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Lo agarraron la primera vez que lo intentó, quando quería saltar la valla del Puente de la Amistad. Le abrieron el bolso que llevaba en la espalda, en el que un sospechoso bulto cuadrado aristaba la tela, amenazando rasgarla. Su carrera de sacoleiro no duró ni una vuelta. |
His career as a thief didn't even last one round. There appears in his non-official prior records "the smuggling of tangerines" three, from a house to his shelter located underneath the monumento al Mariscal. Twice, when he felt lonely, he clung to fastix; but it didn't help much. After taking his backpack, they jailed him temporarily in Cuidad del Este, locking him in a common cell with all the prisoners. Within three days, they transferred him to Asunción. In his interim confinement, he met his teacher, twelve years older. Now, he is ashamed that he coughed when he tried fastix, and he talks with assurance about cocaine, even though he can't distinguish it from a bag of lime. He doesn't talk about tangerines anymore. He talks about calibres and bank owners. But nobody wants to listen.
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