in almería, he is given a ride in a pickup truck - driven by a companion of the mexican (gael garcía bernal) - on which the words "la vida no vale nada" ('life is worth nothing') are painted, a phrase guitar (john hurt) says to him in seville, and he is taken to tabernas desert. there lies a fortified and heavily guarded compound. after observing the compound from afar, he somehow penetrates its defenses and waits for his target inside the target's office. the target (bill murray) asks how he got in, and he answers, "i used my imagination." after the murder with a guitar string, he rides back to madrid, where he locks away the suit he has worn throughout the movie and changes into a sweatsuit bearing the national flag of cameroon. before exiting the train station onto a crowded sidewalk he throws away his last matchbox.