José Díaz-Balart

In a way, you know, every Latin American country has a different accent.

And I'm just thinking you could think of, for example, you know, British English to American English.

It's the same language.

but there are certain differences in accents and even in words.

So David, who had spent time in South Florida, and South Florida is such a mix of all cultures and languages, knew that Spanish has different accents.

And so he reaches out to his Colombian friend,

Ana being Colombian-American, and says, hey, can you translate this for a friend of mine who's working on a project in Colombian Spanish?

And then the fact that he thought of, how do I get from Serbia to Spain?

When there are, he knows, borders, right?

And cameras and license tag readers.

In Spain, every other block almost has a license plate reader.

And I don't know if he knew that, but he knew that he had to go through at least five countries.

How do I do that undetected?

And he got a burner phone, then stole these license plates, tinted the rental car.

He's thinking there's got to be tollbooths along the way.

Even put down the sun visor.

Yep.

But David thought of all of these steps.

Absolutely.

I've got to tell you, 42 years as a journalist and this first opportunity to work with Dateline gave me a completely new perspective, understanding and respect for not only law enforcement, but also for the work that we do, Blaine, that you do.