“The armed men who boarded Brillante Virtuoso,” Teare wrote, “had no intention of hijacking the vessel for ransom and only pretended to be pirates.” He’d concluded that Captain Gonzaga and Nestor Tabares, the chief engineer, “assisted the armed men in their task,” serving as key players in a conspiracy to which “Mr. Vergos of Poseidon was party.” The next lines were the ones the detectives found most satisfying to read. “I do not consider that there is a plausible explanation of the events which befell Brillante Virtuoso which is consistent with an innocent explanation,” Teare said. And he had
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