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I don’t actually know the location of the jungle mentioned in the book, but I am making a hypothesis based on my research, that the “Parque Nacional Isiboro Secure” could be the jungle because it is only, approximately, a six hour drive, and according to http://www.trekearth.com/trip. php?tid=1412&display=full, the Isiboro National Park is “The third largest producer in South America after Colombia and Peru, of coca leaf used in cocaine production”. Wherever the jungle from the book is located, Diego experiences traumatic and dangerous situations in it, not even getting at how he is in the jungle to farm and make cocaine, which is illegal. And because Diego described the jungle as the place where you hear “nigthmarish screams of monkeys and the calls of tree frogs” … “[coming] at him from the dark”. I think an event …show more content…
" 'Saved your life again, tycoon,' Mando called back, jumping onto the bridge. It swung wildly with every step he took. 'Be careful!' Diego hollered. Mando turned around and let go of the guide rope - maybe to show off, maybe to wave. Diego never knew. For a long, terrible moment, Diego watched his friend waver, almost hover in the air, as if he was waiting for the Angel Gabriel to swoop down from heaven and carry him away. But the Angel was sleeping, again, and Diego's friend tumbled over the rope railing, and fell down, down and away. 'Mando!' Diego screamed, darting out to the edge of the ridge, his feet slipping and fumbling in the soft earth and loose stones. He saw his friend's body smashed on the river boulders deep in

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