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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS_ _ _
THE HONORABLE JOHN D. RAINEY, JUDGE PRESIDING__________________________________________________________UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 6:16-cr-00077-1
Plaintiff,
vs.
RAMON DELACRUZ, JR.,
Defendant.
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SENTENCING HEARING
OFFICIAL REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
Victoria, Texas
August 7, 2019__________________________________________________________ APPEARANCES:
For the Plaintiff: Patricia Hubert Booth
For the Defendant: Fabian Guerrero
Reported by: Nichole Forrest, RDR, CRR, CRCOfficial Court Reporter U.S. District CourtSouthern District of Texas
Proceedings recorded by mechanical stenography. Transcript produced by Reporter on computer.
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EXAMINATION INDEX
WITNESSES PAGE
NOEL PENADirect Examination By Ms. Booth 19Cross-Examination By Mr. Guerrero 23
RODOLFO BELTRANDirect Examination By Ms. Booth 26Cross-Examination By Mr. Guerrero 41Redirect Examination By Ms. Booth 47Recross Examination By Mr. Guerrero 49Redirect Examination By Ms. Booth 50
LESLIE JAMESDirect Examination By Ms. Booth 51
DESMOND O'CONNORDirect Examination By Ms. Booth 57Cross-Examination By Mr. Guerrero 63Redirect Examination By Ms. Booth 65Recross Examination By Mr. Guerrero 67
ROSBEL BELTRANDirect Examination By Ms. Booth 69Cross-Examination By Mr. Guerrero 77
VICTOR ALFONSO ROMERODirect Examination By Ms. Booth 81Cross-Examination By Mr. Guerrero 91Redirect Examination By Ms. Booth 97
ROEL GARZA, JR.Direct Examination By Ms. Booth 100Cross-Examination By Mr. Guerrero 109Redirect Examination By Ms. Booth 111
RIGOBERTO BELTRAN Direct Examination By Ms. Booth 112Cross-Examination By Mr. Guerrero 119Redirect Examination By Ms. Booth 121
OSCAR MARTINEZDirect Examination By Ms. Booth 122Cross-Examination By Mr. Guerrero 134
JESSE GUERRADirect Examination By Mr. Guerrero 159
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MARTIN BENITEZ, JR.
Direct Examination By Mr. Guerrero169
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PROCEEDINGS__________________________________________________________
(The following proceedings held in open court.)
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THE COURT: I will call the case at this
time. This is Criminal No. V-16-77, United States of
America versus Ramon DeLaCruz, Jr.
MS. BOOTH: Patti Hubert Booth for the
United States.
MR. GUERRERO: Fabian Guerrero for Ramon
DeLaCruz. He's outside the doors of the courtroom.
He's -- I didn't realize the Court was going to come out.
Kind of surprised me.
THE COURT: Why don't you bring him in, so
all of these proceedings will, of course, have him
present.
Mr. DeLaCruz, step up here a moment. I'm
going to go over a couple of things with you. The
purpose, obviously, of this hearing is to sentence you.
Some time ago, it was in April of 2017, you appeared
before me and entered a plea of guilty to Count 1 of your
Indictment, which is conspiracy to possess and intent to
distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.
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Following our normal procedure when
someone does that, a probation officer prepares a
presentence investigation report. I know your attorney,
Mr. Guerrero, is very experienced and knowledgeable in
these areas. I'm sure he's gone over this with you in
detail. But I need to confirm some of this on the record
so that you don't later claim that you did not understand
what we were doing and how we did it.
The report was prepared in accordance with
the United States sentencing guidelines. It was delivered
to your attorney. The report was later amended. Before I
can sentence anyone in this Court, I need to make sure
that you have had adequate opportunity to review that
report and discuss it with your lawyer. Have you?
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: This report was revised in
June of 2017 and, more recently, in July of 2018. You're
familiar with the revised report also?
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I am.
THE COURT: Very well.
I note that there were several objections
filed by your attorney to the report. We're going to
discuss those in a moment, because it is necessary that I
make certain findings concerning those objections and
other -- and based on other information in the report, to
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establish your guideline range. Okay?
All right. As you were coming in, counsel
was going over, I think, some exhibits that -- Ms. Booth,
you were offering some exhibits that you wanted to admit
into evidence?
MS. BOOTH: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: You gave me a list that has
nine. And has opposing counsel seen the exhibits?
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, I have.
THE COURT: Any objections to those
exhibits?
MR. GUERRERO: No objection.
THE COURT: I'm going to admit, for
purposes of this hearing, these nine exhibits.
Mr. Guerrero, I mentioned that the report
was amended in July of 2018. Your defendants -- excuse
me, your objections to -- the defendant's objections, I'm
trying to say, those were filed in June of 2017, almost a
year earlier.
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, Judge.
THE COURT: Are there any other objections
that -- other than the ones that I'm referring to that
have been filed that I'll have in front of me?
MR. GUERRERO: No objection filed.
There is an objection to a particular
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paragraph of significance of consequence, which is going
to be an oral objection. Because I believe it factually
needs to be supported, because it really enhances the
defendant's potential plea of potential criminal
liability. That one would be paragraph No. 68.
THE COURT: I'm sorry?
MR. GUERRERO: That is paragraph No. 68.
THE COURT: Of course, I'm dealing with
the revised report. Paragraph 68?
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Just one second. Okay. I
want to make a note of paragraph 68. Obviously, that's --
your objection is referring to an enhancement for the use
of a gun and threats and so forth. We'll come back to
that.
Obviously, it's a 2016 case. Here, we are
in 2019. And numerous defendants, numerous people, have
been indicted. Really, only mainly one, who was
transporting, has been sentenced. There's a whole lot of
people that will be sentenced from this day forward,
including today. And a lot of things have been filed. I
just don't want to overlook something that hasn't been
filed.
So what I want you to do, counsel, if you
would, is to advise me of the objections that you want to
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pursue this morning. Obviously, the ones that you feel
would affect the calculation of the guidelines. You just
mentioned one in 68. That would refer to an enhancement
in paragraph 75 and 76, really.
MR. GUERRERO: And No. 79. He was given a
role adjustment as a manager or supervisor.
THE COURT: Let me see. 70 -- 68, 75, 76.
So you got objection to role. You got objection to a gun
and threats. And I believe you also had an objection to
the quantity that he was held responsible for. He's being
held responsible for less than many others in the
organization.
Do you still raise that objection? Is
that an objection that we need to address this morning?
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, Judge. Because he's
being held accountable for 15,889.8 kilograms of
marijuana. And based on my perusal of the PSI, and even
though there is an amended one, it didn't change the
quantities that they were attributing to the organization.
The direct quantities that my client had actually been
involved with were much, much less.
And the way I wanted to manage that, Your
Honor -- because I understand that his role didn't involve
any direct marijuana management or transport, but it did
impact the ability of the DTO to proceed with this
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business.
And I just thought it rather
disproportionate, based on the fact that -- where this is
all going to spill over to all the other objections, based
on the fact that it was a Beltran DTO. Clearly, the
Beltran family handled it. Clearly, my client should not
have done what he did. We've gone over that, over and
over again. But he was responsible for assisting the DTO.
But to attribute 15,889.8 kilograms to his conduct would
be a bit disproportionate.
So I'm asking the Court to hold an open
mind to the base-level offense. As we progress through
this sentencing hearing, weigh out the factors of his
participation and then make a decision. Because that
decision isn't as important as the decision the Court will
make on the firearm, the use of violence, and the
leadership, because safety valve is involved here.
He debriefed various times. And I know
there is going to be a dispute even about that. But all
that being said, Judge, safety valve is really crucial in
this case. Because my client is being exposed to what I
would consider a cartel-level punishment range.
And he and I were speaking to his
distress. I told him this case is just three points away
from a life sentence. And in federal court, a life
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sentence means a life sentence. It's not: Come back in
20 years and we'll cut you lose in 15. It's a life
sentence.
And the only thing that is keeping him
from that life sentence is his acceptance of
responsibility. That is why I want to navigate very
carefully through the issue of acceptance, because that's
going to be really important. And also navigate really
carefully through the base-level offense objection and
hear from the government as to what they really have of
substance. Not for the Court to rely on any particular
standard. It's going to be a preponderance standard. But
have the Court look at it and fairly weigh out what my
client would be responsible for.
THE COURT: I understand. And I will do
that as we go through it. That's why I want to, first of
all, identify the specific objections. This report, when
it was first prepared, was entirely different than the one
that was revised. The difference is over 140 months --
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, Judge.
THE COURT: -- because of enhancements.
So I want to be careful. I'll pay
attention to the evidence. And I'll make the rulings as I
should and based on what I find.
But, as far as quantity, for instance,
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there is no doubt, we all agree that this was one of the
-- I will say this, probably, another 15 times as we
sentence each person, because I have to sentence people
individually. And so, there will be a lot of repetitive
remarks made by me and others.
But it's one of the largest organizations
that I've encountered in 29 years on this bench. It is of
cartel levels pretty much. And cartel, probably, was
involved in Mexico and elsewhere. And the Beltrans
assisted in bringing the marijuana in and distributing it
into various places in the United States.
But it was such an extensive organization,
number of people involved. And there was, obviously,
thousands and thousands of kilos moved over a period of
years.
So for your client and for any other
defendant, the issue on quantity, as the law exists now,
is the quantity that was involved while he was a member of
the conspiracy. And I think one of your objections may
have related to, When did he join and when did he quit the
conspiracy? Because he's not held responsible for
something the conspiracy did before he joined it or after
he withdrew from the conspiracy. It's only during the
time period that he was there and he could be held
responsible for that.
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So that is one of the areas that I will
focus on. Because he is being held responsible for almost
16,000 kilos. Others are being held responsible for 24,
25,000 kilos, because they were involved in a longer
period of time.
But the other thing that we've got to keep
in mind or -- as far as your argument and so forth: As we
all know, he may have only been involved in 2,000 kilos
directly; either helping someone, directing them,
scouting, or whatever. But he's held responsible for what
was reasonably foreseeable during the period he was in
this conspiracy that were committed acts that were
committed by others.
So even though I understand your argument
will be that, well, he didn't really get -- he didn't
really touch or get involved or, in any way, help out but
in "X" amount of kilos. But during this period, the same
thing was going on by others. It's obvious, even by his
plea, he knows what this organization is all about. He
knows what the purpose of it was. He knows how it was
being conducted, where they were bringing the marijuana
in, where they were storing it at the range, where they
were putting it in horse trailers, and they were
delivering it to Houston and Louisiana and other places.
He knew that all of this was going on.
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So the focus, in my opinion, on that
objection, quantity, is: What period of time was
Mr. DeLaCruz involved in this group, with this group, and
how much was involved during that period of time?
That is the focus I will have on that
objection. And I will note that under the guidelines,
he's being held responsible for close to 16,000 kilos.
But the 34 base-offense level he's been assigned covers
10,000 to 30,000. So to change the 34, I'll have to make
a finding that he was involved for less than 10,000; or,
really, the guidelines don't change.
MR. GUERRERO: That's correct.
THE COURT: And from the standpoint of
seriousness, that's not going to make much difference
either, between 10,000 and 16,000. We're talking about an
awful lot of marijuana and the damage that that would do.
Anyway, that is one focus there.
Now, we've got the issue about the gun.
And I read the paragraph. And I acknowledge that it was
one cooperating individual that mentioned this happened
one time. Ms. Booth may have evidence that it happened at
other times. I don't know. We'll hear if she does. So
I'll be listening to that.
And, of course, the role, the guidelines
are pretty broad on role, as you know. I mean, if you're
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an organizer/leader and there is more than five people,
you get four points. If you're not an organizer or leader
but you're a supervisor or manager, you get three levels
if more than five involved. If there is less than five,
you get a two-level increase.
The problem, from your standpoint or from
any defendant's standpoint, it doesn't take much of
anything to be a manager or supervisor. I mean, I'm kind
of surprised myself at how little can be involved. You
hire one person. You direct one person or a couple of
people. Under the guidelines, you can be assigned that
enhancement.
So I'll be listening to that and then
determine whether I think a role adjustment is warranted
in this case.
We've got a base-offense level objection.
We've got a weapon objection. We've got threats, use of
violence objection. We have role objection. Obviously,
you couldn't complain about the position of trust.
MR. GUERRERO: I can't complain about
that.
THE COURT: That would be ludicrous to
even --
MR. GUERRERO: I agree.
THE COURT: -- object to that. So that is
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given. Anyway, that's where we are.
We've got some exhibits that have been
admitted. Ms. Booth, I was also handed a witness list.
It appears you've got several people on this list that, I
assume, you'll be calling for the purpose of addressing
some of these objections?
MS. BOOTH: Yes.
THE COURT: And before I -- I don't want
to hear any argument right now. I want to get some
matters acknowledged.
Are there any of these objections that you
do not oppose? Is there anything that you would agree
with that you think the objection has merit; and that
eliminates the need, to some extent, for putting on
evidence and argument about it?
MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, this conspiracy
was very long.
THE COURT: It sure was.
MS. BOOTH: It was very long. And he came
in in 2010.
THE COURT: Okay.
MS. BOOTH: So, in looking at it, I
will -- I will acquiesce that it should be a level 32.
THE COURT: Okay. All right. Very good.
That's a big adjustment, there alone. I appreciate that,
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Ms. Booth. Because the probation officer, I feel sorry
for them too that had to prepare and keep up with all of
this. It's kind of like a scorecard, and you need a
calculator to do it. And mistakes could be made.
And a lot of information is being relied
upon cooperating witnesses who, we all know, some people
in drug business keep decedent records, but most don't.
So it's all their memory: I think I did a load a week for
12 months.
I understand. It's not a real,
necessarily, accurate determination. So I think that's
reasonable, on behalf of the government, to acquiesce in
that regard. Because there could be many loads that he
should be held responsible for.
With the government's acknowledgment, I
will sustain your objection, base-offense level, and that
will now become 32. So that eliminates that need. That's
on quantity, and I'm checking that one off.
Okay. Back to you again.
Ms. Booth, thank you for responding to
that. That is the only objection to which you acquiesce
or agree.
MS. BOOTH: The only one.
THE COURT: Okay. Now, do you have
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MS. BOOTH: Yes, sir, I do.
THE COURT: How do you want to proceed?
MS. BOOTH: What I would like to do is --
Your Honor, first of all, I would like to invoke the rule,
if there are any witnesses here.
THE COURT: Both for you, as well as
counsel?
MS. BOOTH: And for the counsel.
MR. GUERRERO: I have two witnesses.
They're related to --
THE COURT: Character?
MR. GUERRERO: Character.
THE COURT: They're not going to testify
to anything that involves the objections?
MR. GUERRERO: Nothing.
THE COURT: They have no knowledge about
whether he played a role, whether there was a gun used,
whether there were any threats?
MR. GUERRERO: Not --
THE COURT: Do you have any objection to
that or their character?
MS. BOOTH: It depends on who they are.
There will be testimony that his wife assisted in this.
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THE COURT: Tell us who your witnesses
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MR. GUERRERO: My witness is Pastor Jesse
Guerra. Judge, he's simply going to testify about his
approaching the -- my client, and ministering to him and
the changes he's seen.
The other is Martin Benitez, Jr. He's his
brother-in-law, who is his employer. He's going to
testify about the changes he's seen in his brother-in-law
and their efforts to help in --
THE COURT: Nothing to do with any of
these objections?
MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, could we approach?
THE COURT: Okay. Come up.
(Proceedings held at sidebar off the record.)
THE COURT: Okay. The two witnesses, Mr.
Guerrero, that you have mentioned will be allowed to stay
in the courtroom, while the rest -- Ms. Booth, if you have
any witnesses other than your main case agent, they would
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MS. BOOTH: I have my state case agent and
my federal case agent, if it's all right.
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Call your first witness.
Mr. DeLaCruz, you may have a seat.
MS. BOOTH: I will call Noel Pena.
THE COURT: Noel Pena, okay.
NOEL PENA
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
THE COURT: Come have a seat in the
witness chair.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Mr. Pena, would you please state your full name for
the record.
A. Noel Pena.
Q. Mr. Pena, I want to ask you if you used to be a law
enforcement officer.
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Where was that, sir?
A. Rio Grande City Police Department.
Q. I want to ask you if Ramey DeLaCruz or Ramon DeLaCruz
was a friend of yours.
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. I want to ask you if you served with him?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. I want to ask you if you were indicted and convicted
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A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And were you sentenced to prison?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Have you served your time?
A. I served my time.
Q. Now, I want to ask you if you know about Beltran Drug
Trafficking Organization.
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did Ramey DeLaCruz ask you to help him in servicing
the Beltran organization?
A. Yes, ma'am. Certain locations.
Q. What did he ask you to do?
A. Just to --
Q. And this, while you were a police officer; is that
correct?
A. Yes.
Q. Go ahead.
A. Just to scout for certain law enforcement. That was
my actual task. That was about it.
Q. When you scouted, were you in your police vehicle?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you wearing a weapon?
A. Yes.
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A. Yes.
Q. During this time when you were working with Ramey
DeLaCruz, was he in a police vehicle?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. With a weapon?
A. Yes.
Q. And identified as a police with a badge?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Were y'all paid for doing that service for the
Beltrans?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Who paid -- were you paid directly, or did the
Beltrans pay Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Beltrans paid Ramey DeLaCruz.
Q. Were you there when Ramey was paid?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Who handed Ramey the money?
A. Jesse Beltran.
THE COURT: I'm sorry? Tell me again.
THE WITNESS: Jesse Beltran.
THE COURT: Jesse.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. How much money did Jesse Beltran hand to Ramey
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A. 5,000.
Q. And did Ramey DeLaCruz pay you money from the money
that was handed?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And how much was that?
A. 5,000.
Q. Now, let me ask you if Ramey DeLaCruz ever asked you
to get another officer to write a report that could be
given to the Beltrans to give to the cartel.
A. Ye, ma'am. One occasion.
Q. All right. And did you ask Danny Cruz to write it?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did Danny Cruz write a false report?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you get that false report?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did you give it to Ramey?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And were y'all paid for doing that service?
A. That service, I wasn't paid.
Q. You weren't paid?
A. No.
Q. During these -- how many times do you think that you
did the surveillance -- the counter-surveillance for the
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A. I can recall two or three occasions.
Q. Do you know what drug was involved?
A. Marijuana.
MS. BOOTH: I pass the witness.
THE COURT: Mr. Guerrero, any
cross-examination?
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, brief.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Mr. Pena, how long have you known Mr. Ramon DeLaCruz?
A. Not "known him" known him, like -- but I've known him
as a person, like by visual, before I was an officer. He
knew my brother.
Q. Now, you described an incident where you saw Jesse
Beltran give Ramon DeLaCruz $5,000?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did anybody tell you what the purpose was of the
payment?
A. It was regarding a certain load for transporting
marijuana.
Q. But did anybody tell you that?
A. Tell me what? Like I don't understand.
Q. I'm saying, did anybody mention: I'm paying Ramon
DeLaCruz 5,000 for --
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Q. Who told you that?
A. Ramey DeLaCruz.
Q. Ramey DeLaCruz told you that he was receiving 5,000?
A. Yes.
Q. For a marijuana load?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And how much -- he gave you the 5,000?
A. Yes.
Q. The entire 5,000?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. So this payment of $5,000, which was for him, he gave
you the entire payment?
A. No. I don't know how much he got, but my payment was
that.
Q. Your testimony is that -- I thought your testimony
was that Jesse Beltran gave Ramon DeLaCruz 5,000.
A. Yes, for myself.
Q. Where were you when this happened?
A. In the vehicle.
Q. Where were you seated?
A. In my driver's side.
Q. The driver's side?
A. I can't -- I mean, it's been, I don't know how many
years. I mean, I can't recall, like, the actual steps,
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Q. Why wouldn't Jesse just give you the money directly?
A. Because I never made contact with him.
Q. Maybe I misunderstood your testimony.
A. I never had made contact with the Beltrans.
Q. Let me make sure I understood your testimony. Are
you saying -- so you're saying that you never saw Jesse
Beltran?
A. No, I did. But I never made actual contact with him
and talking with him and stuff like that. It was like,
you know, transfer of money. That's it.
Q. How far were you from the transfer of money between
Jesse Beltran that you saw visually and from Ramon
DeLaCruz? How far away were you?
A. I was in the vehicle. It was just exchange of the
money. That's how I can recall that day. That's about
it.
Q. If that money was earmarked for you, the 5,000, why
wouldn't they give it directly to you?
A. Because I never made contact with Beltrans. My deal
was never nothing to do with them.
Q. Did Jesse Beltran and you exchange any words in that
transfer?
A. No. No, sir. Never made contact with him in that
kind.
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MR. GUERRERO: I have no further
questions.
THE COURT: Ms. Booth, do you have
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MS. BOOTH: No, sir.
THE COURT: You may step down.
MS. BOOTH: Rodolfo Beltran, Your Honor,
is my next witness.
THE COURT: Come forward, please, and this
lady will administer the oath to you.
RODOLFO BELTRAN
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
THE COURT: Come around over here and have
a seat in the witness chair.
MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, is it all right if
we release the witness that has testified to go?
THE COURT: If Mr. Guerrero does not need
to recall him for any reason, he may be released.
MR. GUERRERO: No, Your Honor.
THE COURT: You may release Pena.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Mr. Beltran --
A. Yes, ma'am.
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A. Rodolfo Beltran.
Q. And, Mr. Beltran, have you pled guilty to a
conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And are you awaiting sentencing?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. I want to know if you know a person by the name of
Ramey DeLaCruz.
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. All right. What was the first time you ever saw him?
A. I met him one time at the La Sagunada Road. He was
putting some ads on the side of the road.
Q. Did you know him to be a law enforcement officer?
A. Yes.
Q. And --
THE COURT INTERPRETER: I would ask the
witness to wait for the interpretation.
THE COURT: Yes. Go ahead.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. When we were speaking yesterday, you told me -- we
were speaking in English, but you asked to be able to
testify in Spanish. Is that correct?
A. Yes.
Q. Okay. I want to ask you if you and your brother,
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Ramiro Beltran, ran a pretty successful marijuana
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A. Yes.
Q. And during that period of time, it began -- it was
going on for many years, 2007 to 2014. Is that correct?
A. Yes.
Q. During this time, did you ever pay money to Ramey
DeLaCruz to do things that were illegal?
A. Yes.
Q. All right. I want to ask how many times you paid
money to Ramey DeLaCruz that you remember for something
that was illegal.
A. Four. Four to five times.
Q. All right. I want to ask you about a seal that comes
from the government, comes from the state. A state seal
that is used to document legal paperwork.
A. Yes.
Q. Did Ramey DeLaCruz sell you a seal for the state or
the county that you could use to make false paperwork?
A. Yes.
Q. How much money did you pay Ramey DeLaCruz for that
seal?
A. I gave my brother $3,000 so that he would pay him.
Q. All right. Let me ask you: You were the banker for
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A. That's right.
Q. So that $3,000, did you get from Ramey DeLaCruz --
did you purchase equipment from Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Yes.
Q. Police equipment?
A. Yes.
Q. What did you purchase from Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. The radios.
Q. Radios. Were -- these radios, did they have the
frequencies to be able -- frequency set in them so that
they would be able -- you would be able to listen to all
law enforcement in the -- in that surrounding area?
A. Yes.
Q. Were those radios used to listen for law enforcement
when you were trafficking in marijuana?
A. Not exactly myself. But my brother, perhaps, yes.
Q. Okay. How much money was paid for the radios?
A. I gave my brother $4,000 that supposedly were going
to be given to him.
Q. Are those the radios that we're talking about?
A. Yes.
Q. I want to ask you: Besides the radios, did -- did
your brother have a relationship with a woman by the name
of Michella Rodriguez?
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Q. And was she transporting -- was she a money courier
for the Zetas in Mexico?
A. Yes.
Q. And did Ramiro employ Ramey DeLaCruz to help him
falsify some paperwork so that a load of drug money could
be stolen?
A. That's right.
Q. How much money was stolen?
A. At that time that you mentioned was from 250,000 to
300,000.
Q. And what did Ramey DeLaCruz do in facilitating that
rip of money?
A. He was paid so that he could prepare the false
documents and say that the automobile or transportation
had failed, and that it was stopped so it could be
repaired.
Q. It was stopped by Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Yes.
Q. And the money was seized?
A. It was made to believe that it was actually seized.
Q. And did you pay Ramey DeLaCruz for this paperwork?
A. I was present one day when he was paid $12,000.
Q. Now, did you own a ranch that has been seized and
forfeited to the government?
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Q. And did that -- I want to show you some pictures.
I'll ask you if you recognize -- I'm going to be referring
to Government's Exhibit No. 8. Is that inside your barn?
A. Yes.
Q. And I'm going to show you Government's Exhibit No. 4
and No. 5. And I'm going to ask you about these bunkers
that are in the ground. I'm going to ask you if you can
identify those bunkers.
A. Yes.
Q. Now, in those bunkers, in that picture in
Government's Exhibit No. 4, what is in the first bunker?
A. Drug. Weed.
Q. And were these bunkers -- who dug out the bunkers?
Who dug out the ground to put the bunkers in?
A. Some boys from Mexico.
Q. In these bunkers, were there also, at one time,
assault weapons; AK-47s, a vest, and ammunition?
A. What was in the bunkers was the vests and ammo.
Q. All right.
THE COURT: I'm sorry.
MR. GUERRERO: I heard him in Spanish say
"chalecos," which means vests.
THE COURT: He said vests and ammo were in
the bunkers. That was the translation.
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BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Now, the weapons that were in -- were there
assault-type weapons that were taken to your ranch?
A. It was three weapons all together; a 380, a 45 -- and
a 245.
THE COURT INTERPRETER: Pardon?
THE WITNESS: And a 7 millimeter.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Were these weapons used in a kidnapping and a murder?
A. Yes.
Q. And were these weapons at your ranch?
A. Yes.
Q. What happened to those weapons? Did you or your
brother, Ramiro, call someone to have them come get them
and dispose of them?
A. Yes. My brother, Ramiro, called Ramey so that he
could come and pick them up and help him and...
Q. Did you want them at your ranch?
A. No.
Q. Okay. Did you know what they'd been used for?
A. Yes.
Q. Did -- after they were taken from your ranch, did
Ramey ever bring them back?
A. Not that I recall.
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Q. And when you gave them to Ramey, was the purpose just
to get them away from your property?
A. The purpose was for him to take care of them and hide
them. I didn't want them in my ranch.
Q. Now, were those weapons there because they had been
left for y'all to hide?
A. Yes.
Q. And who had brought them to y'all to hide them?
A. They were brought to us by Roel, Popo.
Q. When we're talking about "Popo," are we talking about
Popo Pena?
A. Yes.
Q. Who was Popo Pena?
A. Popo was one of the Chicanos, the chief of the
Chicanos.
Q. When you say the "Chicanos," are you talking about
Texas Chicano Brotherhood?
A. Yes.
Q. And where is Popo now?
A. Popo is dead.
Q. All right.
THE COURT: Is what?
THE COURT INTERPRETER: Dead.
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y'all gave them to Ramey to hide.
Let me ask you about the relationship
that Ramiro had with Ramey DeLaCruz. Did Ramiro ever use
Ramey for protection?
A. There were several times when he would contact him to
protect him. There was an instance when he asked him to
protect him and get him out of the park.
Q. Was he at a soccer game?
A. I'm not sure if it was soccer or baseball.
Q. So it was an athletic event?
A. Yes.
Q. Who had come to that athletic event?
A. Ramiro was feeling threatened by the Chicanos, by
Popo and Big O.
Q. So he called Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. I realized that Ramiro had called Ramey so that he
would pull him out of there.
Q. Did Ramey DeLaCruz drive up and pick up your brother?
A. Yes.
Q. And take him out of the athletic event?
A. Yes.
Q. Now, he wasn't arrested, was he?
A. Oh, no, no, no.
Q. Now, let me ask you if there was ever, during the
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with the Texas Chicanos Brotherhood and your brother and
you and Victor Romero and Big O and Popo.
A. Yes.
Q. Did Big O and Victor give your brother some problems?
A. Yes.
Q. And so, when those men left the meeting, what did
your brother do?
A. My brother came out of the room and he began to talk.
I followed him on the -- on the outside. And he was
talking to somebody so that he would stop them. I didn't
hear Ramey's name or anything.
But I went outside to the highway and I
went to the store. And I saw when Ramey had him on the
side of the road, standing outside.
Q. Now, let me ask you: Was there ever a search warrant
done at your ranch?
A. Yes.
Q. And at that search warrant, did -- I want to show you
some pictures. I showed you that picture. That was
your -- that was a picture of the barn; correct?
A. Yes.
Q. And the bunkers. And they found the marijuana;
right?
A. Yes.
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Q. After they found the marijuana, they found presses;
right? They found marijuana presses, didn't they?
A. Oh. Presses.
THE COURT INTERPRETER: I stand corrected.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. And how about when the search warrant happened, were
y'all in the process of putting marijuana into a truck?
A. They were already inside the truck.
Q. Okay. As a result of that search warrant, were
trucks and tractors and all types of equipment seized by
the government?
A. Yes.
Q. Or seized by the state and taken?
A. Yes.
Q. All right. Now, during the search warrant, where
were you?
A. I was there. I left -- I went out away from the
ranch, and they found me and they arrested me.
Q. Do you know where Ramiro was?
A. Ramiro was there too. Then he left, and then he went
to the apartment to meet his son.
Q. Did you know if he communicated with Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. When I left there, the ranch, around 6:00 p.m., I
went to talk to Ramiro. He told me everything; that he
had been talking to Ramey.
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Q. How was he talking to Ramey?
A. By phone.
Q. Now, did you ever hire Ramey DeLaCruz to transport a
large amount of drug money to Louisiana?
A. One day, he picked me in Houston. I was there, and
he picked me up. Then we went to Louisiana. He knew that
I had $75,000 with me.
Q. All right. $75,000. Where was that $75,000?
A. It was in a can of -- a bucket -- a mud bucket for
the horses.
Q. Was the money somehow in plastic or something, stuck
down in there?
A. Yes.
Q. And when he went to Louisiana -- now, did he go one
time or has he been with your family to Louisiana for
horses, to race horses or buy horses?
A. On that occasion, we went to buy horses.
Q. And did -- did you or your brother or both of you buy
a horse for Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Yes.
Q. Okay. Why would a drug trafficker buy a racehorse
for a cop?
A. For him to have it handy in his hand or...
It was a gift. That is all. It was a
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Q. To help him out with what?
A. Details. Details.
Q. Details. So that he would do things for you. Is
that right?
A. Yes.
Q. Now, let me ask you this: Did you -- I want to go
back to the rifles. Did Ramiro call Ramey and ask him if
he could remove the rifles from the ranch?
A. Yes.
Q. And did Ramey say that he knew someone that could
take care of them?
A. Yes. He said he could probably put them with a
friend or a brother-in-law. Something like that.
Q. And let me ask you if -- Rodolfo, did you tell Ramey
that these were weapons used in a murder or kidnapping, or
did Ramiro tell him?
MR. GUERRERO: I'm going to object to the
extent -- to the extent that it's asking for hearsay from
Ramiro. It's not fair. I know this is a sentencing
hearing.
MS. BOOTH: Co-conspirator statement.
THE COURT: If he heard that from Ramiro,
I'll let him answer.
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Q. Did Ramiro tell you he told him?
A. Yes.
Q. So just to clarify: Ramiro told you that he told
Ramey that these weapons were used in that kidnapping and
murder that happened?
A. Yes.
Q. I want to back up. That kidnapping and murder, do
you know whether that person that was kidnapped and
murdered was the wrong person?
A. Yes.
Q. So they kidnapped and murdered somebody, and it
wasn't even the target?
A. That person was innocent. The kidnapped person was
innocent.
Q. Now, did you -- let's talk about the -- now we're
going to talk about the money situation again. Did Ramey
bring the report to Ramiro to let him look at it, to see
if it was okay?
A. Yes.
Q. And how much money, again, was paid to Ramiro for
that part of the theft?
A. Ramiro was given 20.
Q. But did you know what he gave to Ramey?
A. The 20 was for Ramiro. The 12 for Ramey, that was
separate.
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Q. That was out of the money that was stolen?
A. Yes, exactly.
Q. Do you know whether or not Ramey left his phone on
during the search warrant?
A. Yes. Ramiro told me so.
Q. Tell me about that. Tell the Court about that.
A. On that day, Ramiro, well, he got a little upset
because of what Ramey had been talking to the people or
the -- from the HIDTA. He was talking to them. He was
talking to them as to how much he had paid for the horses.
One had -- he had paid 35,000. Others were 12. And
that's it.
Q. And he knew that, how?
A. Because Ramey had been with us during the purchase.
Q. But he knew -- but Ramiro knew that Ramey was saying
those things about the horses, how? Did he overhear Ramey
saying those?
A. No. That was because Ramey had left a telephone on,
and so Ramiro was hearing everything.
Q. And this was during the search warrant?
A. Yes.
MS. BOOTH: That's all I have. I pass the
witness.
THE COURT: Mr. Guerrero, you may
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MR. GUERRERO: Thank you, Judge.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Mr. Beltran, I would like to ask you about the
payments that were received or payments received by my
client. Those were paid through your brother. Would that
be a correct statement?
A. Yes.
Q. So just as an example: When you gave the 3,000 for
the seal, you actually gave them to your brother, not
directly to my client. Is that an accurate statement?
A. Yes.
Q. Now, let's turn our attention to the bunkers. Those
bunkers, as they're described, you've seen those photos.
Can you see those bunkers visibly when they're covered up
and covered with soil?
A. No.
Q. So they're well hidden. Would that be a correct
statement?
A. Yes.
Q. And you testified that the bunkers did not actually
have firearms. They had bullets and vests. Would that be
an accurate statement?
A. Yes.
Q. Let me turn your attention to the baseball game, as
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MS. BOOTH: Could we stop?
Do you think that if we put the thing
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THE COURT: Move it up a little bit.
MS. BOOTH: I can't hear it.
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. The baseball game call your brother made to my
client, did you actually witness this event?
A. I heard what my brother said. I was not there at the
moment.
Q. Now, this is another significant issue. There was a
meeting with TCB members. You mentioned gentlemen by the
name of Big O and Victor. In that meeting, your brother
was threatened by these two men?
A. You are talking about the meeting; right?
Q. Yes, sir.
A. The meeting was between Popo, Big O, Roel, and
Victor.
Q. And your brother was threatened by these four?
A. Yes, he was. Not exactly threatened by Big O and
Victor.
THE WITNESS: No, no. He was threatened
by Big O and Victor, not by Popo and Roel.
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Q. Do you recall hearing those words or threat?
A. I never heard the words of the threatening part.
That's why the reason that Ramey pulled him out of the
park.
Q. You testified that after the threat, at that very
moment in time, you went to the store. Is that correct?
A. Yes.
Q. On your way to the store, you saw my client,
Mr. DeLaCruz, pulling a car over?
A. He didn't -- I didn't see him stopping the car. He
didn't stop the car. He already had him there standing
outside and questioning him.
Q. So you actually saw this?
A. Yes.
Q. Who did you see out there?
A. I only saw that he had him standing out there. I
didn't hear what he was telling them. I just saw them
standing there.
Q. Now, let's talk about the trip to Houston. Houston
to Louisiana; is that correct? You had $75,000?
A. Yes.
Q. And you shared with the Court that my client knew you
had $75,000 in the vehicle?
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Q. I understand that part. They were in the mud --
A. Yes.
Q. -- the mud bucket, as they put it?
A. Yes.
Q. How is it that my client knew the money was hidden in
the vehicle?
A. Because I told him.
Q. You told him what the purpose of that money was for?
A. Yes. That we were going to go and buy horses.
Q. The purpose was to go and buy horses in Louisiana?
A. Yes.
Q. In fact, there was a horse purchased by Mr. DeLaCruz?
A. No. My brother and I bought it, and my brother is
the one that gave it to him.
Q. It was purchased under your brother's name?
A. It wasn't bought by my brother's name or mine.
They're not bought like that. You buy them with a
different name, and then you make the change to the other
brother's name.
Q. Sitting here today, do you recall the name of the
horse that was purchased?
A. Saturday Night Hero.
Q. Do you recall the price of the horse?
A. $4,000.
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THE WITNESS: I'm hearing two.
THE COURT INTERPRETER: I know, but you
need to make a decision.
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. You physically saw your brother pay for the horse.
Is that your testimony?
A. I was the one that made the payment.
Q. Do you recall today what -- whose name was registered
as a purchaser of that horse?
A. As the purchaser specifically?
Q. Yes.
A. I don't remember what name I put.
Q. Now, you testified also that the firearms that were
used in the kidnap/murder were given to Mr. Ramon
DeLaCruz; correct?
A. Yes.
Q. Your brother told him that were used for that murder
and kidnap?
A. I asked my brother if he had told him, and he said
yes, he had.
Q. Your brother could have been lying to you. Would
that be a possibility?
A. That, I don't...
Q. Your brother is not a very truthful man. Is that an
accurate statement?
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A. But I know when he's lying to me and when he's not.
Q. You can't testify today, can you, that you're a
hundred-percent accurate regarding your brother's
truthfulness versus your brother's untruthfulness?
A. Why not? I know I told him.
Q. Now, you also testified that my client had his
telephone on during the seizure?
A. Yes.
Q. Your brother was upset about what my client was
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A. Yes.
Q. Did he ever offer an explanation -- that is, your
brother offer an explanation as to why he was upset about
the horse prices that were being boasted, as he says?
A. I did not understand your question.
Q. You testified that Ramon DeLaCruz was saying he
purchased one horse for 35,000 and then he purchased
another horse for 12,000.
Did I remember your testimony correctly?
A. No, no, no. That Ramon was telling people what the
horses had cost, not that he had purchased them.
Q. This was not occurring during the seizure when the
phone was on?
A. The purchase did not occur at that time during the
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had carried out the purchase of the horses. And he didn't
really have any need to say that.
MR. GUERRERO: Pass the witness.
THE COURT: Ms. Booth, anything further?
MS. BOOTH: Yes, sir, just a couple.
REDIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. I want to show you Government's Exhibit No. 1 and ask
you about this. What is that called?
A. The name?
Q. Is this a photograph of a Winner's Circle?
A. Yes.
Q. Are these photographs taken whenever people win?
A. Yes.
Q. Is this a horse that y'all owned that won? And is
Ramey DeLaCruz in that photograph with y'all?
A. Yes.
Q. And is the date on that, October 2, 2011?
A. Yes.
Q. Is that two days after or three days after the search
warrant that was at your house?
A. Yes.
Q. All right. Now, all of the property that was seized
from that house, lots and lots of property; right?
A. Yes.
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Q. Did y'all ask Ramey to help you get it back?
A. All the things?
Q. Uh-huh.
A. Yes.
Q. How long was it before you got all that stuff back?
A. Maybe two weeks. Maybe a week or so.
Q. And yet, it was over 600 pounds found at your house;
right?
A. Yes. At the ranch --
THE COURT: Let him finish. Go ahead, let
him answer and translate.
THE WITNESS: At the ranch, yes. Not at
the house.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. At the ranch, there was marijuana? There were
marijuana presses?
A. Yes.
Q. Okay. I want to show you this picture, Government's
Exhibit No. 7, and ask you: What's the name of this
horse? Do you know who that is?
Here is a better picture, Government's
Exhibit No. 8.
A. That's the paint horse.
Q. Who holds that paint horse?
A. Ramon.
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Q. Is that the horse y'all bought for Ramon -- for
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A. Not this one. This one. This is not Saturday Night
Hero. This is the paint horse.
Q. This is the paint horse?
A. This is the quarter horse.
MS. BOOTH: That's all I have, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Anything further on the point
that she raised?
RECROSS EXAMINATION
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Now, is it your testimony today that the things that
were seized that day that the seizure occurred, those were
returned to the Beltran family?
A. Yes.
Q. And is it your testimony that my client got these
things returned to you?
A. No. He's the one that helped us to retrieve them
back to us.
Q. Under whose name were they retrieved?
A. Oh, that signed the law thing or that --
Q. Who was the authority that signed these things back
to you? Was it Mr. Ramon DeLaCruz?
A. No. Herbie Silva.
Q. What was his position at that time?
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A. He was a DA.
Q. I'm going to turn your attention to the horse that
you said, one was this number -- Exhibit No. 7 is Saturday
Night Hero?
A. Yes.
Q. That was owned by Ramon DeLaCruz. This is not the
same horse?
A. No.
Q. The bridles are identical. Why would that be?
A. What happens is that the spot horse or the spotted
horse is not considered a quarter-mark horse. And this
one has white on top, and this other one doesn't have any
spot.
MR. GUERRERO: Pass the witness, Judge.
Thank you.
THE COURT: Anything further?
MR. GUERRERO: Nothing further.
THE COURT: Ms. Booth?
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BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Was there arrangements made to pay money to someone
that you believe to be the district attorney?
A. Yes.
Q. To get this equipment back?
A. Yes.
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Q. How much money was paid?
A. $6,000.
Q. Who was that money paid to?
A. We gave -- we gave a share to -- Rene Garcia was
given a fraction of it. The other fraction was to Ramon
DeLaCruz, Herbie Silva.
MS. BOOTH: That's all I have.
MR. GUERRERO: No questions for this
witness.
THE COURT: You may step down.
Your next witness.
MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, did we have that
witness excused?
MR. GUERRERO: We have no objection.
THE COURT: He may be excused.
Next witness.
MS. BOOTH: Is Leslie James, Your Honor.
LESLIE JAMES
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Mr. James, would you please state your name for the
record.
A. Leslie William James.
Q. And I want to ask you: Are you retired, sir?
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A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And for whom did you work before you retired?
A. I worked with the U.S. Border Patrol.
Q. I want to ask you: During your period of time, where
were you stationed?
A. I was stationed in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Q. Back in 2011, around September of -- the 29 or 30,
did you happen to be on duty and become involved in a
search of the Beltran -- Rodolfo Beltran Ranch?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you the person that actually gave the probable
cause for the -- or witnessed the probable cause for the
search?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. What was it that happened that caused your attention
to be drawn to this ranch?
A. Initially, I pulled up on -- I believe it's Wood
Brothers Road. I had a new supervisor with me. And we
were just driving and showing him the roads and stuff like
that, and areas and stuff.
And I looked up this road going in towards
their barn, and I had hesitated at the gate. I saw, I
guess it was, like, maybe three or four people just take
off running.
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A. Probably illegal alienage.
Q. Were you in a marked truck?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Were you in a border patrol uniform?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you get out of your vehicle?
A. Yes.
Q. What happened?
A. Once I got out, we both went over the fence. There
was a gate. We went over the fence. We started walking
toward the -- I guess it's a horse barn, stables. We
started walking towards that.
And probably about halfway up the road, we
noticed there was several people walking towards us to try
to meet us. And by the time they got to us, I'd say
three-quarters of the way in, and it became very apparent
that they were trying to keep us from arriving at the
horse barn. They didn't want us to go all the way over
there.
Q. While you were there, did a blue truck leave?
A. Yes.
Q. When the truck left, did you speak to the driver?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And did you ask him to identify himself?
A. Yes, ma'am.
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Q. What did he tell you his name was?
A. I don't remember the first name. I remember,
specifically, he told me his last name was Alvarez.
Q. Have you found out later who that actually was?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Who was it?
A. It was Ramiro Beltran.
Q. So he left in the blue truck?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Now, was there a -- based on the information that you
have, was a search warrant gotten?
A. Yes.
Q. Was there a search, and were you there during the
period of time for the search?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Now, I want to ask if you know Ramey DeLaCruz.
A. I don't know him personally. I know of him.
Q. Did he show up at the search warrant?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did he have any business at that search warrant, as
far as law enforcement business?
A. None whatsoever.
Q. Did that cause your radar to go off?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Let me ask you: Did you take pictures at that search
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A. Yes, I did.
Q. And when you are doing -- taking pictures at the
search warrant, do you take pictures of law enforcement
vehicles?
A. Not normally.
Q. So I'm going to show you Government's Exhibit No. 3.
I'll ask you if you took that picture.
A. I do believe so. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Government's Exhibit No. 2?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And Government's Exhibit 7 and 8?
A. Yes, I did.
Q. These -- did you know whose truck that was when you
took that picture?
A. I knew that he arrived in that truck.
Q. Why did you take a -- looking at Government's Exhibit
7 and 8, who was in that picture?
A. That is Mr. DeLaCruz.
Q. Does he have a weapon on him?
A. Yes, he does.
Q. I notice the picture is a little bit blurred, both of
them. Were you trying to take these pictures of him
surreptitiously?
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Q. After the search warrant was over, how many hours did
it take for that search warrant to happen?
A. I would say we were there at least two hours, if not
more.
Q. When you were leaving, did you see -- when you drove
out and drove away, did you see that blue truck and that
white truck with Ramey DeLaCruz in it meet up?
A. Yes, ma'am, I did.
Q. Where were they?
A. They were parked on the east side of 755, just south
of La Sagunada Ranch Road.
Q. At the search warrant, were there a lot of things
seized that were going to be forfeited?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And did you find out that those things were returned?
A. Yes, I did.
Q. Was that shocking to you?
A. Very shocking.
MS. BOOTH: That's all I have.
THE COURT: Counsel, cross-examination?
MR. GUERRERO: No questions for the
witness.
THE COURT: You may step down. Thank you.
Ms. Booth, let's take a ten-minute break.
We'll resume with your next witness.
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THE COURT: You may be excused.
(Off the record.)
THE COURT: Ms. Booth, you may call your
next witness.
MS. BOOTH: Desmond O'Connor.
DESMOND O'CONNOR
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Mr. O'Connor, would you please state your full name
for the record.
A. My name is Desmond O'Connor.
Q. And, Mr. O'Connor, I want to ask you if you were
involved in transporting or moving loads of marijuana with
the Beltrans.
A. Yes.
Q. And did you plead guilty to a conspiracy to possess
with intent to distribute marijuana?
A. Yes.
Q. And are you awaiting sentence?
A. Yes.
Q. I want to ask you some questions about a time. Do
you know who Ramey DeLaCruz is?
A. Yes.
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Q. All right. Were you ever at the meeting at -- with
the Beltrans in which you saw a report?
A. Yes.
Q. And was Ramey DeLaCruz at that meeting?
A. Yes. He showed up.
Q. And did he hand that report -- did he present that
report to the Beltrans?
A. Yes.
Q. And did you get to read the report?
A. Yes, I did.
Q. And was there something in the report that surprised
you?
A. It had my name and the vehicle that I was driving in
there. And it said that I got busted with some dope that
never happened.
Q. And was this report for something that was going to
happen in the future?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you going to transport some dope for the
Beltrans?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you ever stopped and arrested with that dope by
Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. No.
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Q. Uh-huh.
A. It just went -- stayed with the Beltrans, I believe.
Q. It stayed with the Beltrans.
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DeLaCruz again?
A. One time, he pulled me over.
Q. Okay. Let's talk about that. You were driving in
the vehicle; right?
A. Yes.
Q. And where were you?
A. In Los Terrenos.
Q. Was this sometime, a few weeks or whatever, after the
time that you saw the report?
A. I believe a few months later.
Q. Months later.
And so, you were pulled over. What
happened?
A. He got real aggressive with me.
Q. Did he pull you out of the vehicle?
A. He asked me to get out.
Q. All right. When you -- when he got out, did he have
a weapon?
A. He was in uniform, but he didn't have the weapon out.
Q. It was just a sidearm?
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A. Yes.
Q. What did he say to you?
A. He got real aggressive, trying to get me to, like,
fight with him for some reason.
Q. Do you remember the words that he said to you?
A. Do you think you're tough? If you feel you're tough,
do something. You know, he was just -- provoke me.
THE COURT: Hold it. I need to hear this.
She asked you what words did he use. Tell me what he told
you.
THE WITNESS: He was just kind of being
aggressive and getting in my face and, you know, trying to
imply, like, if I was trying to act tough at a certain
time. But I don't remember any -- like even having any
problems with this guy. I didn't understand why he was
being like that with me.
THE COURT: Okay. Go ahead.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Did he have you up against the car?
A. I was in the back of it, like of the truck.
Q. In the back of the car?
A. Yeah.
Q. What were you doing with your body?
A. I was just kind of turned, kind of looking to the
floor. He was, like, right in my face.
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Q. When you say looking at the floor, you were outside;
right?
A. Yes.
Q. So you were looking at the ground?
A. Yes.
Q. And so, after that, did he continue to try to provoke
you?
A. Yeah. I mean, pretty much when he saw, like, I
wasn't doing anything and I wasn't telling him nothing, he
just let me go.
Q. Did he say: I stopped you because you were speeding.
I stopped you because you were swerving. I stopped you
because of -- anything like that?
A. No. He didn't even -- he didn't have a reason to
stop me. He stopped me. He didn't tell me anything
neither. He just did that, and that was it.
Q. Were you in the vehicle with other people that were
drug traffickers?
A. Yes.
Q. Who was in the backseat?
A. Flacco.
Q. And Flacco is who?
A. A friend of my cousin's.
Q. What is -- do you know what his real name is?
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Q. Flacco was in the back. What happened when you got
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A. He said: Don't worry about it. I don't know why
he's being like that. He's my friend. I'm going to talk
to him.
Q. Was Flacco another person that transported drugs for
the Beltrans?
A. I believe so, yes.
Q. And for other people?
A. Yes.
Q. All right. And did you -- after -- and those are the
only two times you've had experience with Mr. Ramey
DeLaCruz?
A. Yes.
Q. All right. Do you know why he stopped you and why he
was trying to intimidate you?
A. No.
Q. Okay. Who else was in the room when this report was
there?
A. It was me, Roel Garza, and the Beltrans.
Q. When you say "the Beltrans," are you talking about
Ramiro or --
THE COURT: Who of the Beltrans? Which
ones?
THE WITNESS: I don't know them by name.
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I just know them by face. I didn't ever call them by
their names. I only referred to them as the "Semis,"
because they were big dudes.
THE COURT: You referred to them as what?
THE WITNESS: Semi.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Why is that? Because of their stature?
A. Yeah. Yes.
Q. Were you afraid of them?
A. No, not necessarily.
Q. Okay.
MS. BOOTH: That's all I have.
THE COURT: Mr. Guerrero,
cross-examination?
CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Let's talk about the report. Are you familiar
with -- and you're working with the Beltrans. How long
had you been working with the Beltrans?
A. I just worked with them that one time.
Q. One time?
A. Well, I did some -- couple side. But like getting up
the river one time.
Q. Apart from this meeting with the Beltrans, had you
had prior meetings with them?
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A. I wasn't even, like, there for a meeting or whatever.
I was just waiting. I was just kind of like a tagalong.
I was in the background.
Q. Why would they hand you the report for you to read
the report?
A. Because I was the cousin of Roel, and that's who they
would do the business with. And I guess they just saw me
as, like, trustworthy or something. I don't know.
Q. So at that meeting, the Beltrans -- the Court asked
you -- the Judge asked you: Who -- could you identify who
was there?
So I'll ask you the same question: As
you sit here today, do you remember who of the Beltrans
was present at that meeting were you; Roel Garza was
present; Noel Pena; and Ramon DeLaCruz was there also?
A. Yes.
Q. Which of the Beltrans were there also?
A. The older gentleman, the bigger one. I don't know
his name. I only know him by face. And the younger --
the younger son, skinnier one. He's around my age. And I
think his older brother. Yeah, his older brother or his
cousin.
Q. You have no names at all?
A. I don't know them by names. I only know them by
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Q. Any nicknames?
A. No.
Q. Have you been paid by these gentlemen before for the
work you do?
A. Yeah. I got paid for it.
Q. Are you associated with any gang?
A. No.
Q. No?
A. No.
Q. Is Flacco, your friend, associated with a gang?
A. I don't think so.
Q. Do you recall when this meeting occurred?
A. No.
Q. The time of year it occurred?
A. I think, like in 2013.
Q. 2013?
A. I think, yeah.
MR. GUERRERO: Pass the witness.
THE COURT: Ms. Booth, anything further?
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BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. After you finished, how much marijuana -- do you
remember how big that load was that you were going to take
for the Beltrans?
A. Roughly, around 1,000 give or take.
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THE COURT: 1,000 what?
THE WITNESS: 1,000 pounds.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Where did you take it?
A. I took it to a neighborhood, a new high school they
have in Rio Grande City.
MS. BOOTH: That's all I have.
THE COURT: How many loads did you
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THE WITNESS: That one, mainly. And
then --
THE COURT: "Mainly." Any loads?
THE WITNESS: About three.
THE COURT: About three?
THE WITNESS: Yeah.
THE COURT: You got paid every time?
THE WITNESS: Yes.
THE COURT: Okay.
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Q. Who paid you?
A. The Beltrans.
THE COURT: Anything further?
MS. BOOTH: No, sir.
MR. GUERRERO: I have some things.
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BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Desmond, now you told the Court you went and did
three jobs for the Beltrans. Did I hear that correctly?
A. Yes.
Q. You also told the Court that you were paid for those
three loads?
A. Yes.
Q. Is that a yes?
A. Yes.
Q. And you cannot remember the names of the Beltrans who
were present at that meeting, where you say you were given
a report and got an opportunity to read the report and
that you were surprised your name was on the report.
Am I remembering your testimony
correctly?
A. Yes.
Q. Why would you not remember their names?
A. Because I didn't care about them.
Q. During what span of time did you work for them when
you did these three loads?
A. It was all, roughly, around the same time. The first
load was just out of the river. The other two were from
the neighborhood.
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A. How many months?
Q. To do all three loads. In one day? Did it take a
week? Did it take a month? Did it take three months?
A. They were all spread apart.
Q. How many months apart?
A. Few months. I don't remember. I was on a lot of
drugs back then.
Q. Now we're getting somewhere. What type of drugs were
you using back then?
A. Weed.
Q. What other drugs were you taking?
A. That's about it.
Q. Just marijuana?
A. Yeah.
Q. Your memory is very impaired. You realize that
Desmond; right? You don't remember names?
A. It's not that I don't remember. It's just that I
didn't care to memorize them. I remember their faces just
fine.
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THE COURT: Ms. Booth, do you have
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MS. BOOTH: No.
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MS. BOOTH: Rosbel Beltran.
May Desmond be excused?
THE COURT: Any objection?
MR. GUERRERO: No objection.
THE COURT: You may be excused.
Come forward. This lady will administer
an oath.
ROSBEL BELTRAN
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Could you please state your full name for the record.
A. Rosbel Beltran.
Q. How old are you?
A. 25.
Q. And I want to ask you: Is your father Ramiro
Beltran?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And did you plead guilty to a conspiracy to possess
with intent to distribute marijuana?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And, Rosbel, when did you start trafficking in
marijuana? How old were you?
A. About 15, 16.
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Q. This was with your family?
A. Yes, ma'am. It was a family organization.
Q. Okay. I want to ask you if you know a person by the
name of Ramey DeLaCruz.
A. Yes.
Q. And did you know, is he -- was he law enforcement in
Rio Grande City area?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did he work for your father?
A. Yes, he did.
Q. What did he do for your father?
A. He made up a false report about ripping off some
money.
Q. Was this money involved with a person that was a
courier for money for the Zetas in Mexico?
A. Yes. She was my mother-in-law.
Q. This money, did he -- when you say he wrote the
report, were you there? Did you talk to him? Did you see
him agree to do this?
A. Yes, he did.
Q. Tell us what happened.
A. My mother-in-law was bringing money from Houston
towards the Valley -- or towards Mexico. Right? Me and
my dad convinced her to rip off that load, but we needed
to get some paperwork to the people in Mexico.
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And my dad knew Ramey DeLaCruz. So we
convinced him to do the paperwork. Well, we bought the
paperwork. My dad paid Ramey DeLaCruz.
Q. Did he pay him -- do you know how much --
approximately, how much money he paid?
A. $10,000.
Q. Were you there when he was getting information to
write the report?
A. Yeah.
Q. Who was there?
A. His wife was there; I was there; and Rodolfo was
there. She came from Houston.
Q. When you say "she," you're talking about the courier?
A. Yes, my mother-in-law.
She got there at the office. Ramey
DeLaCruz started taking a description of what she's
wearing, what day it was, what car she was driving, so he
could write in the report.
Q. All right. And did you see the finished product?
A. Yes, I did. It had a stamp and everything. It was
legit.
Q. Did y'all keep the money and --
A. Yes.
Q. How much money did you get out of that?
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Q. Did you pay Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Yes.
Q. Who paid Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. My dad.
Q. Now, do you know -- do you know whether or not Ramey
DeLaCruz ever picked up marijuana from your father?
A. He did. I was present at the ranch. He picked up a
bundle of 22 pounds.
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I'm going to ask you -- I had forgotten some questions.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. When Ramey DeLaCruz -- how many times do you think
you saw Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. A few times.
Q. And was he around your father doing things?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know whether or not your father bought him a
horse?
A. Yes. He gave him a horse. He had it under his name.
We used to run it under his name also.
Q. Did he allow -- so -- and this was a horse -- did
this horse win?
A. Yes, he did. We got some winning pictures.
Q. All right. And let me ask you: When you were with
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Ramey, like when he was taking that information to go do
that, did he have on a weapon?
A. Yes. He had his badge and his weapon on him all the
time.
Q. And did you ever have -- see him at any meetings at
Rodolfo's house?
A. Yeah. In the office, he always had a weapon and
badge.
Q. What kind of meeting would there be in behind
Rodolfo's house?
A. Illegal stuff.
Q. Illegal stuff?
A. Yeah.
Q. Was there -- did he arrive there in vehicles that
were private vehicles, or what type of vehicle would he
drive?
A. He'd drive in this truck.
Q. And you are referring to Government's Exhibit 2 and
Government's Exhibit 3; right?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Now, let me ask you, Rosbel: Did -- was there ever a
search warrant out at the ranch on Woods Brothers Road?
A. Yes.
Q. When there was -- when that happened, where were you?
A. I was there.
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A. I was their personally.
Q. Did you ever -- do you know where your father was?
A. He was at my brother's apartment.
Q. What was he doing there?
A. He was -- he was online with Ramon DeLaCruz.
Q. When you say "online," what does that mean?
A. He had him on the phone online, so he could hear what
-- everything that was going on.
Q. Everything that was going on at the search warrant?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And were you there?
A. Yes. After that, I got there.
Q. After that, you got there.
Do you know whether or not your father
spoke to Ramey DeLaCruz after that was over?
A. Yes.
Q. And were there a bunch of things that were seized
from your -- the ranch?
A. Yeah. There was some marijuana, and there was also a
trailer. We had a compartment.
Q. Did you have trucks and welding machines?
A. Yes, all that.
Q. And all types of things that were seized?
A. Yes, ma'am.
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Q. And did you get those back?
A. Yes, we did. My dad gave some money to some
officials so that we could get the stuff back.
Q. Is that what he told you?
A. No. I was aware of it. But he told me that.
Q. What about these radios? Do you know where -- did
either one of these radios come from Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Yeah. Those -- one of them was from Ramon DeLaCruz,
and the other one we got from Roel Garza.
Q. That one that came from Ramey DeLaCruz, did it have
the correct -- I don't know what you call it -- bands or
whatever?
A. Yes.
Q. Programs so that you could listen to law enforcement
in that area?
A. We could hear all agencies that were working over
there in the Valley, Rio Grande City.
Q. Was that helpful?
A. Yes, that was helpful for us.
Q. Are you a person that would scout?
A. I was scout, so we could make shipments go to our
ranch.
Q. Do you know whether or not your father asked Ramey
DeLaCruz to intimidate Big O and Victor Romero?
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Q. What happened at the high school?
A. There was a conflict, or we were suspecting something
was going to go down. And my dad called Ramey DeLaCruz
so he could help us out.
Q. Okay.
A. Muscle.
Q. What did Ramey DeLaCruz do for your father?
A. They went to the house. They had a meeting. After
he wasn't there --
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A. Big O and Victor.
Q. Big O and Victor went to your father's -- went to
whose house?
A. Rodolfo's house, the office that we had at the back.
Q. The office in the back. And so, there was a meeting
there?
A. Yes.
Q. And did -- when the meeting was over, what happened
to Victor and Big O?
A. Ramey DeLaCruz made a -- stopped them.
Q. Do you know whether or not your father paid money to
Ramey DeLaCruz for that?
A. Yes, he did.
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THE COURT: Cross-examination?
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, Judge.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Now, you testified -- going to the false report. You
testified, Rosbel, that Ramon DeLaCruz received $10,000
from your dad?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you witness the receipt of the $10,000?
A. There was no receipt. He got money.
Q. Yeah. I guess, I should be more clear. Did you see
him get the money?
A. Yes.
Q. Directly from your dad?
A. Yes.
Q. And how do you know it was 10,000?
A. Because we counted the money before.
Q. When you say "we" counted the money, are you saying
you and whom else?
A. I counted the money to make sure it was 10,000. Then
he got paid with -- I mean, I made sure it was $10,000.
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The bundles were $10,000, but to be specific.
Q. So was your Uncle Rodolfo present?
A. Yes, he was.
Q. He testified it was $12,000.
A. Maybe it was a different amount. But I know, for
sure, it was $10,000.
Q. This was in exchange for what service?
A. The paperwork that he had done for my mother-in-law
for the rip-off load.
Q. Now, you testified that the actual load money was
$100,000?
A. Yes.
Q. Your uncle testified it was $200,000.
A. I know, for a fact, it was 100,000 because I counted
them.
Q. You counted the $100,000?
A. Yes. I got $10,000 off of that.
Q. Now, you testified that your dad had to call
Mr. DeLaCruz, because he was being threatened by Big O and
Victor?
A. Yes.
Q. At a soccer game?
A. Yes.
Q. Did my client physically show up at the soccer game?
A. No. At the soccer game, he didn't. We saw him when
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we were passing through. He was parked at a convenience
store. We knew it was his -- we knew his truck. And I
was with my dad when he was talking to him.
Q. Talking to whom?
A. To Ramon DeLaCruz, through phone.
Q. Oh, okay. But did you ever see him actually
intervene and deal with Big O and Victor after your dad
called?
A. No.
Q. You also testified, at the meeting with Rodolfo, your
uncle, at the back room, that there was another incident
where your dad called upon Ramon DeLaCruz.
Did I remember that correctly?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you witness Ramon DeLaCruz physically threaten
anybody?
A. No, not physically.
MS. BOOTH: Nothing further.
THE COURT: You may step down.
Any objection to him being excused?
MS. BOOTH: No, sir. I need Victor
Romero.
THE COURT: You may be excused.
Victor Romero.
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Honor.
THE COURT: Take a little while to get him
here?
MS. BOOTH: Yes, sir.
While we're waiting, Mr. Quintanilla is
here and he's set for a sentencing this afternoon. I
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THE COURT: Okay. Good morning,
Mr. Quintanilla.
MR. OLLISON: Can we approach the bench?
THE COURT: Yes. Come on up.
(Proceedings held at sidebar off the record.)
(The following proceedings held at sidebar on the record.)
THE COURT: Let's put this part on the
record, if you don't mind.
An oral motion for continuance is made on
the sentencing of Rodolfo Beltran in this case. And I've
granted it and resetting it for about 90 days. It will
be -- give me the November date. Give me a Tuesday on it.
THE CASE MANAGER: November 5.
THE COURT: November 5. We'll set it at
4:00 right now, but it will probably change.
MR. OLLISON: That's fine. Thank you.
May I be excused?
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THE COURT: No, I agree. Because we need
Schuwitz to set, because he's going to be a while.
If you see Schuwitz, send him in.
MR. OLLISON: I'll send him in. Thank
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(The following proceedings held in open court.)
THE COURT: Swear this witness, and we'll
have him seated in the witness chair. And I'll interrupt
if Mr. Schuwitz comes back in.
Mr. Guerrero, the issue is O'Connor is to
testify and his lawyer is here, and they're going to
continue the sentencing. So I was going to let him go.
So I may interrupt the testimony to deal with that.
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, sir.
VICTOR ALFONZO ROMERO
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Mr. Romero, please state your full name for the
record.
A. Victor Alfonzo Romero.
Q. How old are you, Victor?
A. 29.
Q. Now, Victor, I want to ask you if you have pled
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distribute marijuana.
A. That's right.
Q. Are you awaiting sentence?
A. That's right.
Q. Did you sell marijuana to the Beltrans in Rio Grande
City?
A. That's right.
Q. And this marijuana that you sold -- and when you say
that you sold it to the Beltrans, which -- what are their
first names? Do you know their first names?
A. Yes. Ramiro Beltran.
Q. Did you call him "Ramiro"? How did you address him?
A. I will only call him "Ramiro." That's all.
Q. And the marijuana that you sold Ramiro, where did you
get it?
A. Sometimes they gave it to me on credit, and other
times we stole it.
Q. Did there come a time where you sold some marijuana
to Mr. Ramiro Beltran and he didn't pay you?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you try to get your money back?
A. Yes.
Q. And did you go to try to speak to Mr. Beltran about
that? Did you go to a soccer game to look for him?
A. No.
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Q. Okay. Did you go to a meeting behind -- do you know
who Rodolfo Beltran is?
A. Yes, the brother. His brother.
Q. Did you ever go to a meeting in an office behind
Rodolfo Beltran's house?
A. Yes.
Q. And when you went to this meeting, who did you go
with?
A. With Oscar Martinez.
Q. Oscar Martinez, what is his nickname? What do people
call him?
A. Big O.
Q. And is -- Oscar Martinez, was he a friend of yours?
A. Yes.
Q. And is he a big guy?
A. Bigger than I, yes.
Q. Why did you take Big O with you?
A. So that I wouldn't go alone, to help me, and because
he's in the gang.
THE COURT: He's what?
THE COURT INTERPRETER: In the gang.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. When you say "in the gang," are you talking about
Texas Chicanos Brotherhood?
A. That's right.
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Q. Now, at this time, were you Texas Chicano
Brotherhood?
A. No.
Q. When you went to the meeting, who was at the meeting?
A. Ramiro, Roel.
Q. Who was Roel?
A. Another friend of mine.
Q. And who else?
A. Popo.
Q. And who else?
A. Rodolfo.
Q. So Ramiro was there and Rodolfo was there and Popo
was there and Roel was there, and you and Oscar.
Did you ask Ramiro for the money?
A. Yes.
Q. And what happened?
A. We had an argument. And he said he would pay in two
weeks or so.
Q. Did he give you any money?
A. No.
Q. What would happen to you if you didn't give that
money to the person that you owed the money to?
A. They were going to pick me up.
Q. Okay. And the person that you owed the money to was
in Mexico; right?
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A. Yes.
Q. So he told you that he would pay you in two weeks.
While you were there, did anybody get violent with anybody
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A. Yes.
Q. What happened?
A. Big O -- everybody was screaming at me. So Big O --
that everybody was attacking me. So then he felt a need,
I think, to say something for me. Then he began arguing
with them as well. And he hit Roel in the face.
Q. Now, is Roel --
THE COURT: Excuse me. He hit Roel?
THE COURT INTERPRETER: In the face.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Is Roel, Texas Chicano Brotherhood?
A. No.
Q. Is Popo Pena, Texas Chicano Brotherhood?
A. Yes.
Q. And where is Popo Pena now?
A. Dead.
Q. Okay. So after that happened, what happened?
A. Ramiro said for us to come down and to give him two
weeks so he could pay me the money.
Q. Did you leave?
A. Yes.
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Q. And when you left, what happened?
A. Well, we left and then the police stopped me.
Q. When you're talking about the police, do you know who
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A. Yes.
Q. Who was it?
A. Ramey.
Q. And what happened?
A. He said: Romero, stick your hands out of the window.
And he told me to get out and walk to him backwards.
Q. Now, did he tell you: I stopped you because you were
speeding; I stopped you because you were driving crazy or
anything; or did he just tell you to get out?
A. He just said, Come out.
Q. Did you get out and go walk backwards to him?
A. Yes.
Q. Then what happened?
A. He had his weapon like -- like when -- you know, like
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A. Yes.
Q. Where did he point it?
A. He grabbed my T-shirt by the neck and he pushed me --
he put me on his truck, and put it on my head.
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A. Yes.
Q. What did you do?
A. I stayed there. And asked me: Why did you go to
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Q. What did you tell him?
A. And I said that I went there because I had some money
pending. But they had told me not to go there.
Q. Okay. And what else did he tell you?
A. Why did I go there when I had been told not to go
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it was, like, that they were the ones that ordered -- the
order things or commanded. He put me in the truck.
Q. In what truck? In his truck?
A. In the police truck.
Q. All right. And after he put you in the police truck,
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A. He asked for the weapon, the pistol.
Q. Did y'all have a pistol?
A. No.
Q. All right. And then what happened?
A. He went and get off the car, my friend, Oscar
Martinez.
Q. And what happened?
A. And he checked the -- he searched the car or the
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A. He didn't find it, because we didn't have anything.
Q. And did he let you go, or what did he tell you?
A. Yes, he did.
He talked to Oscar Martinez for a while
and returned back to me. He said to be careful, because
he had a threat of having his house burnt down. And I
said, I had not made such a threat.
Q. Then what happened?
A. He let me go.
Q. And when you left, what happened? Did you drive
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A. Yes.
Q. And when you drove away, did you have a conversation
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A. Yes.
Q. Did Big O get a telephone call?
A. That's right.
Q. And after Big O got a telephone call, what happened?
What did he tell you?
A. That he felt bad for what he had done. And that now
Ramirez had paid Popo for what they had done so that he
would pick me --
Q. Get picked up. Did you get picked up that day or
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Q. What happened to you?
THE COURT: Wait. One question at a time.
MS. BOOTH: I'm sorry.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Did you get picked up, and did you get picked up by
the Texas Chicano Brotherhood?
A. Yes. That's correct.
Q. Were you beaten very badly?
A. That's right.
Q. And were you -- did Big O stop them from killing you?
A. That's right.
Q. But he also beat you. Is that right?
A. My eyes were covered, so I couldn't see who was
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Q. And did you end up in the hospital?
A. That's right.
Q. I want to show you --
MS. BOOTH: I'm not going to offer into
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Q. But I would like to tender to the defendant and
witness -- did you allow us to get your medical records?
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A. Yes.
Q. And now, when Ramey picked you up -- I mean, or
stopped you and talked to you, that wasn't the first time
you'd ever seen him, was it?
A. No. No, it wasn't.
Q. The first time you saw him was at the racetrack?
A. Yes.
Q. When you met him at the racetrack, who were you with?
A. With Roel Garza.
Q. And did you meet up with Ramiro Beltran?
A. Yes.
Q. And was Ramey there?
A. Yes.
Q. Now, what were Roel and Ramey and Ramiro Beltran
talking about?
A. We went to talk about a drug, some merchandise that
we were going to be receiving. And he was going to buy
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Q. And were you surprised that -- what did you think?
Did you think -- were you surprised that Ramiro was --
that Ramey DeLaCruz was there talking about drugs?
A. That's right.
Q. And did you make any comments to Roel about, Isn't
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A. Yes. When I saw him, I pulled Roel to the side. And
I said: Watch out. Be careful. Because he's a policeman
from Rio Grande. And Roel said: No. No problem. He's
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MS. BOOTH: Pass the witness.
THE COURT: Mr. Schuwitz, would you come
up, please.
Your client just testified. And I was
advised that you were going to request a continuance of
his sentencing later.
MR. SCHUWITZ: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: I will grant that. We'll
notify you when it's reset. But you don't have to stay
around for several hours as a result.
MR. SCHUWITZ: Thank you.
THE COURT: Go ahead and cross-examine.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Mr. Romero, how is it that you know Ramon DeLaCruz?
The first time you met him, how did you get to know him?
A. You mean, at the horse races?
Q. I understood that to be the time that you first saw
Ramon DeLaCruz?
A. Uh-huh.
Q. Is that a yes?
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A. Yes.
Q. Were there any other occasions prior to that that you
saw Ramon DeLaCruz?
A. That's right.
Q. Now, the day you're claiming you were pulled over,
you were stopped at what time; in the evening or during
the day?
A. It was late in the afternoon, almost getting dark.
Q. Were you driving the vehicle?
A. Yes.
Q. And what type of vehicle pulled you over?
A. It was a sheriff's unit, it seems to me.
Q. Did you get to see this vehicle because it was still
daylight out?
A. Yes.
Q. Was it a marked vehicle?
A. Yes.
Q. How is it that you recognized my client? You saw
him, and you recognized him?
A. When he stopped me? No. When he stopped me, I did
not recognize him. Because when I got out, I walked
backwards.
Q. So you weren't seeing him because you were walking
backwards?
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Q. There was a point in time that he saw you face to
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A. Yes.
Q. Let me ask you this: Was there a firearm anywhere in
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A. No.
Q. Did he identify himself when he spoke to you?
A. No.
Q. Did he give you his name?
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Q. Was there any other police officer with him at the
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that arrived after.
Q. So while he was discussing with you, another police
officer -- another police vehicle arrived?
A. It was after.
Q. What do you mean by "after"?
A. Almost towards the end. Almost when he was releasing
me, let me go.
Q. Did you ever threaten Ramon DeLaCruz?
A. When I was talking to him, no. I only made a comment
to Ramiro.
You see what happens is, when I went and
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him, I told him I was going to his house. And he said
that not to do it, because I was going to get in trouble
with them. I said: I'm going to go anyway, and I'm going
to be carrying a gun with me in case something will
happen. And he said I was going to get into trouble with
his friend Ramey. So I told him, I didn't -- it didn't
matter to me. If he got involved, I was going to burn his
house is what I said.
But I only said it, you know, in anger. I
was never intending to ever burn his house. I just only
said it so that he would be afraid.
THE COURT: Let me interrupt a minute. I
need to keep this in context. Your comment to
Mr. DeLaCruz that you were going to burn his house, when
was that made? When did you tell him that?
THE WITNESS: Before I went to Ramiro's
house.
THE COURT: And before he stopped you on
the side of the road and threatened you?
THE WITNESS: Excuse me, Your Honor?
THE COURT: You left the meeting at the
Beltrans and you got stopped by the defendant. And you
said he pulled you out of the car and stuck a gun up to
your neck.
THE WITNESS: Yes.
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THE COURT: Your threat to burn his house,
did it occur before that stop?
THE WITNESS: That's right.
THE COURT: When? How long before?
THE WITNESS: Half an hour, 40 minutes.
THE COURT: Before he stopped you and
pulled a gun on you?
THE WITNESS: Yes.
THE COURT: All right. Go ahead.
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Mr. Romero, you're currently a member of the Texas
Chicano Brotherhood?
A. No.
Q. Were you -- you were never a member of the TCBs?
A. No, sir.
Q. But you had a close friend who was?
A. Yes. Majority of them, because they went to school
with me.
Q. Did you ever participate in other crimes with the
TCBs?
A. Only drugs. That's all.
Q. They're a very violent group. Is that correct?
A. That's right.
Q. And would you agree with me that threatening to burn
someone's house down is a very violent statement?
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A. That's right.
Q. Did you threaten Ramiro Beltran?
A. No.
Q. Obviously, he felt threatened, because he sent
someone to kill you.
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for the Interpreter.
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. He obviously felt threatened because he sent somebody
to kill you. Is that a correct statement?
A. That's right. But he only did it so that he wouldn't
pay me for the debt outstanding.
Q. He owed you how much money?
A. 30,000.
Q. That was for what task? For marijuana?
A. That's right.
MR. GUERRERO: Pass the witness.
MS. BOOTH: I didn't hear the last part at
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THE COURT: Come on up and repeat it.
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. You got paid the 30,000 for marijuana. Is that
correct?
A. You mean, if he paid me the money? He owed me the
money. He never paid it.
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Q. Fair enough.
The money that was owed to you was for
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A. That's right.
Q. And that was $30,000?
A. That's right.
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BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Did people from Mexico come and take your truck away,
steal your truck?
A. I had to go and deliver it to them.
THE COURT: All right.
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Did you know and did you fear the fact that Ramiro
had a police officer that worked for him?
A. Yes.
Q. And was this something that -- does everybody have a
police officer that works for them, the other drug people
that you work for?
A. I've only seen it in movies and in Mexico.
Q. Okay. Thank you.
THE COURT: Anything further?
MR. GUERRERO: Nothing further.
THE COURT: That's the problem with
movies.
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MR. GUERRERO: There's no need.
THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL: Thank you.
THE COURT: Ms. Booth, you'll have about
how many more witnesses?
MS. BOOTH: Probably, two.
THE COURT: Let's take a break for lunch.
It's 12:35.
And I'll defer to the participants as to
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MR. GUERRERO: I'm going to drive downtown
and get a sandwich. 45 minutes.
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MS. BOOTH: That's fine.
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THE COURT: Have a seat, please. We need
the defendant, though.
I believe everyone is present. Let's
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please.
MS. BOOTH: Roel Garza.
THE COURT: Come forward. I know you're
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and be sworn.
ROEL GARZA, JR.
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
THE COURT INTERPRETER: Counsel, he has
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THE WITNESS: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: If at any time you don't
understand the question or you would prefer to answer it
in Spanish, just let us know and she'll translate for you.
THE WITNESS: All right.
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BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Mr. Garza, would you please state your full name for
the record.
A. Roel Garza, Jr.
Q. Have you pled guilty to a very serious offense in
Houston?
A. It was in McAllen.
Q. Did that involve a situation where a person was
kidnapped and murdered?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Have you agreed to cooperate with the United States
and testify in that case against the other people that
were involved?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And have you agreed to come in here today and
cooperate in the case involving Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Are you hoping for a sentence reduction at the end of
all of this?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. All right. Mr. Garza, were you a supplier of
marijuana for the Beltran Drug Trafficking Organization?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Were you friends with Ramiro Beltran?
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A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And Rodolfo?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Where did you get your marijuana from that you
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A. From Mexico.
Q. Was some of the marijuana that you supplied to them
stolen?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And from whom was it stolen?
A. From people in Mexico.
Q. Okay. Now, I want to ask you about how long a period
of time did you deal with the Beltrans?
A. Between 2000 -- late 2010 or beginning 2011.
Somewhere in there.
Q. During this period of time, do you know a person by
the name of Popo Pena?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And Popo Pena's real name is what?
A. Mario Pena.
Q. Has Mario Pena passed away?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. In fact, how did he -- it was a violent end, wasn't
it?
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Q. All right. Now, was Popo Pena one of the leaders of
the Texas Chicano Brotherhood?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And did Popo Pena provide marijuana for you or with
you to sell to the Beltrans?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And I want to ask you about a meeting. Had you ever
gone to Rodolfo Beltran's house?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And behind his house is what?
A. Like a little office. Like a little house, a little
office.
Q. And in that office, have you been there one or many
times?
A. Many times.
Q. All right. And when you would be there, who would be
there?
A. It depends what they talked about.
Q. Right. Was the conversation always about drug
trafficking?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. In that location, did y'all count money and deliver
money and pay and make arrangements in that place?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Now, do you know Ramey DeLaCruz?
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A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did you know him to be law enforcement in the Valley?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. All right. And was Ramey DeLaCruz present at these
meetings at Rodolfo's -- behind Rodolfo's house in his
office?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. At these meetings that Ramey would be present at,
were the conversations about drugs?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Do you know -- did you speak to Ramiro or did you
watch, or were you there when reports and the
manufacturing of reports was talked about?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Why were those reports important?
A. To show people from Mexico that it was fun. Like a
job, like it was busted.
Q. So when you would steal the marijuana from the people
in Mexico, you would get a report from whom?
A. From Ramey.
Q. And then, where would that report go?
A. He used to give it to Ramiro, and Ramiro would give
it to me.
Q. He would give it to Ramiro, and Ramiro would give you
a report. What would you do with this report?
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A. Give it to somebody in Mexico.
Q. Okay. So that you could prove that you didn't steal
the dope. Is that right?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did you do this on one or many occasions?
A. Like two times.
With the papers?
Q. With papers.
A. Like two times.
Q. When you were around Ramey at these meetings, was
there money present?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did you see Ramey DeLaCruz get paid?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. On one or more occasions?
A. When I used to get the money to Ramiro. Ramiro used
to go outside. He used to be in the driveway, and he just
used to give him the money.
Q. How much money would Ramey be paid?
A. I was giving Ramiro $10,000, and he was getting
another $10,000. That is $20,000.
Q. Now, that was for paperwork or that was for other
work?
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A. Scouting.
Q. Scouting. And what does "scouting" mean?
A. Like a lookout.
Q. I want to ask you if you were present at a meeting
behind Rodolfo's ranch where Oscar -- Big O and Victor
Romero came in there to speak to Ramiro.
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Why did they come there?
A. Well, collect money.
Q. And while they were there, was there any violence
inflicted on anyone?
A. Yeah. Me and Big O.
Q. Did Big O punch you?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Now, are you a member of the Texas Chicano
Brotherhood?
A. No, ma'am.
Q. Are you a member of a gang?
A. No, ma'am.
Q. But was Popo Pena a good friend of yours?
A. Oh, yes. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And Popo Pena was --
A. Chicanos.
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A. Yes.
Q. What was he?
A. Chicanos.
Q. What about Victor Romero?
A. To be honest, I'm not sure if he was or not. He was
doing his own thing. I was doing my own thing.
Q. Now, when -- they came in there to collect money.
And did Ramiro give them any money?
A. Not at the time I was there. I left. Me and Popo
left.
Q. Do you know what happened to Victor and Big O when
they left there?
A. They just -- I heard. That's all.
Q. Okay. Who did you hear from?
A. From, I think -- I don't remember, to be honest.
Q. Now, let me ask you: When you would meet with Ramey
DeLaCruz when he would be there -- now, did you also
meet -- have occasion to be around him at racetracks?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. With the Beltrans?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. When you would be at the racetracks with them, did
they also talk about trafficking there?
A. Almost all the time.
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have them talking when a police officer was right there?
A. No, ma'am.
Q. Why is that?
A. See, he said that he had it under control.
Q. Okay. And who said he had him under control?
A. Ramiro.
Q. And when you would see Ramey at different places, was
he dressed like a cop?
A. He was always dressed like normal, but he had the --
you know, the badge with the gun.
Q. Badge and the gun. And so, you would see the badge
and the gun on him?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. When he would be picking up money for drug
trafficking?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. When he would be at meetings talking about drug
trafficking?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Did he drive -- do you know what he drove?
A. White truck, Ford.
Q. Did you know that there was a search warrant that was
done at the Beltrans?
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Q. Was the dope that was at the Beltrans on that
occasion, any that belonged to you?
A. Yes, ma'am. Well, I was the one in charge of it.
Q. All right. And after the search warrant, all the
trucks and the flatbeds and the welding equipment,
everything was seized, weren't they?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And did they come back, or do you know?
A. What do you mean, Did they came back?
Q. Did they get the stuff back?
A. Oh, yeah. He paid -- I think he told me he paid
$6,000 to get everything back.
Q. Do you know who he paid?
A. I don't remember. But I remember he told me that he
paid $6,000 to get everything back.
Q. Now, the very serious case that you have pled to
involved the death of someone, didn't it?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And the -- were there weapons that were used to
execute that crime?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. What type of weapons?
A. R-15s (sic), 308.
Q. And these weapons, after they were used for that
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A. Not me.
Q. Do you know who took them?
A. I just -- they just told me that somebody took them
there. But I never knew who did it, who took them there.
Q. Where were they taken?
A. To the ranch.
Q. All right. Do you know whose ranch that was?
A. Ramiro's -- or Rodolfo's.
Q. Rodolfo's?
A. Yes.
Q. So those weapons were left there?
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Q. Was there anything else besides weapons?
A. Drugs.
Q. Do you know what happened to the weapons after they
went there?
A. I think there was a -- how do you call that? A vest,
bulletproof.
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THE WITNESS: Yes, sir.
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reports that you received through Ramiro Beltran on stolen
loads. Is that correct?
A. Yes.
Q. Did I understand that correctly?
Were there any other reports besides from
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A. Not that I remember.
Q. And you testified that you received the reports
through Ramiro?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you ever receive them directly from Ramey, either
of those?
A. No.
Q. You also testified, just to make sure we're clear,
that all the payments -- let me ask you this: Did you,
Mr. Roel Garza, ever pay Ramon DeLaCruz directly any
money?
A. Not directly, but by Ramiro. But I was there when he
used to give him the money outside. He used to give him
the money in the truck.
Q. Obviously, you admit today, you're testifying because
you expect to get a benefit?
A. Yes, sir. I'm hopeful.
Q. Hopeful.
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certain there were two AR rifles, one 308?
A. I mean, I know there was some R15s and one 308. I'm
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Q. Those were firearms that you actually, in your
participant (sic), actually used; right?
A. Uh-huh. I mean, there were more, but they only had
those there.
MR. GUERRERO: I'll pass the witness.
THE COURT: Anything further?
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BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. During the search warrant, did you know it was going
on, the search warrant that was at Rodolfo's ranch?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. How did you know it was going on?
A. So I wasn't there. I was at one of my dad's friend's
ranch, and Ramiro was calling me. And Ramiro told me that
Ramey was over there and getting -- he was in contact with
them and telling him everything that was going on.
MS. BOOTH: That's all I have.
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MR. GUERRERO: No questions.
THE COURT: You may step down. Thank you.
Your next witness.
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THE COURT: Sir, come straight forward.
And this lady standing at the table will administer an
oath to you, if you'll raise your right hand.
RIGOBERTO BELTRAN
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
MS. BOOTH: Do you want to speak in
Spanish?
THE COURT INTERPRETER: That way, I don't
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MS. BOOTH: Okay.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. BOOTH:
Q. Would you please tell me your full name.
A. Rigoberto Beltran.
Q. Mr. Beltran, how old are you?
A. 35.
Q. And is your brother Ramiro Beltran?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And Rodolfo Beltran?
A. Brother.
Q. And Roel Beltran?
A. Brother.
Q. Were y'all involved in a drug trafficking
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to Houston and to Louisiana and to different places?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And I want to ask you if you know a person by the
name of Ramon DeLaCruz.
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. How do you know him?
A. He was a friend of my brothers; Ramiro, Rodolfo, and
Raul.
Q. And so, during this -- I asked you if you knew Ramey,
and you just said that he was a friend of your brothers.
Is that right?
A. Yes.
Q. And how is it -- did you know him to be law
enforcement?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And when is it that you first knew that he was a
friend of your brothers?
A. At the beginning of 2019 -- 2009 and the end of 2008.
Q. All right. And did -- was he around the horse
trailer -- horse tracks with you?
A. Yes.
Q. And did your brother buy him a horse?
A. Did he buy a horse from us?
Q. No. Did your brother --
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Q. Do you know what kind of horse that was?
A. The first one was a paint horse.
Q. And was there more than one horse that he bought?
A. There was one other, but I don't know if it was his.
My brother said it was, but I'm not -- I don't know.
Q. Now, did Ramey DeLaCruz work for your brother?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And what is it that he did for your brother?
A. He used to scout in front -- (speaks in Spanish to
interpreter.)
THE COURT INTERPRETER: -- that is to say,
he was head of the load.
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Q. When he would be ahead of the loads, would he be in
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A. I don't know, because he was --
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Q. All right. Where were you?
A. I was behind.
Q. And were you ever at a meeting at your brother's
home, Rodolfo, in the back of it?
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A. That I know of, once.
Q. Okay. That one time, explain to the Court what was
going on there.
A. We had arrived at night. We were counting money. My
brother, Ramiro, began to divide the money and separate
it, $5,000. He explained to Rodolfo, my brothers, Roel
and I, that that money was Ramey's.
Q. And did Ramey come and pick up the money?
A. After we finished, about 30 minutes or so, he
arrived. Ramiro went out with the money and gave it to
him.
Q. Now, this money that you're counting, what kind of
money is it? Where was this from?
A. That was money that was coming from Houston from a
load.
Q. A load of what?
A. Marijuana.
Q. Now, did your brother ask Ramey to take care of any
weapons?
A. Yes.
Q. What weapons were those?
A. I don't know what sort of caliber that may be. But
in the Valley, they call them "panthers," because it's an
assault rifle.
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Q. Did you know what those weapons had been used for?
A. No.
Q. Do you know if -- did Ramey sell or bring to your
brother any radios?
A. I don't know if he bought them. But he did bring him
two radios and a scanner.
Q. Now, what was the purpose of those radios?
A. I ignore what they were for. My brother had one and
Rodolfo had another one.
Q. Would you use those when you were transporting
marijuana?
A. I didn't see those as much, but -- I never saw them,
correction, but I saw the scanner.
Q. And was this something where you could listen to
other agencies, other law enforcement agencies in that
area?
A. Yes. It had all the codes of the authorities in the
county.
Q. Now, Rodolfo and, I believe -- did all of you
brothers own a ranch that was over on Wood Brothers?
A. Yes.
Q. And did that ranch, back in 2011 -- in September 30
of 2011, around that time, was there a search warrant done
at that ranch?
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Q. And when that happened, where were you?
A. At my nephew's house, Ramiro Jr. -- Ramiro Beltran,
Jr., which is an apartment at that time.
Q. When you were there, who else was with you?
A. It was myself; my nephew, Ramiro Beltran, Jr.; also
my brother, Ramiro. And my older brother, Raul, had left.
And a little bit while later, my brother, Rodolfo,
arrived.
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A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. What were you listening to?
A. To a phone call.
Q. Was anybody talking to you on the phone, or what was
happening?
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speaker.
Q. Who was talking about?
A. Oh, the county -- the county people that have arrived
at the ranch.
Q. So whose phone had called over to that apartment?
A. Ramey had it.
Q. Was Ramey talking on the phone; or was it just on,
where you could listen to whatever else was going on?
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the authorities were saying?
A. Yes.
Q. Now, did the wife of -- did anybody else come over to
that apartment later?
A. When I was already leaving, the vehicle of Ramey's
was arriving. And there was a woman, I assume the wife.
Q. Was she going into the house -- the apartment?
A. It was the only person there that knew. So, yes.
Q. All right. Do you know what, if anything, Norma was
doing there -- his wife was doing there?
A. No, not particularly. I wouldn't know.
Q. Did anybody tell you what she was doing?
A. At the meeting at night, when they got together
again, Ramiro said that he had given instructions as to
what to do because there were so many things of value.
There was trucks and pickup trucks. And so, that way,
they wouldn't lose them.
Q. But there were -- all of these valuable things, were
they seized by the authorities?
A. Yes. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And did you get all of these things back?
A. Everything except -- everything except a welding
torch and a dune buggy.
Q. And did you have to -- how did you get those things
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A. Ramiro gave some money to -- what do you call it --
the DA at the time.
Q. How fast did all of this happen?
A. This happened on a Wednesday. And by Friday, we were
picking up things.
Q. Was this, like -- did he actually hand the money to
that person; or did he hand it to somebody else who was
going to hand it to the district attorney?
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delivered it.
Q. When you would see Ramey DeLaCruz at the office and
stuff, was he wearing his badge and gun?
A. Well, the brown outfit from the county.
Q. With that brown outfit, there is a badge and a gun?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. All right.
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Q. Mr. Rigoberto Beltran, your brother, Ramiro, was in
charge of this organization?
A. Yes. You could say that.
Q. So it's more like it's Ramiro first, and then the
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A. Yes.
Q. And so, what Ramiro told the group was basically
taken as the directives of the group. Would that be an
accurate statement?
A. Yes. Only in that thing that I saw.
Q. Okay. So when Ramiro would say, I'm separating
$5,000 for Ramey, nobody bothered to investigate whether
the $5,000 was for any particular purpose? It was just
taken as the organization's decision?
A. I saw him give him the $5,000. I was there. I saw
it.
Q. But sitting here today, if Ramiro gave it to him, for
example, because he owed him for a horse race that was won
or he paid him off for some elicit task, you wouldn't be
able to say because it wasn't your decision to give the
money. Is that a correct statement?
A. Yeah. It was whatever my brother would say.
Q. Your brother could very well lie to the group; but no
one would dare to question him, because he was in charge
of the group. Would that be a correct statement?
A. Yes.
Q. Also going to the telephone conversation where your
brother was listening in to the conversation between Ramey
and the border patrol agent, you were present during that
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A. When they got there to the ranch, yes.
Q. But did you testify that Rodolfo was present or came
afterwards?
A. He got there later.
Q. Wasn't Rodolfo arrested that day?
A. No.
Q. He was not. You certain of that?
A. Yes. Who was arrested was Rosbel.
MR. GUERRERO: Pass the witness.
THE COURT: Nothing further?
MR. GUERRERO: Nothing further.
THE COURT: I meant for Ms. Booth.
Anything further from this witness?
MS. BOOTH: I had something, but now I
think I've --
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Q. It could be that Ramiro just said that. But you saw
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A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. So you have a cop drive up to Rodolfo's house; right?
A. Yes.
Q. And your brother goes outside and hands him $5,000?
A. Yes.
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MS. BOOTH: That's all I have, Your Honor.
THE COURT: You may step down. Thank you.
May this witness be excused?
MR. GUERRERO: No objection.
THE COURT: You may be excused.
MS. BOOTH: I think I have one more, Your
Honor.
THE COURT: All right. Go ahead. Call
the witness.
MS. BOOTH: Big O.
THE COURT: Say again.
MS. BOOTH: His name is Big O.
I think this will be my last witness, Your
Honor.
OSCAR MARTINEZ
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
THE COURT: You want to testify in
English?
THE WITNESS: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: If you need a translation, let
us know. If you would rather have something translated
into Spanish, she'll do that for you.
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for the record.
A. My name is Oscar Martinez.
Q. Do you have a nickname?
A. Yes, I do.
Q. What is that?
A. Big O.
Q. All right. And, Mr. Martinez, I'm going to be quite
frank with you. Are you a member of the Texas Chicano
Brotherhood?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And have you belonged to that organization for how
many years?
A. Since I was 17, 16 years old. That's been, like, 15
years.
Q. And when did you get arrested this last time?
A. This -- on this case, I got arrested in July.
Q. July. And you were on -- where were you when you got
arrested?
A. In -- I was staying in Corpus Christi. I was working
in the pipeline. I was going home. On July 3rd, I got
arrested and going back home.
Q. You were going home. You got arrested on a
conspiracy that was for years back. Is that correct?
A. Yes, ma'am. From 2007, I believe.
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long had you been working for the oil -- in the oil
business?
A. Since I got out of prison in 2015. I started working
ever since then.
Q. Were you making good money?
A. Yes. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And were you doing well in your work?
A. Yes, ma'am. Almost a foreman.
Q. All right. I want to ask you: You have pled guilty
to that case, to the marijuana case, conspiracy to possess
with the intent to distribute here in Victoria; right?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. You're awaiting sentence. Is that right?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. I want to ask you if you know a person by the name of
Victor Romero.
A. Yes, I do.
Q. And was he a friend of yours?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And do you know Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. And did you know him to be law enforcement?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you and Victor sell marijuana -- or did Victor
sell marijuana, and you helped him, to the Beltrans?
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A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Was this marijuana that came from Mexico?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Was it owned by dangerous people in Mexico?
A. The Gulf Cartel. Real dangerous people.
Q. And did Victor have trouble getting his money from
Ramiro Beltran?
A. Yes. One time, he was supposed to pay him some money
and never got that money.
Q. So did you and Victor go over to a meeting at Ramiro
Beltran's house?
A. Yes.
What happened was, Ramiro owed Victor some
money. So Victor had called Ramiro up to tell him about
the money. So when he did that, Ramiro said he wasn't
going to pay him. Right? Supposedly, because the
marijuana was supposed to go to Victoria -- I mean, not
Victoria, but across the checkpoint. He was supposed to
get amounts of money crossing the -- once you cross the
Falfurrias checkpoint, you sell the weed for more money.
So I believe it was, like, 30,000 what he owed him.
That's what I believe.
And so, Victor called Ramiro, and they got
in an argument about the money. So that's when Victor
said some things to Ramiro. And Victor comes to my house
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and tells me, Hey, let's go to Ramiro's house and see
what's going on.
Q. Did he tell Ramiro that he was going to come over
with a gun; and that if Ramey got in the way, he would
burn his house or something like that?
A. Well, I don't recall that. But he did say that he
had called Ramiro and told him some stuff.
Q. Okay.
A. That he told him that he was going to -- he was mad.
Q. Uh-huh.
A. Victor was mad.
Q. What would happen to Victor if he didn't pay those
people in Mexico?
A. I mean, I've seen people done a lot of stuff, like
bad stuff to people, if you don't get that money.
Q. So y'all -- you went with Victor over to the
Beltran's house. Is that correct?
A. Yes.
Q. When you went over there, did there end up being
some violent acts that happened?
A. Yes. When I got -- when we got to the house, I saw
Roel and Popo. Popo is another TCB gang member.
Q. Wasn't he, like, in a leadership role?
A. He was. When he was over there, he was. And Popo
was there.
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So at the time, I didn't want Ramiro
Beltran to know that I was a gang member. Nobody knew I
was a gang member. Because if they had find out I was a
gang member and was dealing with Victor, then that would
get me in trouble for Victor stealing marijuana or getting
it from Mexico --
Q. Uh-huh.
A. -- without permission.
So when we get to the house, I see Popo
there. I felt more comfortable when Popo was there. I
told him to go in.
So me and Victor got out. We had a
meeting there about the marijuana. Supposedly, the
marijuana had never left the place, was still in the van.
Right? So they got in the argument, Ramiro and Victor.
Then I got in the argument with Roel. And then I slapped
Roel for, supposedly, saying some rumors about me. And we
ended up saying that if he doesn't get the money, we're
going to get the marijuana back.
Q. Did y'all leave?
A. We left right after that.
Q. Okay. And when you left, what happened?
A. So when we took off from, I think, Alvarez Road, and
we hit 83 going back to Rio Grande, we get stopped.
Q. Were you stopped by Ramey DeLaCruz?
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A. Yes.
Q. And did Ramey DeLaCruz approach the vehicle?
A. Yes.
Q. Did he get Victor out?
A. Yes.
When he got to the window -- when he got
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driving and I was the passenger. And he got Victor out,
checked him out, patted him down. And then when he patted
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I was real nervous because we just came
from this house. And my adrenalin was pumping because I
just slapped a man. I'm kind of like -- and then the cop
stopping us. Right? So I feel kind of nervous.
So he gets him out. I remember he gets
him out and puts him in the back. He comes to my side and
he tells me, Get out the vehicle. When I get out the
vehicle, he puts me in front of the vehicle. He pats me
down. Searches the truck. Asked me if I have any weapons
in the truck. I told him, We don't have weapons in the
truck.
Then he comes back to me. And then he's
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So I'm telling him, Nothing is going on. So he's like,
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threatening? I'm like, I'm not threatening nobody. Don't
pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. He's like,
Why are you messing around with my friends or messing with
my friends? When he's saying this, this is all in
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Q. Does he make any representations to you that he's the
law and in control?
A. At the time he didn't tell me, I'm from the sheriff.
But I already knew who he was. So I already knew he was a
sheriff. Right? So I didn't ask neither. Right?
So when -- I got surprised when he told
me, Why are you messing with my friends? So I'm like,
What do you mean? Why you messing with my friends? So
I'm like, Oh, your friends. Right?
So your friends -- and I told him this in
Spanish. I told him, Your friends owe us money. Because
now you want to talk like that. You want to talk like
that to me, like you're one of us.
Q. What do you mean "one of us"? Like a gangster?
A. Not a gangster. But we're not actually doing the
right thing.
Q. Yes. So, then what did he say?
A. So he's -- like, Your friend owes us money. He said:
My friends don't owe you nothing. And y'all ain't going
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runs this. So I'm saying, Oh.
So when he started saying that, I kind of
just backed off. Because now I'm not just got to deal
with the cartel, I got to deal with law enforcement? You
know how dangerous that is?
Q. So do you know what happened to Victor in the back,
when he was with --
A. Well, he grabbed him kind of rough when he got him.
Right?
Q. Did he have a gun pulled?
A. I don't recall. I didn't see. I didn't see that.
But when I got back into the truck, Victor told me that
something about the gun. That he put something in his...
Q. And then what did you do?
A. So we went back, back to the house. I'm in shock at
this time. Right?
Q. Did you get a call from somebody that was Texas
Chicano Brotherhood?
A. Right after that, immediately after that, I get a
call from Popo.
Q. What are you told?
A. Popo is like, Hey, we got a green light for Victor.
So Victor is not only my friend, Victor is my girl's -- my
second baby mother's cousin. They're cousins.
Q. So he's family?
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A. Kind of, on my girl's side.
So when he tells me that, I'm like, What
do you mean green light? Yeah. Oh, when we had a
discussion in the room, supposedly Victor had -- Ramiro
told Victor supposedly he had some sexual activity with
his daughter, his young daughter, which I don't believe
that. But that's what he was throwing out there for not
to pay the money, an excuse.
So when Popo calls me, he's like, He's got
a green light for messing around with his daughter.
Q. What does a green light mean?
A. Green light means is, like, he's got a hit on him.
Q. So he's telling you, his friend -- did y'all -- in
this next day or so, was Victor picked up?
A. They picked him up.
Q. You were with him, weren't you?
A. I was with him.
Q. Didn't y'all beat the living hell out of him?
A. Popo beat the living hell out of Victor.
Q. Were you the one that took him to the hospital?
A. I took him to the hospital because they really was
trying to hurt him real bad. I said: You can't do that.
You can't do that.
Q. Do you know who paid for the hit?
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know this, because right after that happened, we're at the
hospital -- well, once something like that happens, you
got to go to the hospital. And the cops get there to make
a report. And I was there. Right? So once I'm in the
thing, I guess he found out.
THE COURT: Who found out?
THE WITNESS: Ramiro. That we was at the
hospital.
So that is when I get a call from Ramiro
on Victor's phone. And it's Ramiro. Now he's scared.
Hey, please don't -- we didn't mean that. That wasn't
meant to happen. He was scared now. Right?
So I told him: Oh, now you messed up.
He's in the hospital, hurt real bad. So me, in a position
like that, at the time I didn't have -- I was just a gang
member. Right? But Popo had a lot of power at the time.
When I say "power," he had a lot of people under him in a
rank in the gang.
Q. And they were afraid of him?
A. I was afraid of him.
Q. He's dead now; right?
A. Yes, he is.
So we was -- I was put in the spot like
that. So I told him: Now you're in trouble because he's
really hurt. He cut him. He's hurt.
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Q. He was beaten and knifed. Is that correct?
A. Right. Here, at the -- and beaten with a chain.
So now fast-forward. So I'm there.
Fast-forward, like a week or two weeks later, Popo comes
up to my house and tells me: Ramiro has the money.
Ramiro has the money. So at this time, they had cut
Ramiro's -- Victor's money. So Victor is not getting no
money. Victor ain't getting no money now.
So they was really trying to get over me.
But he was not -- Popo was on the bad, just not giving me
the money. Because, supposedly, we're supposed to be
brothers.
Q. But the money that you were paid was for the
beatdown?
A. No. The -- that was for the marijuana.
The money that -- for the beatdown, Popo
got paid. Let's say they owe Victor money, and I was
going to got some money off of that too. Right? Because
I helped him. So instead of giving them money to Victor,
that was the money that they gave to Popo for the beating.
So we go to Walmart to meet Ramiro. When
we're at Walmart, I remember he had a bag of money. And
he gave us $15,000. That was seven for Popo and seven for
me. And he had another stack of money and said -- this is
what he said, This is for my friend, for the one that
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MS. BOOTH: That's all I have.
THE COURT: Cross?
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BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Mr. Martinez, you're pending sentencing in this
Division?
A. Yes.
Q. And are you looking to get like a break on your
sentence for testifying today?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. You were with the TCB for a long time, 15 years.
Quite a bit?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Are you still a member?
A. Legally, yes.
Q. Pursuant to the rules of the gang?
A. Of the gang. Because once you get x-ed out, you're
supposed to get dropped or eliminated from the gang.
Q. "Eliminated" means taken out with violent force?
A. Yes.
Q. So it's a very violent group?
A. Yes.
Q. So it would be very prudent for any law enforcement
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careful and being vigilant. Would that be a correct
statement?
A. Yes. But I think that is with everybody, if you have
criminal record. Right?
Q. Well said. Well said.
And that goes for Victor Romero, who also
was involved in crimes; right? Both of you guys?
A. Yes.
Q. So both of you guys in the vehicle were dangerous
people?
A. At the time, I didn't have no felonies.
Q. But you were in a group that's very violent.
A. Yes.
Q. Being honest with each other, you were in a violent
group. An officer would be right to presume that if he's
going to stop your vehicle, he has to be ready for any
surprise?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. So, as a matter of fact, when the green light was
given to you on Victor, I mean, you knew that meant that
Victor might have to -- might die?
A. Possibly.
Q. And so, that was just all in a day's work. Would
that be a correct statement?
A. I wasn't going to allow that to happen, though.
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Q. That's -- but you would be required legally, under
the purview of the gang, if Popo instructed you to assist
in killing your friend Victor, you would be bound by the
rules to kill Victor?
A. Or get x-ed out too.
Q. It's a very dangerous environment; right?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you, in fact, threaten Ramey DeLaCruz when you
are pulled over?
A. I didn't threaten him at one point -- at no point.
Q. Did you speak to him in a threatening manner?
A. After he told me, Stop messing around with my
friends. So, Oh. So those are your friends?
Q. You were indignated (sic) and you were upset. Would
that be a fair evaluation of how you felt?
A. Yes.
Q. Because last thing you want to do is deal with law
enforcement, as you said. You have to deal with cartels
and your own bosses; right?
A. And then law enforcement telling me that I'm messing
around with the wrong people.
MR. GUERRERO: Pass the witness.
THE COURT: Ms. Booth, anything?
MS. BOOTH: No, Your Honor. That's it.
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contacted you to go over to the Ramiro Beltran's ranch for
the meeting to try to collect the money? He contacted you
to go with him?
THE WITNESS: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: Before you went to the ranch,
were you present at any time that Victor threatened
Mr. DeLaCruz and said he's going to burn his house down?
THE WITNESS: No, I wasn't.
THE COURT: Did he threaten Ramiro Beltran
on the phone or any other time before they got to the
ranch?
THE WITNESS: No, sir. This is what --
Victor, when he got to my house, he told me that some
encounter had happened. He was supposed to meet Ramiro at
a gas station. And he was -- it was him, Victor, and
Flacco, which is Rolando, that was driving over there.
So back then, they had the CHIRP radios,
the boost. I don't know if you know what they are.
THE COURT: Yes.
THE WITNESS: So he told me that he was
driving over there and, supposedly, to meet up with
Ramiro. And he had hit the button and called Ramiro. But
when he was telling Flacco: When we get there, just lay
down so he won't see you. Because he gets nervous when he
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So Ramiro heard that. This is how
everything started. Ramiro heard that. So that is when
Ramiro, paranoid, and never went to the gas station to
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Victor calling him back, calling him back.
Then Ramiro picks up the phone and calls him back and
tells him: Hey, I'm not gonna meet you. I'm not gonna
pay you the money. You're trying to put -- set me up. I
heard you say, When he gets here, duck down.
THE COURT: My question involves what
Victor may have told to Mr. DeLaCruz or to Ramiro about
burning a house down.
Did Victor ever tell you anything that he
said to either one of those people that he's going to burn
their house down?
THE WITNESS: No, sir.
THE COURT: That was never said in your
presence?
THE WITNESS: Not in my presence. He just
said that he had talked and aggressively with Ramiro. And
right after that, he went back to my house. That's when
he picked me up.
THE COURT: He testified that he said that
today. But you weren't aware of it?
THE WITNESS: No.
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THE COURT: Okay. All right.
MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, he said that he
said it to Ramiro, not to Ramey.
THE COURT: I want to clarify it for the
record. Because when I asked the question, it was my
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as well as Ramiro.
MS. BOOTH: Oh. Your Honor, that is not
what I heard. That needs to be cleared up. We can bring
Victor back up to talk about that. Because it was said on
the phone to Ramiro.
MR. GUERRERO: That would be -- I think
the record will bear out that it was said twice in a
different form. Victor did admit to him about --
THE COURT: That was my understanding.
That is what I heard was that Victor, on the witness
stand, said and admitted that he threatened DeLaCruz.
MS. BOOTH: Right, to Ramey -- I mean, to
Ramiro. It was something that he said to Ramiro about it.
Not to Ramey DeLaCruz.
MR. GUERRERO: He affirmed that the threat
had been made. Victor affirmed the threat was made when
he got pulled over. So the point --
MS. BOOTH: No. That's a huge difference.
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he can fix his testimony is not a fair rendition of the
facts that were stated on the record.
THE COURT: We're through with him. You
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MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, what is important
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THE COURT: We're all cleared up. We're
all cleared up. Because I think it makes a big difference
as to whether Victor had threatened the defendant.
MS. BOOTH: Yes.
THE COURT: And then the defendant
threatened him back. And that is a rift between them.
Not over a marijuana load or something. I'm going to find
out if Victor threatened DeLaCruz.
MR. GUERRERO: A threat can be
communicated through a third party.
MS. BOOTH: No. If it's communicated
through --
THE COURT: Don't argue. Let's get Victor
up here and find out.
Is Victor already gone?
THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL: Yes. We were
told he wasn't needed. We can bring him back.
THE COURT: Where is he? He's in DeWitt.
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MS. BOOTH: I made a mistake by not -- the
way I heard it -- and that is my hearing -- is that the
threat was made to Ramiro about Ramey. And that shows the
communication between Ramiro and Ramey and how they're
tied in together.
MR. GUERRERO: That's not in dispute. The
fact that he was involved, undisputed. What is in dispute
is the times --
MS. BOOTH: That is a huge dispute. This
is a huge dispute. And --
THE COURT: All right. Hold it just a
second.
The court reporter will find the testimony
and read it back. I recall Mr. Guerrero asking -- first
broaching the subject about the house burning, in your
cross-examination.
And then I recall that -- I thought I
heard two different things. I thought I heard two
different threats being made by Victor Romero, both to
Ramiro and to DeLaCruz. And I attempted to clarify what
he said, because I wasn't sure in how the threat was made.
It was my understanding that he admitted
that he also threatened DeLaCruz to burn his house down,
before he went to Ramiro's house. And then after he left
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Mr. DeLaCruz threatened him. That is what we'll try to
find out and see what that testimony shows.
Ms. Booth, do you have another witness, or
is that your last witness?
MS. BOOTH: That was my last witness, Your
Honor. But I would like to ask for a continuance so that
we can get that witness back here.
The way that I know it is, because I've
spoken to him before, is that that was -- that threat was
made before he got him to the house. But it was in
relation to: I'm going to get my friend -- I'm going to
get Ramey. And he said: I'm going to bring a gun. And
I'll burn your cop friend's house down.
And that was the way that I understand,
and that's what I thought was testified to.
THE COURT: Wait a minute. You're saying
that Victor told Ramiro that he --
MS. BOOTH: On the phone.
THE COURT: That he's going to bring his
friend, and I'm going to burn your cop friend's house
down.
MS. BOOTH: He said, I'm coming over
there to get -- I want -- something about the money. And
then the response from Ramiro was, Well, I'll have, you
know, Ramey, or my friend or whatever. And he goes, Well,
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I'm not afraid of your friend. I'll burn his house down.
THE COURT: Well, that is my point. My
point was: Did Victor Romero threaten to burn his house
down before the stop was made? And you're saying he did,
but he made it through Ramiro.
MS. BOOTH: He made it through Ramiro.
THE COURT: That's fine. And Ramiro may
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MS. BOOTH: Oh, I'm sure.
THE COURT: Sure. My point -- what is
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is he under the impression that Victor Romero intended to
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MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, if he's a cop and
he believes that, he needs to go file a report and arrest
the guy. Not pull him out and point a gun at him.
THE COURT: That's not the point for a
two-level increase under the guidelines is what I'm
getting to. It's about the threat.
MS. BOOTH: It's a threat in response to
drug-trafficking problems. That is not the same thing as:
He's a good street cop, and I'm going to threaten him for
that.
This is a direct -- this is the violence
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And that is why -- this is important. He responds -- the
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MR. GUERRERO: No. The disconnect is that
Ramiro was the one that was told. The disconnect is,
Ramiro was told. He was in the middle of the transaction,
of the drug transaction.
He informs him of, Hey, they're going to
burn your house down. How do you think the man is going
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MS. BOOTH: He says, What are you doing
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that is encapsulated in drug trafficking. That is all
this is. He was never a cop. He was always just a crook.
THE COURT: You're arguing the sentence.
I'm arguing a factual point. So just be quiet a minute.
Stay away from the argument. I'm trying to find facts so
that I can make findings.
MS. BOOTH: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: I draw distinctions between
both of you on what is a threat that is -- that's
supported for an increase in the guidelines. All of this
is intertwined with drug dealing. There is no doubt about
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But there are other things that don't
arise directly from drug dealings when people have fights,
arguments, or whatever. It could be disconnected from the
drug dealing. And this increase involves a threat made,
involved in this conspiracy. I'm going to have to make a
decision whether it should be applied or not.
And it sounds, to me, like two threats
were made going back and forth. And people reacted, as
often happens, when somebody gets threatened. I'll decide
whether I think it should be applied or not.
We don't need the guy from Querro.
All right. Where are we? We're through
with witnesses.
Mr. Guerrero, do you have any witnesses on
the objections that you want to submit? These are all
involved with your objections and the scoring of the
guidelines. You mentioned you had two character witnesses
earlier.
MR. GUERRERO: Character only.
THE COURT: So you don't have any factual
witnesses?
MR. GUERRERO: No factual witnesses.
Before I conclude, if I can confer with my
client.
THE COURT: Go right ahead.
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MR. GUERRERO: I have no factual
witnesses.
THE COURT: Okay. All right.
Now, we've resolved the drug quantity
amount, which is objection to 74. We've already had
conversations about gun and threats.
Let's talk about the role.
Mr. Guerrero, it's your objection. What
argument do you have as to why his role -- he was given a
three-level upward adjustment, in paragraph 79, as being a
manager or supervisor in the criminal activity involving
five or more participants or was otherwise extensive.
That has been established as far as the
five or more; and it was, obviously, otherwise extensive.
Your argument on whether your client was a manager or
supervisor.
MR. GUERRERO: My argument is based on
testimony provided by the government's witnesses. We had
one, two, three, four -- no, three Hispanics testify. In
my opinion, the one that was the most telling was the last
of the three. He basically explained the hierarchy was
very simple. Ramiro was the boss. The three brothers
were the underboss. And then everybody else fell in their
respective places.
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I think that is real clear. But he having any managerial
supervisor position, it's not even close, Judge. He was
doing things that he shouldn't have done. He received
benefit. But that benefit that he received was monies.
The Court should look also at monies that
were received. They were fractional compared to how
lucrative this particular drug organization was. They
owned ranches. They owned property. They owned
equipment. They could bribe as they saw fit. They stole
money and got free money without any labor or services, by
simply being clever or more clever than the cartels. So
it's real clear that insofar as the benefit, as well as
the control, my client wasn't even near that.
The only misfortune that came out from the
testimony that I think the Court should look with a raised
eyebrow is that one with Noel Pena, who claimed that my
client received 5,000 because he was recruited to scout.
I think that the Court should look at that carefully.
It's obvious to me that Mr. Pena received quite a benefit.
He served very little time compared to what by client is
facing because of his activities.
It doesn't make any sense to me for
somebody to get paid 5,000 and simply turn them over to
some other person. That testimony seems to me contrived.
Hoping the Court will put very little weight on that
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testimony.
So I really believe my client was not a
leader or supervisor as he was quoted. That is very
crucial, Judge. Because at the end of the day, the only
chance he's got to avoid a very hefty sentence is avoiding
those two things. The firearm --
MS. BOOTH: No.
MR. GUERRERO: -- and the violence and the
leadership.
THE COURT: Ms. Booth, your response on
the issue of role of whether he was a manager or
supervisor, according to the guidelines, and should
receive this increase?
MS. BOOTH: It is specifically important
in this case because of the testimony of Noel Pena, who
came in here and had no reason to come in. He's already
served his sentence. He's working. And he was working
and hired by this man to help scout. And then they hired
Danny Cruz to write the report. So there were two people
that he enlisted in this.
And so, that three-point assessment is
appropriate. He didn't do it by himself. He got people
to work for him in this organization. And the testimony
of somebody that's already served their time and has no
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MR. GUERRERO: Judge, I need to respond.
I don't have an idea as to how much of a sentence this man
received. He was moving cocaine. So I suspect he cut a
deal. He had a smart lawyer and cut a deal early. That's
why he saw very little time. The thrust of the matter is
that he's here to pay on his debt. He got a big break
upfront.
THE COURT: Well, my duty, of course,
in -- first, before I sentence or determine the sentence,
is to make findings under the guidelines. And I must
be -- I must honor the guidelines, as far as the rulings
and the cases that have been decided interpreting the
guidelines. And so, you start by reading the guideline
that describes what a role adjustment requires.
Quite frankly, as I think I mentioned
earlier, it doesn't require a whole lot to be a manager or
supervisor. It certainly requires a lot more to be an
organizer or leader. But it's a very large organization.
And, fortunately, we do have a lot more information about
the Beltran organization than we, typically, do about a
lower or smaller scale drug organization.
Here, we do know who all the players are;
who the top guys were, the next level; people that were
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money, so forth. An organization of this size is a large
increase for supervising one or two people when many, many
people were supervised.
Counsel, the guidelines support it based
on the evidence. I'm going to overrule the objection.
The three-level adjustment for role will apply.
I'll take into consideration, obviously,
in determining his sentence, as somewhat of a mitigating
factor, that he didn't play much. He wasn't a very big
manager or supervisor compared to all the other managers
and supervisors who were involved in this organization.
But he certainly seems to, in my opinion, qualify for the
adjustment.
All right. That leaves two other
objections that need rulings. One is paragraph 75 of the
dangerous weapon, including firearms was possessed and
increased by two levels. Your argument in that regard?
MR. GUERRERO: Other than the reactive
situation with securing the vehicle with two TCB members
and Mr. -- other than the issue, Judge, where he had
reacted to the threat to his family with Victor and Oscar
Martinez in the vehicle, his service revolver was
always -- his service pistol or firearm was always in his
holster. It wasn't being brandished. It wasn't used in
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person who may be carrying a backpack as part of his job.
I'm not making the rule on the firearm. It is a firearm.
There is no question about it. But it's part of what he
needs to carry with him.
He's already getting punished, as it were,
because he's -- he's violated the public trust. He's
already getting increases for his leadership role. He's
going to lose the benefit of safety valve. So he's
already exposed, in all fairness, to a pretty strong
sentence, even if the Judge decides and the Court decides
to give him a variance, Judge.
So I think, in all fairness, when we weigh
out the entirety of the situation, it comes with law
enforcement that you'll have a firearm, some weapon on
your possession. So I'm asking the Court not to consider
it and -- as part of the criminal enterprise, as it were,
and more a part of what he does as an officer.
THE COURT: I understand. As an officer
he's required to have his firearm.
MR. GUERRERO: Correct, Judge.
THE COURT: I think there's a couple of
incidents here that take it a little bit outside of that.
And that is, the weapons that were removed from the ranch
that were supposedly involved in a kidnapping and a
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Now, I know you disagree with that, but
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MR. GUERRERO: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: Ms. Booth, your comments on
the firearm enhancement?
MS. BOOTH: You've hit most of my points,
Your Honor. But I would point out just -- at the pictures
that were taken at the -- when he was doing surveillance
at a search warrant that he should not have been at, he
had a gun on, as well as his phone that he was
transmitting back. There were the three weapons that were
used in the kidnapping/murder that he took and hid. He
wore his gun when he was scouting for the organization.
He wore his gun when he was picking up money for -- drug
trafficking money and payment.
Your Honor, we just urge that you find
this enhancement.
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THE COURT: I'll overrule the objection.
The gun is involved in this whole organization. So that
one will remain.
That leaves the threat. 76, use of
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as a police officer, he stopped a vehicle and pulled a gun
on him, on an occupant, and threatened him to stay away
from the Beltrans.
Counsel, what else would you argue on that
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MR. GUERRERO: I think -- I think it's
pretty self-evident that he was threatened, Judge. It was
a momentary dispute between two parties on a different
issue. The Court was right to observe it that way.
I think any man who takes care of his
family, loves his family, and hears someone who he knows
is dangerous make such a threat, especially one that's
accustomed to dealing with dangerous individuals and with
equal or like force would, most likely, step up. Not
because he's doing anybody a favor, but because he needs
to go ahead and make sure it's answered.
Because he's a family man, Judge, part of
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our presentation is, as the Court will see, I mean, all
men make mistakes. They have a family side. And I think
the first thing he properly thought of was his family when
he heard, I'm going to go burn your cop friend's house
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So I think the Court rightly saw that
situation the way it was.
THE COURT: What was the total length of
this conspiracy, Ms. Booth?
MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, Ramey's indictment
goes from January of 2009 to December of 2013.
THE COURT: So four years there. But the
whole conspiracy lasted --
MS. BOOTH: The whole conspiracy was
much -- went to 2007. Our first incident was 2007.
THE COURT: Over six years?
MS. BOOTH: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: All right. And your position,
I think you tried to state before, but the threat that
occurred on the side of the road when he pulled him over
would justify that two-level increase?
MS. BOOTH: Yes, sir. And the reason why,
when you're dealing with a mob, when you're dealing in
organized crime, what happens with dirty cops is that they
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wouldn't have been for drug trafficking. He was not
threatened because he was doing a good job as a cop. He
was threatened because he was the enforcer, the protector,
the muscle for the Beltrans. That is why he was
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And you can't separate that out, he's
protecting his family. Judge, he was -- he's a mobster.
I mean, that's what he is. He's using his gun protecting
loads. You know, this would have never happened if he
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MR. GUERRERO: I think that referring to
him as a "muscle" is an overstatement of what actually
existed. It was clearly that the muscle was the Texas
Chicano Brotherhood. Clearly, that muscle was used with
force and sent a young man to the hospital. Her very own
witness was sent to the hospital by the very muscle that's
being called.
The fact that this man responded to a
threat to his family is independent of what was actually
going on. It's -- the affiliation with the Beltrans and
TCB was really tight-knit. And for -- for the leader to
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MS. BOOTH: Judge, that is true. This is
a braid. You need three pieces for your braid. You have
the Beltrans, you have the Texas Chicano Brotherhood, and
you have Ramey DeLaCruz. This is a braided organization.
That is what this is. They were all tied together. That
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He was probably making more money from the Beltrans than
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THE COURT: How many other people are
getting their sentences enhanced as a result of a threat
out of this organization? Do you recall, in reading the
various sentencing reports, who else was applied to a
threat to this organization? Do you remember?
MS. BOOTH: No, sir, I do not. On TCB,
there is going to be a lot. Ramiro Beltran, when he gets
back in, that is -- this is going to be a big issue for
him.
But as far as the -- no one else in the
organization had the power and the association with Ramey
except for Ramiro. Those were the two.
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counsel. The reason I was looking at this -- I read this
report. And there is 17 pages of facts that describe this
organization, loads, people, incidents.
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Obviously, when you go through 17 pages
and describe how 25,000 kilos got transported, it takes a
long time to print that out and describe it. And so, I
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enhancements were scored. And I think the very first time
I went through, I must have overlooked it. So I went back
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six or seven years of this organization, when there was an
argument over some money, and the defendant pulls a guy
off on the side of the road and loses his temper and pulls
a gun on him.
I'm going to overrule the objection.
Because it only takes one act of the threat. But I think
in mitigation, I will certainly take that into
consideration in determining what I believe to be a
reasonable sentence. Because I can't find, quite frankly,
any other serious threats in this whole organization for
numerous years, other than Ramiro may be tied to the same
one, obviously.
But that is it, as far as I can tell, out
of 17 pages. I'll overrule it. I find the evidence
credible that he pulled his gun on him.
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MR. GUERRERO: Yes, Judge. I don't know
if the Court calculates at this point.
THE COURT: Well, his base offense is
level 32. He's got two for the weapons; 34. Two for the
threats; 36. Two for position of trust is 38. Three for
role in offense gets him to 41. He gets a minus three for
acceptance of responsibility, which will take him down to
38 instead of a 40.
That is where -- those are findings right
now that established his guidelines. His criminal history
category is level one. Doesn't have a criminal history,
so 38. And one puts him at 235 to 293 months.
MR. GUERRERO: Does the Court consider the
fact that he waived his right to appeal?
THE COURT: Trust me, I will factor that
in, especially on such a long potential sentence. There
is no doubt. And with these objections and how hotly
contested they are, and he can't seek relief from it, I'm
going to place a lot of value on a waiver of appeal.
This is when it comes in that I don't
think it's -- I don't think it's fair, quite frankly. I
may be wrong on these rulings. Another Judge may have
ruled a different way. So I will certainly give
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MR. GUERRERO: Thank you.
THE COURT: But he's at, right now, 235 to
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You've got a couple of character
witnesses?
MR. GUERRERO: Yes.
THE COURT: Why don't you call them.
We'll hear from them, and we'll take a short break while I
give consideration to what I believe to be a sufficient
sentence.
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, Your Honor.
I'll call Pastor Jesse Guerra.
JESSE GUERRA
The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
THE COURT: Come have a seat in the
witness chair, please.
MR. GUERRERO: Thank you, Your Honor.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Pastor Guerra, can you state your full name for the
record?
MR. GUERRERO: He's hard of hearing. I'm
going to be a bit loud.
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THE WITNESS: Will you? Thank you.
MR. GUERRERO: Pastor Guerra, can you hear
me?
THE WITNESS: Is it on?
MR. GUERRERO: Pastor, can you hear me?
THE WITNESS: Now, yes.
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Sir, can you state your full name and your address
for the record?
A. Jesse Guerra. P.O. Box 1072, Garciasville, Texas.
Q. I called you "Pastor." What is your official title?
A. Pastor. I'm Pastor --
Q. You've got to speak slowly.
A. Primera, P-r-i-m-e-r-a; Iglesia, I-g-l-e-s-i-a;
Bautista, B-A-U-T-I-S-T-A.
Q. Pastor, how did you come to get to know the
defendant, Ramon DeLaCruz?
A. A new convert in our church, Brother Corelle, an
intimate friend of his dad, he said -- he told me. He
said, Pastor, I wish we could go pray with Ramey. And he
said, Let me call his dad and see, so he could talk to
Ramey. So, he said yes.
So, on January 28 -- I mean, April 28 of
2017, we went. And I shared the gospel of Jesus Christ
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with Ramey, and there was no resistance at all. He -- he
was more than ready. He said, Yes, I would like to
receive Jesus as my Lord and Savior. That was the
beginning when I met him.
Q. Pastor, you've been serving as pastor for quite a
long time. How many years have you served?
A. 51.
Q. Can you share with the Court some of the places
you've had the honor of serving as a pastor?
A. My first pastor was in Agway, Texas. Then I pastored
in the Corpus Christi. From Corpus Christi, went to --
went for one year into Mexico City. Then came back, got
married. Went for 12 years to Lyford, Texas, for 12
years. Then from Lyford, we went to Brownsville for seven
years. And from Brownsville, went back to my hometown,
Garciasville. Lord took us back there, and we've been
pastoring there for 22 years now.
Q. Pastor, Garciasville is located in what county in
Texas?
A. Starr County.
Q. How far is your church from the -- where my client,
Ramey, lives?
A. Should be, let me see, about three or four miles.
Q. Now, you've had a chance to visit with Ramey
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A. Before what?
Q. Before he -- before today, did you have a chance to
visit with Ramey regularly?
A. He came -- I think it was two weeks ago, he came from
work. He came quickly by the church, because he was on
his way to work. And he said, Pastor, I brought you a
Astro cap. I love to watch Houston Astros. And I brought
you an Astro cap, and I got to take off quickly.
And then the following week, he came back.
And every time he comes back from work, the first thing is
he comes to church.
Q. Now, Pastor, you shared with me, you also -- before
he had a chance to get a job, you would go and do Bible
study with him?
A. Yes. Right when he committed his life to Jesus
Christ, I said: Ramey, I need to start having Bible study
with you once a week. He said, Sure. So I started
having, once a week, Bible study with him.
Q. Now, he did take the additional step of doing the
sacrament of the baptism. Is that correct?
A. Yes. It was a year later. A year later, on April 1
of 2018, that I had the privilege of baptizing Ramey.
Q. I'm going to show you a couple of photos. I would
like to share with the Court.
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photographs. These photographs, are you familiar with
those photographs?
A. Oh, yes.
Q. Those are photographs of Ramey's baptism. Is that
correct?
A. Yes. This is me baptizing Ramey. And his two kids,
his twins, Ramey and Ryan.
Q. He's got two twins? They got baptized?
A. No, no, no. Just Ramey. Just Ramey. And the twins
were watching his dad get baptized.
Q. And he got baptized. You shared with me the date.
It was April 1, 2018?
A. Yes. 2018, a year later, after he committed his life
to Christ.
Q. You've had, for 51 years of your service, a chance to
minister to a lot of people?
A. Yes.
Q. I asked you this question, and I'll ask you this
question again in front of the Court: How do you take
Ramey's conversion? I mean, how would you characterize
that?
A. Well, to begin with, if I didn't believe it's
genuine, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be losing my
time.
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In these two years, I'm always observing all the
members, all the members in general. And one thing I've seen,
for example, you got to take off and work. He couldn't find
work there, a good job. So every time he comes back, he comes
back to church right away.
Q. Now, there was a need for some music, ministry music.
And Ramey stepped up, did he not?
A. Yes. Yes. We needed a bass player. My son-in-law is
a worship leader, and Mark was his name. He said, Ramey, I'll
teach you basic bass chords and then practice certain songs.
He didn't hesitate one bit.
Q. In fact, we brought a photograph of Ramey on the bass
guitar. That's Ramey on the bass guitar there?
A. You better believe it.
Q. How long did it take him to learn the bass guitar so
he can help with worship?
A. Bass guitar is more simple than guitar. So, really,
during the week that they practiced, and Sunday morning he was
up there.
Q. He was up there.
And he was up there, was he a faithful minister at the
time that he was --
A. Yes, yes.
Q. And you're here to say that he's, in your opinion, a
man of good character?
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A. Well, let me put it this way: Usually, I have to
push them in. We're a country church. We're a country
church. And, usually, I have to push them in, Hey, we
need to do the yard. Ramey would come up to me: Pastor,
it's time to work in the yard. We need to get -- mow the
grass.
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in, he came in -- well, I talked to him when he was coming
on the way. And he said, Pastor, when are you going to
work on the yard? I said, Today we're working. And he
said, Well, if there is anything left, I'll go ahead and
go tomorrow. And, sure enough, he came in Friday night.
At 7:30 in the morning, he was already working at the
church with the yard.
Q. Now, Pastor, I'm going to challenge you with a
question. You had a chance to hear everything that was
said about Mr. Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. Oh, yes.
Q. What he's done is not appropriate in any manner.
Would you agree with that statement?
A. Pardon?
Q. What he has done is not good, not appropriate in any
manner. Would that be a correct statement?
A. Yes. Correct.
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A. Well, let me put it this way: I was impressed by --
I'm hard of hearing, so I couldn't hear everything. But I
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being said, because this just shows the power of Jesus
Christ, how he can transform an individual completely.
And let me tell you, he's not the first
one that I've seen. I have an 86-year-old member that, at
the age of 42, he had a similar problem. And I talked to
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and got baptized also. He's still a member at our
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A. -- and serving faithfully.
Brother Brian Jones that was already with
the Lord, and we grew up together in the community. And
he was in the same business. And for a year and a half, I
talked to him about the Lord. And he finally committed
his life to the Lord. And it's -- not only did he -- he
started preaching the word.
Q. Pastor --
MR. GUERRERO: Can I publish these photos
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THE COURT: You may.
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MR. GUERRERO: I'm going to pass the
witness.
MS. BOOTH: I don't have any questions.
THE COURT: You want to ask any questions?
MS. BOOTH: No, sir.
THE COURT: Thank you very much. You may
step down.
THE WITNESS: Can I say one final word?
THE COURT: You may.
THE WITNESS: Pardon?
THE COURT: You may.
THE WITNESS: Okay. Let me say this: I
wish I had five more Rameys in our church. We -- I hope
we won't be wasting any of the taxpayers' money. Because
I know he has been rehabilitated, personally. He's a new
person in Christ. Therefore, when someone is in Christ,
he's a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold
all things are made new.
Thank you. That's it.
THE COURT: Thank you.
THE WITNESS: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: Counsel, you may call your
next witness.
MR. GUERRERO: Judge, I'm calling Martin
Benitez, Jr.
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The witness, after being sworn, testified as follows:
THE COURT: Come here and have a seat. Go
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. GUERRERO:
Q. Mr. Benitez, how do you know Mr. Ramey DeLaCruz?
A. He's my brother-in-law.
Q. He's your brother-in-law?
A. Uh-huh.
Q. He also had an opportunity to work with you. Is that
correct?
A. That's right.
Q. How long did he get to work with you?
A. A year, year and a half. Something like that.
Q. Now, you also helped with the community, in
particular, during the Hurricane Harvey in September of
2017?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you participate in that?
A. That's right.
Q. You had to recruit people from the Valley to help you
with the victims of Hurricane Harvey?
A. That's right.
Q. In the Corpus area?
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A. Yes.
Q. Did you take Ramey DeLaCruz along?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Where exactly were you helping out at?
A. Aransas Pass.
Q. I'll show you some photos of y'all's participation.
Look them over.
You shared with me, when you and I spoke
about this, that you went to Aransas Pass to help with the
cleanup in certain areas?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And tree cutting and tree removal?
A. That's correct.
Q. Fallen trees? Bringing supplies to the locations?
A. That's right.
Q. And Ramey was coming -- went along with you and
helped out?
A. Yes. Yes, he did.
Q. You were very impressed with his eagerness to serve
and help the community?
A. Yeah. He jumped on it. That's right.
Q. In fact, those photographs -- one of those
photographs is of Ramey himself, as he's walking. I
guess, he's walking from the tree-cutting area?
A. Yes. He was a lot thinner then.
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Q. You managed to know him during -- how long have you
known him?
A. I guess, about a year before he got married.
Q. You said to me it was about eight years?
A. Yes.
Q. And you said -- you shared with me, I remember, that
he's actually changed as a result of what he's gone
through and his repentance. Is that what you shared with
me?
A. Yes. He's a lot sweeter guy.
Q. He's a lot sweeter guy; that's the words you used.
He was difficult to deal with before?
A. No. I never had any difficulty dealing with him, but
he just had this much sweeter demeanor.
Q. Just changed?
A. Yes.
Q. In a very positive way?
A. Yes.
Q. And that particular time that you helped -- he helped
with the hurricane, was he real diligent with it?
A. Yeah. He's, actually, really a hard worker.
MR. GUERRERO: Pass the witness.
THE COURT: Any questions?
MS. BOOTH: No, sir.
MR. GUERRERO: I'm going to publish the
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THE COURT: You may. Sure.
MR. GUERRERO: I'm done.
THE COURT: Thank you. You may step down.
Is that all the witnesses?
MR. GUERRERO: That's it.
THE COURT: Okay. All right. I have made
rulings. We've established his guidelines. I will now
entertain arguments and allocution, of course, from the
defendant.
Mr. Guerrero, you want to speak first?
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, Judge. I think that
would be the most appropriate.
This is a difficult case. I think it's
difficult for the Court also. I've managed to have some
sentencings that are -- where the defendant is very
exposed. In fact, the defendants, in my opinion, were
much more deserving of the sentence they got where they
were exposed.
In this case, Your Honor, I understand
that he's -- he was law enforcement. I understand that
Beltran group was a big group. But the type of sentencing
range we're getting with this case are really
mind-boggling. I think some of the lieutenants of the
Chapo would be scoring comparatively with my client.
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So that makes it really difficult as a
practitioner. Because now we're faced with, at the very,
very least, a sentence of ten years and at the potential
range of about 235 months, if the Court adopts the lower
end of the guidelines. I think that's where we're at.
Do I think it's a fair sentence? No, it's
not. I think, at the end of the day, even though the
Court has to calculate the guidelines and the Court is
very diligent about that, I think the Court needs to adopt
some of the things the Court has already alluded to; some
variances, some considerations.
And how significant that consideration,
that variance will be is really up to the Court. The
Court is unbridled except by its statute. So, obviously,
the statute says ten years mandatory minimum. So I
understand asking for anything less than ten years would
be a waste of everybody's time.
But I will point out a couple of things
with Ramon DeLaCruz. I know every single defendant who
comes in here, except for very few, are always having
family. Family is very important. The Court is very
sensitive to family.
I'm certain, in this case, one of the
things that I've wrestled with my client on is: Are your
sons going to know you when you get out? I mean, are they
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going to be calling somebody else daddy? Are they going
to be afraid to see you? Because this is a question of
whether you go out, and you see them when they're in the
their teens or when they're married. That is how serious
this sentencing range can be. And I'm not saying that
it's the Court's burden to worry about that, but I think
the Court should look at that as one of the factors.
He's got these two delightful twins that
can't seem to be without their daddy. He took advantage
of the fact he couldn't find a job. He was working part
time, meager wages. But he was "Mr. Mom" during that time
period. These kids fell in love with their dad. Maybe it
was a blessing that he couldn't go out there and earn the
money that he earned later before sentencing, because he
had a chance to bond with these two boys and they could
fall in love with their daddy. These two boys are going
to have a fainted or faded memories of their papa, should
the Court opt to not give a strong variance in this case.
I've spoken at length with Ms. Booth
about, What is a fair sentence? I think, in this case, I
would urge the Court to consider giving him the mandatory
minimum. I know it's asking a lot, because, score-wise,
he's way up there.
But I've asked the family to share some
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the Court. Of the family, as a unit. Of the blended
family, which is very common in the United States now.
And of some of the reasons that I want to touch upon as to
why this young man ended up where he did. When I say
"this young man," I mean Ramon DeLaCruz.
Ramon DeLaCruz was raised by Ramon
DeLaCruz, Sr. At a young age, he had an affection, at 15,
for horses, horse racing, which led him to the lap
of Ramiro Beltran. I brought two photos of Ramon DeLaCruz
when he's young on a horse, and one at the racetracks with
his papa at Sullivan City Racetrack. Kind of illustrates
or shows the Court everybody can get seduced. And that
was his Achilles heel.
But Ramon DeLaCruz, Sr. used a more
sinister mechanism to hook my client. Ramon DeLaCruz,
Sr., his family is -- I believe they're Pentecostal.
They're devout Pentecostal. They go to church regularly.
This young man had an attraction to that. And it was kind
of like when I was growing up as a kid, you go to church
sometimes for the wrong reasons. You go to church because
you want to go play with your cousins, or you go to church
because you want to see that pretty girl over there in the
back seat. You start with the wrong reasons, and you end
up staying there for the right reasons.
And for the wrong reasons, this young man
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got rolled up with Mr. Ramiro Beltran, but he ended up
going to a church. And he ended up being very susceptible
to the word. So much like the scripture says, Sow your
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good ground. He was ready to receive. He's changed. A
big change in this young man.
He came to me, one person. As a
practitioner, we see our clients. They come to us with an
attitude, with indifference. And then they mold and they
mold and they mold. Because the affliction of serving a
sentence is very, very difficult on the soul. The most
difficult thing in a federal system is that you can't tell
your client, with any confidence, what he's going to get.
So he can't psychologically say to himself: I'll be over
there for ten years. I'll be there for five years. I'll
be there for two years. Not even the sentencing judge
knows what sentence he's going to be moved to place on a
defendant. So this has been very difficult on Ramon
DeLaCruz on that end.
There is something else I would like the
Court to consider. It's not a bright line, but you can't
check it off. One of the things that happened with this
young man that got arrested, he spent some time in the
jail. It was a very difficult time for him. He spent
seven months.
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I had the unsettled experience of visiting
him at that jail. And I saw a man that was basically
breaking, psychologically. And I want the Court to
consider the fact that he did seven months in that
setting. Because that is hard time. I know there is
nothing in the guideline that speaks to that. I think
it's one of those issues that the Court will weigh in its
evaluation. But those seven months for him were a
torture.
His wife would speak to me and tell me
that his only way of escaping it was to play, believe it
or not, Chess with a guy next door who he could not see.
They would share moves on a makeshift chessboard; one on
one end with one makeshift chessboard and the other person
with the same thing on the other end. That was his only
way of escaping the torture he was going through. I could
feel the torture when I visited him.
We got into an agreement with the
government based on a certain set of facts, and he got out
of that kind of setting. But those seven months were very
difficult. I think they're worth something for this Court
to consider.
So I'm asking the Court to consider all
these factors. I'm asking the Court, if I can have one
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what I'm speaking of, Judge.
So when the Court deliberates a proper
sentence in this case, I want the Court to consider that
there is a lot of room for movement in this case. I think
it would be the right thing to do.
Thank you, Judge.
THE COURT: Okay.
Mr. DeLaCruz, would you like to say
anything at this time?
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
Your Honor, I would like to start out by
apologizing to the Courts. This should have never
happened. I knew better. I'd like to apologize to
Ms. Booth as well. She has been very cooperative with me.
She has been very understanding in helping me, in
assisting me, in directing me in the right way, guiding me
as far as everything that has happened here, Your Honor,
and as well with my attorney.
To my community, I would like to apologize
to them; to the department that I served also; to my
family, which I know that I let them down. I also let
down people around me, Your Honor. Some are friends, some
are family.
And I feel that this had to happen because
it brought me closer to the Lord, Jesus Christ. And that
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as my pastor says, it's a small church that I attend to.
But it's a small church that needs me as much as I need
it. It has really humbled me.
I hold no remorse towards the prosecutors
or the investigators. They did their job. I can only
thank the Court for being patient with this case.
That's all I have to say, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Very well. All right. You
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Ms. Booth, your thoughts on what would be
a sufficient sentence, please?
MS. BOOTH: Your Honor, as eloquent as
Mr. Guerrero is, I would like to say it's very sad that
his family -- that defendant's family is going to suffer.
But the damage done to the youth in the Valley is
something that the Court really needs to consider in
giving this sentence.
The fact that he has behaved on bond and
that he's done what every good citizen does while on bond
is certainly important. But there is a debt to be paid to
society. And we're asking that he get a guideline
sentence, Your Honor. And I'm asking for the bottom of
the guideline, wherever that may end up.
I understand he waived his right to
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the message that should be sent here of the sentencing of
someone in law enforcement that has so defiled what we
stand for, Your Honor, is very, very important that the
message be clear. That's what I'm asking for.
THE COURT: Very well.
Okay. This, obviously, is one of the
longest sentencings I've ever conducted. It started at
10:00 and a brief break for lunch. It's obvious the
issues that were involved are quite extensive and quite
difficult.
As counsel made a point that, really, the
lawyer doesn't know and even the judge really doesn't know
what the guidelines will be until we've done all of this.
It takes these rulings that I had to make to establish
where the defendant falls in the guidelines.
And I've heard from both sides and
certainly acknowledge the sadness and embarrassment and
the apology from the defendant as to what got him here and
what he's done. I'll certainly take all that into
consideration.
I need to give a little bit of thought.
Because I didn't really know what the evidence was going
to be until I heard the witnesses. And I need to consider
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mandatory part of the sentence is still in force. So that
has not changed.
But Mr. Guerrero pointed out, I have some
discretion that I didn't have when the guidelines were
mandatory, but I do now. And I will try to take that into
consideration.
But as we all know that are involved in
this, the guidelines are the starting point. And the
Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals have instructed Judges
that even though they're no longer mandatory, I must
carefully consider them because -- so thousands and
thousands of people have been sentenced under these
guidelines over the years. And they're there for a
purpose. They're there as the title suggests; to guide
people like myself, who have to make a decision on what is
an appropriate and sufficient sentence.
There are a lot of factors that I will
take into consideration. The facts and circumstances of
this case, the particular characteristics of the
defendant. There is even, you know, these statutory
factors that are set forth in Section 3553. I will give
due consideration to every one of them in arriving at what
I believe would be an appropriate sentence.
Before I do that consideration and make my
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at least something that should be mentioned. I said a
couple of times in making my rulings that, you know, it
only takes one act to qualify for an adjustment under the
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facts are pretty weak, some are strong.
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rulings, and this is -- what I'm leading up to is why I
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his right to appeal. For those who are not trained in the
law and don't understand that under the existing law in
our circuit, my rulings on all of these objections really
cannot be appealed. And I could be wrong. I'm a Judge.
I am human in that regard and, you know, I'm not always
right. But I think I've ruled correctly. But,
nevertheless, if I'm wrong, the significance to a
defendant is -- can be extreme, had I sustained all of the
objections.
The difference in the sentence, at the low
end, is over 127 months. Then he would have qualified for
a safety valve. You throw that in and another two levels
off, it's almost 150 months. If I'm wrong -- assuming I
am right, and if you take four points off, I've sustained
just four-point increases. That's an 82-month difference.
That is seven years of a man's life. And even at taking
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a 73-month difference in the guidelines for just those
three points.
And we talked about the
managerial/supervisory role. I am familiar with the
structure of this organization and who -- the people that
were making the big decisions, collecting the money,
guiding people, directing them. And I recognize that, as
far as being a supervisor of a scout and maybe one other
person, in an organization this size, a three-point level
increase that raises someone's guidelines six years is a
pretty significant adjustment based on the facts of this
case.
I take those things into consideration,
and I take my rulings very seriously. I take, very
seriously, the fact that Mr. DeLaCruz is giving up the
right to complain about all that. It's as much as a
ten-year difference in the sentence.
So I do -- the guidelines have no
provision whatsoever for a defendant who enters a plea of
guilty and waives his right to appeal. Waives his right
to complain about an improper ruling by the Court that can
affect up to ten years of his life.
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purpose. It provides finality. I recognize the waivers.
I accept plea agreements with waivers of appeal in them.
But I feel that a reduction or
consideration of some sort, similar to the kind of
adjustments that are made by the guidelines, are in order
when someone waives the right to appeal. So I will apply
some points in reducing what I believe from what the
present guidelines are, to a point where I think would be
more appropriate.
I'm going to give some thought to what I'm
going to do. I'll take about a 15-minute break. I'll be
back and announce the sentence.
(Court in recess.)
THE COURT: Have a seat.
So, Mr. DeLaCruz, if you would step up to
the podium there, we'll complete this exercise.
I want to make just a couple more comments
that will explain, both for you and others that are
interested in your sentence, some of my thinking and some
of the things that influenced my decision.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: I talked about the guidelines,
and that that is the starting point. And we carefully
consider them in determining a sentence for someone. And,
typically, judges need to consider a lot of factors. And
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when you depart or vary from the guidelines, you generally
need a good reason for doing so. Because the guidelines
have had so many years and so much work put into them by
various knowledgeable people, that they serve a good
purpose. They have been extremely well thought about and
considered in promulgating those guidelines.
I made these rulings, and I commented a
while ago about the extensive difference that just a
couple of points can make. When you walked into this
courtroom to be sentenced, I had your sentence in your
report in front of me. I had read it and I looked at it.
And your offense level was a 40, Criminal
History Category level I, and your guidelines were 292 to
365 months. Prepared in accordance with the sentencing
guidelines, that is where you came out.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Your counsel pointed out at
the very start that you were just a couple of points away
from a life sentence.
THE DEFENDANT: That is correct, Your
Honor.
THE COURT: There was a concession made on
one of the objections, and I took two points off. Again,
to emphasize how serious these rulings are that I make,
those two points that came off and took you down to a 38
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took five years off of your sentence, if I had given you a
guideline sentence at that point. Sixty-something months
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THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: I talked about if my rulings
had gone a different way -- if I had sustained your
objection, it's a significant difference it can make in
your guidelines.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, you did, Your Honor.
THE COURT: I've gone back and thought
about those rulings and reflected on them and given
consideration to them. And I believe that, obviously,
guns were involved in this organization. I think that
ruling, I feel good about it. I think the threat
enhancement qualifies. I would not change that decision.
The one that bothers me -- and my duty is
to apply the guidelines according to the law, even if I
disagree, maybe, with the guidelines. But I have to make
those findings.
The one that bothers me the most is the
managerial/supervisory role. Why does that bother me?
Well, I've looked at the guidelines again, and an
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But the guidelines don't make any other
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Beltran, under the guidelines, is one point. I think the
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based upon the role you played.
Now, since the guidelines are no longer
mandatory, that does free up a Judge for maybe making an
adjustment that he feels should be made when the
adjustment is not merited or warranted by the facts.
There is a tremendous difference between the supervision
and management of this organization between you and Mr.
Ramiro Beltran. But yet, there's only a one-point
difference. I can't give you a two. I can't give you a
one under the guidelines. But I am going to knock another
point off in my consideration of an appropriate sentence,
because I think three is too harsh of an increase. So
that is one of the things that I'm going to make an
adjustment on. And I will make an adjustment, in a
moment, on your waiver of right to appeal.
But let's -- let me mention one other
thing. We always talk about these guidelines. Let's get
down to what this is all about. What this is all about is
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greater than necessary to achieve all of our sentencing
objectives.
I want to tell you what I think the most
important adjustment in your sentencing report is that
affects the guidelines; paragraph 78: If the defendant
abused a position of trust or used a special skill in a
manner that significantly facilitated the commission or
concealment of the offense increased by two levels.
This is a country that is based on the
rule of law.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: People have the right to
expect our law enforcement officers to protect them, to
enforce the law. And when you commit crimes like you did,
you destroy that trust.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I did, Your Honor.
THE COURT: And you did.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: For that, there is a
tremendous price to pay. Because we cannot have that in
this country. You, of all people, had had a
responsibility greater than the average drug dealer,
greater than the Beltrans. You committed this crime while
wearing a uniform --
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
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THE COURT: -- and a badge. And that is
inexcusable. And I hope that my sentence will adequately
and appropriately address what you did. You'll be setting
an example to others that are similarly situated. This
room is full of law enforcement officers. They're
watching what happens to you, and it will be talked about
all over South Texas.
This sentence that I will impose is not
going to end your life. You'll have a lot of life left.
You've got a wonderful family. I've taken that into
consideration. You're a father. This is a sad day. It's
a sad day for you and your family. And it's a sad day for
law enforcement, because your conduct reflects on all of
the other people that perform the service and put on that
uniform.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: I'm going to give you two more
levels off because you waived the right to appeal. I've
already described the significance in number of months
that that can mean.
So from your total offense level of 38, I
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variance, since the guidelines don't provide for these
adjustments. I think the appropriate offense level to use
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is a level I, which puts you in the 168- to 210-month
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Mr. DeLaCruz, I'm going to sentence you at
the lowest end of that range. The reason the lowest end
is for all that I've heard during this hearing; the
pictures I've looked at; hearing from people that believe
in you and trust you; family members. I think the low end
should be and, hopefully, will be a sufficient sentence.
I know it's a whole lot more than you were hoping for.
But it needs to be a significant sentence because of your
abuse of trust.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: I'm going to sentence you to
168 months. I'll place you on supervised released for
five years. While you're on supervision, you'll have to
follow all the standard terms and conditions of
supervision which have been adopted by this Court.
THE DEFENDANT: I will honor that, Your
Honor.
THE COURT: I will not impose a fine in
view of the length of this sentence. I know that your
family is going to suffer. You'll have no income. It
could help them. So I don't see that a fine is necessary
to properly punish you.
THE DEFENDANT: Thank you, Your Honor.
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THE COURT: You will have to pay a special
assessment of $100.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: I gave a lot of -- discussed,
in great deal, this waiver of appeal and the significance
of it. But I need you to acknowledge, on the record, you
understand that you waived the right to appeal.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, Your Honor. I do
understand.
THE COURT: Counsel, do you have a request
as to where he might be placed?
MR. GUERRERO: Since he's in law
enforcement, so, I mean, the closest to Texas as possible.
I don't know how the BOP handles that.
I also had another request for
drug/alcohol classes as part of the sentence.
THE COURT: Hoping that maybe he can
qualify and possibly knock a few more months off. I never
object to that. Because, you know, drugs are at the heart
of all -- most of the crime in this country. And if you
can get some help, even attending a class, if you don't
use drugs, I think, is helpful.
MR. GUERRERO: Yes.
THE COURT: This is why you're here. All
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MR. GUERRERO: Judge, and the other thing
is classification. I don't know what the Court can do
regarding classification.
THE COURT: There is nothing I can do. I
can only make a recommendation. Obviously, the Bureau of
Prisons will be aware that he is a former law enforcement
officer and should protect him to the fullest extent and
place him in a facility where he would not be at risk.
I will certainly make that a
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MR. GUERRERO: He asked for
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MS. BOOTH: We object to that.
THE COURT: Mr. DeLaCruz, that often
happens. But this is a 14-year sentence. I don't know
how you will react to that, your family and whatever. But
that is just too great a sentence to be --
THE DEFENDANT: I understand. May I
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THE COURT: -- to be allowed to
voluntarily surrender.
THE DEFENDANT: May I speak freely?
THE COURT: You may speak freely.
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THE DEFENDANT: Thank you, Your Honor.
I don't own a Passport. This Court goes
on and on. I knew that my sentence was first-degree
felony. I feel that I have obliged by every order that
you have ordered me since the day I was out. And
according to the probation officer and with Ms. Booth as
well, everything that she has asked for. If you would
honor me self-surrenderer so I can spend time with my
family, I would -- my family, myself, we would be really
appreciative.
And I'm not a flight risk, even though it
is 14 years. I have God with me, and he's kept me strong
and will continue to keep me strong. And if, one day, I
could ever repay what I did wrong and try to be a
spokesperson to other law enforcement if they want to do
the same mistake I committed, then I'm all for that.
THE COURT: How long have you been out on
bond?
THE DEFENDANT: Two years.
THE COURT: You have been out there two
year, and you knew this day was coming.
THE DEFENDANT: I came --
THE COURT: I understand. I think you
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surrender. We'll take you into custody at this point.
THE DEFENDANT: Thank you, Your Honor.
Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Good luck to you.
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: Counsel, a lot of these are
family photos. Did you want to retrieve these for the
family?
MR. GUERRERO: Yes, please.
THE COURT: I have reviewed them and was
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MR. GUERRERO: Thank you very much.
Appreciate it.
THE DEFENDANT: Your Honor, may I say
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THE COURT: Patrick, see if you can make
that possible.
THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL: We can do
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THE DEFENDANT: Thank you.
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C E R T I F I C A T E
I hereby certify that pursuant to Title 28, Section 753
United States Code, the foregoing is a true and correct
transcript of the stenographically reported proceedings in
the above matter.
Certified on June 6, 2021.
/s/ Nichole Forrest____________ Nichole Forrest, RDR, CRR, CRC
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1 [4] - 5:23, 48:8, 163:22, 164:131,000 [4] - 5:25, 66:25, 67:1, 67:210,000 [6] - 14:9, 14:10, 14:15, 73:1, 78:20, 78:24100,000 [2] - 72:25, 79:14101 [1] - 2:181072 [1] - 161:1110:00 [1] - 180:8110 [1] - 2:18112 [1] - 2:19113 [1] - 2:2012 [5] - 17:9, 40:24, 41:11, 162:1312,000 [1] - 47:18120 [1] - 2:21122 [1] - 2:21123 [1] - 2:23127 [1] - 182:1912:35 [1] - 99:9135 [1] - 2:2314 [1] - 193:1214-year [1] - 192:17140 [1] - 11:1915 [6] - 11:2, 12:2, 70:25, 124:13, 135:12, 175:715,889.8 [2] - 9:16, 10:915-minute [1] - 184:11
150 [1] - 182:2116 [2] - 70:25, 124:1316,000 [3] - 13:3, 14:7, 14:15160 [1] - 2:25168 [2] - 190:1, 190:1417 [4] - 124:13, 157:24, 158:1, 158:23
2
2 [3] - 48:18, 56:10, 74:182,000 [1] - 13:820 [4] - 2:3, 11:2, 40:22, 40:242000 [1] - 102:142007 [4] - 29:5, 124:24, 155:152008 [1] - 114:182009 [2] - 114:18, 155:112010 [2] - 16:20, 102:142011 [6] - 35:25, 48:18, 53:7, 102:14, 117:22, 117:232012 [1] - 35:252013 [3] - 66:15, 66:16, 155:112014 [1] - 29:52015 [1] - 125:32016 [1] - 8:162017 [5] - 5:22, 6:17, 7:18, 161:25, 169:182018 [5] - 6:17, 7:16, 163:23, 164:13, 164:142019 [3] - 1:13, 8:17, 114:182021 [1] - 195:10210-month [1] - 190:122 [2] - 73:9, 162:17235 [3] - 159:13, 160:3, 173:424 [2] - 2:4, 13:3245 [1] - 33:625 [1] - 70:1625,000 [2] - 13:4, 158:2250,000 [1] - 31:927 [1] - 2:528 [3] - 161:24, 195:529 [3] - 12:7, 53:7, 82:23292 [1] - 185:13293 [2] - 159:13, 160:42D1.1(b)(2) [1] - 154:7
3
3 [2] - 56:7, 74:193,000 [1] - 42:930 [6] - 53:7, 99:13, 116:10, 117:22, 145:9, 145:1030,000 [4] - 14:9, 97:14, 97:22, 126:21300,000 [1] - 31:10308 [3] - 109:23, 112:1, 112:232 [3] - 16:23, 17:17, 159:534 [3] - 14:8, 14:9, 159:5
195
35 [2] - 113:17, 189:2535,000 [2] - 41:11, 47:173553 [1] - 181:2136 [1] - 159:6365 [1] - 185:1438 [5] - 159:6, 159:9, 159:13, 185:25, 189:21380 [1] - 33:53rd [1] - 124:20
4
4 [2] - 32:5, 32:1140 [3] - 96:5, 159:9, 185:1241 [1] - 159:742 [2] - 2:6, 167:1045 [5] - 33:5, 99:13, 99:16, 99:17, 99:2048 [1] - 2:64:00 [1] - 81:23
5
5 [3] - 32:6, 81:21, 81:225,000 [10] - 23:1, 23:6, 24:24, 25:3, 25:7, 25:9, 25:16, 26:17, 148:17, 148:2350 [1] - 2:751 [3] - 2:7, 162:7, 164:1652 [1] - 2:958 [1] - 2:10
6
6 [1] - 195:10600 [1] - 49:764 [1] - 2:1166 [1] - 2:1168 [9] - 2:12, 8:5, 8:7, 8:9, 8:12, 9:3, 9:7, 158:7, 158:86:00 [1] - 37:236:16-cr-00077-1 [1] - 1:4
7
7 [6] - 1:13, 33:8, 49:19, 51:3, 56:12, 56:1870 [2] - 2:13, 9:773-month [1] - 183:174 [1] - 147:575 [3] - 9:4, 9:7, 151:15753 [1] - 195:5755 [1] - 57:1076 [3] - 9:4, 9:7, 154:478 [2] - 2:14, 188:579 [2] - 9:5, 147:107:30 [1] - 166:13
8
8 [4] - 32:3, 49:22, 56:12, 56:1882 [1] - 2:1582-month [1] - 182:2383 [1] - 128:2486-year-old [1] - 167:9
9
90 [1] - 81:1992 [1] - 2:1698 [1] - 2:16
A
ability [1] - 9:25able [6] - 28:22, 30:10, 30:11, 43:4, 121:15abuse [1] - 190:11abused [1] - 188:6accept [1] - 184:2acceptance [3] - 11:5, 11:7, 159:8accordance [2] - 6:9, 185:14according [3] - 149:12, 186:17, 193:6accountable [1] - 9:16accurate [6] - 17:11, 42:11, 42:23, 46:25, 47:3, 121:4accustomed [1] - 154:21achieve [1] - 188:1Achilles [1] - 175:13acknowledge [3] - 14:19, 180:17, 191:6acknowledged [1] - 16:10acknowledgment [1] - 17:15acquiesce [3] - 16:23, 17:12, 17:21act [3] - 61:13, 158:15, 182:3acting [1] - 153:7activities [1] - 148:21activity [2] - 132:5, 147:11acts [2] - 13:12, 127:20actual [4] - 21:20, 25:24, 26:8, 79:10additional [1] - 163:20address [5] - 9:14, 17:25, 83:12, 161:9, 189:3addressing [1] - 16:5adequate [1] - 6:13adequately [1] - 189:2adjustment [14] - 9:6, 15:14, 16:25, 147:10, 150:15, 151:6, 151:13, 182:3, 183:11, 187:10, 187:11, 187:20, 188:4adjustments [2] - 184:5, 189:24
administer [3] - 27:10, 70:7, 113:3admit [4] - 7:4, 7:13, 111:21, 140:14admitted [3] - 16:3, 140:17, 142:22adopt [1] - 173:9adopted [1] - 190:17adopts [1] - 173:4adrenalin [1] - 129:12ads [1] - 28:13advantage [1] - 174:9advise [1] - 8:25advised [1] - 92:9affairs [1] - 193:24affect [2] - 9:2, 183:22affection [1] - 175:7affects [1] - 188:5affiliation [1] - 156:23affirmed [2] - 140:21, 140:22affliction [1] - 176:10afraid [6] - 64:9, 95:11, 133:19, 133:20, 144:1, 174:2AFTERNOON [1] - 100:1afternoon [3] - 81:6, 93:8, 99:12afterwards [1] - 122:3age [3] - 65:20, 167:10, 175:7agencies [3] - 76:16, 117:15agent [5] - 19:21, 19:23, 19:24, 53:25, 121:24aggressive [3] - 60:19, 61:3, 61:12aggressively [1] - 139:20ago [3] - 5:22, 163:5, 185:8agree [8] - 12:1, 15:24, 16:12, 17:22, 71:19, 82:1, 96:24, 166:20agreed [2] - 101:12, 101:16agreement [1] - 177:18agreements [1] - 184:2Agway [1] - 162:10ahead [15] - 21:18, 28:19, 49:10, 61:17, 67:25, 92:16, 96:9, 100:24, 115:14, 115:18, 123:8, 146:25, 154:24, 166:11, 169:4ain't [2] - 130:24, 134:8AK-47s [1] - 32:17ALFONSO [1] - 2:15ALFONZO [1] - 82:15Alfonzo [1] - 82:21alienage [1] - 54:1allocution [1] - 172:9allow [3] - 73:22, 90:23, 136:25allowed [2] - 19:19, 192:22alluded [1] - 173:10almost [9] - 7:18, 13:2, 93:8, 94:19, 107:24, 107:25, 125:8, 182:21
196
alone [2] - 16:25, 84:18Alvarez [2] - 55:3, 128:23amended [3] - 6:11, 7:16, 9:18AMERICA [1] - 1:4America [1] - 5:9ammo [2] - 32:18, 32:23ammunition [1] - 32:17amount [4] - 13:17, 38:4, 79:5, 147:5amounts [1] - 126:19and.. [1] - 33:18anger [1] - 95:9announce [1] - 184:12answer [3] - 39:24, 49:11, 100:21answered [1] - 154:24anyway [3] - 14:17, 16:1, 95:3apart [3] - 64:24, 69:5, 69:6apartment [7] - 37:21, 75:4, 118:3, 118:9, 118:20, 119:4, 119:7apologize [2] - 178:13, 178:19apologizing [1] - 178:12apology [1] - 180:18apparent [1] - 54:16appeal [13] - 159:15, 159:20, 160:1, 179:25, 182:9, 183:20, 183:25, 184:2, 184:6, 187:21, 189:18, 191:5, 191:7appealed [1] - 182:12Appeals [1] - 181:9APPEARANCES [1] - 1:15appeared [2] - 5:22, 158:7applied [3] - 146:6, 146:10, 157:13apply [3] - 151:6, 184:6, 186:17appreciate [2] - 16:25, 194:13appreciative [1] - 193:10approach [3] - 19:15, 81:11, 129:2approaching [1] - 19:7appropriate [11] - 149:22, 166:19, 166:22, 172:13, 181:16, 181:23, 184:9, 187:17, 187:25, 189:22, 189:24appropriately [1] - 189:3April [4] - 5:22, 161:24, 163:22, 164:13AR [1] - 112:1Aransas [2] - 170:5, 170:9area [6] - 30:12, 71:7, 76:15, 117:16, 169:25, 170:24areas [4] - 6:5, 13:1, 53:20, 170:10arguably [1] - 153:5argue [2] - 141:20, 154:12arguing [3] - 86:9, 145:16, 145:17argument [14] - 13:7, 13:14,
16:9, 16:15, 85:17, 126:24, 128:15, 128:16, 145:18, 147:9, 147:15, 147:17, 151:17, 158:11arguments [2] - 146:3, 172:9arise [1] - 146:2arrangements [2] - 51:21, 103:23arrest [1] - 144:15arrested [11] - 35:22, 37:18, 59:22, 122:5, 122:8, 124:15, 124:16, 124:18, 124:21, 124:22, 176:23arrive [1] - 74:14arrived [7] - 56:16, 94:14, 94:16, 116:5, 116:11, 118:8, 118:18arriving [3] - 54:17, 119:6, 181:22assault [3] - 32:17, 33:4, 116:25assault-type [1] - 33:4assessment [2] - 149:21, 191:2assigned [2] - 14:8, 15:11assist [1] - 137:2assisted [2] - 12:10, 18:24assisting [2] - 10:8, 178:16associated [2] - 66:6, 66:10associates [1] - 157:7association [1] - 157:20assume [2] - 16:5, 119:6assuming [1] - 182:21Astro [2] - 163:8, 163:9Astros [1] - 163:8athletic [3] - 35:10, 35:12, 35:20attacking [1] - 86:8attempted [1] - 142:20attend [1] - 179:1attending [1] - 191:21attention [5] - 11:23, 42:13, 42:25, 51:2, 53:15attitude [1] - 176:9attorney [6] - 6:3, 6:11, 6:22, 51:22, 120:8, 178:18Attorney's [1] - 183:24attraction [1] - 175:18attribute [1] - 10:9attributing [1] - 9:19August [1] - 1:13authorities [3] - 117:17, 119:1, 119:19authority [1] - 50:22automobile [1] - 31:14average [1] - 188:22avoid [1] - 149:5avoiding [1] - 149:5awaiting [4] - 28:6, 58:21, 83:3, 125:13aware [5] - 76:5, 76:25, 78:1, 139:24, 192:6awful [1] - 14:16
B
B-A-U-T-I-S-T-A [1] - 161:16baby [1] - 131:24backed [1] - 131:3background [1] - 65:3backpack [1] - 152:1backseat [1] - 62:20backwards [4] - 87:10, 87:15, 93:22, 93:24bad [6] - 33:1, 89:21, 127:15, 132:22, 133:14, 134:10badge [10] - 21:25, 22:8, 74:3, 74:8, 108:11, 108:12, 120:12, 120:14, 189:1badly [1] - 90:9bag [1] - 134:22bands [1] - 76:11banker [1] - 29:24baptism [2] - 163:21, 164:5baptized [4] - 164:9, 164:11, 164:12, 167:12baptizing [2] - 163:23, 164:7barn [5] - 32:3, 36:21, 53:22, 54:11, 54:18base [6] - 10:12, 11:9, 14:8, 15:16, 17:16, 159:4base-level [2] - 10:12, 11:9base-offense [3] - 14:8, 15:16, 17:16baseball [3] - 35:9, 42:25, 43:9based [13] - 6:25, 9:17, 10:3, 10:4, 11:24, 55:10, 147:17, 151:4, 177:19, 183:11, 187:7, 188:9, 193:24basic [1] - 165:10bass [6] - 165:8, 165:10, 165:12, 165:13, 165:15, 165:17Bautista [1] - 161:16bear [1] - 140:13beat [4] - 90:13, 132:18, 132:19, 156:12beatdown [2] - 134:14, 134:16beaten [3] - 90:9, 134:1, 134:2beating [1] - 134:20became [1] - 54:16become [3] - 17:17, 53:8, 155:25began [4] - 29:4, 36:9, 86:9, 116:6begin [1] - 164:23beginning [3] - 102:14, 114:18, 162:4behalf [1] - 17:12behaved [1] - 179:18behind [8] - 36:1, 74:9, 84:1, 84:4, 103:10, 104:5, 106:6, 115:21behold [1] - 168:17
197
believes [1] - 144:15belonged [2] - 109:2, 124:11Beltran [55] - 10:5, 10:6, 21:7, 21:11, 22:19, 22:21, 22:24, 24:15, 25:16, 26:7, 26:12, 26:21, 27:7, 27:23, 28:2, 28:3, 29:1, 42:4, 50:14, 53:9, 55:7, 70:2, 70:14, 70:18, 81:18, 83:11, 83:19, 83:23, 84:2, 91:11, 91:15, 97:2, 101:23, 101:25, 111:1, 113:15, 113:16, 113:18, 113:20, 113:22, 118:2, 118:5, 120:21, 126:7, 128:2, 132:25, 138:9, 150:21, 157:16, 172:22, 175:9, 176:1, 187:5, 187:14BELTRAN [6] - 2:5, 2:13, 2:20, 27:11, 70:9, 113:5Beltran's [5] - 84:5, 103:8, 126:11, 127:17, 138:1Beltrans [46] - 12:9, 22:11, 22:14, 22:15, 23:9, 23:25, 26:4, 26:19, 58:16, 59:2, 59:7, 59:20, 60:3, 60:4, 63:7, 63:20, 63:21, 63:23, 64:18, 64:19, 64:24, 65:9, 65:13, 65:17, 66:24, 67:9, 67:21, 68:4, 68:11, 83:5, 83:9, 95:22, 102:5, 102:13, 103:5, 107:20, 108:24, 109:1, 125:25, 154:11, 156:5, 156:13, 156:23, 157:4, 157:8, 188:23bench [2] - 12:7, 81:11benefit [7] - 111:22, 148:4, 148:12, 148:19, 149:25, 152:8Benitez [3] - 19:9, 168:25, 169:7BENITEZ [2] - 3:1, 169:1best [1] - 100:10better [4] - 43:5, 49:21, 165:14, 178:13between [12] - 14:15, 26:11, 43:19, 102:14, 121:23, 141:13, 142:4, 145:21, 154:16, 187:4, 187:12, 187:13Bible [3] - 163:14, 163:17, 163:19Big [27] - 35:14, 36:3, 36:5, 43:15, 43:19, 43:22, 43:25, 76:24, 77:20, 79:19, 80:7, 84:12, 84:17, 86:7, 89:15, 89:17, 89:19, 90:11, 106:6, 106:13, 106:14, 106:25, 107:11, 123:10, 123:12, 124:6big [13] - 16:25, 64:3, 66:23, 77:12, 77:13, 84:15, 141:9, 150:7, 151:9, 157:17, 172:22, 176:6, 183:6bigger [2] - 65:18, 84:16bit [9] - 10:10, 43:6, 56:22, 118:7, 135:13, 152:22, 160:24,
165:11, 180:21bite [1] - 99:14blended [1] - 175:1blessing [1] - 174:13blue [3] - 54:20, 55:8, 57:6blurred [1] - 56:22boasted [1] - 47:14body [1] - 61:23boggling [1] - 172:24bond [4] - 174:15, 179:18, 179:19, 193:18bonds [1] - 19:2boost [1] - 138:18BOOTH [128] - 5:10, 7:6, 16:7, 16:16, 16:19, 16:22, 17:23, 18:2, 18:4, 18:9, 18:23, 19:15, 19:23, 20:3, 20:10, 22:23, 24:4, 27:5, 27:7, 27:15, 27:22, 28:20, 33:2, 33:9, 34:24, 37:5, 39:22, 39:25, 41:22, 43:2, 43:7, 48:5, 48:7, 49:14, 50:7, 51:20, 52:7, 52:12, 52:17, 52:21, 57:19, 58:1, 58:6, 58:10, 61:18, 64:6, 64:12, 66:21, 67:3, 67:7, 67:19, 67:23, 69:24, 70:2, 70:12, 73:10, 73:12, 78:3, 80:18, 80:21, 80:25, 81:4, 82:18, 84:22, 86:14, 90:4, 90:5, 90:19, 90:21, 92:5, 97:18, 98:8, 98:13, 99:7, 99:19, 100:8, 101:2, 110:21, 112:11, 112:20, 112:25, 113:7, 113:11, 113:13, 115:13, 115:19, 120:17, 122:14, 122:17, 123:1, 123:6, 123:10, 123:12, 123:24, 135:2, 137:24, 140:2, 140:8, 140:18, 140:24, 141:5, 141:11, 141:18, 142:1, 142:9, 143:5, 143:18, 143:22, 144:6, 144:9, 144:14, 144:20, 145:12, 145:20, 149:7, 149:14, 153:14, 155:10, 155:14, 155:17, 155:22, 157:2, 157:15, 168:3, 168:5, 171:24, 179:12, 192:15Booth [25] - 1:16, 2:3, 2:5, 2:6, 2:7, 2:9, 2:10, 2:11, 2:13, 2:15, 2:16, 2:18, 2:19, 2:20, 2:21, 2:23, 5:10, 17:1, 17:20, 27:3, 99:18, 100:6, 100:24, 149:10, 179:10booth [19] - 7:3, 14:21, 16:3, 19:20, 48:4, 51:18, 57:24, 58:4, 66:19, 69:22, 99:5, 122:12, 137:23, 143:3, 153:12, 155:9, 174:19, 178:14, 193:6BOP [1] - 191:14Border [1] - 53:3border [3] - 53:25, 54:4, 121:24boss [1] - 147:22bosses [1] - 137:19
bother [1] - 186:21bothered [1] - 121:7bothers [2] - 186:16, 186:20bottom [1] - 179:22bought [8] - 45:14, 45:17, 45:18, 50:1, 72:2, 73:18, 115:3, 117:5bound [1] - 137:3Box [1] - 161:11boys [3] - 32:15, 174:15, 174:16braid [2] - 157:3braided [1] - 157:5brandished [1] - 151:24break [8] - 57:24, 99:8, 99:14, 135:9, 150:7, 160:9, 180:8, 184:11breaking [1] - 177:3Brian [1] - 167:16bribe [1] - 148:9bridles [1] - 51:9brief [2] - 24:7, 180:8bright [1] - 176:21bring [9] - 5:16, 33:24, 40:17, 117:3, 117:5, 140:9, 141:24, 143:12, 143:19bringing [5] - 12:10, 13:21, 71:22, 140:25, 170:14broaching [1] - 142:15broad [1] - 14:25brother [58] - 19:10, 19:11, 24:13, 28:25, 29:23, 30:16, 30:18, 30:23, 33:15, 33:17, 35:18, 36:2, 36:5, 36:8, 36:9, 38:18, 39:14, 42:6, 42:10, 43:9, 43:11, 43:15, 43:21, 45:14, 46:5, 46:17, 46:19, 46:21, 46:24, 47:9, 47:13, 65:21, 84:3, 113:18, 113:23, 114:22, 114:24, 115:5, 115:6, 115:8, 116:6, 116:19, 117:4, 117:8, 118:6, 118:7, 120:21, 121:17, 121:18, 121:23, 122:23, 167:16, 169:8, 169:9Brother [2] - 113:21, 161:19brother's [7] - 45:16, 45:17, 45:20, 47:3, 47:4, 75:4, 115:22brother-in-law [5] - 19:10, 19:11, 39:14, 169:8, 169:9Brotherhood [14] - 34:17, 36:2, 84:24, 85:2, 86:15, 86:17, 90:7, 96:12, 103:2, 106:17, 124:9, 131:18, 156:17, 157:4Brothers [3] - 53:18, 74:22, 117:20brothers [8] - 114:7, 114:10, 114:17, 116:7, 117:20, 120:25, 134:12, 147:22brought [9] - 34:8, 34:9, 99:2, 124:25, 163:7, 163:8, 165:12, 175:9, 178:25
198
brown [2] - 120:13, 120:14Brownsville [2] - 162:14, 162:15bucket [3] - 38:9, 45:4buggy [1] - 119:23bulletproof [2] - 110:18, 110:19bullets [1] - 42:22bunch [1] - 75:18bundle [1] - 73:9bundles [1] - 79:1bunker [1] - 32:11bunkers [14] - 32:6, 32:8, 32:10, 32:13, 32:14, 32:16, 32:18, 32:24, 36:23, 42:13, 42:14, 42:15, 42:21burden [1] - 174:6Bureau [1] - 192:5burn [16] - 95:7, 95:10, 95:14, 96:1, 96:24, 127:5, 138:7, 139:14, 142:23, 143:13, 143:20, 144:1, 144:3, 144:13, 145:8, 155:4burning [2] - 139:12, 142:15burnt [1] - 89:7business [10] - 10:1, 17:7, 29:2, 36:1, 55:20, 55:21, 65:7, 125:2, 157:7, 167:18busted [2] - 59:14, 104:17button [1] - 138:22buy [10] - 38:16, 38:17, 38:18, 38:21, 45:10, 45:11, 45:18, 91:18, 114:22, 114:23BY [54] - 20:10, 22:23, 24:9, 27:22, 28:20, 33:2, 33:9, 34:24, 37:5, 39:25, 42:3, 43:8, 44:1, 46:4, 48:7, 49:14, 50:11, 51:20, 52:21, 58:10, 61:18, 64:6, 64:16, 66:21, 67:3, 67:19, 68:2, 70:12, 73:12, 78:8, 82:18, 84:22, 86:14, 90:5, 90:21, 92:18, 96:10, 97:8, 97:21, 98:8, 98:13, 101:2, 110:24, 112:11, 113:13, 115:13, 115:19, 120:20, 122:17, 123:24, 135:5, 160:20, 161:8, 169:6
C
calculate [1] - 173:8calculates [1] - 159:3calculation [1] - 9:2calculator [1] - 17:4caliber [1] - 116:23cannot [4] - 68:11, 182:12, 188:20, 193:25cap [2] - 163:8, 163:9capacity [1] - 153:7car [11] - 44:10, 44:11, 44:12, 61:19, 61:21, 63:2, 72:17,
88:21, 88:24, 94:13, 95:23care [6] - 34:3, 39:12, 68:19, 69:19, 116:19, 154:18careful [4] - 11:22, 89:6, 92:2, 136:1carefully [5] - 11:7, 11:9, 148:18, 181:11, 184:23carried [1] - 48:1carry [1] - 152:4carrying [2] - 95:4, 152:1Cartel [1] - 126:5cartel [5] - 10:22, 12:8, 23:9, 131:4cartel-level [1] - 10:22cartels [2] - 137:18, 148:11CASE [1] - 81:21case [29] - 5:7, 8:16, 10:21, 10:24, 15:15, 19:21, 19:23, 19:24, 81:18, 95:4, 101:13, 101:17, 109:16, 124:16, 125:10, 149:15, 172:14, 172:20, 172:23, 173:23, 174:18, 174:20, 178:3, 178:4, 179:6, 181:19, 181:25, 183:12cases [1] - 150:13Category [2] - 185:13, 189:25category [1] - 159:12caused [1] - 53:15certain [12] - 6:24, 21:12, 21:19, 24:19, 24:25, 61:13, 112:1, 122:7, 165:10, 170:10, 173:23, 177:19certainly [9] - 18:25, 150:18, 151:12, 158:16, 159:24, 179:20, 180:17, 180:19, 192:9Certified [1] - 195:10certify [1] - 195:5chain [1] - 134:2chair [4] - 20:8, 27:14, 82:8, 160:17chalecos [1] - 32:22challenge [1] - 166:15chance [7] - 149:5, 162:24, 163:3, 163:14, 164:16, 166:16, 174:15change [8] - 9:18, 14:9, 14:11, 45:19, 81:23, 176:6, 182:4, 186:15changed [4] - 171:7, 171:15, 176:5, 181:2changes [2] - 19:8, 19:11Chapo [1] - 172:25character [6] - 18:12, 18:22, 146:17, 146:19, 160:5, 165:25Character [1] - 18:13characteristics [1] - 181:19characterize [1] - 164:21charge [3] - 109:3, 120:22, 121:19check [1] - 176:22
checked [2] - 88:24, 129:9checking [1] - 17:18checkpoint [2] - 126:18, 126:20Chess [1] - 177:12chessboard [2] - 177:13, 177:14Chicano [12] - 34:17, 85:1, 86:15, 86:17, 90:7, 96:12, 103:2, 106:16, 124:8, 131:18, 156:17, 157:4Chicanos [8] - 34:14, 34:15, 34:16, 35:13, 36:2, 84:24, 106:24, 107:3chief [1] - 34:14CHIRP [1] - 138:17choice [1] - 174:25chords [1] - 165:10chose [1] - 157:7Christ [7] - 161:25, 163:17, 164:15, 167:7, 168:16, 178:25Christi [3] - 124:19, 162:11church [17] - 161:19, 162:21, 163:6, 163:12, 165:5, 166:2, 166:3, 166:14, 167:13, 168:13, 175:17, 175:19, 175:20, 175:21, 176:2, 179:1, 179:2Circle [1] - 48:11circuit [1] - 182:11circumstances [1] - 181:18citizen [1] - 179:19City [8] - 20:18, 53:6, 67:6, 71:7, 76:17, 83:6, 162:12, 175:11claim [1] - 6:7claimed [1] - 148:16claiming [1] - 93:5clarify [3] - 40:3, 140:4, 142:20class [1] - 191:21classes [1] - 191:16classification [2] - 192:2, 192:3cleanup [1] - 170:10clear [5] - 78:15, 111:14, 148:1, 148:12, 180:4cleared [3] - 140:9, 141:8, 141:9clearly [4] - 10:5, 10:6, 156:16, 156:17clever [2] - 148:11client [30] - 9:20, 10:6, 10:21, 11:14, 12:16, 19:7, 42:6, 42:11, 43:10, 44:9, 44:23, 45:6, 47:6, 47:9, 50:16, 79:24, 92:8, 93:18, 146:24, 147:15, 147:25, 148:13, 148:17, 148:20, 149:2, 162:21, 172:25, 173:24, 175:15, 176:13clients [1] - 176:8close [4] - 14:7, 89:25, 96:16, 148:2closer [2] - 43:4, 178:25closest [1] - 191:13
199
co [1] - 39:22co-conspirator [1] - 39:22cocaine [2] - 21:1, 150:4Code [1] - 195:6codes [1] - 117:17collect [5] - 88:10, 94:25, 106:10, 107:7, 138:2collecting [2] - 150:25, 183:6comfortable [1] - 128:10coming [7] - 7:2, 116:15, 143:22, 149:25, 166:8, 170:16, 193:21commanded [1] - 88:12comment [2] - 94:22, 95:13commented [1] - 185:7comments [3] - 91:24, 153:12, 184:17commission [1] - 188:7commit [1] - 188:14committed [8] - 13:12, 13:13, 163:16, 164:14, 167:11, 167:19, 188:23, 193:16common [1] - 175:2communicated [3] - 37:22, 141:17, 141:18communication [1] - 142:4community [4] - 167:17, 169:16, 170:20, 178:19comparatively [1] - 172:25compared [3] - 148:6, 148:20, 151:10compartment [1] - 75:21complain [4] - 15:19, 15:20, 183:16, 183:21complete [1] - 184:16completely [1] - 167:7computer [1] - 1:22concealment [1] - 188:8concerning [2] - 6:24, 187:3concession [1] - 185:22conclude [1] - 146:23concluded [1] - 194:23conditions [1] - 190:16conduct [2] - 10:9, 189:13conducted [2] - 13:21, 180:7confer [1] - 146:23confidence [1] - 176:13confirm [1] - 6:6conflict [1] - 77:3connection [1] - 152:25consequence [1] - 8:1consider [14] - 10:22, 152:15, 159:14, 174:21, 176:21, 177:4, 177:22, 177:23, 178:3, 179:16, 180:23, 181:11, 184:24, 184:25consideration [17] - 151:7, 158:17, 159:25, 160:10, 173:12, 180:20, 181:6, 181:18, 181:22, 181:24, 182:8, 183:13,
183:23, 184:4, 186:12, 187:17, 189:11considerations [1] - 173:11considered [3] - 51:11, 179:25, 185:6conspiracy [19] - 5:24, 12:19, 12:21, 12:22, 12:23, 13:12, 16:16, 20:25, 28:4, 35:25, 58:18, 70:20, 82:25, 124:23, 125:10, 146:5, 155:9, 155:13, 155:14conspirator [1] - 39:22contact [7] - 26:2, 26:4, 26:8, 26:19, 26:23, 35:5, 112:18contacted [2] - 138:1, 138:2contested [1] - 159:19context [1] - 95:13continuance [3] - 81:17, 92:9, 143:6continue [3] - 62:6, 82:12, 193:13continued [1] - 81:8contrived [1] - 148:24control [4] - 108:5, 108:6, 130:7, 148:13convenience [1] - 80:1conversation [4] - 89:14, 103:19, 121:22, 121:23conversations [2] - 104:9, 147:6conversion [1] - 164:21convert [1] - 161:19convicted [1] - 20:24convinced [2] - 71:24, 72:2cooperate [2] - 101:12, 101:17cooperating [2] - 14:20, 17:6cooperative [1] - 178:14cop [12] - 38:22, 91:25, 108:9, 122:21, 129:13, 143:13, 143:20, 144:14, 144:22, 145:15, 155:4, 156:3cops [2] - 133:3, 155:24Corelle [1] - 161:19Corpus [4] - 124:19, 162:11, 169:25correct [33] - 14:12, 21:16, 28:23, 29:5, 36:21, 42:7, 42:18, 44:7, 44:21, 46:15, 76:11, 90:8, 94:2, 96:22, 97:10, 97:23, 111:2, 121:16, 121:20, 124:23, 127:17, 134:1, 136:1, 136:24, 152:20, 163:21, 164:6, 166:23, 166:24, 169:12, 170:13, 185:20, 195:6corrected [1] - 37:4correction [1] - 117:13correctly [6] - 47:19, 68:4, 68:16, 80:13, 111:4, 182:14cost [1] - 47:21counsel [14] - 7:2, 7:8, 8:24,
18:8, 18:9, 57:20, 97:6, 154:12, 157:23, 168:22, 180:11, 185:17, 191:10, 194:6Counsel [2] - 100:14, 151:4Count [1] - 5:23count [1] - 103:22counted [5] - 78:21, 78:22, 78:24, 79:14, 79:16counter [1] - 23:24counter-surveillance [1] - 23:24counting [2] - 116:5, 116:13country [5] - 166:2, 188:9, 188:21, 191:20county [7] - 29:19, 117:18, 118:18, 120:13, 157:9, 162:18County [1] - 162:20couple [13] - 5:20, 15:10, 48:5, 64:22, 152:21, 160:5, 163:24, 164:1, 173:18, 182:2, 184:17, 185:9, 185:18courier [3] - 31:1, 71:15, 72:13course [5] - 5:17, 8:8, 14:24, 150:9, 172:9COURT [236] - 1:1, 5:7, 5:16, 6:16, 6:20, 7:7, 7:10, 7:13, 7:21, 8:6, 8:8, 8:11, 9:7, 11:15, 11:21, 14:13, 15:22, 15:25, 16:8, 16:18, 16:21, 16:24, 17:24, 18:3, 18:7, 18:12, 18:14, 18:17, 18:21, 19:3, 19:13, 19:16, 19:18, 19:25, 20:4, 20:7, 22:20, 22:22, 24:5, 27:3, 27:6, 27:9, 27:13, 27:17, 27:20, 28:17, 28:19, 32:20, 32:23, 33:7, 34:22, 34:23, 37:4, 39:23, 41:24, 43:6, 46:2, 48:4, 49:10, 50:8, 51:16, 51:18, 52:10, 52:15, 57:20, 57:23, 58:2, 58:4, 61:8, 61:17, 63:23, 64:4, 64:13, 66:19, 67:1, 67:8, 67:12, 67:14, 67:16, 67:18, 67:22, 67:25, 69:22, 69:25, 70:4, 70:6, 78:5, 80:19, 80:23, 81:2, 81:9, 81:12, 81:15, 81:22, 82:1, 82:7, 84:20, 84:21, 86:12, 86:13, 90:3, 92:6, 92:12, 92:16, 95:12, 95:18, 95:21, 96:1, 96:4, 96:6, 96:9, 97:6, 97:20, 98:12, 98:22, 98:24, 99:5, 99:8, 99:17, 99:20, 100:3, 100:9, 100:14, 100:17, 100:20, 100:24, 110:19, 110:22, 112:9, 112:21, 112:23, 113:2, 113:9, 115:11, 115:17, 120:18, 122:10, 122:12, 123:2, 123:5, 123:8, 123:11, 123:17, 123:20, 133:6, 135:3, 137:23, 137:25, 138:5, 138:9, 138:19, 139:10, 139:17, 139:23, 140:1, 140:4, 140:15, 141:3, 141:8,
200
141:12, 141:20, 141:25, 142:11, 143:16, 143:19, 144:2, 144:7, 144:10, 144:17, 145:16, 145:21, 146:20, 146:25, 147:3, 149:10, 150:9, 152:18, 152:21, 153:12, 154:1, 155:8, 155:12, 155:16, 155:18, 157:10, 157:22, 159:4, 159:16, 160:3, 160:8, 160:16, 160:25, 167:25, 168:4, 168:6, 168:9, 168:11, 168:20, 168:22, 169:3, 171:23, 172:2, 172:4, 172:7, 178:7, 179:8, 180:5, 184:14, 184:22, 185:17, 185:22, 186:5, 186:10, 188:12, 188:17, 188:19, 189:1, 189:17, 190:13, 190:20, 191:1, 191:4, 191:10, 191:17, 191:24, 192:4, 192:16, 192:22, 192:25, 193:17, 193:20, 193:23, 194:4, 194:6, 194:10, 194:16court [5] - 5:3, 10:25, 20:25, 82:6, 142:13Court [60] - 1:19, 1:20, 5:14, 6:12, 10:11, 10:15, 11:11, 11:13, 41:6, 44:23, 65:9, 68:3, 68:6, 99:21, 116:3, 148:5, 148:15, 148:18, 148:25, 152:10, 152:15, 154:17, 155:1, 155:6, 159:3, 159:14, 162:8, 163:25, 164:20, 167:24, 172:15, 173:4, 173:8, 173:9, 173:10, 173:13, 173:14, 173:21, 174:7, 174:18, 174:21, 175:1, 175:12, 176:21, 177:3, 177:7, 177:21, 177:23, 177:24, 178:2, 178:3, 179:6, 179:16, 181:9, 183:21, 184:13, 190:17, 192:2, 193:2Court's [1] - 174:6courtroom [3] - 5:13, 19:20, 185:10Courts [2] - 178:12, 181:9cousin [3] - 65:6, 65:22, 131:24cousin's [1] - 62:23cousins [2] - 131:24, 175:21covered [3] - 42:15, 42:16, 90:14covers [1] - 14:8crazy [1] - 87:12CRC [2] - 1:19, 195:13creature [1] - 168:17credibility [1] - 150:1credible [2] - 154:5, 158:24credit [1] - 83:16crime [5] - 109:20, 109:25, 155:24, 188:23, 191:20crimes [3] - 96:19, 136:7, 188:14Criminal [3] - 5:8, 185:12, 189:25
criminal [6] - 8:4, 136:4, 147:11, 152:16, 159:11, 159:12criminals [1] - 145:2criticize [1] - 183:24crook [1] - 145:15CROSS [8] - 24:8, 42:2, 64:15, 78:7, 92:17, 110:23, 120:19, 135:4cross [12] - 19:1, 24:6, 41:25, 57:20, 64:14, 78:5, 92:16, 110:22, 120:18, 126:19, 135:3, 142:16Cross [8] - 2:4, 2:6, 2:11, 2:14, 2:16, 2:18, 2:21, 2:23cross-examination [7] - 24:6, 57:20, 64:14, 78:5, 110:22, 120:18, 142:16Cross-Examination [8] - 2:4, 2:6, 2:11, 2:14, 2:16, 2:18, 2:21, 2:23CROSS-EXAMINATION [8] - 24:8, 42:2, 64:15, 78:7, 92:17, 110:23, 120:19, 135:4cross-examine [3] - 19:1, 41:25, 92:16crossing [1] - 126:19CRR [2] - 1:19, 195:13crucial [2] - 10:20, 149:4Cruz [3] - 23:11, 23:13, 149:19custody [2] - 80:25, 194:1cut [5] - 11:2, 133:25, 134:6, 150:4, 150:5cutting [2] - 170:12, 170:24
D
DA [2] - 51:1, 120:2dad [16] - 71:24, 72:1, 72:3, 73:5, 76:2, 77:4, 78:11, 78:18, 79:18, 80:3, 80:7, 80:12, 161:20, 161:22, 164:11, 174:12dad's [1] - 112:16daddy [3] - 174:1, 174:9, 174:16damage [2] - 14:16, 179:15danger [1] - 192:12dangerous [8] - 126:4, 126:5, 131:5, 136:9, 137:6, 151:16, 154:20, 154:21Danny [3] - 23:11, 23:13, 149:19dare [1] - 121:19dark [1] - 93:8date [3] - 48:18, 81:20, 164:12daughter [3] - 132:6, 132:10day's [1] - 136:23daylight [1] - 93:14days [4] - 48:20, 81:19, 90:1dead [4] - 34:20, 34:23, 86:20, 133:21
deal [12] - 26:19, 80:7, 82:13, 102:13, 131:3, 131:4, 137:17, 137:18, 150:5, 171:12, 191:5dealer [1] - 188:22dealing [8] - 8:8, 128:4, 145:24, 146:4, 154:21, 155:23, 171:13dealings [1] - 146:2death [1] - 109:17debriefed [1] - 10:18debt [3] - 97:12, 150:7, 179:20decedent [1] - 17:7December [1] - 155:11decide [1] - 146:9decided [2] - 100:15, 150:13decides [2] - 152:10decision [11] - 10:14, 10:15, 46:3, 121:9, 121:15, 146:6, 181:15, 181:25, 184:20, 186:15decisions [1] - 183:6DEFENDANT [27] - 6:15, 6:19, 178:10, 184:21, 185:16, 185:20, 186:4, 186:9, 188:11, 188:16, 188:18, 188:25, 189:16, 190:12, 190:18, 190:25, 191:3, 191:8, 192:20, 192:24, 193:1, 193:19, 193:22, 194:2, 194:5, 194:14, 194:20Defendant [2] - 1:8, 1:17defendant [21] - 12:17, 90:22, 95:22, 100:4, 140:6, 141:10, 141:12, 145:2, 158:11, 161:18, 172:10, 172:16, 173:19, 176:18, 180:15, 180:18, 181:20, 182:8, 182:16, 183:19, 188:5defendant's [4] - 7:17, 8:4, 15:7, 179:14defendants [3] - 7:16, 8:17, 172:17defer [1] - 99:10defiled [1] - 180:2degree [1] - 193:3DELACRUZ [1] - 1:7DeLaCruz [127] - 5:9, 5:13, 5:19, 14:3, 20:2, 20:19, 21:10, 22:4, 22:14, 22:15, 22:25, 23:2, 23:7, 24:10, 24:15, 24:24, 25:2, 25:3, 25:16, 26:13, 28:9, 29:8, 29:11, 29:18, 29:21, 30:2, 30:3, 30:7, 31:4, 31:11, 31:17, 31:21, 35:3, 35:15, 35:18, 37:22, 38:3, 38:19, 44:10, 45:13, 46:15, 47:16, 48:16, 50:23, 51:6, 52:6, 55:16, 56:19, 57:7, 58:24, 59:4, 59:23, 60:6, 63:13, 65:15, 71:4, 72:1, 72:3, 72:16, 73:2, 73:4, 73:7, 73:13, 73:14, 75:6, 75:16, 76:7, 76:8, 76:10, 76:24, 77:4, 77:8, 77:21, 77:23, 78:10, 79:19, 80:5, 80:12, 80:15,
201
91:22, 92:19, 92:23, 93:3, 94:21, 95:14, 101:17, 103:25, 104:4, 105:13, 107:17, 111:16, 114:4, 115:6, 115:25, 120:11, 125:20, 128:25, 129:2, 137:8, 138:7, 139:11, 140:17, 140:20, 141:15, 142:20, 142:23, 143:1, 157:5, 157:7, 161:18, 166:17, 169:7, 170:2, 173:19, 175:5, 175:6, 175:7, 175:9, 175:14, 175:15, 176:19, 178:8, 183:15, 184:15, 190:3, 192:16deliberates [1] - 178:2delightful [1] - 174:8deliver [2] - 98:11, 103:22delivered [2] - 6:10, 120:10delivering [1] - 13:24demeanor [1] - 171:14depart [1] - 185:1department [1] - 178:20Department [1] - 20:18describe [3] - 157:24, 158:2, 158:3described [4] - 24:14, 42:14, 167:2, 189:19describes [1] - 150:15description [1] - 72:16deserving [1] - 172:18Desmond [5] - 58:6, 58:13, 68:3, 69:17, 70:3DESMOND [2] - 2:10, 58:7destroy [1] - 188:15detail [1] - 6:6details [3] - 39:3, 39:4determination [1] - 17:11determine [2] - 15:14, 150:10determining [3] - 151:8, 158:17, 184:24devout [1] - 175:17DeWitt [1] - 141:25die [1] - 136:21difference [13] - 11:19, 14:14, 140:24, 141:9, 182:18, 182:23, 183:1, 183:17, 185:8, 186:7, 187:4, 187:12, 187:15different [12] - 11:18, 45:19, 68:25, 79:5, 108:8, 114:1, 140:14, 142:18, 142:19, 154:16, 159:24, 186:6difficult [10] - 171:12, 172:14, 172:15, 173:1, 176:11, 176:12, 176:18, 176:24, 177:21, 180:10difficulty [1] - 171:13diligent [2] - 171:20, 173:9direct [5] - 9:20, 9:24, 15:10, 144:24, 156:12DIRECT [11] - 20:9, 27:21, 52:20, 58:9, 70:11, 82:17, 101:1, 113:12, 123:23, 160:19, 169:5
Direct [11] - 2:3, 2:5, 2:9, 2:10, 2:13, 2:15, 2:18, 2:20, 2:23, 2:25, 3:2directed [1] - 154:6directing [4] - 13:9, 150:25, 178:16, 183:7directives [1] - 121:3directly [10] - 13:9, 22:13, 26:1, 26:18, 42:11, 78:18, 111:11, 111:16, 111:18, 146:2dirty [1] - 155:24disagree [2] - 153:9, 186:18disconnect [2] - 145:3, 145:4disconnected [1] - 146:3discretion [1] - 181:4discuss [2] - 6:14, 6:23discussed [1] - 191:4discussing [1] - 94:15discussion [1] - 132:4dispose [1] - 33:16disproportionate [2] - 10:3, 10:10dispute [6] - 10:19, 142:6, 142:7, 142:9, 142:10, 154:16distinction [1] - 187:3distinctions [1] - 145:21distress [1] - 10:24distribute [7] - 5:25, 21:1, 28:4, 58:19, 70:21, 83:1, 125:11distributing [1] - 12:10DISTRICT [2] - 1:1, 1:2district [2] - 51:22, 120:8District [2] - 1:20, 1:20divide [1] - 116:6Division [1] - 135:7document [1] - 29:16documents [1] - 31:14don't.. [1] - 46:23done [17] - 10:7, 36:17, 79:8, 89:21, 89:22, 108:24, 117:23, 127:14, 147:25, 148:3, 166:19, 166:22, 172:3, 179:15, 179:19, 180:13, 180:19door [1] - 177:12doors [1] - 5:13dope [5] - 59:14, 59:19, 59:22, 105:3, 109:1doubt [3] - 12:1, 145:24, 159:18down [39] - 27:6, 38:12, 52:10, 57:23, 69:25, 77:4, 80:19, 86:22, 89:7, 96:25, 99:1, 112:23, 113:25, 123:2, 129:9, 129:10, 129:19, 138:7, 138:24, 139:9, 139:12, 139:15, 141:4, 142:23, 143:13, 143:21, 144:1, 144:4, 144:13, 145:8, 155:5, 158:4, 159:8, 168:7, 172:4, 178:21, 178:22, 185:25, 187:24downtown [1] - 99:15draw [1] - 145:21
drawn [1] - 53:16dressed [2] - 108:9, 108:10drive [7] - 35:18, 74:16, 74:17, 89:11, 99:15, 108:21, 122:21driver [2] - 54:22, 129:7driver's [2] - 25:21, 25:22driveway [1] - 105:17driving [9] - 53:19, 59:13, 60:8, 72:17, 87:12, 93:9, 129:8, 138:16, 138:21dropped [1] - 135:19drove [4] - 57:5, 57:6, 89:14, 108:21drug [27] - 17:7, 24:2, 31:5, 32:12, 38:4, 38:21, 62:18, 91:17, 98:18, 103:19, 105:25, 108:15, 108:18, 113:24, 144:21, 144:25, 145:6, 145:14, 145:24, 146:2, 146:4, 147:4, 148:7, 150:22, 153:22, 156:2, 188:22Drug [2] - 21:7, 101:23drug-trafficking [1] - 144:21drug/alcohol [1] - 191:16drugs [11] - 63:6, 69:8, 69:9, 69:12, 91:22, 96:21, 104:9, 110:14, 191:19, 191:22, 191:25DTO [3] - 9:25, 10:5, 10:8duck [1] - 139:9dudes [1] - 64:3due [2] - 181:22, 182:8dug [2] - 32:13, 32:14dune [1] - 119:23during [30] - 12:23, 13:11, 13:17, 14:4, 22:3, 23:23, 29:4, 29:7, 35:24, 37:15, 41:4, 41:14, 41:20, 47:7, 47:22, 47:24, 53:4, 55:13, 68:20, 93:6, 102:16, 112:12, 114:9, 121:24, 162:25, 165:18, 169:17, 171:1, 174:11, 190:5duties [2] - 153:2, 153:6duty [4] - 53:8, 150:9, 154:8, 186:16
E
eagerness [1] - 170:19early [1] - 150:5earmarked [1] - 26:17earn [1] - 174:13earned [1] - 174:14east [1] - 57:10eat [1] - 99:14ed [2] - 135:18, 137:5effect [1] - 182:6efforts [1] - 19:12eight [1] - 171:4either [5] - 13:9, 14:15, 76:7,
202
111:11, 139:14elicit [1] - 121:14eliminated [2] - 135:19, 135:20eliminates [2] - 16:14, 17:17eloquent [1] - 179:12elsewhere [1] - 12:9embarrassment [1] - 180:17emphasize [1] - 185:24employ [1] - 31:4employer [1] - 19:10encapsulated [1] - 145:14encounter [1] - 138:14encountered [1] - 12:7encountering [1] - 135:25end [19] - 90:16, 94:19, 101:19, 102:23, 114:18, 127:19, 149:4, 173:5, 173:7, 175:23, 176:19, 177:14, 177:15, 179:23, 182:19, 189:9, 190:4, 190:7ended [4] - 128:18, 175:4, 176:1, 176:2enforce [1] - 188:14enforcement [29] - 20:15, 21:19, 28:14, 30:12, 30:14, 55:21, 56:4, 71:6, 76:14, 104:2, 114:14, 117:15, 125:22, 131:4, 135:24, 137:18, 137:20, 152:14, 153:1, 153:6, 172:21, 180:2, 188:13, 189:5, 189:13, 191:13, 192:6, 192:11, 193:15enforcer [1] - 156:4English [5] - 28:22, 100:15, 100:16, 100:18, 123:18enhanced [1] - 157:11enhancement [6] - 8:13, 9:3, 15:12, 153:13, 153:25, 186:15enhancements [2] - 11:21, 158:5enhances [1] - 8:3enlisted [1] - 149:20entered [1] - 5:23enterprise [1] - 152:16enters [1] - 183:19entertain [1] - 172:9entire [2] - 25:9, 25:12entirely [1] - 11:18entirety [1] - 152:13environment [1] - 137:6equal [1] - 154:22equipment [7] - 30:3, 30:5, 37:10, 51:24, 109:5, 148:9, 151:25escaping [2] - 177:11, 177:16especially [2] - 154:20, 159:17establish [2] - 7:1, 180:14established [3] - 147:13, 159:11, 172:8evaluation [2] - 137:15, 177:8evening [1] - 93:6
event [4] - 35:10, 35:12, 35:20, 43:10evidence [10] - 7:5, 11:23, 14:21, 16:15, 90:20, 151:5, 153:10, 154:8, 158:23, 180:22evident [1] - 154:15exactly [4] - 30:16, 41:2, 43:22, 170:4Examination [27] - 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:6, 2:6, 2:7, 2:7, 2:9, 2:10, 2:11, 2:11, 2:12, 2:13, 2:14, 2:15, 2:16, 2:16, 2:18, 2:18, 2:19, 2:20, 2:21, 2:21, 2:23, 2:23, 2:25, 3:2examination [7] - 24:6, 57:20, 64:14, 78:5, 110:22, 120:18, 142:16EXAMINATION [28] - 2:1, 20:9, 24:8, 27:21, 42:2, 48:6, 50:10, 51:19, 52:20, 58:9, 64:15, 66:20, 68:1, 70:11, 78:7, 82:17, 92:17, 98:7, 101:1, 110:23, 112:10, 113:12, 120:19, 122:16, 123:23, 135:4, 160:19, 169:5examine [3] - 19:1, 41:25, 92:16example [6] - 42:9, 121:13, 165:3, 181:25, 182:6, 189:4except [5] - 119:22, 157:21, 173:14, 173:20exchange [3] - 26:14, 26:21, 79:7excuse [4] - 7:16, 86:12, 95:20, 132:8excused [11] - 52:13, 52:15, 58:1, 58:2, 70:3, 70:6, 80:20, 80:23, 81:25, 123:3, 123:5execute [1] - 109:20exercise [1] - 184:16Exhibit [13] - 32:3, 32:5, 32:11, 48:8, 49:19, 49:22, 51:3, 56:7, 56:10, 56:12, 56:17, 74:18, 74:19exhibits [6] - 7:3, 7:4, 7:8, 7:11, 7:14, 16:2existed [1] - 156:16existing [1] - 182:10exists [1] - 12:17expect [2] - 111:22, 188:13experience [2] - 63:12, 177:1experienced [1] - 6:4explain [2] - 116:3, 184:18explained [2] - 116:7, 147:21explains [1] - 156:25explanation [2] - 47:12, 47:13exposed [4] - 10:21, 152:9, 172:17, 172:19extensive [5] - 12:12, 147:12, 147:14, 180:9, 185:8extent [4] - 16:14, 39:19, 192:7
extreme [1] - 182:16extremely [1] - 185:5eyebrow [1] - 148:16eyes [1] - 90:14
F
Fabian [2] - 1:17, 5:12face [9] - 61:12, 61:25, 64:1, 65:19, 65:25, 86:10, 86:13, 94:1, 94:2faced [1] - 173:2faces [1] - 69:19facilitated [1] - 188:7facilitating [1] - 31:11facility [2] - 192:8, 192:10facing [1] - 148:21fact [23] - 10:3, 10:5, 45:13, 79:14, 98:14, 102:23, 115:18, 136:19, 137:8, 141:6, 142:7, 156:21, 159:15, 159:25, 165:12, 166:7, 170:22, 172:17, 174:10, 177:4, 179:18, 182:4, 183:15factor [2] - 151:9, 159:16factors [6] - 10:13, 174:7, 177:24, 181:17, 181:21, 184:25facts [8] - 141:2, 145:18, 157:24, 177:19, 181:18, 182:5, 183:11, 187:11factual [4] - 145:17, 146:20, 146:22, 147:1factually [1] - 8:2faded [1] - 174:17failed [1] - 31:15fainted [1] - 174:17fair [7] - 39:20, 98:1, 137:15, 141:1, 159:22, 173:6, 174:20fairly [1] - 11:13fairness [2] - 152:9, 152:12faithful [1] - 165:21faithfully [1] - 167:15Falfurrias [1] - 126:20fall [1] - 174:16fallen [1] - 170:14falls [1] - 180:15false [6] - 23:13, 23:15, 29:19, 31:13, 71:12, 78:9falsify [1] - 31:5familiar [4] - 6:18, 64:17, 164:2, 183:4family [36] - 10:6, 38:15, 50:14, 71:1, 71:2, 131:25, 151:21, 154:19, 154:25, 155:2, 155:3, 156:8, 156:22, 173:21, 173:22, 174:24, 175:1, 175:2, 175:16, 178:21, 178:23, 179:14, 189:10, 189:12, 190:7, 190:22, 192:18, 193:9, 194:7, 194:8,
203
194:15far [12] - 11:25, 13:7, 26:11, 26:13, 55:21, 147:13, 150:12, 157:19, 158:22, 162:21, 178:17, 183:8fast [3] - 120:3, 134:3, 134:4fast-forward [2] - 134:3, 134:4father [12] - 70:17, 71:9, 71:11, 73:7, 73:16, 73:18, 75:3, 75:15, 76:23, 77:8, 77:22, 189:11father's [1] - 77:13favor [1] - 154:23fear [1] - 98:14federal [4] - 10:25, 19:24, 20:25, 176:12fell [2] - 147:23, 174:12felonies [1] - 136:11felony [1] - 193:4felt [6] - 86:8, 89:21, 97:4, 97:9, 128:10, 137:15fence [2] - 54:9, 54:10few [6] - 60:13, 60:15, 69:7, 73:15, 173:20, 191:18fight [1] - 61:4fights [1] - 146:2file [1] - 144:15filed [6] - 6:22, 7:18, 7:23, 7:24, 8:21, 8:23final [1] - 168:8finality [1] - 184:1finally [1] - 167:19findings [5] - 6:24, 145:19, 150:11, 159:10, 186:19fine [6] - 69:20, 81:24, 99:19, 144:7, 190:20, 190:23finish [2] - 49:10, 99:11finished [3] - 66:22, 72:19, 116:10firearm [9] - 10:16, 94:4, 149:6, 151:23, 152:2, 152:14, 152:19, 153:13firearms [5] - 42:22, 46:13, 112:4, 151:16, 152:25first [28] - 11:16, 11:18, 18:5, 20:1, 28:11, 32:11, 55:2, 68:22, 83:10, 91:4, 91:7, 92:20, 92:22, 114:16, 115:2, 120:24, 129:7, 142:14, 150:10, 155:3, 155:15, 158:5, 162:10, 163:11, 167:8, 172:11, 193:3first-degree [1] - 193:3fit [1] - 148:9five [11] - 15:1, 15:4, 29:13, 147:12, 147:14, 168:13, 176:15, 186:1, 187:1, 190:15fix [1] - 141:1flacco [2] - 62:21, 63:1Flacco [5] - 62:22, 63:6, 66:10, 138:16, 138:23flagged [1] - 158:7
flatbeds [1] - 109:5flight [1] - 193:11floor [2] - 61:25, 62:1focus [4] - 13:2, 14:1, 14:5, 14:17follow [1] - 190:16followed [1] - 36:10following [5] - 5:3, 6:1, 81:14, 82:6, 163:10follows [11] - 20:6, 27:12, 52:19, 58:8, 70:10, 82:16, 100:13, 113:6, 123:16, 160:15, 169:2force [4] - 135:20, 154:22, 156:18, 181:1Ford [1] - 108:22foregoing [1] - 195:6foreman [1] - 125:8foreseeable [1] - 13:11forfeited [2] - 31:24, 57:13forgotten [1] - 73:11form [1] - 140:14former [2] - 192:6, 192:11Forrest [3] - 1:19, 195:12, 195:13forth [5] - 8:14, 13:7, 146:8, 151:1, 181:21fortunately [1] - 150:20forward [8] - 8:20, 27:9, 70:7, 100:9, 113:2, 134:3, 134:4, 167:2four [11] - 15:2, 29:13, 43:21, 53:23, 147:19, 155:12, 162:23, 182:22, 182:23, 186:23four-point [1] - 182:23fraction [2] - 52:5fractional [1] - 148:6frank [1] - 124:8frankly [3] - 150:16, 158:18, 159:22free [2] - 148:10, 187:9freely [2] - 192:24, 192:25frequencies [1] - 30:10frequency [1] - 30:10Friday [2] - 120:4, 166:12friend [25] - 20:20, 39:14, 62:23, 63:4, 66:10, 84:13, 85:7, 88:21, 95:6, 96:16, 106:21, 114:7, 114:10, 114:17, 125:18, 130:23, 131:23, 132:13, 134:25, 137:3, 143:11, 143:20, 143:25, 144:1, 161:20friend's [4] - 112:16, 143:13, 143:20, 155:4friends [13] - 101:25, 130:3, 130:4, 130:12, 130:13, 130:14, 130:15, 130:16, 130:24, 137:13, 145:13, 178:22front [5] - 7:23, 115:9, 129:18, 164:20, 185:11
full [11] - 20:11, 27:25, 58:11, 70:13, 82:19, 101:3, 113:14, 123:25, 160:21, 161:9, 189:5fullest [1] - 192:7fun [1] - 104:16future [1] - 59:17
G
game [7] - 35:8, 42:25, 43:9, 79:22, 79:24, 79:25, 83:24gang [18] - 66:6, 66:10, 84:19, 84:21, 84:23, 106:19, 106:25, 127:22, 128:2, 128:3, 128:4, 133:15, 133:18, 135:17, 135:18, 135:19, 135:25, 137:2gangster [2] - 130:19, 130:20Garcia [1] - 52:4Garciasville [3] - 161:11, 162:16, 162:18Garza [10] - 63:20, 65:14, 76:9, 91:10, 100:8, 101:3, 101:5, 101:22, 110:25, 111:16GARZA [2] - 2:17, 100:12gas [2] - 138:15, 139:3gate [2] - 53:22, 54:10general [1] - 165:2generally [1] - 185:1gentleman [1] - 65:18gentlemen [2] - 43:14, 66:3genuine [1] - 164:24gift [2] - 38:24, 38:25girl [1] - 175:22girl's [2] - 131:23, 132:1given [14] - 9:5, 16:1, 23:9, 30:19, 40:22, 46:14, 52:5, 68:12, 119:14, 136:20, 147:9, 150:1, 186:1, 186:11God [1] - 193:12gonna [2] - 139:7goodbye [1] - 194:15gospel [1] - 161:25govern [1] - 156:25government [6] - 11:10, 17:12, 29:15, 31:24, 37:11, 177:19government's [2] - 17:15, 147:18Government's [12] - 32:3, 32:5, 32:11, 48:8, 49:18, 49:21, 56:7, 56:10, 56:12, 56:17, 74:18, 74:19grabbed [2] - 87:23, 131:8Grande [8] - 20:18, 53:6, 67:6, 71:7, 76:17, 83:5, 92:3, 128:24grant [2] - 92:12, 193:25granted [1] - 81:19grass [1] - 166:6great [3] - 150:1, 191:5, 192:19greater [3] - 188:1, 188:22,
204
188:23green [7] - 131:22, 132:3, 132:10, 132:11, 132:12, 136:19, 156:25grew [1] - 167:17ground [5] - 32:7, 32:14, 62:4, 176:4, 176:5group [12] - 14:3, 96:22, 121:2, 121:3, 121:18, 121:20, 135:22, 136:12, 136:15, 172:22growing [1] - 175:19grown [1] - 166:25Guerra [5] - 19:6, 160:13, 160:21, 161:3, 161:11GUERRA [2] - 2:24, 160:14Guerrero [28] - 1:17, 2:4, 2:6, 2:7, 2:11, 2:12, 2:14, 2:16, 2:18, 2:21, 2:23, 2:25, 3:2, 5:12, 6:4, 7:15, 19:19, 24:5, 27:17, 41:24, 64:13, 82:10, 142:14, 146:14, 147:8, 172:11, 179:13, 181:3GUERRERO [106] - 5:12, 7:9, 7:12, 7:20, 7:24, 8:7, 8:10, 9:5, 9:15, 11:20, 14:12, 15:20, 15:24, 18:10, 18:13, 18:16, 18:20, 19:5, 24:7, 24:9, 27:1, 27:19, 32:21, 32:25, 39:18, 42:1, 42:3, 43:8, 44:1, 46:4, 48:3, 50:11, 51:14, 51:17, 52:8, 52:14, 57:21, 64:16, 66:18, 67:24, 68:2, 69:21, 70:5, 78:6, 78:8, 82:14, 92:18, 96:10, 97:8, 97:17, 97:21, 98:23, 99:3, 99:15, 110:24, 112:8, 112:22, 120:20, 122:9, 122:11, 123:4, 135:5, 137:22, 140:12, 140:21, 140:25, 141:16, 142:6, 145:3, 146:19, 146:22, 147:1, 147:17, 149:8, 150:2, 151:18, 152:20, 153:11, 154:14, 156:14, 159:2, 159:14, 160:2, 160:7, 160:12, 160:18, 160:20, 160:23, 161:3, 161:6, 161:8, 167:23, 168:1, 168:24, 169:6, 171:22, 171:25, 172:3, 172:6, 172:12, 191:12, 191:23, 192:1, 192:13, 194:9, 194:12guess [7] - 53:23, 54:11, 65:7, 78:15, 133:5, 170:24, 171:3guide [1] - 181:14guideline [6] - 7:1, 150:14, 177:6, 179:21, 179:23, 186:2guidelines [48] - 6:10, 9:2, 14:6, 14:11, 14:24, 15:11, 144:18, 145:23, 146:17, 149:12, 150:11, 150:12, 150:14, 151:4, 159:11, 159:25, 172:8, 173:5, 173:8, 180:13, 180:15, 180:25, 181:4, 181:8, 181:13, 182:4,
183:1, 183:10, 183:18, 184:5, 184:8, 184:22, 185:1, 185:2, 185:6, 185:13, 185:15, 186:8, 186:17, 186:18, 186:22, 187:2, 187:5, 187:8, 187:16, 187:23, 188:5, 189:23guiding [2] - 178:16, 183:7guilty [8] - 5:23, 28:3, 58:18, 70:20, 82:25, 101:6, 125:9, 183:20guitar [5] - 165:13, 165:15, 165:17Gulf [1] - 126:5gun [27] - 8:14, 9:8, 14:18, 18:18, 95:4, 95:23, 96:7, 108:11, 108:12, 108:13, 120:12, 120:14, 127:4, 131:10, 131:13, 143:12, 144:16, 147:6, 153:3, 153:18, 153:21, 153:22, 154:2, 154:9, 156:9, 158:13, 158:24guns [1] - 186:13guy [9] - 61:15, 84:15, 91:25, 144:16, 146:11, 158:11, 171:10, 171:11, 177:12guys [3] - 136:7, 136:9, 150:24
H
half [3] - 96:5, 167:18, 169:15halfway [1] - 54:13hand [10] - 22:24, 38:23, 59:6, 65:4, 100:10, 113:4, 120:6, 120:7, 120:8, 122:19handed [3] - 16:3, 22:18, 23:3handled [1] - 10:6handles [1] - 191:14handling [1] - 152:25hands [2] - 87:9, 122:23handy [1] - 38:23hard [4] - 160:23, 167:4, 171:21, 177:5harsh [1] - 187:18Harvey [2] - 169:17, 169:23head [3] - 87:24, 87:25, 115:12hear [18] - 11:10, 14:22, 16:9, 36:12, 43:4, 43:7, 44:18, 61:8, 68:4, 75:8, 76:16, 97:18, 107:14, 160:9, 161:3, 161:6, 166:16, 167:4heard [17] - 32:21, 39:23, 43:11, 44:3, 107:13, 139:1, 139:2, 139:9, 140:9, 140:16, 142:2, 142:18, 155:4, 180:16, 180:23, 190:5HEARING [1] - 1:10hearing [13] - 5:21, 7:14, 10:13, 39:21, 41:19, 44:2, 46:1, 142:2, 160:23, 167:4, 167:5, 190:5,
190:6hears [1] - 154:19hearsay [1] - 39:19heart [1] - 191:19heel [1] - 175:13hefty [1] - 149:5held [15] - 5:3, 9:10, 9:11, 9:16, 12:21, 12:24, 13:2, 13:3, 13:10, 14:7, 17:14, 19:17, 81:13, 81:14, 82:6hell [2] - 132:18, 132:19help [19] - 13:16, 19:12, 21:10, 31:4, 33:18, 38:25, 39:2, 49:1, 77:5, 84:18, 105:25, 149:18, 160:25, 165:16, 169:22, 170:9, 170:20, 190:23, 191:21helped [7] - 50:18, 125:25, 134:19, 169:16, 170:17, 171:19helpful [3] - 76:18, 76:19, 191:22helping [3] - 13:9, 170:4, 178:15Herbie [2] - 50:24, 52:6hereby [1] - 195:5Hero [3] - 45:23, 50:4, 51:4hesitate [1] - 165:11hesitated [1] - 53:22hid [1] - 153:20hidden [2] - 42:18, 45:6hide [5] - 34:3, 34:6, 34:8, 34:25, 35:1HIDTA [1] - 41:9hierarchy [1] - 147:21high [3] - 67:5, 77:1, 77:2highway [1] - 36:13himself [6] - 54:24, 94:7, 145:9, 149:22, 170:23, 176:14hire [2] - 15:10, 38:3hired [2] - 149:18his.. [1] - 131:13Hispanics [1] - 147:19history [2] - 159:11, 159:12History [2] - 185:13, 189:25hit [7] - 86:10, 86:12, 128:24, 132:12, 132:24, 138:22, 153:14hitting [1] - 90:15hold [4] - 10:11, 61:8, 142:11, 179:4holds [1] - 49:24holster [1] - 151:24home [4] - 115:23, 124:20, 124:21, 124:22hometown [1] - 162:15honest [3] - 107:5, 107:15, 136:14honor [4] - 150:12, 162:9, 190:18, 193:8Honor [61] - 6:15, 8:10, 9:23, 16:16, 18:5, 19:15, 27:7, 27:15, 27:19, 50:7, 52:12, 52:17, 78:4,
205
81:1, 82:5, 90:20, 92:11, 95:20, 100:15, 123:1, 123:7, 123:14, 137:24, 140:2, 140:8, 141:5, 143:6, 144:14, 153:15, 153:24, 155:10, 160:12, 160:18, 172:20, 178:10, 178:11, 178:17, 178:22, 179:7, 179:12, 179:22, 180:3, 184:21, 185:16, 185:21, 186:4, 186:9, 188:11, 188:16, 188:18, 188:25, 189:16, 190:12, 190:19, 190:25, 191:3, 191:8, 193:1, 194:2, 194:3, 194:14HONORABLE [1] - 1:3hook [1] - 175:15hope [2] - 168:13, 189:2hopeful [2] - 111:23, 111:24hopefully [1] - 190:8hoping [4] - 101:19, 148:25, 190:9, 191:17horse [40] - 13:23, 38:19, 45:13, 45:22, 45:24, 46:5, 46:9, 47:14, 47:17, 47:18, 48:15, 49:20, 49:23, 49:24, 50:1, 50:4, 50:5, 50:6, 51:2, 51:7, 51:10, 51:11, 54:11, 54:18, 73:19, 73:20, 73:22, 73:23, 92:21, 114:19, 114:20, 114:22, 114:23, 115:1, 115:2, 115:3, 121:13, 175:8, 175:10horses [12] - 38:10, 38:16, 38:17, 41:10, 41:16, 45:10, 45:11, 47:21, 48:1, 175:8hospital [10] - 90:16, 91:1, 132:20, 132:21, 133:2, 133:3, 133:8, 133:14, 156:18, 156:19hotly [1] - 159:18hour [2] - 96:5, 99:13hours [3] - 57:1, 57:3, 92:14house [54] - 36:1, 48:21, 48:24, 49:7, 49:13, 74:6, 74:10, 77:9, 77:14, 77:15, 84:5, 88:4, 89:7, 95:1, 95:8, 95:10, 95:14, 95:17, 96:1, 96:25, 103:8, 103:10, 103:11, 104:5, 118:2, 119:7, 122:21, 126:11, 126:25, 127:1, 127:5, 127:17, 127:21, 128:9, 129:12, 131:15, 134:5, 138:7, 138:13, 139:12, 139:15, 139:21, 142:15, 142:23, 142:24, 142:25, 143:10, 143:13, 143:20, 144:1, 144:3, 144:13, 145:8, 155:4Houston [10] - 13:24, 38:5, 44:20, 71:22, 72:12, 101:7, 114:1, 116:15, 163:8Hubert [2] - 1:16, 5:10huge [3] - 140:24, 142:9, 142:10human [1] - 182:13humbled [1] - 179:3
hundred [1] - 47:3hundred-percent [1] - 47:3Hurricane [2] - 169:17, 169:23hurricane [1] - 171:20hurt [4] - 132:22, 133:14, 133:25
I
idea [1] - 150:3identical [1] - 51:9identified [2] - 21:25, 22:8identify [5] - 11:17, 32:8, 54:24, 65:10, 94:7Iglesia [1] - 161:15IGLESIA [1] - 161:15ignore [1] - 117:8illegal [5] - 29:8, 29:12, 54:1, 74:11, 74:12illustrate [1] - 177:25illustrates [1] - 175:11immediately [1] - 131:19impact [1] - 9:25impaired [1] - 69:16implemented [1] - 157:1imply [1] - 61:13important [13] - 10:15, 11:8, 104:15, 141:5, 141:6, 144:11, 145:1, 149:14, 173:21, 179:20, 180:3, 180:25, 188:4impose [2] - 189:8, 190:20impressed [4] - 167:3, 167:5, 170:19, 194:11impression [1] - 144:12improper [1] - 183:21incident [5] - 24:14, 80:11, 155:15, 158:9incidents [2] - 152:22, 157:25including [2] - 8:21, 151:16income [1] - 190:22increase [10] - 15:5, 144:18, 145:23, 146:4, 149:13, 151:2, 155:21, 183:10, 187:6, 187:18increased [3] - 151:17, 154:6, 188:8increases [2] - 152:7, 182:23independent [1] - 156:22INDEX [1] - 2:1indicted [2] - 8:18, 20:24Indictment [1] - 5:24indictment [1] - 155:10indifference [1] - 176:9indignated [1] - 137:14individual [2] - 14:20, 167:7individually [1] - 12:4individuals [1] - 154:21inexcusable [1] - 189:2inflicted [1] - 106:12influenced [1] - 184:20
information [6] - 6:25, 17:5, 55:10, 72:7, 74:1, 150:20informs [1] - 145:7innocent [2] - 40:13, 40:14inside [2] - 32:3, 37:8insisting [1] - 183:25insofar [2] - 111:25, 148:12instance [2] - 11:25, 35:6instead [2] - 134:19, 159:9instructed [2] - 137:2, 181:9instructions [1] - 119:14intended [1] - 144:12intending [1] - 95:10intent [7] - 5:24, 20:25, 28:4, 58:19, 70:21, 82:25, 125:11interested [1] - 184:19interpretation [1] - 28:18Interpreter [1] - 97:7INTERPRETER [13] - 28:17, 33:7, 34:23, 37:4, 46:2, 84:21, 86:13, 97:6, 100:14, 113:9, 115:11, 115:17, 160:25interpreter [1] - 115:10interpreting [1] - 150:13interrupt [3] - 82:8, 82:13, 95:12intertwined [1] - 145:24intervene [1] - 80:7intimate [1] - 161:20intimidate [2] - 63:16, 76:24investigate [1] - 121:7investigation [1] - 6:3investigators [1] - 179:5invoke [1] - 18:5involve [2] - 9:23, 101:9involved [31] - 9:21, 10:17, 12:9, 12:13, 12:18, 13:4, 13:8, 13:16, 14:3, 14:4, 14:10, 15:4, 15:9, 24:2, 53:8, 58:15, 71:14, 95:7, 101:14, 109:17, 113:24, 136:7, 142:7, 146:5, 146:16, 151:11, 152:24, 154:2, 180:9, 181:7, 186:13involves [3] - 18:15, 139:10, 146:4involving [3] - 101:17, 147:11, 186:25issue [11] - 11:7, 12:17, 14:18, 43:13, 82:10, 149:11, 151:20, 153:3, 154:17, 156:25, 157:17issues [2] - 177:7, 180:9
J
jail [2] - 176:24, 177:2James [3] - 52:17, 52:22, 52:24JAMES [2] - 2:8, 52:18January [2] - 155:11, 161:24Jesse [13] - 19:5, 22:19, 22:21,
206
22:22, 22:24, 24:14, 25:16, 26:1, 26:6, 26:12, 26:21, 160:13, 161:11JESSE [2] - 2:24, 160:14Jesus [5] - 161:25, 162:3, 163:16, 167:6, 178:25job [7] - 104:17, 152:1, 156:3, 163:14, 165:4, 174:10, 179:5jobs [1] - 68:4JOHN [1] - 1:3join [1] - 12:20joined [1] - 12:22joint [1] - 81:7Jones [1] - 167:16JR [5] - 1:7, 2:17, 3:1, 100:12, 169:1Jr [7] - 5:9, 19:9, 101:5, 118:2, 118:3, 118:5, 168:25JUDGE [1] - 1:3judge [8] - 19:6, 150:2, 156:8, 157:2, 168:24, 176:16, 180:12, 192:1Judge [23] - 7:20, 9:15, 10:20, 11:20, 42:1, 51:14, 65:10, 78:6, 148:2, 149:4, 151:20, 152:10, 152:11, 152:20, 154:15, 154:25, 159:2, 159:23, 172:12, 178:1, 178:6, 182:12, 187:9judges [1] - 184:25Judges [1] - 181:9July [5] - 6:17, 7:16, 124:16, 124:17, 124:20jumped [1] - 170:21June [3] - 6:17, 7:18, 195:10justify [1] - 155:21
K
keep [7] - 13:6, 17:2, 17:7, 54:17, 72:22, 95:13, 193:13keeping [1] - 11:4kept [1] - 193:12kid [1] - 175:19kidnap [1] - 46:18kidnap/murder [1] - 46:14kidnapped [4] - 40:8, 40:11, 40:13, 101:10kidnapping [5] - 33:10, 39:16, 40:4, 40:7, 152:24kidnapping/murder [1] - 153:20kids [2] - 164:7, 174:12kill [3] - 97:5, 97:10, 137:4killing [2] - 90:11, 137:3kilograms [3] - 5:25, 9:16, 10:9kilos [7] - 12:14, 13:3, 13:4, 13:8, 13:17, 14:7, 158:2kind [20] - 5:15, 15:8, 17:3, 26:24, 61:11, 61:24, 65:2, 74:9,
115:1, 116:13, 129:13, 129:14, 131:2, 131:8, 132:1, 175:11, 175:18, 177:20, 184:4knifed [1] - 134:1knit [1] - 156:24knock [2] - 187:16, 191:18knowledge [1] - 18:17knowledgeable [2] - 6:4, 185:4known [5] - 24:10, 24:11, 171:2knows [5] - 13:19, 13:20, 154:19, 176:17
L
labor [1] - 148:10lady [3] - 27:10, 70:7, 113:3lap [1] - 175:8large [3] - 38:4, 150:19, 151:1largest [1] - 12:6last [12] - 55:3, 97:18, 123:13, 124:15, 137:17, 143:4, 143:5, 147:20, 158:7, 158:8, 166:7, 167:1lasted [1] - 155:13late [2] - 93:8, 102:14law [48] - 12:17, 19:10, 19:11, 20:14, 21:19, 28:14, 30:12, 30:14, 39:14, 50:21, 55:21, 56:4, 71:6, 71:16, 71:22, 72:14, 76:14, 79:8, 104:2, 114:13, 117:15, 125:22, 130:7, 130:25, 131:4, 135:24, 137:17, 137:20, 152:13, 153:1, 153:6, 165:8, 169:8, 169:9, 172:21, 180:2, 182:10, 186:17, 188:10, 188:13, 188:14, 189:5, 189:13, 191:12, 192:6, 192:11, 193:15lawyer [4] - 6:14, 82:11, 150:5, 180:12lay [1] - 138:23leader [5] - 15:2, 149:3, 150:19, 156:24, 165:9leaders [1] - 103:1leadership [4] - 10:17, 127:23, 149:9, 152:7leading [1] - 182:7learn [1] - 165:15learned [1] - 120:9least [3] - 57:3, 173:3, 182:1leave [3] - 54:20, 86:24, 128:20leaves [2] - 151:14, 154:4leaving [2] - 57:5, 119:5led [1] - 175:8left [25] - 34:6, 34:25, 36:7, 37:17, 37:20, 37:23, 41:3, 41:18, 54:22, 55:8, 87:1, 87:2, 89:11, 95:21, 107:9, 107:10, 107:12, 110:11, 118:6, 128:14, 128:21, 128:22, 142:24,
166:11, 189:9legal [1] - 29:16legally [2] - 135:16, 137:1legit [1] - 72:21legitimate [1] - 156:11length [4] - 155:8, 174:19, 190:21, 193:25Leslie [2] - 52:17, 52:24LESLIE [2] - 2:8, 52:18less [6] - 9:11, 9:21, 14:10, 15:4, 173:16, 186:25level [23] - 10:12, 10:22, 11:9, 14:8, 15:5, 15:16, 16:23, 17:16, 144:18, 147:10, 150:24, 151:6, 155:21, 159:5, 159:12, 183:9, 185:12, 185:13, 187:3, 187:6, 189:21, 189:24, 190:1levels [7] - 12:8, 15:3, 151:17, 154:6, 182:20, 188:8, 189:18liability [1] - 8:5lie [1] - 121:18lieutenants [1] - 172:24life [14] - 10:25, 11:1, 11:2, 11:5, 163:16, 164:14, 167:11, 167:20, 182:24, 183:22, 185:19, 189:9light [7] - 131:22, 132:3, 132:10, 132:11, 132:12, 136:19, 156:25likely [1] - 154:22line [1] - 176:21list [3] - 7:7, 16:3, 16:4listen [5] - 30:11, 30:14, 76:14, 117:14, 118:23listening [8] - 14:23, 15:13, 118:9, 118:11, 118:15, 118:25, 121:23, 121:25lives [1] - 162:22living [2] - 132:18, 132:19load [13] - 17:8, 24:19, 25:5, 31:5, 66:23, 68:23, 71:24, 79:9, 79:10, 115:12, 116:16, 116:17, 141:14loads [12] - 17:13, 58:15, 67:8, 67:12, 68:7, 68:21, 69:1, 69:3, 111:2, 115:14, 156:10, 157:25located [1] - 162:18location [1] - 103:22locations [2] - 21:12, 170:14longest [1] - 180:7look [8] - 11:13, 40:17, 83:24, 148:5, 148:15, 148:18, 170:7, 174:7looked [4] - 53:21, 185:11, 186:22, 190:6looking [7] - 16:22, 56:17, 61:24, 62:1, 62:4, 135:9, 157:23lookout [1] - 106:4Lord [7] - 162:3, 167:11,
207
167:17, 167:19, 167:20, 178:25lord [1] - 162:16Los [1] - 60:12lose [3] - 11:2, 119:17, 152:8loses [1] - 158:12losing [1] - 164:24loud [1] - 160:24Louisiana [8] - 13:24, 38:4, 38:6, 38:14, 38:15, 44:21, 45:11, 114:1love [3] - 163:8, 174:12, 174:16loves [1] - 154:19low [2] - 182:18, 190:7lower [2] - 150:22, 173:4lowest [2] - 190:4luck [1] - 194:4lucrative [1] - 148:7ludicrous [1] - 15:22lunch [2] - 99:8, 180:8Lyford [2] - 162:13, 162:14lying [2] - 46:21, 47:1
M
ma'am [103] - 20:16, 20:21, 20:23, 21:2, 21:4, 21:9, 21:12, 22:5, 22:9, 22:12, 22:17, 23:4, 23:10, 23:12, 23:16, 23:18, 27:24, 28:5, 28:7, 28:10, 53:1, 53:14, 54:3, 54:23, 54:25, 55:5, 55:9, 55:15, 55:19, 55:24, 56:9, 56:11, 56:25, 57:8, 57:14, 70:19, 70:22, 71:2, 71:8, 74:20, 75:11, 75:25, 101:11, 101:15, 101:18, 101:21, 101:24, 102:1, 102:3, 102:9, 102:18, 102:22, 102:25, 103:3, 103:6, 103:9, 103:21, 103:24, 104:1, 104:3, 104:7, 104:10, 104:14, 105:4, 105:12, 105:14, 106:8, 106:15, 106:18, 106:20, 106:22, 107:19, 107:21, 108:3, 108:14, 108:17, 108:20, 108:25, 109:3, 109:7, 109:18, 109:21, 112:14, 113:19, 114:2, 114:5, 114:15, 115:7, 117:25, 118:10, 119:20, 120:15, 122:20, 124:10, 124:24, 125:6, 125:8, 125:12, 125:14, 125:19, 125:21, 126:1, 126:3machines [1] - 75:22mad [2] - 127:9, 127:11main [1] - 19:21majority [1] - 96:17makeshift [2] - 177:13, 177:14man [20] - 46:24, 129:13, 144:11, 145:8, 149:18, 150:3, 154:18, 154:25, 156:18, 156:21, 165:25, 166:25, 167:1,
175:4, 175:5, 175:18, 175:25, 176:6, 176:23, 177:2man's [1] - 182:24manage [1] - 9:22managed [2] - 171:1, 172:15management [2] - 9:24, 187:13MANAGER [1] - 81:21manager [8] - 9:6, 15:3, 15:8, 147:11, 147:15, 149:11, 150:17, 151:10managerial [1] - 148:1managerial/supervisory [3] - 183:4, 186:21, 187:6managers [1] - 151:10mandatory [7] - 173:15, 174:21, 180:25, 181:1, 181:5, 181:10, 187:9manner [5] - 137:11, 151:25, 166:19, 166:23, 188:7manufacturing [1] - 104:13marijuana [53] - 5:25, 9:17, 9:24, 12:10, 13:21, 14:16, 24:3, 24:20, 25:5, 28:4, 29:1, 30:15, 36:23, 37:1, 37:2, 37:7, 49:15, 49:16, 58:15, 58:19, 66:22, 69:14, 70:21, 70:24, 73:7, 75:20, 83:1, 83:5, 83:8, 83:14, 83:18, 97:15, 97:22, 98:3, 101:23, 102:4, 102:7, 103:4, 104:18, 113:25, 116:18, 117:11, 125:10, 125:24, 125:25, 126:2, 126:17, 128:5, 128:13, 128:14, 128:19, 134:15, 141:14Mario [2] - 102:20, 102:21mark [1] - 51:11Mark [1] - 165:9marked [2] - 54:2, 93:16married [3] - 162:13, 171:3, 174:4MARSHAL [3] - 99:4, 141:23, 194:18Martin [2] - 19:9, 168:24MARTIN [2] - 3:1, 169:1Martinez [10] - 84:9, 84:10, 84:13, 88:22, 89:5, 123:25, 124:2, 124:7, 135:6, 151:22MARTINEZ [2] - 2:22, 123:15matter [4] - 95:7, 136:19, 150:6, 195:8matters [1] - 16:10McAllen [1] - 101:8meager [1] - 174:11mean [34] - 14:25, 15:8, 25:23, 25:24, 53:25, 62:8, 75:7, 78:25, 91:3, 92:21, 94:18, 97:24, 106:3, 109:9, 112:2, 112:6, 126:17, 127:14, 130:13, 130:19, 132:3, 132:11, 133:11, 136:20, 140:18, 155:1, 156:9,
161:24, 164:21, 167:1, 173:25, 175:5, 189:20, 191:13means [4] - 11:1, 32:22, 132:12, 135:20meant [3] - 122:12, 133:12, 136:20mechanical [1] - 1:22mechanism [1] - 175:15medical [2] - 90:23, 90:25meet [12] - 37:21, 54:15, 57:7, 91:11, 107:16, 107:18, 134:21, 138:14, 138:21, 139:4, 139:7, 166:25meeting [33] - 36:1, 36:7, 43:14, 43:15, 43:17, 43:19, 59:1, 59:4, 64:24, 65:1, 65:9, 65:14, 66:12, 68:12, 74:9, 77:9, 77:11, 77:16, 77:19, 80:10, 84:1, 84:4, 84:7, 85:4, 95:21, 103:7, 106:5, 115:22, 119:13, 126:10, 128:13, 138:2meetings [6] - 64:25, 74:5, 104:5, 104:8, 105:10, 108:18member [14] - 12:18, 96:11, 96:14, 106:16, 106:19, 124:8, 127:22, 128:2, 128:3, 128:4, 133:16, 135:15, 167:9, 167:12members [5] - 43:14, 151:19, 165:2, 190:7memories [1] - 174:17memorize [1] - 69:19memory [2] - 17:8, 69:16men [3] - 36:7, 43:16, 155:2mention [2] - 24:23, 187:22mentioned [9] - 7:15, 9:3, 14:20, 19:19, 31:9, 43:14, 146:17, 150:16, 182:1merchandise [1] - 91:17merit [1] - 16:13merited [1] - 187:11message [2] - 180:1, 180:4messed [1] - 133:13messing [8] - 130:3, 130:12, 130:13, 132:10, 137:12, 137:20, 145:13met [5] - 24:25, 28:12, 91:9, 92:20, 162:4Mexico [19] - 12:9, 31:2, 32:15, 71:15, 71:23, 71:25, 85:25, 98:9, 98:20, 102:6, 102:11, 104:16, 104:19, 105:1, 126:2, 126:4, 127:13, 128:6, 162:12Michella [1] - 30:24middle [1] - 145:5might [3] - 136:21, 191:11miles [1] - 162:23millimeter [1] - 33:8mind [4] - 10:12, 13:7, 81:16, 172:24mind-boggling [1] - 172:24
208
mine [2] - 45:17, 85:7minimum [3] - 173:15, 174:22, 180:25minister [2] - 164:17, 165:21ministering [1] - 19:7ministry [1] - 165:6minus [1] - 159:7minute [4] - 57:24, 95:12, 143:16, 145:17minutes [8] - 96:5, 99:13, 99:16, 99:20, 116:10, 145:9, 145:10misfortune [1] - 148:14misheard [1] - 32:25mistake [2] - 142:1, 193:16mistaken [1] - 94:13mistakes [2] - 17:4, 155:2misunderstood [1] - 26:3mitigating [1] - 151:8mitigation [1] - 158:16mob [1] - 155:23mobster [1] - 156:8mold [3] - 176:9, 176:10mom [1] - 174:11moment [5] - 5:19, 6:23, 43:12, 44:7, 187:21momentary [1] - 154:16money [127] - 22:18, 22:24, 23:2, 26:1, 26:10, 26:11, 26:15, 26:17, 29:7, 29:11, 29:21, 30:17, 31:1, 31:5, 31:8, 31:12, 31:19, 38:4, 38:11, 40:16, 40:20, 41:1, 45:6, 45:9, 51:21, 52:1, 52:3, 71:13, 71:14, 71:15, 71:17, 71:22, 72:5, 72:22, 72:24, 72:25, 76:2, 77:22, 78:1, 78:2, 78:14, 78:16, 78:21, 78:22, 78:24, 79:10, 83:21, 85:14, 85:19, 85:22, 85:24, 86:23, 88:6, 94:25, 97:13, 97:24, 97:25, 98:2, 103:22, 103:23, 105:11, 105:16, 105:18, 105:19, 106:10, 107:7, 107:8, 108:15, 111:17, 111:19, 111:20, 116:5, 116:6, 116:8, 116:9, 116:11, 116:13, 116:14, 116:15, 120:1, 120:6, 121:16, 125:5, 126:6, 126:8, 126:9, 126:14, 126:15, 126:19, 126:20, 126:24, 127:15, 128:18, 130:16, 130:23, 132:8, 132:25, 134:5, 134:6, 134:7, 134:8, 134:11, 134:13, 134:16, 134:17, 134:18, 134:19, 134:20, 134:22, 134:24, 138:2, 139:8, 143:23, 148:10, 150:25, 151:1, 153:22, 153:23, 157:8, 158:11, 168:14, 174:14, 183:6monies [2] - 148:4, 148:5month [1] - 69:4
months [23] - 11:19, 17:9, 60:15, 60:16, 69:1, 69:2, 69:4, 69:6, 69:7, 159:13, 160:4, 173:4, 176:25, 177:4, 177:8, 177:20, 182:19, 182:21, 185:14, 186:2, 189:19, 190:14, 191:18morning [5] - 9:1, 9:14, 81:9, 165:18, 166:13most [9] - 17:7, 147:20, 153:14, 154:22, 172:13, 176:11, 186:20, 188:3, 191:20mother [4] - 71:16, 71:22, 72:14, 79:8mother's [1] - 131:24mother-in-law [4] - 71:16, 71:22, 72:14, 79:8motion [1] - 81:17mouth [1] - 43:4Move [1] - 43:6moved [2] - 12:14, 176:17movement [1] - 178:4moves [1] - 177:13movies [2] - 98:20, 98:25moving [2] - 58:15, 150:4mow [1] - 166:5MR [110] - 5:12, 7:9, 7:12, 7:20, 7:24, 8:7, 8:10, 9:5, 9:15, 11:20, 14:12, 15:20, 15:24, 18:10, 18:13, 18:16, 18:20, 19:5, 24:7, 24:9, 27:1, 27:19, 32:21, 32:25, 39:18, 42:1, 42:3, 43:8, 44:1, 46:4, 48:3, 50:11, 51:14, 51:17, 52:8, 52:14, 57:21, 64:16, 66:18, 67:24, 68:2, 69:21, 70:5, 78:6, 78:8, 81:24, 82:4, 82:14, 92:11, 92:15, 92:18, 96:10, 97:8, 97:17, 97:21, 98:23, 99:3, 99:15, 110:24, 112:8, 112:22, 120:20, 122:9, 122:11, 123:4, 135:5, 137:22, 140:12, 140:21, 140:25, 141:16, 142:6, 145:3, 146:19, 146:22, 147:1, 147:17, 149:8, 150:2, 151:18, 152:20, 153:11, 154:14, 156:14, 159:2, 159:14, 160:2, 160:7, 160:12, 160:18, 160:20, 160:23, 161:3, 161:6, 161:8, 167:23, 168:1, 168:24, 169:6, 171:22, 171:25, 172:3, 172:6, 172:12, 191:12, 191:23, 192:1, 192:13, 194:9, 194:12MS [127] - 5:10, 7:6, 16:7, 16:16, 16:19, 16:22, 17:23, 18:2, 18:4, 18:9, 18:23, 19:15, 19:23, 20:3, 20:10, 22:23, 24:4, 27:5, 27:7, 27:15, 27:22, 28:20, 33:2, 33:9, 34:24, 37:5, 39:22, 39:25, 41:22, 43:2, 43:7, 48:5, 48:7,
49:14, 50:7, 51:20, 52:7, 52:12, 52:17, 52:21, 57:19, 58:1, 58:6, 58:10, 61:18, 64:6, 64:12, 66:21, 67:3, 67:7, 67:19, 67:23, 69:24, 70:2, 70:12, 73:10, 73:12, 78:3, 80:18, 80:21, 80:25, 81:4, 82:18, 84:22, 86:14, 90:4, 90:5, 90:19, 90:21, 92:5, 97:18, 98:8, 98:13, 99:7, 99:19, 100:8, 101:2, 110:21, 112:11, 112:20, 112:25, 113:11, 113:13, 115:13, 115:19, 120:17, 122:14, 122:17, 123:1, 123:6, 123:10, 123:12, 123:24, 135:2, 137:24, 140:2, 140:8, 140:18, 140:24, 141:5, 141:11, 141:18, 142:1, 142:9, 143:5, 143:18, 143:22, 144:6, 144:9, 144:14, 144:20, 145:12, 145:20, 149:7, 149:14, 153:14, 155:10, 155:14, 155:17, 155:22, 157:2, 157:15, 168:3, 168:5, 171:24, 179:12, 192:15mud [3] - 38:9, 45:2, 45:4murder [6] - 33:10, 39:16, 40:5, 40:7, 46:17, 152:25murdered [3] - 40:9, 40:11, 101:10muscle [7] - 77:7, 156:5, 156:15, 156:16, 156:17, 156:19, 157:1music [2] - 165:6must [4] - 150:11, 150:12, 158:6, 181:10
N
name [45] - 20:11, 27:25, 28:8, 30:23, 36:12, 43:15, 45:16, 45:17, 45:19, 45:20, 45:21, 46:8, 46:12, 48:10, 49:19, 50:20, 52:22, 55:1, 55:2, 55:3, 58:11, 58:13, 59:13, 62:24, 63:25, 65:19, 68:14, 70:13, 71:4, 73:20, 73:21, 82:19, 94:9, 101:3, 102:17, 102:19, 113:14, 114:4, 123:12, 123:25, 124:2, 125:15, 160:21, 161:9, 165:9names [8] - 64:2, 65:23, 65:24, 68:11, 68:18, 69:17, 83:10navigate [2] - 11:6, 11:8near [1] - 148:13necessarily [2] - 17:11, 64:10necessary [3] - 6:23, 188:1, 190:23neck [2] - 87:23, 95:24need [36] - 6:6, 6:12, 9:14, 16:14, 17:3, 17:17, 19:22, 27:17, 46:3, 48:2, 61:8, 80:21,
209
82:1, 86:8, 95:13, 99:1, 99:3, 99:11, 99:14, 100:3, 123:20, 146:11, 150:2, 151:15, 157:3, 163:17, 165:6, 166:4, 166:5, 179:2, 180:21, 180:23, 184:25, 185:2, 191:6needed [3] - 71:24, 141:24, 165:8needs [9] - 8:3, 140:9, 144:15, 152:4, 154:23, 173:9, 179:2, 179:16, 190:10neighborhood [2] - 67:5, 68:24nephew [1] - 118:5nephew's [1] - 118:2nervous [3] - 129:11, 129:14, 138:24never [24] - 26:2, 26:4, 26:6, 26:8, 26:19, 26:20, 26:23, 44:3, 59:15, 95:10, 96:14, 97:25, 110:4, 117:12, 126:9, 128:14, 139:3, 139:17, 145:15, 156:1, 156:10, 171:13, 178:12, 191:18nevertheless [1] - 182:15new [7] - 53:18, 67:5, 138:25, 161:19, 168:15, 168:17, 168:18next [12] - 27:8, 52:11, 52:16, 57:25, 58:5, 70:1, 100:6, 112:24, 132:14, 150:24, 168:23, 177:12Nichole [3] - 1:19, 195:12, 195:13nickname [2] - 84:10, 124:3nicknames [1] - 66:1Night [3] - 45:23, 50:3, 51:4night [3] - 116:5, 119:13, 166:12nine [2] - 7:8, 7:14nobody [4] - 121:7, 128:2, 130:1, 130:25Noel [5] - 20:3, 20:4, 65:15, 148:16, 149:15NOEL [2] - 2:3, 20:5noel [1] - 20:13none [1] - 55:22Norma [1] - 119:9normal [3] - 6:1, 108:10, 153:6normally [1] - 56:6note [3] - 6:21, 8:12, 14:6notes [1] - 180:24nothing [13] - 18:16, 19:13, 26:20, 51:17, 62:9, 80:18, 98:23, 122:10, 122:11, 130:24, 145:13, 177:6, 192:4Nothing [1] - 129:24notice [1] - 56:22noticed [1] - 54:14notify [1] - 92:13November [3] - 81:20, 81:21, 81:22number [3] - 12:13, 51:3,
189:19numerous [3] - 8:17, 158:20
O
O'Connor [4] - 58:6, 58:13, 58:14, 82:10O'CONNOR [2] - 2:10, 58:7o'Connor [1] - 58:11oath [3] - 27:10, 70:8, 113:4object [4] - 15:25, 39:18, 191:19, 192:15objection [32] - 7:12, 7:24, 7:25, 8:2, 8:13, 9:8, 9:9, 9:13, 9:14, 11:9, 14:2, 14:6, 15:16, 15:17, 15:18, 16:13, 17:16, 17:21, 18:21, 52:14, 70:4, 70:5, 80:20, 123:4, 147:5, 147:8, 151:5, 154:1, 158:14, 186:7objections [22] - 6:21, 6:24, 7:10, 7:17, 7:21, 8:25, 10:4, 11:17, 12:19, 16:6, 16:11, 18:1, 18:15, 19:14, 146:15, 146:16, 151:15, 159:18, 182:11, 182:17, 185:23objectives [1] - 188:2obliged [1] - 193:4observe [1] - 154:17observing [1] - 165:1obvious [3] - 13:18, 148:19, 180:8obviously [17] - 5:21, 8:12, 8:16, 9:1, 12:13, 15:18, 97:4, 97:9, 111:21, 147:14, 151:7, 158:1, 158:21, 173:14, 180:6, 186:12, 192:5occasion [4] - 23:10, 38:17, 107:18, 109:2occasions [4] - 24:1, 93:2, 105:5, 105:15occupant [1] - 154:10occur [2] - 47:24, 96:2occurred [4] - 50:13, 66:12, 66:14, 155:20occurring [1] - 47:22October [1] - 48:18OF [3] - 1:2, 1:4, 1:11offense [12] - 10:12, 11:9, 14:8, 15:16, 17:16, 101:6, 159:4, 159:7, 185:12, 188:8, 189:21, 189:24offer [3] - 47:12, 47:13, 90:19offering [1] - 7:4Office [1] - 183:24office [11] - 36:1, 72:15, 74:7, 77:15, 77:16, 84:4, 103:11, 103:12, 103:13, 104:6, 120:11officer [23] - 6:2, 17:1, 20:15, 21:15, 22:1, 23:8, 24:12, 28:14,
94:11, 94:16, 98:15, 98:18, 108:2, 135:25, 136:15, 152:17, 152:18, 153:7, 154:9, 156:11, 192:7, 192:11, 193:6officers [3] - 47:10, 188:13, 189:5OFFICIAL [1] - 1:11official [1] - 161:12Official [1] - 1:19officials [1] - 76:3often [2] - 146:9, 192:16oil [2] - 125:1old [6] - 70:15, 70:24, 82:22, 113:16, 124:13, 168:17older [4] - 65:18, 65:21, 118:6OLLISON [3] - 81:11, 81:24, 82:4once [8] - 54:9, 116:2, 126:19, 133:2, 133:4, 135:18, 163:18, 163:19one [118] - 8:5, 8:11, 8:18, 9:3, 9:18, 11:18, 12:1, 12:6, 12:19, 13:1, 14:17, 14:20, 14:21, 15:10, 17:18, 17:23, 18:25, 23:10, 28:12, 31:22, 32:16, 34:14, 38:5, 38:14, 41:11, 45:15, 46:7, 47:17, 50:3, 50:18, 51:3, 51:12, 60:7, 64:20, 64:21, 64:23, 65:18, 65:20, 67:10, 69:3, 76:7, 76:8, 76:9, 76:10, 90:3, 103:1, 103:13, 105:5, 105:15, 109:3, 112:1, 112:2, 112:16, 115:2, 115:3, 115:4, 115:25, 116:3, 117:8, 117:9, 121:19, 123:6, 126:8, 130:18, 130:19, 130:25, 132:20, 134:25, 137:10, 139:14, 145:4, 147:19, 147:20, 148:16, 151:2, 151:15, 154:3, 154:13, 154:20, 157:19, 157:22, 158:9, 158:15, 158:21, 159:12, 159:13, 162:12, 165:2, 165:11, 167:9, 168:8, 170:22, 173:23, 174:7, 175:10, 176:7, 176:22, 177:7, 177:13, 177:14, 177:24, 180:6, 181:22, 182:3, 183:8, 185:23, 186:16, 186:20, 187:5, 187:14, 187:16, 187:19, 187:22, 193:13one-point [1] - 187:14ones [4] - 7:22, 9:1, 63:24, 88:11online [3] - 75:6, 75:7, 75:8open [3] - 5:3, 10:11, 82:6opinion [5] - 14:1, 147:20, 151:12, 165:24, 172:17opportunity [4] - 6:13, 68:13, 169:11, 177:25oppose [1] - 16:12opposing [1] - 7:8opt [1] - 174:18
210
or.. [1] - 38:23oral [2] - 8:2, 81:17order [4] - 88:12, 184:5, 193:4, 193:24ordered [2] - 88:11, 193:5Organization [2] - 21:8, 101:23organization [32] - 9:12, 9:19, 12:12, 13:19, 21:11, 29:25, 71:2, 113:25, 120:22, 124:11, 148:7, 149:23, 150:19, 150:21, 150:22, 151:1, 151:11, 153:1, 153:21, 154:2, 157:5, 157:12, 157:14, 157:20, 157:25, 158:10, 158:19, 183:5, 183:9, 186:13, 186:25, 187:13organization's [1] - 121:9organizations [1] - 12:6organized [1] - 155:24organizer [2] - 15:2, 150:19organizer/leader [3] - 15:1, 186:23, 186:24OSCAR [2] - 2:22, 123:15Oscar [9] - 84:9, 84:10, 84:13, 85:13, 88:21, 89:5, 106:6, 124:2, 151:21otherwise [2] - 147:12, 147:14outfit [2] - 120:13, 120:14outside [13] - 5:13, 19:22, 36:10, 36:13, 36:15, 44:13, 62:1, 105:17, 111:19, 122:23, 152:22, 153:1, 153:6outstanding [1] - 97:12overhear [1] - 41:16overlook [1] - 8:22overlooked [1] - 158:6overrule [4] - 151:5, 154:1, 158:14, 158:23overstatement [1] - 156:15owe [3] - 130:16, 130:24, 134:17owed [8] - 85:22, 85:24, 97:13, 97:24, 98:2, 121:13, 126:13, 126:21owes [1] - 130:23own [7] - 31:23, 107:6, 117:20, 137:19, 156:18, 193:2owned [6] - 48:15, 51:6, 126:4, 148:8
P
p.m [1] - 37:23P.O [1] - 161:11PAGE [1] - 2:2page [1] - 158:7pages [3] - 157:24, 158:1, 158:23paid [46] - 22:10, 22:13, 22:15, 22:16, 23:19, 23:20, 23:21,
29:10, 30:17, 31:13, 31:22, 40:20, 41:10, 41:11, 42:6, 52:1, 52:3, 66:3, 66:5, 67:16, 67:20, 68:6, 72:3, 72:5, 73:4, 77:22, 78:1, 78:25, 89:22, 97:22, 97:24, 97:25, 105:13, 105:19, 109:11, 109:13, 109:15, 121:14, 132:24, 132:25, 134:13, 134:17, 148:23, 179:20paint [5] - 49:23, 49:24, 50:4, 50:5, 115:2panthers [1] - 116:24papa [2] - 174:17, 175:11paper [1] - 60:1papers [2] - 105:7, 105:8paperwork [10] - 29:16, 29:19, 31:5, 31:21, 71:25, 72:2, 72:3, 79:8, 105:22, 105:24paragraph [12] - 8:1, 8:5, 8:7, 8:9, 8:12, 9:4, 14:19, 147:10, 151:15, 158:8, 158:9, 188:5paranoid [1] - 139:3parcel [1] - 155:25pardon [3] - 33:7, 166:21, 168:10park [2] - 35:7, 44:5parked [2] - 57:10, 80:1part [15] - 40:21, 44:3, 45:2, 81:15, 97:18, 151:25, 152:1, 152:3, 152:16, 152:17, 154:25, 155:25, 174:10, 181:1, 191:16participant [1] - 112:5participants [2] - 99:10, 147:12participate [2] - 96:19, 169:20participation [2] - 10:14, 170:6particular [8] - 7:25, 11:11, 121:8, 148:7, 169:17, 171:19, 181:19, 187:3particularly [1] - 119:11parties [1] - 154:16party [1] - 141:17Pass [2] - 170:5, 170:9pass [14] - 24:4, 41:22, 48:3, 51:14, 66:18, 69:21, 73:10, 92:5, 97:17, 112:8, 122:9, 137:22, 168:1, 171:22passed [2] - 102:21, 168:17passenger [1] - 129:8passing [1] - 80:1Passport [1] - 193:2pastor [9] - 160:21, 161:13, 161:17, 162:5, 162:9, 162:10, 167:22, 179:1Pastor [13] - 19:5, 160:13, 161:3, 161:6, 161:12, 161:13, 161:21, 162:18, 163:7, 163:13, 166:4, 166:9, 166:15pastored [1] - 162:10pastoring [1] - 162:17patient [1] - 179:6
Patricia [1] - 1:16Patrick [1] - 194:16patrol [3] - 53:25, 54:4, 121:24Patrol [1] - 53:3pats [1] - 129:18patted [2] - 129:9Patti [1] - 5:10pay [27] - 11:22, 22:14, 23:2, 29:7, 29:21, 29:23, 31:21, 46:5, 51:21, 72:4, 73:2, 77:25, 83:19, 85:17, 86:2, 86:23, 97:12, 103:23, 111:16, 126:8, 126:16, 127:12, 132:8, 139:8, 150:7, 188:20, 191:1paying [1] - 24:23payment [6] - 24:18, 25:11, 25:12, 25:13, 46:7, 153:23payments [3] - 42:5, 111:15Pena [22] - 20:3, 20:4, 20:11, 20:13, 20:14, 24:10, 27:20, 34:11, 34:13, 65:15, 86:17, 86:19, 102:17, 102:20, 102:21, 103:1, 103:4, 106:21, 106:23, 148:16, 148:19, 149:15PENA [2] - 2:3, 20:5Pena's [1] - 102:19pending [2] - 88:7, 135:6Pentecostal [2] - 175:16, 175:17people [58] - 8:17, 8:20, 12:3, 12:13, 15:1, 15:11, 16:4, 17:6, 41:8, 47:20, 48:13, 53:23, 54:14, 62:17, 63:9, 71:25, 84:10, 98:9, 98:18, 101:13, 102:11, 104:16, 104:18, 118:18, 126:4, 126:5, 127:13, 127:14, 127:15, 133:17, 136:10, 137:21, 138:25, 139:14, 146:2, 146:8, 149:19, 149:22, 150:24, 150:25, 151:2, 151:3, 157:10, 157:25, 164:17, 169:22, 178:22, 181:12, 181:15, 183:5, 183:7, 185:4, 187:1, 188:12, 188:21, 189:14, 190:6percent [1] - 47:3perform [1] - 189:14perhaps [1] - 30:16period [15] - 12:14, 12:24, 13:5, 13:11, 13:17, 14:2, 14:4, 29:4, 35:25, 53:4, 55:14, 102:12, 102:16, 162:25, 174:12permission [2] - 90:25, 128:8person [28] - 12:3, 15:10, 24:12, 28:8, 40:8, 40:9, 40:13, 53:11, 63:6, 71:3, 71:14, 76:20, 85:22, 85:24, 101:9, 102:16, 114:3, 119:8, 120:7, 125:15, 148:24, 152:1, 168:16, 176:7, 177:14, 183:9
211
personally [4] - 55:17, 75:2, 120:9, 168:15perusal [1] - 9:17phone [15] - 38:2, 41:3, 47:23, 75:8, 80:5, 118:12, 118:13, 118:20, 118:22, 133:10, 138:10, 139:6, 140:11, 143:18, 153:18photograph [3] - 48:11, 48:16, 165:12photographs [8] - 48:13, 164:2, 164:3, 164:5, 170:22, 170:23, 177:25photos [7] - 42:14, 163:24, 167:23, 170:6, 172:1, 175:9, 194:7physically [4] - 46:5, 79:24, 80:15, 80:17pick [5] - 33:18, 35:18, 85:23, 89:23, 116:9picked [12] - 38:5, 38:6, 73:7, 73:8, 89:24, 90:6, 91:3, 132:14, 132:15, 139:22picking [3] - 108:15, 120:5, 153:22picks [1] - 139:6pickup [1] - 119:16picture [9] - 32:10, 36:20, 36:21, 49:18, 49:21, 56:8, 56:15, 56:18, 56:22pictures [10] - 32:1, 36:20, 55:25, 56:3, 56:4, 56:23, 73:24, 153:15, 174:25, 190:6pieces [1] - 157:3pipeline [1] - 124:20pistol [3] - 88:17, 88:18, 151:23place [6] - 103:23, 128:14, 159:20, 176:17, 190:14, 192:8placed [2] - 191:11, 192:10places [6] - 12:11, 13:24, 108:8, 114:1, 147:24, 162:8Plaintiff [2] - 1:5, 1:16plastic [1] - 38:11play [4] - 151:9, 175:21, 177:11, 183:25played [2] - 18:18, 187:7player [1] - 165:8players [1] - 150:23plea [5] - 5:23, 8:4, 13:19, 183:19, 184:2plead [2] - 58:18, 70:20pled [5] - 28:3, 82:24, 101:6, 109:16, 125:9podium [1] - 184:16point [28] - 50:8, 87:20, 87:22, 94:1, 137:10, 140:23, 144:2, 144:3, 144:10, 144:16, 144:17, 145:17, 149:21, 153:15, 159:3, 173:18, 180:11, 181:8, 182:23, 183:9, 184:8, 184:23, 186:2,
187:5, 187:14, 187:17, 194:1pointed [3] - 87:25, 181:3, 185:17points [13] - 10:24, 15:2, 153:14, 182:22, 182:25, 183:2, 184:7, 185:9, 185:18, 185:23, 185:25, 186:3, 186:23Police [1] - 20:18police [21] - 21:15, 21:21, 21:25, 22:4, 22:8, 30:5, 87:2, 87:3, 87:19, 88:14, 88:15, 94:11, 94:13, 94:15, 94:16, 98:15, 98:18, 108:2, 115:15, 154:9, 156:11policeman [1] - 92:2Popo [39] - 34:9, 34:10, 34:11, 34:13, 34:14, 34:19, 34:20, 35:14, 36:3, 43:19, 43:25, 85:9, 85:12, 86:17, 86:19, 89:22, 102:17, 102:19, 103:1, 103:4, 106:21, 106:23, 107:9, 127:22, 127:24, 128:9, 128:10, 131:20, 131:22, 132:9, 132:19, 133:16, 134:4, 134:10, 134:16, 134:20, 134:23, 137:2position [7] - 15:19, 50:25, 133:14, 148:2, 155:18, 159:6, 188:6positive [1] - 171:17possess [7] - 5:24, 20:25, 28:4, 58:18, 70:20, 82:25, 125:10possessed [1] - 151:16possession [1] - 152:15possibility [1] - 46:22possible [2] - 191:13, 194:17possibly [2] - 136:22, 191:18potential [4] - 8:4, 159:17, 173:3pounds [3] - 49:7, 67:2, 73:9power [4] - 133:16, 133:17, 157:20, 167:6practice [1] - 165:10practiced [1] - 165:18practitioner [2] - 173:2, 176:8pray [1] - 161:21preaching [1] - 167:21prefer [1] - 100:21prepare [2] - 17:2, 31:13prepared [3] - 6:9, 11:18, 185:14prepares [1] - 6:2preponderance [1] - 11:12presence [2] - 139:18, 139:19present [17] - 5:18, 31:22, 59:6, 65:14, 65:15, 68:12, 73:8, 79:2, 100:5, 104:4, 104:8, 105:11, 106:5, 121:24, 122:2, 138:6, 184:8presentation [1] - 155:1presentence [1] - 6:3
PRESIDING [1] - 1:3presses [3] - 37:1, 37:2, 49:16Presses [1] - 37:3presume [1] - 136:15pretend [1] - 130:2pretty [10] - 12:8, 14:25, 29:1, 62:8, 152:9, 154:15, 175:22, 182:5, 183:11, 187:6price [2] - 45:24, 188:20prices [1] - 47:14Primera [1] - 161:15PRIMERA [1] - 161:15print [1] - 158:3prison [2] - 21:3, 125:3Prisons [1] - 192:6private [1] - 74:15privilege [1] - 163:23probable [2] - 53:11, 53:12probation [3] - 6:2, 17:1, 193:6problem [4] - 15:6, 92:3, 98:24, 167:10problems [3] - 36:5, 61:15, 144:21procedure [1] - 6:1proceed [3] - 9:25, 18:3, 100:6proceedings [7] - 5:3, 5:17, 19:17, 81:13, 81:14, 82:6, 195:7PROCEEDINGS [2] - 1:11, 5:1Proceedings [2] - 1:22, 194:23process [1] - 37:7produced [1] - 1:22product [1] - 72:19programs [1] - 76:14progress [1] - 10:12promulgating [1] - 185:6proper [1] - 178:2properly [2] - 155:3, 190:24property [4] - 34:2, 48:23, 48:24, 148:8prosecutors [1] - 179:4protect [4] - 35:6, 35:7, 188:13, 192:7protecting [3] - 156:8, 156:9, 156:12protection [1] - 35:4protector [1] - 156:4prove [1] - 105:2provide [2] - 103:4, 189:23provided [3] - 102:5, 147:18, 187:4provides [1] - 184:1provision [1] - 183:19provoke [2] - 61:7, 62:6prudent [1] - 135:24PSI [1] - 9:17psychologically [2] - 176:14, 177:3public [1] - 152:6
212
publish [4] - 167:23, 171:25, 174:25, 177:25pull [3] - 35:17, 60:20, 144:16pulled [15] - 44:4, 53:17, 60:7, 60:17, 92:1, 93:5, 93:11, 95:23, 96:7, 131:10, 137:9, 140:23, 154:9, 155:20, 158:24pulling [2] - 44:10, 153:3pulls [2] - 158:11, 158:12pumping [1] - 129:12punch [1] - 106:14punish [1] - 190:24punished [1] - 152:5punishment [1] - 10:22purchase [5] - 30:3, 30:7, 41:14, 47:24, 48:1purchased [6] - 45:13, 45:16, 45:22, 47:17, 47:21purchaser [2] - 46:9, 46:10purpose [13] - 5:21, 13:20, 16:5, 24:17, 34:1, 34:3, 45:9, 45:11, 117:7, 121:8, 181:14, 184:1, 185:5purposes [1] - 7:14pursuant [2] - 135:17, 195:5pursue [1] - 9:1purview [1] - 137:2push [2] - 166:2, 166:3pushed [1] - 87:23put [18] - 32:14, 39:13, 43:3, 45:4, 46:12, 81:15, 87:24, 88:12, 88:15, 131:13, 133:23, 139:8, 148:25, 166:1, 167:3, 185:3, 189:14puts [4] - 129:16, 129:18, 159:13, 190:1putting [4] - 13:23, 16:14, 28:13, 37:7
Q
qualified [1] - 182:19qualifies [1] - 186:15qualify [3] - 151:12, 182:3, 191:18quantities [2] - 9:19, 9:20quantity [7] - 9:10, 11:25, 12:17, 12:18, 14:2, 17:18, 147:4quarter [2] - 50:6, 51:11quarter-mark [1] - 51:11quarters [1] - 54:16Querro [1] - 146:11questioning [1] - 44:13questions [9] - 27:2, 52:8, 57:21, 58:23, 73:11, 112:22, 168:3, 168:4, 171:23quickly [2] - 163:6, 163:9quiet [1] - 145:17
Quintanilla [2] - 81:5, 81:10quit [1] - 12:20quite [9] - 124:7, 135:13, 148:19, 150:16, 158:18, 159:22, 162:5, 180:9quoted [1] - 149:3
R
R-15s [1] - 109:23R15s [1] - 112:2race [2] - 38:16, 121:13racehorse [1] - 38:21races [1] - 92:21Racetrack [1] - 175:11racetrack [2] - 91:7, 91:9racetracks [3] - 107:18, 107:22, 175:10racing [1] - 175:8radar [1] - 55:23radios [13] - 30:8, 30:9, 30:14, 30:17, 30:20, 30:22, 76:6, 76:7, 117:4, 117:6, 117:7, 138:17RAINEY [1] - 1:3raise [3] - 9:13, 100:10, 113:4raised [3] - 50:9, 148:15, 175:6raises [1] - 183:10Ramey [148] - 20:19, 21:10, 22:3, 22:14, 22:15, 22:16, 22:18, 22:24, 23:2, 23:7, 23:17, 25:2, 25:3, 28:9, 29:7, 29:11, 29:18, 29:21, 30:2, 30:3, 30:7, 31:4, 31:11, 31:17, 31:21, 33:17, 33:24, 34:1, 35:1, 35:3, 35:4, 35:15, 35:16, 35:18, 36:14, 37:22, 37:25, 38:1, 38:3, 38:19, 39:8, 39:11, 39:15, 40:4, 40:16, 40:23, 40:24, 41:3, 41:8, 41:14, 41:15, 41:16, 41:18, 44:4, 48:16, 49:1, 50:2, 55:16, 57:7, 58:24, 59:4, 59:23, 60:5, 63:12, 71:4, 72:1, 72:3, 72:15, 73:2, 73:4, 73:6, 73:13, 73:14, 74:1, 75:16, 76:7, 76:10, 76:23, 77:4, 77:8, 77:21, 77:23, 87:7, 91:3, 91:13, 91:15, 91:22, 95:6, 101:17, 103:25, 104:4, 104:8, 104:20, 105:10, 105:13, 105:19, 107:16, 108:8, 111:11, 112:18, 114:9, 115:6, 115:25, 116:9, 116:19, 117:3, 118:21, 118:22, 120:11, 121:7, 121:23, 125:20, 127:4, 128:25, 129:2, 137:8, 140:3, 140:18, 140:20, 142:3, 142:4, 143:12, 143:25, 157:5, 157:7, 157:20, 161:21, 161:23, 162:1, 162:22, 162:24, 163:4, 163:17, 163:23, 164:7, 164:8, 164:10, 165:7, 165:9,
165:12, 165:13, 166:4, 166:17, 169:7, 170:2, 170:16, 170:23Ramey's [6] - 36:12, 116:8, 119:5, 155:10, 164:5, 164:21Rameys [1] - 168:13Ramirez [1] - 89:22Ramiro [130] - 29:1, 31:4, 33:15, 33:17, 35:3, 35:13, 35:16, 37:19, 37:20, 37:24, 39:8, 39:17, 39:20, 39:23, 40:1, 40:3, 40:17, 40:20, 40:22, 40:24, 41:5, 41:7, 41:15, 41:19, 55:7, 63:22, 70:17, 83:11, 83:12, 83:13, 83:14, 83:19, 85:5, 85:12, 85:14, 86:22, 91:11, 91:15, 91:21, 94:23, 97:2, 98:14, 101:25, 104:11, 104:22, 104:24, 105:16, 105:20, 106:7, 107:8, 108:7, 111:1, 111:9, 111:18, 112:17, 113:18, 114:7, 116:6, 116:11, 118:2, 118:5, 118:6, 119:14, 120:1, 120:21, 120:24, 121:2, 121:6, 121:12, 122:18, 126:7, 126:10, 126:13, 126:14, 126:15, 126:23, 126:25, 127:3, 127:7, 128:1, 128:15, 132:4, 132:25, 133:7, 133:9, 133:10, 134:5, 134:6, 134:21, 138:1, 138:9, 138:14, 138:22, 139:1, 139:2, 139:3, 139:6, 139:11, 139:20, 140:3, 140:7, 140:11, 140:19, 142:3, 142:4, 142:20, 143:17, 143:24, 144:5, 144:6, 144:7, 145:4, 145:5, 147:22, 157:16, 157:21, 158:20, 175:9, 176:1, 187:4, 187:14Ramiro's [7] - 88:4, 95:16, 110:8, 127:1, 134:7, 142:24, 142:25RAMON [1] - 1:7Ramon [38] - 5:9, 5:12, 20:19, 24:10, 24:15, 24:23, 25:16, 26:12, 46:14, 47:16, 47:20, 49:25, 50:1, 50:23, 51:6, 52:5, 65:15, 75:6, 76:8, 78:10, 80:5, 80:12, 80:15, 92:19, 92:23, 93:3, 94:21, 111:16, 114:4, 161:18, 173:19, 175:5, 175:6, 175:9, 175:14, 175:15, 176:18ran [1] - 29:1ranch [32] - 31:23, 33:4, 33:12, 33:19, 33:23, 34:4, 36:17, 37:18, 37:23, 39:9, 49:9, 49:12, 49:15, 53:16, 73:8, 74:22, 75:19, 76:22, 106:6, 110:6, 110:7, 112:13, 112:17, 117:20, 117:22, 117:24, 118:19, 122:1, 138:1, 138:5, 138:11, 152:23Ranch [2] - 53:9, 57:11
213
ranches [1] - 148:8range [9] - 7:1, 10:22, 13:22, 153:6, 172:23, 173:4, 174:5, 190:2, 190:4rank [1] - 133:18rather [2] - 10:2, 123:21Raul [2] - 114:8, 118:6RDR [2] - 1:19, 195:13react [1] - 192:18reacted [2] - 146:8, 151:21reactive [1] - 151:18read [10] - 14:19, 59:9, 65:4, 68:13, 142:14, 157:23, 158:4, 185:11reading [2] - 150:14, 157:12ready [3] - 136:16, 162:2, 176:5real [12] - 17:10, 60:19, 61:3, 62:24, 102:19, 126:5, 129:11, 132:22, 133:14, 148:1, 148:12, 171:20realize [2] - 5:14, 69:16realized [1] - 35:16really [28] - 8:3, 8:18, 9:4, 10:20, 11:8, 11:10, 13:15, 13:16, 14:11, 48:2, 132:21, 133:25, 134:9, 149:2, 156:24, 165:17, 171:21, 172:23, 173:1, 173:13, 179:3, 179:16, 180:11, 180:12, 180:22, 182:11, 193:9reason [9] - 27:18, 44:4, 61:4, 62:14, 149:16, 155:22, 157:23, 185:2, 190:4reasonable [2] - 17:12, 158:18reasonably [1] - 13:11reasons [5] - 175:3, 175:20, 175:23, 175:24, 175:25receipt [2] - 78:13, 78:14receive [4] - 111:11, 149:13, 162:3, 176:5received [11] - 42:5, 78:10, 111:1, 111:8, 148:3, 148:4, 148:6, 148:17, 148:19, 150:4receiving [2] - 25:3, 91:18recently [1] - 6:17recess [2] - 99:21, 184:13recognize [4] - 32:2, 93:21, 183:7, 184:1recognized [2] - 93:18, 93:19recommend [1] - 191:25recommendation [2] - 192:5, 192:10record [21] - 6:6, 19:17, 20:12, 28:1, 52:23, 58:3, 58:12, 70:13, 81:13, 81:14, 81:16, 82:20, 101:4, 124:1, 136:4, 140:5, 140:13, 141:2, 160:22, 161:10, 191:6recorded [1] - 1:22records [3] - 17:7, 90:23, 91:1Recross [2] - 2:7, 2:12
RECROSS [2] - 50:10, 68:1recruit [1] - 169:22recruited [1] - 148:17Redirect [6] - 2:6, 2:7, 2:11, 2:16, 2:19, 2:21REDIRECT [6] - 48:6, 51:19, 66:20, 98:7, 112:10, 122:16reducing [1] - 184:7reduction [2] - 101:19, 184:3refer [1] - 9:3referred [2] - 64:2, 64:4referring [5] - 7:22, 8:13, 32:2, 74:18, 156:14reflected [1] - 186:11reflects [1] - 189:13regard [3] - 17:13, 151:17, 182:13regarding [3] - 24:19, 47:3, 192:3registered [1] - 46:8regularly [3] - 162:25, 163:4, 175:17rehabilitated [1] - 168:15related [2] - 12:20, 18:11relation [1] - 143:11relationship [2] - 30:23, 35:2release [2] - 27:16, 27:20released [2] - 27:18, 190:14releasing [1] - 94:19relied [1] - 17:5relief [1] - 159:19rely [1] - 11:11remain [2] - 19:22, 154:3remarks [1] - 12:5remember [24] - 29:11, 46:12, 47:19, 55:2, 61:5, 61:14, 65:13, 66:23, 68:11, 68:18, 69:7, 69:17, 69:18, 69:19, 80:13, 107:15, 109:14, 111:7, 129:15, 134:22, 157:14, 171:6remembering [1] - 68:15remorse [1] - 179:4removal [1] - 170:12remove [1] - 39:9removed [1] - 152:23rendition [1] - 141:1Rene [1] - 52:4repaired [1] - 31:16repay [1] - 193:14repeat [2] - 97:6, 97:20repentance [1] - 171:8repetitive [1] - 12:4report [45] - 6:3, 6:9, 6:11, 6:14, 6:16, 6:18, 6:22, 6:25, 7:15, 8:9, 11:17, 23:8, 23:13, 23:15, 40:17, 59:2, 59:6, 59:7, 59:9, 59:11, 59:16, 59:25, 60:14, 63:18, 64:17, 65:4, 65:5, 68:13, 68:14, 71:12, 71:18, 72:8,
72:18, 78:9, 104:19, 104:21, 104:25, 133:4, 144:15, 149:19, 157:24, 185:11, 188:4reported [1] - 195:7Reported [1] - 1:19reporter [1] - 142:13Reporter [2] - 1:19, 1:22REPORTER'S [1] - 1:11reports [7] - 104:12, 104:13, 104:15, 111:1, 111:5, 111:8, 157:13representations [1] - 130:6request [4] - 81:7, 92:9, 191:10, 191:15require [1] - 150:17required [2] - 137:1, 152:19requires [2] - 150:15, 150:18reset [1] - 92:13resetting [1] - 81:19resistance [1] - 162:1resolved [1] - 147:4respective [1] - 147:24respond [2] - 145:9, 150:2responded [1] - 156:21responding [1] - 17:20responds [2] - 145:1, 145:2response [4] - 143:24, 144:20, 149:10, 156:12responsibility [3] - 11:6, 159:8, 188:22responsible [11] - 9:10, 9:11, 10:8, 11:14, 12:21, 12:25, 13:2, 13:3, 13:10, 14:7, 17:14rest [1] - 19:20result [4] - 37:9, 92:14, 157:11, 171:7resume [1] - 57:25retired [2] - 52:25, 53:2retrieve [2] - 50:18, 194:7retrieved [1] - 50:20returned [4] - 50:14, 50:17, 57:15, 89:6review [1] - 6:13reviewed [1] - 194:10revised [4] - 6:16, 6:18, 8:9, 11:19revolver [2] - 151:22, 153:4rifle [1] - 116:25rifles [4] - 39:8, 39:9, 111:25, 112:1rift [1] - 141:13rightly [1] - 155:6Rigoberto [3] - 112:25, 113:15, 120:21RIGOBERTO [2] - 2:20, 113:5Rio [8] - 20:18, 53:6, 67:6, 71:7, 76:17, 83:5, 92:3, 128:24rip [3] - 31:12, 71:24, 79:9rip-off [1] - 79:9
214
ripping [1] - 71:12risk [2] - 192:8, 193:11river [2] - 64:23, 68:23Road [5] - 28:12, 53:18, 57:11, 74:22, 128:23road [8] - 28:13, 36:15, 53:21, 54:13, 95:19, 144:11, 155:20, 158:12roads [1] - 53:19Rodolfo [22] - 27:7, 39:15, 53:9, 72:11, 79:2, 80:10, 81:18, 84:2, 84:5, 85:11, 85:12, 102:2, 103:8, 113:20, 114:7, 115:23, 116:7, 117:9, 117:19, 118:7, 122:2, 122:5RODOLFO [2] - 2:5, 27:11rodolfo [1] - 28:2Rodolfo's [10] - 74:6, 74:10, 77:15, 104:5, 106:6, 110:8, 110:9, 112:13, 122:21Rodriguez [1] - 30:24roel [1] - 101:5Roel [26] - 34:9, 43:19, 43:25, 63:20, 65:6, 65:14, 76:9, 85:5, 85:6, 85:13, 86:10, 86:11, 86:12, 86:15, 91:10, 91:15, 91:24, 92:1, 92:3, 100:8, 111:16, 113:22, 116:7, 127:22, 128:16, 128:17ROEL [2] - 2:17, 100:12Rolando [1] - 138:16role [20] - 9:6, 9:8, 9:23, 14:24, 14:25, 15:14, 15:18, 18:18, 127:23, 147:7, 147:9, 149:11, 150:15, 151:6, 152:7, 159:7, 182:25, 183:4, 186:21, 187:7rolled [1] - 176:1ROMERO [2] - 2:15, 82:15Romero [16] - 36:3, 76:24, 80:22, 80:24, 82:19, 82:21, 87:9, 92:19, 96:11, 106:7, 107:4, 125:16, 136:6, 142:19, 144:3, 144:12room [6] - 36:9, 63:18, 80:11, 132:4, 178:4, 189:5Rosbel [6] - 70:2, 70:14, 70:23, 74:21, 78:10, 122:8ROSBEL [2] - 2:13, 70:9rough [1] - 131:8roughly [2] - 66:25, 68:22rule [3] - 18:5, 152:2, 188:10ruled [2] - 159:24, 182:14rules [2] - 135:17, 137:4ruling [2] - 183:21, 186:14rulings [14] - 11:23, 150:12, 151:15, 159:23, 172:8, 180:14, 182:2, 182:7, 182:11, 183:14, 185:7, 185:24, 186:5, 186:11rumors [1] - 128:17run [1] - 73:21
running [1] - 53:24runs [1] - 131:1Ryan [1] - 164:8
S
sacrament [1] - 163:21sad [4] - 179:13, 189:11, 189:12sadness [1] - 180:17safety [4] - 10:17, 10:20, 152:8, 182:20Sagunada [2] - 28:12, 57:11sale [1] - 102:5sandwich [1] - 99:16Saturday [3] - 45:23, 50:3, 51:3Savior [1] - 162:3saw [35] - 24:14, 26:6, 26:12, 28:11, 36:14, 44:9, 44:14, 44:17, 44:18, 46:5, 53:22, 59:2, 59:25, 60:14, 62:8, 65:7, 73:14, 79:25, 91:7, 92:1, 92:22, 93:3, 93:18, 94:1, 117:12, 117:13, 121:5, 121:10, 122:18, 127:21, 148:9, 150:6, 155:6, 177:2scale [1] - 150:22scanner [2] - 117:6, 117:13scared [2] - 133:10, 133:12school [4] - 67:5, 77:1, 77:2, 96:17Schuwitz [4] - 82:2, 82:3, 82:9, 92:6SCHUWITZ [2] - 92:11, 92:15score [1] - 174:22score-wise [1] - 174:22scorecard [1] - 17:3scored [1] - 158:5scoring [2] - 146:16, 172:25scout [7] - 21:19, 76:20, 76:21, 115:9, 148:17, 149:18, 183:8scouted [1] - 21:21scouting [5] - 13:10, 106:2, 106:3, 153:21screaming [1] - 86:7scripture [1] - 176:3seal [5] - 29:14, 29:15, 29:18, 29:22, 42:10search [29] - 36:16, 36:19, 37:6, 37:9, 37:15, 41:4, 41:20, 47:25, 48:20, 53:9, 53:13, 55:11, 55:13, 55:14, 55:18, 55:20, 55:25, 56:4, 57:1, 57:2, 57:12, 74:22, 75:10, 108:23, 109:4, 112:12, 112:13, 117:23, 153:17searched [1] - 88:24searches [1] - 129:19seat [9] - 20:2, 20:7, 27:14, 100:3, 160:16, 169:3, 175:23, 179:9, 184:14seated [2] - 25:20, 82:8
second [3] - 8:11, 131:24, 142:12Section [2] - 181:21, 195:5securing [1] - 151:19seduced [1] - 175:12see [40] - 9:7, 40:17, 42:15, 44:11, 44:16, 57:5, 57:6, 60:5, 71:18, 72:19, 74:5, 78:15, 80:6, 82:3, 90:14, 93:13, 94:24, 105:13, 108:5, 108:8, 108:12, 117:12, 120:11, 127:1, 128:9, 131:11, 138:24, 143:2, 155:1, 161:22, 162:23, 167:1, 174:2, 174:3, 175:22, 176:8, 177:12, 190:23, 194:16seeing [1] - 93:23seek [1] - 159:19seem [1] - 174:9sees [1] - 138:25seized [12] - 31:19, 31:20, 31:23, 37:10, 37:13, 48:23, 50:13, 57:13, 75:18, 75:24, 109:6, 119:19seizure [3] - 47:7, 47:22, 50:13self [3] - 154:15, 192:14, 193:8self-evident [1] - 154:15self-surrender [1] - 192:14self-surrenderer [1] - 193:8sell [7] - 29:18, 83:5, 103:5, 117:3, 125:24, 125:25, 126:20semi [1] - 64:5Semis [1] - 64:2send [2] - 82:3, 82:4sense [1] - 148:22sensitive [1] - 173:22sent [5] - 97:4, 97:9, 156:18, 156:19, 180:1sentence [63] - 5:21, 6:12, 10:25, 11:1, 11:3, 11:5, 12:3, 58:21, 83:3, 101:19, 125:13, 135:10, 145:16, 149:5, 149:17, 150:3, 150:10, 151:8, 152:10, 158:8, 158:18, 159:17, 160:11, 172:18, 173:3, 173:6, 174:20, 176:11, 176:17, 178:3, 179:11, 179:17, 179:22, 181:1, 181:16, 181:23, 182:18, 183:17, 184:12, 184:19, 184:24, 185:10, 185:19, 186:1, 186:2, 187:17, 187:25, 189:2, 189:8, 190:3, 190:8, 190:10, 190:13, 190:21, 191:16, 192:17, 192:19, 193:3, 193:25sentenced [5] - 8:19, 8:20, 21:3, 181:12, 185:10sentences [1] - 157:11sentencing [20] - 6:10, 10:13, 28:6, 39:20, 81:6, 81:18, 82:12, 92:10, 135:6, 157:13, 163:1, 172:22, 174:5, 174:14, 176:16,
215
180:1, 185:14, 188:1, 188:4, 189:25SENTENCING [1] - 1:10sentencings [3] - 99:12, 172:16, 180:7separate [3] - 40:25, 116:6, 156:7separating [1] - 121:6September [3] - 53:7, 117:22, 169:17serious [5] - 101:6, 109:16, 158:19, 174:4, 185:24seriously [2] - 183:14, 183:15seriousness [1] - 14:14serve [2] - 170:19, 185:4served [8] - 20:22, 21:5, 21:6, 148:20, 149:17, 149:24, 162:6, 178:20service [9] - 22:10, 23:19, 23:20, 79:7, 151:22, 151:23, 153:4, 164:16, 189:14services [1] - 148:10servicing [1] - 21:10serving [4] - 162:5, 162:9, 167:15, 176:10SESSION [1] - 100:1set [7] - 30:10, 81:6, 81:22, 82:2, 139:8, 177:19, 181:21setting [3] - 177:5, 177:20, 189:3seven [9] - 134:23, 158:10, 162:14, 176:25, 177:4, 177:8, 177:20, 182:24several [5] - 6:21, 16:4, 35:5, 54:14, 92:14sexual [1] - 132:5shackled [1] - 100:10share [5] - 52:4, 162:8, 163:25, 174:24, 177:13shared [7] - 44:23, 161:25, 163:13, 164:12, 170:8, 171:6, 171:8sheriff [2] - 130:8, 130:10sheriff's [1] - 93:12shipments [1] - 76:21shirt [1] - 87:23shock [1] - 131:15shocking [2] - 57:17, 57:18short [1] - 160:9show [13] - 32:1, 32:5, 36:19, 48:8, 49:18, 55:18, 56:7, 79:24, 90:18, 104:16, 163:24, 164:1, 170:6showed [2] - 36:20, 59:5showing [1] - 53:19shows [4] - 142:3, 143:2, 167:6, 175:12sic [3] - 109:23, 112:5, 137:14side [14] - 25:21, 25:22, 28:13, 36:15, 57:10, 64:22, 92:1,
95:19, 129:10, 129:16, 132:1, 155:2, 155:20, 158:12sidearm [1] - 60:25sidebar [3] - 19:17, 81:13, 81:14sides [1] - 180:16signed [2] - 50:21, 50:22significance [4] - 8:1, 182:15, 189:19, 191:5significant [5] - 43:13, 173:12, 183:11, 186:7, 190:10significantly [1] - 188:7Silva [2] - 50:24, 52:6similar [2] - 167:10, 184:4similarly [1] - 189:4simple [2] - 147:22, 165:17simply [3] - 19:6, 148:11, 148:23single [1] - 173:19sinister [1] - 175:15sit [1] - 65:13sitting [3] - 45:21, 118:25, 121:12situated [1] - 189:4situation [5] - 40:16, 101:9, 151:19, 152:13, 155:7six [3] - 155:16, 158:10, 183:10sixty [1] - 186:2sixty-something [1] - 186:2size [2] - 151:1, 183:9skill [1] - 188:6skinnier [1] - 65:20slapped [2] - 128:16, 129:13slowly [1] - 161:14small [2] - 179:1, 179:2smaller [1] - 150:22smart [1] - 150:5soccer [6] - 35:8, 35:9, 79:22, 79:24, 79:25, 83:24society [1] - 179:21soil [1] - 42:16sold [4] - 83:8, 83:9, 83:14, 83:18someone [14] - 6:2, 13:9, 33:15, 39:11, 51:21, 97:5, 109:17, 135:25, 154:19, 168:16, 180:2, 184:6, 184:24, 186:24sometime [1] - 60:13sometimes [2] - 83:16, 175:20somewhat [1] - 151:8somewhere [3] - 69:9, 102:15, 109:25son [3] - 37:21, 65:20, 165:8son-in-law [1] - 165:8songs [1] - 165:10sons [1] - 173:25sorry [7] - 8:6, 17:1, 22:20, 32:20, 32:25, 33:1, 90:4sort [2] - 116:23, 184:4
soul [2] - 176:4, 176:11sound [1] - 99:17sounds [1] - 146:7South [1] - 189:7south [1] - 57:10SOUTHERN [1] - 1:2Southern [1] - 1:20Sow [1] - 176:3span [1] - 68:20Spanish [8] - 28:23, 32:21, 100:22, 113:8, 115:9, 123:22, 130:5, 130:16speaker [1] - 118:16speaking [4] - 10:23, 28:21, 28:22, 178:1speaks [2] - 115:9, 177:6special [2] - 188:6, 191:1specific [2] - 11:17, 79:1specifically [3] - 46:10, 55:3, 149:14speeding [2] - 62:11, 87:12spend [1] - 193:8spent [2] - 176:23, 176:24spill [1] - 10:4spoken [2] - 143:9, 174:19spokesperson [1] - 193:15spot [4] - 24:25, 51:10, 51:13, 133:23spotted [1] - 51:10spread [1] - 69:5Sr [3] - 175:7, 175:14, 175:16stables [1] - 54:11stack [1] - 134:24stamp [1] - 72:20stand [4] - 37:4, 100:16, 140:17, 180:3standard [3] - 11:12, 190:16standing [5] - 36:15, 44:12, 44:17, 44:19, 113:3standpoint [3] - 14:13, 15:6, 15:7starr [1] - 162:20start [6] - 70:23, 150:14, 163:17, 175:23, 178:11, 185:18started [9] - 54:10, 54:12, 72:16, 125:3, 131:2, 139:2, 163:18, 167:21, 180:7starting [2] - 181:8, 184:23state [16] - 19:23, 20:11, 27:25, 29:15, 29:18, 37:13, 52:22, 58:11, 70:13, 82:19, 101:3, 123:25, 155:19, 160:21, 161:9statement [16] - 39:22, 42:7, 42:11, 42:19, 42:23, 46:25, 94:2, 96:25, 97:10, 121:4, 121:16, 121:20, 136:2, 136:24, 166:20, 166:23STATES [5] - 1:1, 1:4, 99:4, 141:23, 194:18
216
States [7] - 5:8, 5:11, 6:10, 12:11, 101:12, 175:2, 195:6station [2] - 138:15, 139:3stationed [2] - 53:5, 53:6stature [1] - 64:7status [1] - 192:11statute [2] - 173:14, 173:15statutory [1] - 181:20stay [5] - 19:19, 19:25, 92:13, 145:18, 154:10stayed [3] - 60:3, 60:4, 88:3staying [2] - 124:19, 175:24steal [3] - 98:10, 104:18, 105:2stealing [1] - 128:5stenographically [1] - 195:7stenography [1] - 1:22step [15] - 5:19, 27:6, 52:10, 57:23, 69:25, 80:19, 99:1, 112:23, 123:2, 141:4, 154:22, 163:20, 168:7, 172:4, 184:15stepped [1] - 165:7steps [1] - 25:24stick [1] - 87:9still [6] - 9:13, 93:13, 128:14, 135:15, 167:12, 181:1stole [2] - 83:17, 148:9stolen [6] - 31:6, 31:8, 41:1, 102:8, 102:10, 111:1Stop [1] - 137:12stop [8] - 36:11, 43:2, 44:12, 62:15, 90:11, 96:2, 136:16, 144:4stopped [25] - 31:15, 31:17, 59:22, 62:11, 62:12, 62:15, 63:15, 77:21, 87:2, 87:11, 87:12, 91:4, 93:6, 93:20, 95:18, 95:22, 96:6, 128:24, 128:25, 135:1, 142:25, 145:11, 154:9stopping [2] - 44:11, 129:14stops [1] - 144:11store [4] - 36:14, 44:7, 44:9, 80:2storing [1] - 13:22straight [1] - 113:2street [1] - 144:22strong [5] - 152:9, 174:18, 182:5, 193:12, 193:13structure [1] - 183:5stuck [3] - 38:11, 95:23, 113:10study [3] - 163:15, 163:17, 163:19stuff [12] - 26:9, 49:5, 53:19, 53:20, 74:11, 74:12, 76:3, 109:10, 120:12, 127:7, 127:14, 127:15subject [1] - 142:15submit [1] - 146:15subordinates [1] - 120:25substance [1] - 11:11successful [1] - 29:1
suffer [2] - 179:14, 190:22sufficient [5] - 160:10, 179:11, 181:16, 187:25, 190:8suggests [1] - 181:14Sullivan [1] - 175:11Sunday [1] - 165:18supervised [2] - 151:3, 190:14supervising [1] - 151:2supervision [4] - 187:3, 187:12, 190:15, 190:17supervisor [12] - 9:6, 15:3, 15:8, 53:18, 147:11, 147:16, 148:2, 149:3, 149:12, 150:18, 151:10, 183:8supervisor/manager [2] - 186:23, 186:25supervisors [1] - 151:11supplied [1] - 102:7supplier [1] - 101:22supplies [1] - 170:14support [1] - 151:4supported [2] - 8:3, 145:23supports [1] - 153:10supposed [6] - 126:8, 126:17, 126:18, 134:11, 135:19, 138:14supposedly [10] - 30:18, 126:16, 128:13, 128:17, 132:4, 132:5, 134:11, 138:21, 142:25, 152:24Supreme [1] - 181:9surprise [1] - 136:17surprised [7] - 5:15, 15:9, 59:11, 68:14, 91:20, 91:21, 130:11surrender [3] - 192:14, 192:23, 194:1surrenderer [1] - 193:8surreptitiously [1] - 56:24surrounding [1] - 30:12surveillance [3] - 23:24, 153:16susceptible [1] - 176:2suspect [1] - 150:4suspecting [1] - 77:3sustain [1] - 17:16sustained [3] - 182:16, 182:22, 186:6swear [1] - 82:7sweeter [3] - 171:10, 171:11, 171:14swerving [1] - 62:12sworn [12] - 20:6, 27:12, 52:19, 58:8, 70:10, 82:16, 100:11, 100:13, 113:6, 123:16, 160:15, 169:2system [1] - 176:12
T
T-shirt [1] - 87:23
table [1] - 113:3tagalong [1] - 65:2target [1] - 40:12task [3] - 21:20, 97:15, 121:14taxpayers' [1] - 168:14TCB [6] - 43:14, 127:22, 135:12, 151:19, 156:24, 157:15TCBs [2] - 96:14, 96:20teach [1] - 165:10teens [1] - 174:4telephone [5] - 41:18, 47:7, 89:17, 89:19, 121:22temper [1] - 158:12ten [7] - 57:24, 173:3, 173:15, 173:16, 176:15, 183:17, 183:22ten-minute [1] - 57:24ten-year [1] - 183:17tender [1] - 90:22terms [1] - 190:16Terrenos [1] - 60:12testified [31] - 20:6, 27:12, 27:16, 42:21, 43:1, 44:6, 46:13, 47:6, 47:16, 52:19, 58:8, 70:10, 78:9, 78:10, 79:4, 79:10, 79:13, 79:18, 80:10, 82:16, 92:8, 100:13, 110:25, 111:8, 111:14, 113:6, 123:16, 139:23, 143:15, 160:15, 169:2testify [13] - 18:14, 19:6, 19:11, 28:23, 47:2, 82:11, 100:15, 100:16, 100:17, 101:13, 122:2, 123:17, 147:19testifying [2] - 111:21, 135:10testimony [21] - 18:24, 19:2, 25:15, 26:3, 26:5, 46:6, 47:19, 50:12, 50:16, 68:15, 82:13, 141:1, 142:13, 143:2, 147:18, 148:15, 148:24, 149:1, 149:15, 149:23TEXAS [1] - 1:2Texas [23] - 1:12, 1:20, 34:17, 36:2, 53:6, 84:24, 85:1, 86:15, 86:17, 90:7, 96:11, 103:2, 106:16, 124:8, 131:17, 156:16, 157:4, 161:11, 162:10, 162:13, 162:19, 189:7, 191:13THE [304] - 1:3, 5:7, 5:16, 6:15, 6:16, 6:19, 6:20, 7:7, 7:10, 7:13, 7:21, 8:6, 8:8, 8:11, 9:7, 11:15, 11:21, 14:13, 15:22, 15:25, 16:8, 16:18, 16:21, 16:24, 17:24, 18:3, 18:7, 18:12, 18:14, 18:17, 18:21, 19:3, 19:13, 19:16, 19:18, 19:25, 20:4, 20:7, 22:20, 22:21, 22:22, 24:5, 27:3, 27:6, 27:9, 27:13, 27:17, 27:20, 28:17, 28:19, 32:20, 32:23, 33:7, 33:8, 34:22, 34:23, 37:4, 39:23, 41:24, 43:6, 43:24, 46:1, 46:2, 48:4, 49:10,
217
49:12, 50:8, 51:16, 51:18, 52:10, 52:15, 57:20, 57:23, 58:2, 58:4, 61:8, 61:11, 61:17, 63:23, 63:25, 64:4, 64:5, 64:13, 66:19, 67:1, 67:2, 67:8, 67:10, 67:12, 67:13, 67:14, 67:15, 67:16, 67:17, 67:18, 67:22, 67:25, 69:22, 69:25, 70:4, 70:6, 78:5, 80:19, 80:23, 81:2, 81:9, 81:12, 81:15, 81:21, 81:22, 82:1, 82:7, 84:20, 84:21, 86:12, 86:13, 90:3, 92:6, 92:12, 92:16, 95:12, 95:16, 95:18, 95:20, 95:21, 95:25, 96:1, 96:3, 96:4, 96:5, 96:6, 96:8, 96:9, 97:6, 97:20, 98:12, 98:22, 98:24, 99:4, 99:5, 99:8, 99:17, 99:20, 100:3, 100:9, 100:14, 100:17, 100:19, 100:20, 100:23, 100:24, 110:19, 110:20, 110:22, 112:9, 112:21, 112:23, 113:2, 113:9, 115:11, 115:17, 120:18, 122:10, 122:12, 123:2, 123:5, 123:8, 123:11, 123:17, 123:19, 123:20, 133:6, 133:7, 135:3, 137:23, 137:25, 138:4, 138:5, 138:8, 138:9, 138:12, 138:19, 138:20, 139:10, 139:16, 139:17, 139:23, 139:25, 140:1, 140:4, 140:15, 141:3, 141:8, 141:12, 141:20, 141:23, 141:25, 142:11, 143:16, 143:19, 144:2, 144:7, 144:10, 144:17, 145:16, 145:21, 146:20, 146:25, 147:3, 149:10, 150:9, 152:18, 152:21, 153:12, 154:1, 155:8, 155:12, 155:16, 155:18, 157:10, 157:22, 159:4, 159:16, 160:3, 160:8, 160:16, 160:25, 161:2, 161:5, 161:7, 167:25, 168:4, 168:6, 168:8, 168:9, 168:10, 168:11, 168:12, 168:20, 168:21, 168:22, 169:3, 171:23, 172:2, 172:4, 172:7, 178:7, 178:10, 179:8, 180:5, 184:14, 184:21, 184:22, 185:16, 185:17, 185:20, 185:22, 186:4, 186:5, 186:9, 186:10, 188:11, 188:12, 188:16, 188:17, 188:18, 188:19, 188:25, 189:1, 189:16, 189:17, 190:12, 190:13, 190:18, 190:20, 190:25, 191:1, 191:3, 191:4, 191:8, 191:10, 191:17, 191:24, 192:4, 192:16, 192:20, 192:22, 192:24, 192:25, 193:1, 193:17, 193:19, 193:20, 193:22, 193:23, 194:2, 194:4, 194:5, 194:6, 194:10, 194:14, 194:16, 194:18, 194:20
theft [1] - 40:21therefore [1] - 168:16thinking [1] - 184:19thinner [1] - 170:25third [1] - 141:17thirty [1] - 145:9thoughts [1] - 179:10thousands [4] - 12:14, 181:11, 181:12threat [26] - 44:2, 44:6, 89:7, 89:8, 96:1, 140:21, 140:22, 141:16, 142:3, 142:21, 143:9, 144:19, 144:20, 145:22, 146:4, 151:21, 154:4, 154:5, 154:20, 155:19, 156:22, 157:11, 157:14, 157:22, 158:15, 186:14threaten [8] - 80:15, 94:21, 97:2, 137:8, 137:10, 138:9, 144:3, 144:22threatened [23] - 35:13, 43:16, 43:21, 43:22, 43:24, 79:19, 95:19, 97:4, 97:9, 138:6, 140:17, 141:10, 141:13, 141:15, 142:23, 143:1, 146:9, 154:10, 154:15, 156:1, 156:3, 156:4, 156:6threatening [7] - 44:3, 96:24, 129:25, 130:1, 130:25, 137:11threats [9] - 8:14, 9:9, 15:17, 18:19, 142:19, 146:7, 147:6, 158:19, 159:6three [35] - 10:24, 15:3, 24:1, 33:5, 48:20, 53:23, 54:16, 67:13, 67:14, 68:4, 68:7, 68:21, 69:1, 69:3, 69:4, 90:1, 120:25, 147:10, 147:19, 147:21, 147:22, 149:21, 151:6, 153:19, 157:3, 159:6, 159:7, 162:23, 182:25, 183:2, 183:9, 186:24, 187:6, 187:18three-level [3] - 147:10, 151:6, 187:6three-point [2] - 149:21, 183:9three-quarters [1] - 54:16throw [1] - 182:20throwing [1] - 132:7thrust [1] - 150:6tied [3] - 142:5, 157:6, 158:20tight [1] - 156:24tight-knit [1] - 156:24Title [1] - 195:5title [2] - 161:12, 181:14today [13] - 8:21, 45:21, 46:8, 47:2, 50:12, 65:13, 101:16, 110:25, 111:21, 121:12, 135:10, 139:24, 163:3Today [1] - 166:10together [5] - 33:5, 119:13, 142:5, 157:6, 167:17tomorrow [1] - 166:12
took [16] - 56:8, 56:15, 67:5, 110:2, 110:3, 110:4, 113:25, 128:23, 132:20, 132:21, 153:20, 162:16, 174:9, 185:23, 185:25, 186:1top [2] - 51:12, 150:24torch [1] - 119:23torture [3] - 177:9, 177:16, 177:17total [2] - 155:8, 189:21touch [2] - 13:16, 175:3tough [3] - 61:6, 61:13toward [1] - 54:11towards [7] - 53:21, 54:12, 54:14, 71:23, 94:19, 179:4tracks [1] - 114:20tractors [1] - 37:10trafficker [1] - 38:21traffickers [1] - 62:18trafficking [13] - 30:15, 70:23, 103:20, 106:1, 107:23, 108:16, 108:19, 113:24, 144:21, 144:25, 145:14, 153:23, 156:2Trafficking [2] - 21:8, 101:23trailer [2] - 75:21, 114:20trailers [1] - 13:23trained [1] - 182:9transaction [2] - 145:5, 145:6TRANSCRIPT [1] - 1:11transcript [2] - 1:22, 195:7transfer [3] - 26:10, 26:11, 26:22transferring [1] - 150:25transform [1] - 167:7translate [2] - 49:11, 100:22translated [1] - 123:21translation [2] - 32:24, 123:20transmitting [1] - 153:19transport [4] - 9:24, 38:3, 59:19, 67:9transportation [1] - 31:14transported [2] - 63:6, 158:2transporting [5] - 8:19, 24:19, 31:1, 58:15, 117:10tree [3] - 170:12, 170:24tree-cutting [1] - 170:24trees [1] - 170:14tremendous [2] - 187:12, 188:20tried [2] - 97:19, 155:19trip [1] - 44:20trouble [5] - 95:2, 95:5, 126:6, 128:5, 133:24truck [29] - 37:7, 37:8, 45:1, 54:2, 54:20, 54:22, 55:8, 56:14, 56:16, 57:6, 57:7, 61:20, 74:17, 80:2, 87:24, 88:12, 88:13, 88:14, 88:15, 88:25, 98:9, 98:10, 108:22, 111:20, 129:19, 129:20, 129:21, 131:12
218
trucks [5] - 37:10, 75:22, 109:5, 119:16true [2] - 157:2, 195:6trust [8] - 15:19, 152:6, 159:6, 159:16, 188:6, 188:15, 190:7, 190:11trustworthy [1] - 65:8truthful [1] - 46:24truthfulness [1] - 47:4try [8] - 54:14, 62:6, 83:21, 83:23, 138:2, 143:1, 181:5, 193:14trying [12] - 7:18, 54:17, 56:23, 61:3, 61:12, 61:13, 63:16, 94:25, 132:22, 134:9, 139:8, 145:18Tuesday [1] - 81:20turn [4] - 42:13, 42:25, 51:2, 148:23turned [1] - 61:24twice [1] - 140:13twins [5] - 164:8, 164:9, 164:10, 174:8, 174:25two [61] - 15:5, 18:10, 19:18, 24:1, 43:16, 46:1, 48:20, 49:6, 57:3, 63:12, 68:23, 85:17, 86:2, 86:22, 99:7, 105:6, 105:9, 110:25, 111:6, 112:1, 117:6, 134:4, 142:18, 144:18, 146:7, 146:17, 147:19, 149:6, 149:19, 151:2, 151:14, 151:17, 151:19, 154:6, 154:16, 155:21, 157:21, 159:5, 159:6, 163:5, 164:7, 164:9, 165:1, 167:1, 174:8, 174:15, 174:16, 175:9, 176:16, 182:20, 185:23, 185:25, 186:3, 187:1, 187:15, 188:8, 189:17, 193:19, 193:20two-level [3] - 15:5, 144:18, 155:21type [6] - 33:4, 69:9, 74:15, 93:11, 109:22, 172:22types [2] - 37:10, 75:24typically [2] - 150:21, 184:25
U
U.S [3] - 1:20, 53:3, 183:24unbridled [1] - 173:14Uncle [1] - 79:2uncle [2] - 79:13, 80:11uncomfortable [1] - 108:1under [19] - 14:6, 15:11, 45:16, 50:20, 73:20, 73:21, 108:5, 108:6, 133:17, 137:1, 144:12, 144:18, 150:11, 154:6, 181:12, 182:3, 182:10, 187:5, 187:16underboss [1] - 147:23understood [2] - 26:5, 92:22
undisputed [1] - 142:7uniform [4] - 54:4, 60:24, 188:24, 189:15unit [2] - 93:12, 175:1United [7] - 5:8, 5:11, 6:10, 12:11, 101:12, 175:2, 195:6UNITED [5] - 1:1, 1:4, 99:4, 141:23, 194:18unsettled [1] - 177:1untruthfulness [1] - 47:4up [78] - 5:19, 17:2, 19:16, 24:25, 33:18, 35:18, 38:6, 40:7, 42:15, 43:6, 53:17, 53:21, 54:13, 55:18, 57:7, 59:5, 61:19, 64:22, 71:12, 73:7, 73:8, 79:24, 81:12, 85:23, 89:24, 90:6, 90:16, 91:3, 91:11, 92:7, 95:23, 97:20, 108:15, 116:9, 120:5, 122:21, 126:14, 127:19, 128:18, 132:14, 132:15, 133:13, 134:5, 138:21, 139:4, 139:6, 139:8, 139:22, 140:9, 140:10, 141:8, 141:9, 141:21, 153:22, 154:22, 165:7, 165:19, 165:20, 165:21, 166:4, 167:17, 173:13, 174:23, 175:4, 175:19, 175:24, 176:1, 176:2, 179:23, 182:7, 183:15, 183:22, 184:15, 187:9upfront [1] - 150:8upset [4] - 41:7, 47:9, 47:13, 137:14upward [1] - 147:10urge [2] - 153:24, 174:21
V
V-16-77 [1] - 5:8Valley [7] - 71:23, 76:17, 104:2, 113:25, 116:24, 169:22, 179:15valuable [1] - 119:18value [2] - 119:15, 159:20valve [4] - 10:17, 10:20, 152:8, 182:20van [1] - 128:14variance [4] - 152:11, 173:13, 174:18, 189:23variances [1] - 173:11various [4] - 10:18, 12:11, 157:13, 185:4vary [1] - 185:1vehicle [29] - 21:21, 22:4, 25:19, 26:14, 44:24, 45:7, 54:6, 59:13, 60:9, 60:20, 62:17, 74:15, 93:9, 93:11, 93:13, 93:16, 94:5, 94:16, 115:15, 119:5, 129:2, 129:17, 129:18, 136:9, 136:16, 151:19, 151:22, 154:9
vehicles [3] - 56:5, 74:14, 74:15versus [2] - 5:9, 47:4vest [3] - 32:17, 110:17, 110:19vests [4] - 32:18, 32:22, 32:23, 42:22victims [1] - 169:23VICTOR [2] - 2:15, 82:15Victor [80] - 36:3, 36:5, 43:15, 43:20, 43:23, 43:25, 76:24, 77:12, 77:13, 77:20, 79:20, 80:7, 80:21, 80:24, 82:21, 82:22, 82:24, 106:6, 107:4, 107:11, 125:16, 125:24, 126:6, 126:10, 126:13, 126:14, 126:23, 126:24, 126:25, 127:11, 127:12, 127:16, 128:4, 128:5, 128:12, 128:15, 129:4, 129:7, 129:8, 131:6, 131:12, 131:22, 131:23, 132:4, 132:5, 132:14, 132:19, 134:7, 134:8, 134:17, 134:19, 136:6, 136:20, 136:21, 137:3, 137:4, 137:25, 138:6, 138:13, 138:15, 139:4, 139:5, 139:11, 139:13, 140:10, 140:14, 140:16, 140:22, 141:10, 141:15, 141:20, 141:22, 142:19, 143:17, 144:3, 144:12, 145:9, 151:21Victor's [2] - 133:10, 134:7Victoria [4] - 1:12, 125:11, 126:17, 126:18view [1] - 190:21vigilant [1] - 136:1violated [1] - 152:6violence [10] - 10:16, 15:18, 106:11, 144:24, 145:13, 149:8, 154:5, 154:6, 155:25violent [9] - 86:3, 96:22, 96:25, 102:23, 127:20, 135:20, 135:22, 136:12, 136:14visibly [1] - 42:15visit [2] - 162:24, 163:4visited [1] - 177:17visiting [1] - 177:1visual [1] - 24:12visually [1] - 26:12voluntarily [1] - 192:23voluntary [1] - 193:25vs [1] - 1:6
W
wages [1] - 174:11wait [3] - 28:18, 90:3, 143:16waiting [2] - 65:2, 81:5waived [6] - 159:15, 160:1, 179:24, 182:8, 189:18, 191:7waiver [4] - 159:20, 183:25, 187:21, 191:5
219
waivers [2] - 184:1, 184:2waives [3] - 183:20, 184:6walk [2] - 87:10, 87:15walked [2] - 93:21, 185:9walking [6] - 54:10, 54:12, 54:14, 93:23, 170:23, 170:24Walmart [2] - 134:21, 134:22warrant [24] - 36:16, 36:19, 37:6, 37:9, 37:15, 41:4, 41:20, 48:21, 55:11, 55:18, 55:20, 56:1, 56:4, 57:1, 57:2, 57:12, 74:22, 75:10, 108:23, 109:4, 112:12, 112:13, 117:23, 153:17warranted [2] - 15:14, 187:11waste [1] - 173:17wasting [1] - 168:14Watch [1] - 92:2watch [2] - 104:12, 163:8watching [2] - 164:11, 189:6weak [2] - 182:5, 187:6weapon [14] - 15:17, 21:23, 22:6, 56:20, 60:23, 60:24, 74:2, 74:3, 74:7, 87:18, 88:17, 88:25, 151:16, 152:14weapons [25] - 32:17, 33:3, 33:4, 33:5, 33:10, 33:12, 33:14, 34:5, 34:25, 39:16, 40:4, 109:19, 109:22, 109:24, 110:11, 110:13, 110:15, 116:20, 116:22, 117:1, 129:19, 129:20, 152:23, 153:19, 159:5wearing [4] - 21:23, 72:17, 120:12, 188:24Wednesday [1] - 120:4weed [3] - 32:12, 69:11, 126:20week [8] - 17:8, 49:6, 69:4, 134:4, 163:10, 163:18, 163:19, 165:18weeks [7] - 49:6, 60:13, 85:18, 86:2, 86:23, 134:4, 163:5weigh [4] - 10:13, 11:13, 152:12, 177:7weight [1] - 148:25welding [3] - 75:22, 109:5, 119:22whatsoever [2] - 55:22, 183:19white [3] - 51:12, 57:7, 108:22whole [7] - 8:19, 150:17, 154:2, 155:13, 155:14, 158:19, 190:9wife [6] - 18:24, 72:11, 119:3, 119:6, 119:10, 177:10William [1] - 52:24willing [1] - 18:25win [2] - 48:13, 73:23window [2] - 87:9, 129:6Winner's [1] - 48:11winning [1] - 73:24wise [1] - 174:22wish [2] - 161:21, 168:13withdrew [1] - 12:23
witness [62] - 16:3, 19:5, 20:1, 20:6, 20:8, 24:4, 27:8, 27:12, 27:14, 27:16, 28:18, 41:23, 43:10, 48:3, 51:14, 52:9, 52:11, 52:13, 52:16, 52:19, 57:22, 57:25, 58:1, 58:5, 58:8, 66:18, 69:21, 70:1, 70:10, 73:10, 78:13, 80:15, 82:7, 82:8, 82:16, 90:23, 92:5, 97:17, 100:6, 100:13, 112:8, 112:24, 113:6, 122:9, 122:13, 123:3, 123:9, 123:13, 123:16, 137:22, 140:16, 143:3, 143:4, 143:5, 143:7, 156:19, 160:15, 160:17, 168:2, 168:23, 169:2, 171:22WITNESS [38] - 22:21, 33:8, 43:24, 46:1, 49:12, 61:11, 63:25, 64:5, 67:2, 67:10, 67:13, 67:15, 67:17, 95:16, 95:20, 95:25, 96:3, 96:5, 96:8, 100:19, 100:23, 110:20, 123:19, 133:7, 138:4, 138:8, 138:12, 138:20, 139:16, 139:19, 139:25, 161:2, 161:5, 161:7, 168:8, 168:10, 168:12, 168:21witnessed [1] - 53:12witnesses [20] - 17:6, 17:25, 18:6, 18:10, 18:25, 19:3, 19:18, 19:21, 99:6, 146:13, 146:14, 146:17, 146:21, 146:22, 147:2, 147:18, 160:6, 167:2, 172:5, 180:23WITNESSES [1] - 2:2woman [2] - 30:23, 119:6won [2] - 48:15, 121:13wonderful [1] - 189:10Wood [2] - 53:17, 117:20Woods [1] - 74:22word [3] - 167:21, 168:8, 176:3words [6] - 26:21, 44:2, 44:3, 61:5, 61:9, 171:11wore [2] - 153:21, 153:22worker [1] - 171:21works [1] - 98:18worry [2] - 63:3, 174:6worship [2] - 165:9, 165:16worth [1] - 177:21wow [1] - 167:14wrestled [1] - 173:24write [6] - 23:8, 23:11, 23:13, 72:8, 72:18, 149:19wrote [1] - 71:17
X
x-ed [2] - 135:18, 137:5
220
Y
y'all [21] - 22:10, 23:19, 34:6, 34:8, 35:1, 37:7, 48:15, 48:16, 49:1, 50:1, 72:22, 88:18, 103:22, 113:24, 118:9, 118:25, 127:16, 128:20, 130:24, 132:13, 132:18y'all's [1] - 170:6yard [4] - 166:4, 166:5, 166:10, 166:14ye [1] - 23:10year [12] - 7:19, 66:14, 162:12, 163:22, 164:14, 167:18, 169:15, 171:3, 183:17, 193:21years [38] - 11:2, 12:7, 12:15, 25:24, 29:5, 124:12, 124:13, 124:14, 124:23, 135:12, 155:12, 155:16, 158:10, 158:20, 162:6, 162:13, 162:14, 162:15, 162:17, 164:16, 165:1, 167:1, 171:4, 173:3, 173:15, 173:16, 176:15, 176:16, 181:13, 182:24, 183:10, 183:22, 185:3, 186:1, 190:15, 193:12, 193:19yesterday [1] - 28:21young [10] - 132:6, 156:18, 175:4, 175:5, 175:7, 175:10, 175:18, 175:25, 176:6, 176:23younger [2] - 65:19, 65:20youth [1] - 179:15
Z
Zetas [2] - 31:2, 71:15