Jesus Galíndez, who disappeared in March of 1956, has been one of the characters that has drawn most studies and interpretations in recent years. A delegate of the Basque Government in New York, he was an informer for the FBI and the CIA, as this excellent investigation by Manuel de Dios Unanue documents.
This is the story of a crime that tried to be perfect and it is deciphered with an extraordinarily miniscule detail by the author. At the same time, it takes back in to a not too distant time where the sinister figure of J. Edgar Hoover, then director of the FBI, managed internal politics in the United States. The retelling, if heavily concentrated on the kidnapping of the Basque Delegate, presents an interesting panorama of those torrid years.
This book by Manuel de Dios Unanue, a great journalist who was also assassinated, tries to precisely unroll this complicated mix of conspiracies and sell outs, of bought off happiness and medals awarded to those who committed this infamous murder. Of money, and crimes generously shared in the name of anti-communism, democracy and shame.


























