Arriving at the address listed in the registration, Fuentes was surprised to discover that it was not a residence, but a business called Calandrino’s Auto Shop.

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Discouraged, Fuentes and her cinematographer returned to Calandrino’s auto shop and decided to wait.

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Fuentes thought she had pinpointed where Schmidt lived, but what was she to do next? She had hoped to get visual evidence of Schaefer’s whereabouts, and then report him to the authorities. But she still had not seen him, much less filmed him. Should she try to get more information from Calandrino?

What next? Unsure of how to proceed, Fuentes called the news office in Santiago. Her editors were delighted with her breakthrough. But they also realized that this could well be only the start of a long, arduous investigation. Fuentes decided to return to Santiago to consult with Executive Editor Bazán Cardemil and Editor Rodríguez .

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The group had an idea: why not send someone who was not Chilean and who would thus not seem suspicious to the Germans? Bazán Cardemil already had someone in mind—a Spanish/Italian investigative reporter on the CONTACTO staff named Gustavo Villarrubia. Villarrubia had lived all over the world and spoke several languages; better yet, his accent was not Chilean. Rodríguez proposed that Villarrubia go to Chivilcoy disguised as someone else. The team was leaning toward this option, but all three had concerns: Should a journalist go undercover?