Chapter 25 - The Night Raid
The convoy of heavy agricultural machinery moved through the darkness like a mechanized army.
Dozens of tractors, backhoes, and heavy trucks drove slowly up the winding mountain road toward the upper reservoir.
When they reached the illegal concrete dam Apex had constructed, a dozen armed private security contractors stepped out of their vehicles, raising their weapons.
"Turn around and go home, old man!"
The lead contractor shouted, pointing a rifle directly at Ramón’s truck.
Ramón stepped out of his vehicle, completely unarmed, illuminated entirely by the headlights of fifty massive tractors behind him.
"You are trespassing on state water,"
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Ramón said, his voice echoing over the roar of the diesel engines.
"Get out of the way, or we will move you ourselves."
