Word of a Hostage
The approximately 40 minutes the rescue operation lasted must have felt like an eternity to the hostages held in Ambassador Aoki's residence. As the days pass, their testimonies are allowing the picture of what happened in those moments of crisis and terror to be assembled like a puzzle. Here are three important pieces: an account gathered in the corridors of the Military Hospital of the miraculous and heroic way in which Chancellor Tudela's life was saved, and the responses of Agriculture Minister Rodolfo Muñante and the priest Juan Julio Wicht to fundamental questions.