- Title Page
- Introduction
- Paul Schaefer
- Schaefer and the Chilean Authorities
- CONTACTO
- Leads to Argentina
- Chivilcoy
- Is undercover justified?
- Digging In
- Hugo Placente
- Dangerous People
- The Second Trip—an Unmasking
- The Hidden Camera Dilemma
- Undercover in Chivilcoy
- Cops and Robbers?
- Doubts in Santiago
- La Solita
- A Breakthrough
- Nowhere to Turn?
Cops and Robbers?
Villarrubia was a veteran investigative reporter who had worked all over the world on stories about drug smuggling and arms trafficking. The work was often secretive and dangerous. But as the investigation in Chivilcoy continued, Villarrubia’s methods increasingly began to resemble those of a detective. In Santiago, Executive Editor Bazán Cardemil returned to a question raised by much of CONTACTO’s work: what was the line between a journalistic investigation, and a police one?
Bazán Cardemil
But Bazán Cardemil’s team was willing to go further in pushing this line.
Rodríguez & Fuentes