The answer surprised somewhat to Marcelo, who had assumed that the guide was an indigenous peasant of simple life. He asked himself:
“Who is this man upon whom now my life and that of Teresa depend? What reasons de I really have to trust him?”
Coming across with hostile troops is not a rare experience to fighters who have lived in wild environments, particularly in the jungle, where it is difficult to detect enemy patrols even at short distance. This creates often close range struggles when abruptly rival sides encounter without prior notice. For this reason, fighters in forested areas are trained in such fights.
The first light of dawn began to emerge between the East peaks. Huacman proceeded to erase the traces of their stay and dispersed the ashes of the fire, while Marcelo radioe
