…continuación Mr. Emmanuel Cano or Alfonso García stated that he has documentation “both as a Spaniard and as a Frenchman” and that he met in Spain Mr. Hugo Guzmán, a Colombian, and he offered to provide help in “receiving the drugs in Spain.” He noted that he made a trip to Bogota and there he got in contact with Hugo Guzman, who introduced him in Cali to Alfonso Jaramillo and, while speaking with him, he explained his “true intention to get into the drug business.” After around a month and a half, Alfonso Jaramillo introduced him to Jorge Herrera, Pablo Vargas and Favio Carrero. He stated that while in Spain, he received another call from Alfonso Jaramillo, who mentioned to him the possibility of a business deal. That time Pablo Vargas also called him and told him that the drugs would go inside some wooden furniture for which he provided the receiving-side information of a “ghost company” that would be used to receive the drugs. He decided to travel to Quito in the company of Eusebio Domingo Revelles “who was coming along for the purpose of [….] introducing him to Jorge Herrera and Pablo Vargas, as cattle ranchers and farmers because he had a plant and animal poison business […. ], so Eusebio Domingo did not know the real objective that was the drug business [….]. Mr. Emmanuel Cano or Alfonso García also stated that when arriving in the hotel “Oro Verde,” he got in contact with Jaramillo and, “since Eusebio Revelles was there and he did not know anything about the drugs, he told Jaramillo and Vargas to not talk to anyone about the matter [of the] drugs in his presence.” Then, they departed to eat and left Eusebio Domingo at the hotel. The other three individuals met with Mrs. Tinitana, who drove them in a van to Jorge Herrera and him, dropping off Jaramillo in the office. He noted that as he arrived in the warehouse he observed the panels and corroborated that they were not good enough to take [the drugs…] to Spain, and therefore “he decided to not participate in this operation.” Afterwards they went to the “Oro Verde” hotel where there arrived Favio Carrero, Pablo Vargas, Oscar Acosta and also a minor girl who they introduced as Jorge Herrera’s niece. He stated that “since Eusebio Domingo, who didn’t know anything, was present; we did not speak about the matter,” but later Pablo Vargas, Alfonso Jaramillo, Jorge Herrera, Oscar Acosta and Favio Carrerothey went up to his room and he mentioned that he could not participate in this operation and therefore it was suggested to find another system of camouflage and to verify the quality of the drugs. The next day, Mrs. Alba Tinitana and Jorge Herrera arrived with whom they went to the warehouse. When they arrived there, Herrera, the lady and he went inside of it and took the sample. He stated that at the Hotel “Mariscal,” Jorge Herrera sent for a bottle of “lemon-scented Ajax Clorox” to be bought and, after conducting the test, it was said that the drugs were in good condition. Then they left with Favio Carrero and Pablo Vargas to make some telephone calls and they took a taxi, that is when the Police arrived and “proceeded to arrest them.” He explained that his presence in Ecuador was “to see if the furniture justified its importation in Spain.” He stated that Eusebio Domingo “had no connection to this case, he came along with me to look into the possibility of a poison [pesticide] business deal, as has been proven that he has not been there in any of the conversations about the drug matter.” Annex 13. Statement of Emmanuel Cano or Alfonso García, August 4, 1994. Pages 117- 120. Annex 23 to the Report of the Police 134-JEIP-94, Case P1-201-JPEIP-94, August 8, 1994. Page 41. Annex to the communication of the State of May 28, de 2004. Mr. Luis Alfonso Jaramillo Gonzalez, a Colombian national, stated that seven or eight months earlier he contacted Hugo Guzmán who introduced him to Alfonso García, a Spanish citizen who “let him know that […. ] he was interested in getting into the drug business.” Subsequent to that, he mentioned to Jorge Herrera Espinoza the possibility of “starting up in that business.” Likewise, he had another conversation with “Uriel,” who told him that he has contact with a person that could be in charge of the transportation of the drugs to Spain. He stated that he called Alfonso García by telephone in Spain so he would come to meet the contacts that he had found him and when he came, they located each other and held a meeting with Pablo Vargas, Favio Carrero, Jorge Herrera and the Spaniard in a hotel in Cali. Based on what was agreed to, “in addition to put up the capital for the purchase of the drugs, Alfonso García would receive [them] in Barcelona Spain, and would take charge of sales, Pablo Vargas would be in charge of finding the contacts for the transportation of the drugs either by plane or by boat. Jorge Herrera was the one who would be in charge of the shipping, and I had already accomplished my mission which consisted of putting this group of people in touch with each other and once the drugs came, they would divide up the money and I would be given a commission of 10% of the profits.” He stated that Jorge Herrera told him that he had to accompany him to Quito to make a shipment of drugs, he called Pablo Vargas and also Alfonso García in Spain to tell him to come to Quito to make this first shipment. “The owner [of the drugs] Carlos Alberto Restrepo” was giving them a million and a half Colombian pesos for each kilo. He stated that on August 1 the Spaniard Alfonso García arrived with another Spaniard, and Jorge Herrera went with Alfonso García and him to the office of Mrs. Rosario Tinitana, from there the lady left with Herrera and García to see the drugs, then they picked him up and went to the hotel “without mentioning anything about the matter,” but on that same date at night Herrera, García, Carrero, Pablo and Oscar Acosta, who came with Pablo Vargas, got together, without him finding out what they discussed because that meeting was in Alfonso García’s room at the Oro Verde hotel. He stated that on Friday he remained in his room but learned that Jorge Herrera was going to see the drugs with Alfonso García and take samples to test the quality, after returning, Pablo Vargas gave him money to buy a bottle of Clorox to test the drug quality, but he was not present when the test was conducted. Afterwards, he went with Jorge Herrera and the Spaniard Eusebio García to take a walk, and that is when “Eusebio Domingo mentioned to him that he had products like pesticides, fungicides and other inputs for premature fattening of livestock that he could send me from Spain, that that was his business […]”, at that point the Police arrived and arrested them. He stated that “he came to Quito specifically to purchase some spare parts and, after the commission that he was going to earn in the sale of the drugs.” He declared that he was giving his statement “freely and voluntarily without physical and psychological pressure.” Annex 14. Statement of Luis Alfonso Jaramillo, August 5, 1994. Pages 124-127.Annex 23 to the Report of the Police 134-JEIP-94, Case P1-201-JPEIP-94, August 8, 1994. Page 41. Annex to the communication of the State of May 28, de 2004. Mr. Jorge Eliecer Herrera Espinoza, a Colombian national, stated that six or seven moths earlier, he met with Luis Alfonso Jaramillo in Cali, who told him he could get into the drug business with a Spanish friend, who could be in charge of receiving the drugs in Spain, and that said person was about to come. He noted that a person would be needed to be in charge of transportation to Spain and for this, Alfonso Jaramillo recommended Pablo Vargas. After a month and a half, Alfonso Jaramillo informed him that “the Spaniard had come” and they had to get in touch with him and that Pablo Vargas would also go to that meeting, then they met at the Imperial Hotel in Cali, where they got in contact with Emmanuel Cano, who he knew as Alonso, who informed him about the possibility of shipping drugs to Spain and selling them. Afterwards, he stated that on one occasion casually he had a meeting with Jose Luis López, who told him that he had some drugs in Quito he was at risk of losing. He stated that he told him about the contact with the Spaniard and told him that he could give him two million pesos for each kilo. Then he got in touch with Alfonso Jaramillo to let him know about the possibility of the Continúa… 14