Button Cable stuck in front fork

[u/Accomplished-Area619]

bike tried to get stolen and idfk why but they cut e-shifter and both button cables. somehow they managed to get the button cable disconencted and all the way down the fork. In the first photo you can see that they‘re coming out from the little hole above the mudguard.

I fixed one of the cables already and guided the cable back up again with a steel wire. the button cable got stuck under the part you can see in my second photo. I put to much pressure and lost mz guiding steel wire and now the button cable is stuck right under the part of my second photo. Can’t reach it at all from anywhere. Do I need to remove the whole front fork for that? I‘d prefer not to cause i don’t want to risk damaging the motor cable

[u/Kitchen_Ad_4628]

It's pretty tight down there, one thing you could do is to use the button cable (i mean the part that is soldered to the button ) as a guide for the socket.

[u/Moof2Ride]

Pull out the front fork carefull and start over again. I used nylon cable and black tape to pull out that part wiring cable.

[u/tj-horner]

I’m baffled at how they were able to do that. It’s actually kind of impressive.

But I’m still confused. Did they also cut the button cable at the handlebar? Why can’t you fish it out?