the unexplainable theft of Columbian memorabilia froether yet"

"Not until now," Halcon said with a sly smile

Guzman raised a frosty eyebrow

"Our experts have analyzed the old documents," Halcon went on "They have located the key that will open the secret that has baffled us for so long"

"Congratulations, Don Halcon I'm most pleased:"

"You won't be when you hear the details You see, the key we seek lies on the bottom of the ocean in the hold of the Andrea Doria "

Guzman was stunned "Not the artifact? How could that be? Your father ordered me to sink the ship"

As I said, ht the artifact could destroy us"

"There's no mistake?"

"I've had the docuain I have read them myself No, my friend, I'm afraid there is no doubt The artifact that ht would end the Brotherhood will show the way to greater glory I want you to fit out a salvage project right away You will have all the resources of Halcon Industries at your command This should be done as quickly as possible"

"I'll start work as soon as we are through here, sir:"