Mexico City, National Security Council's underground briefing room.
The air was filled with the bitter smell of coffee and lingering tobacco scent.
Bennett was trembling slightly, not from fear, but excitement; his eyes were red and somewhat swollen.
"The intelligence has been fully cross-verified and confirmed accurate."
His voice was hoarse, "Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo and his core family members, along with Defense Minister Herman Portillo, have effectively betrayed. They have reached a secret agreement with former British intelligence officer, now British Council representative Richard Salisbury."
On the projection screen, pictures from clandestine meetings at San Jose Manor at night, encrypted financial flow charts, and a document copy marked as a "Border Defense Enhancement Plan" but actually filled with an offensive weapons procurement list, flashed by. The final freeze frame was an intercepted encrypted order from London dated yesterday.
