THE FUSE

I met Miguel during my research inside a prison in Cali, Colombia. He spoke calmly, without urgency, as someone who had revisited the same memories many times. He did not dramatize his past or ask for understanding. He told me he had spent years incarcerated for more than 50 killings carried out as a paid sicario, moving across the country according to where the work took him. Cities changed and faces blurred together, yet his life followed a familiar rhythm, shaped by the next job and the need to remain alert.