Long on the run, a hit man gives one last confession

Edgar Matobato having his morning coffee at a church compound where he and his wife were in hiding for years. Jes Aznar/The New York Times

Hannah Beech

Updated Jan 12, 2025 – 9.34am, first published at Jan 10, 2025 – 5.00am

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There are, the hit man said, many ways to kill.

A string tied between two sticks strangles with a tug of the wrists. A butcher’s blade, long and thin, slices into the heart.

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