Sociologist Lanz Rodriguez unsuccessfully attempted to run for the Constituent Assembly as an independent for Lara State. The Boulton family has hired the services of a famous and controversial former police chief. The pilot has appeared. In sleuth circles, the word is that Boulton isn't in the hands of Colombian guerrillas. It's known that he's alive.
Leads point to ex-cops as planners and operational kidnappers.
Budget cuts in the oil industry have hit logistics maintenance, which in the long run result in abandoning of wells. Once it's refined in Venezuela, products are secretly sent abroad via export, thus dodging taxes. They have found out that resources have been diverted and handed over to Captain Garcia Morales, the author of the infamous video that hit out against President Chavez Frias. The Disip has also discovered that containers full of tires have been freed without any certificate. The Attorney General's Office intervened in favor of those involved in the complaint.