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“Indeed. A few hundred meters behind Goneril and the camp overall is a river, the <span class="mu-s">Rio Arauca</span>. It’s about 15-20 meters wide and is the only thing close to a border wall between Colombia and Venezuela in this area. We assume they have boats near the river but we’ve canvassed the riverbanks and couldn’t find it. They must be pretty well-hidden.”
“Regardless, we can’t afford to have Poison cross the river.” Castle pitched in, while Ash sat down. “If Venezuelans discover that this op spilled over to their country, we will be risking a potential conflict in the region, and the Colombians will sever all forms of diplomatic contact with the US no matter how much we try to deny it. It’s ideal that we capture Poison in Goneril, then and there.”
“Yeah, but with the manpower we have? It’ll be difficult.” You stated to Castle while crossing your arms, before turning over to Winslow to suggest your idea.
“Captain, there are too many moving pieces at play here. If we want this to work smoothly, we’ll need some critical redundancy.”
“You mean a third-party?”
“Yes sir. Local or contracting support. If we move ahead on this the way we are right now, it’d be too much pressure. We need more personnel to alleviate that.”
“Hmm. I don’t know a lot of Colombians who are likely to help us out on this one, but I can refer you to someone I’ve worked with personally.” Winslow takes out his phone and lays it down on the table, its screen displaying a photo of a man. “This is First Sergeant <span class="mu-s">James Russo</span>, he goes by <span class="mu-s">“Butch”</span>.” Former ex-Green Berets, like you. He runs his own private military company now. <span class="mu-s">Preying Mantis</span>. What do you say, Marsh?”
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