Sea of __ (Gulf of California alias)

Usage examples of cortez.

Another DGI colonel named Filiberto Ojeda had been arrested by the Bureau, after which Cortez had disappeared.

Next question: had Cortez decided to opt for this most vigorous branch of the free-enterprise system or was he still working under Cuban control?

Of course, it would help if we knew what the hell Cortez looks like, but all we have is a description that fits half the people south of the Rio Grande.

Here he was, sitting in the corner booth of a fine, expensive restaurant with a ten-page wine list in his hands - Cortez thought himself an authority on wines - instead of a rat-infested barrio shack eating beans and mouthing revolutionary slogans with people whose idea of Marxism was robbing banks and making heroic taped pronouncements that the local radio stations played between the rock songs and commercials.

The man was reliable, Cortez reflected, and earned his appreciation.

In fact he was a brutal man, Cortez knew, and despite his education a less sophisticated man than he deemed himself to be, but that, Félix knew, was why he'd been hired.

It is always money with him , Cortez told himself with a stifled sigh.

You can act strategically instead of tactically," Cortez concluded by pushing the proper button.

Escobedo did not, and that was a measure of his sophistication, Cortez noted.

If there was one thing the KGB had drilled into Cortez, it was that good fortune did not exist.

Pinta had been especially fine tonight, and he enjoyed telling Cortez that his expertise, while useful, was not entirely crucial.

Two thousand miles away, Cortez stared out the window at the building across the street.

El jefe thought to call Cortez on his mobile phone, but remembered that his hireling refused to discuss substantive matters over what he called a "nonsecure" line.

The last thing Cortez did before collapsing onto the bed was to shred his plane-ticket receipts and the baggage tags on his luggage.

The trip took just over thirty minutes, earning the cabbie what for Cortez was a decent tip: $2.