At dawn on the third day the Narcos surrounded the train from beginning to end. They surrounded the valley from top to bottom, along its full perimeter. And beyond. They combed the vegetables, reaped the wheat, checked the underbelly of frozen goats. Then they surrounded the sky with horizontally-flying helicopters, invisible planes, Goodyear blimps.
From the Capital came sled dogs able to sniff out fleeing or cornered game. Portable metal detectors, ultrasound equipment, periscopes, magnifying lenses, touchstones and even, but only for the general, a philosopher’s stone.
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