After I said, “Soy periodista de futbol,” to the customs and immigration officer at the airport in Cartagena, where my wife and I were lucky enough to vacation in 2017, he mentioned he saw Carlos Valderrama a couple days earlier on the way to Moscow for the 2018 World Cup draw.
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