Velvet Was the Night

Elvis heads to Café La Habana, a popular spot for leftist sympathizers, which is where El Mago told him he could find Justo. Justo is surprised to be approached by a member of the Hawks; he tells Elvis that he believes the Hawks will soon be disbanded since El Mago is being pursued by a member of the secret police—Anaya. This information surprises Elvis, but he still carries on with his questioning. He discovers that Justo is a member of the DGPIS, an intelligence agency, and that he’s familiar with the members of Asterisk. Justo tells Elvis about some of the core members and says that if he wants to infiltrate the group, he should go to one of their Saturday meetings and say he was sent by a man named Carlitos. Elvis pays Justo for the information and returns home.

Maite visits Emilio in his expensive home in a wealthy neighborhood. She tells him that she’s now looking for Leonora because she believes Leonora has gone missing due to the contents of her camera. Emilio corroborates that the camera had compromising photos related to the Hawks. He says he wanted to get the camera from Leonora because he was afraid that she would take it to a journalist in Cuernavaca named Lara—he suspects this is exactly what she did.