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In 1948 an article was published in Mañana magazine where a young journalist claimed to have solved the mystery of B. Traven’s identity, one of the most pervading enigmas of contemporary Mexican literature. This reporter was Luis Spota, who was entrusted with the difficult task of revealing the man behind several masks, identities, and pen names.

It wasn’t until a year later that Spota found a first hint that lead him to Acapulco: a bank account under the name of an American man, Berick Trosvan. Without giving it a second thought, Spota drove to the coast of Guerrero following this clue, and …