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El espía crucificado

· 1990

El espía crucificado
This Spanish-language pulp magazine contains "El espía crucificado" (The Crucified Spy) by Lou Carrigan. The story opens with two retired fishermen, Amos Jones and Franklin Ashe, discovering a raft on the Potomac River carrying a crucified corpse—a nude, middle-aged man nailed to a cross with a bell at its top. A note addresses the body to "Baby" of the CIA. CIA agent Brigitte Montfort, an international spy based in New York, is summoned to investigate. The victim is identified as Norbert Hart (WA 0199), a retired CIA logistics and psychological-advisory department employee who had worked for the agency for decades in administrative rather than field roles. Hart retired two years prior with an unblemished record. A videotape found on the raft shows Hart being beaten and tortured aboard a yacht by four muscular men. They strip him, assault him, and crucify him on the raft before setting it adrift. The tape documents Hart's terror as his captors explain their intentions. The story presents a spy-thriller narrative involving Hart's mysterious abduction and brutal execution.

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