Given the question: Build a movie plot around this: What was Irene's position at the time of the Coloto case? Department Chief
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The story, set in 1999, is told in flashback form: in June 1974 a federal justice agent, Benjamin Esposito, becomes spellbound by and subsequently entangled in the investigation of the crime of a young woman, brutally raped and murdered inside her house in a Buenos Aires neighbourhood. Her widowed husband, bank employee Ricardo Morales, is shocked by the news; Esposito vows to find the killer and bring him to justice. In his ordeal he is aided by his alcoholic assistent Pablo Sandoval and a newcomer, the upper class lawyer Irene Menendez-Hastings, who takes over as department chief. Esposito's rivaling partner Romano pins the murder on two immigrant workers so as to get rid of the matter - an issue that enrages Esposito, who attacks Romano in a fury.He finds a tip soon enough while looking over some old pictures provided by Morales: he comes across a dubious young man - identified as Isidoro Gomez - who looks at the victim in a suspicious way in several photos. Esposito investigates the whereabouts of Gomez, and determines that he is living and working in Buenos Aires, but fails to locate him.Esposito and Sandoval break into Gomez's household in the city of Chivilcoy, hometown not only of Gomez, but also of Morales's ill-fated wife. During the illegal search, they (unwillingly) steal a set of letters written by the suspect to his mother. Back in Buenos Aires, the deed earns them trouble back at the courthouse, and neither make anything out the letters. In addition, Gomez remains at large due to a careless phone call made earlier by Morales, who desperately wanted to apprehend the killer of his wife. In the end, it is Sandoval who comes across a new lead: a fellow drinker in the bar identifies the various names mentioned in the letters as being those of various soccer players of Racing Club.After identifying him as a Racing Club fan, Esposito and Sandoval attend a soccer match where Racing Club plays against Huracan in the hope of catching Gomez. With the assistance of police officer Molinari and his men, they...