That day the garrison was on full alert. The fact that a police captain was assassinated in his office was something that could cause a commotion in any part of the city, but even more so in the neighborhood where the garrison forty-two was located. One of the poorest neighborhoods, it was the subject of dispute between various criminal groups that engaged in all kinds of illegal activities, from simple theft to smuggling through extortion. Although neither the captain nor the inspectors accepted that such confrontations were taking place, or rather they turned a blind eye. What they called "petty thieves" groups were a serious problem...