Part I. The people -- Carranza -- Garibotti -- Don Horacio -- Giunta -- Díaz: two snapshots -- Lizaso -- Warnings and premonitions -- Gavino -- Explanations in an embassy -- Mario -- "The executed man who lives" -- "I'm going to work..." -- The unknowns -- Part II. The events -- Where is Tanco? -- Valle's rebellion -- "Watch out, they could execute you..." -- "Cheer up" -- Calm and confident -- Make no mistake -- Execute them! -- He felt he was committing a sin -- The end of the journey -- The slaughter -- Time stands still -- The end of a long night -- The ministry of fear -- An image in the night -- "They're taking you away" -- A dead man seeks asylum -- The telegram guerrilla -- The rest is silence -- Part III. The evidence -- The ghosts -- Fernández Suárez confesses -- The Livraga file -- Blind justice -- Epilogue -- Aramburu and the historical trial