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Five Minutes Before the Fire

Cinco minutos antes del fuego

A battered camera pulled from the rubble of a school shows exactly what will happen five minutes from now. For a war correspondent, that kind of knowledge doesn't make you a prophet — it makes you a target on every side.

Valentina Ortega cargaba tres cosas a todas partes: su chaleco antibalas, su libreta y una convicción absoluta de que los periodistas no intervienen. Solo documentan. Esa era la regla.

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