A Ryan Weller Box Set Books 1 - 3 by Evan Graver

Author:Evan Graver [Graver, Evan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07SHX9WRK
Publisher: Third Reef Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-05-27T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

After leaving Caye Caulker onboard Jim Kilroy’s vessel, they’d sailed for Nicaragua. Kilroy’s operations went mostly unchecked in the Central American countries, which were the equivalent of the Wild West of arms trafficking. Kilroy was no stranger to Nicaragua, having started his career in the small country by providing weapons to the Contra rebels fighting the communist Sandinista government. He then partnered with the CIA to move guns from the United States to Nicaragua in exchange for ferrying cocaine into Los Angeles.

When the Iran-Contra scandal broke in Washington, the politicians had hunted for prominent scapegoats and settled on Oliver North, leaving the grunts on the ground to continue their work. The CIA kept Jim employed, moving guns around the Caribbean basin until the politics had again gotten too hot, and they dropped him. He became a wanted criminal while continuing to funnel weapons, explosives, bullets, rockets, and missiles to any rebel force or government willing to pay his fees.

The War on Terror changed the playing field and Jim was back in the good graces of the CIA. He shipped guns to Iraq and Afghanistan to arm their bourgeoning armies and even bid on contracts to supply new weapons to U.S. troops. While most of his weapons contracts were now legitimate, he still sold guns under the table.

For these illegal shipments, he used an aged, rusty freighter named Santo Domingo. Captain Santiago Guzmán waited with the Santo Domingo in a small channel in the Escondido River estuary, near the town of Bluefields. The vessel was anonymous among the local shipping traffic and town made for a convenient rendezvous spot.

Kilroy left Northwest Passage at a commercial dock in Bluefields for refueling. He, Mango, and Ryan piled into his center console fishing boat to make the run to the Santo Domingo. There, Kilroy introduced them to the captain before he had a private conversation with the first mate, a hulking Latino bruiser named, Oso⸻Spanish for Bear.

On his way off the Domingo, Kilroy lingered by the ladder with Ryan and Mango. “Oso is my eyes and ears on this ship. He’ll make sure you stick to the straight and narrow. He has my number on speed dial. You make a wrong move and I’ll know about it.” He waggled his finger. “Remember, I know where your women sleep at night.”

Then he dropped down the ladder to the waiting center console.

“Bastard,” Ryan said as Kilroy roared off.

“What now?” Mango asked.

“We need to get a message to Greg. The transmitter only works with a clear view of the sky. It’ll take a minute or two to align with the satellites.”

“That means someone will have to distract our minder.”

“Correct.” Ryan glanced in the direction of the first mate, who watched them from the bridge wing. “Once we’re underway, we can see what the schedule’s like. Then we can look for a hole to exploit.”

The two Americans spent the next few days observing the ship’s company routine, but either Oso or one of his lackeys kept them under constant observation.

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