J M1 26-376 23 an | - - 20 a without. permission of the. Proper authority, when auch permit _ : is required. -(\. Chief of Secret Service in thig city, to the effect that ‘EDWARD GORDON, who admitted that he stole cars im the United _. Axticle 54 states: The penalty shall be exon six months to twelve years in prison, for anyone who imports — or exports merchandise in international traffic which is - prohibited or restricted legally. Im the case of importation or exportation of restricted merchandise, when proven, and og when the customs duties have not been paid, the sentence 7 will be increased by one-third that mentioned in the previous article, The same penalty will be applied for introducing into the country imported vehicles, which are forbidden or restricted legally, without obtaining permission from the proper authorities. (W) Therefore, Article 50, Section III, in combination with Section II, of the above-mentioned Code, states that “the crime of receiving stolen goods is committed in contra=- band matters by whoever helps or cooperates in carnyins out the acts referred to in the above Section II, i.e., th bubinesmaan who received merchandise illegally imported.” 1a) Finally, article 60, of the above-mentioned Fiscal Code of the Federation, provides that “the crimen of receiving atolen goods in matters of contraband is punishable with a sentence of three days to four years imprisonment. * Qu Now, in the present case, Officer No. 1108 (7). a appeared before the Chief of Police of this City and “ a the State Attorney on May 25th, with information from the he was placing at the disposition of the court KENNETH States of America, which he brought to this city and sold to, among others, JUAH MANUEL PATINO GUERRA and JULIO CESAR - SANCHEZ ASENCIO, agents and businessmen - and that from those arrested, they impounded a pick-up truck, Ford 250 Special Camper, 1971, green, temporary California plates el : 2b6-Yera P-/# . HW 45961 DoclId: 32307160 Page 19
MM 26—37623 MMH/ems 0255839; another truck of the same make and model, coffee color with red, with temporary California plates 0235834, adapted for family use; that JOHN WAYNE admitted having stolen the first of these vehicles mentioned at the Ford — agency in San Diego, California, between 10:00 a.m. and. 11:00 a.m. on last May 8th, accompanied by EDWARD GORDON. They came in both vehicles to this city, and talked with | MANUEL PATINO and CESAR SANCHEZ, who purchased the vehicle from them because they could get it for 15,000 pesos. WAYBE also stated that on March 22mé of this year, between _.3:00 and 4:00 p.m., he stole a Ford Galaxie 500, 1971, from a Ford agency in Las Vegas, Nevada, and in order to be able to drive it in U.S. territory and enter Mexico, he placed om it license plate Wo. (illegible) from the State . of California, which belonged to a Ford car owned by EDWARD GORDON. Two days after arrival in thts city, they gold it to MURILLO GUERRA for $1,000, and EDWARD GORDON was an accomplice in this sale. Most of the vehicles . stolen in the U.S. were brought to this city. Most were Chevrolets and Fords, which were gold through the two persons mentioned, whom he had known for a number of. years, through other Americans who were also involved in stealing cars in the U.S., among them NORMAN SUMMERS, who lives | in Chapala, and another man named DANNY DAVIS, who is based in the State of California. With RICHARD NORMAN, he stole a red Thunderbird ia the U.S., which he sold to JUAN MANUEL PATINO. .PATINO, in turn, sold the car in . Manzanillo, and it is presently bearing Jalisco State ~ plates 10-JvY, owned by a customs agent named CARIAGA (?). » 96) ; Attached are the police records, statements o the @eacused, and that of the federal agent. xy) This game officer went to the State Judicial Police and stated: The following vehicles, a Ford Fair- lane, 1969, California plates YS-596; Plymouth, blue, . were impounded. oo, UL HW 45961 Florida plates 29-W-1647; 1971 pick-up truck, green,. provisional plates 0255838 (?), and a Ford pick-up, camper body, California provisional ‘plates 0255814 (2),° wom Ey fod | ag -yer2t P-/ 7 ‘ . 4 a a . ah . ; 7 Gon Ret eee ee . eee DoclIda: 32307160 Page 20
MM 26-376 23 MMH/ems 4. : : ALPONSO LEON GOMEZ, appearing before the Chief of + Police of this city, stateg that the Ford Bairlane, blue, = HW 45961 1969, which was seized by the Secret Service, was purchased — by him for 14,000 pesos from JUAN MARTINEZ MURILLO, approxi- mately eight days after it entered the country. He stated that he made thig purchase in good faith, since, had he known that the car was stolen, he would not have bought it. Ly The Secret Service agents of Guadalajara stated to the Federal agent that > they intervened only in arresting the accused. FU The accused, JOHN WAYNE HILL, JR., before the City Chief of Police, states that for 6 years he hag been stealing late model cars in his own country, and he believes . that to date, he has stolen seventy cars, which he brought to this country to sell. Among those who purchased these vehicles were JUAN PATINO GUERRA and SANCHEZ ASENCIO, who ‘gold them. ccoccees (illegible). Among the vehicles which he remembers having sold to them was a Ford, 1970, blue, and another Ford, 1969, a Thunderbird, which he sold to a person from Manzanillo. He sold to JULIO CESAR SANCHEZ and PATINO. GUERRA about 25 cars, of the same manufacturer and model, at a price of ten to eleven thousand pesos each. The thefts were carried out by entering the car lots, where the keys are available, starting the car, and taking it out on the street, This operation can be carried out as many as thirty times a day. He stated that his friend EDWARD GORDON accompanied him to Mexico twice, each one in a Ford Galaxie 500 which he sold to PATINO GUERRA. He said he met these buyers through RICHARD SUMMERS, who lives in Chapala and is algo involved in stealing cars, and who has been in ~ prison in the U.S. for the crime of theft. Before the Agent of the Federal Public Ministry, he confirmed this. written statement in the District Court, but he added that it is not true that he has been stealing cars for six years, aN lipo ~ , _ . hee | 26-YeT 2 P-1 7 DoclIda: 32307160 Page ?1
fooeet pee! a Soe eg core oe wee oan on Te Soe meq ee? oot * saa alia Dn ; A BASEMENTS EU SRUEY RP MRE RN, ar PH TERE LEE REE EAE Ne ETN hg RR Ma ey ears mae en - — a) . > . “ iste Emam or pe “ jas : too . : , . 3 . e ~ aes 4 MM. 26-376 23 MWH/ems 5. Congiiaent ial J in’ the united States. He began to do it this: years nor J aid he steal 70 cars, since he only stole a Ford Galaxie, . 1971, in Nevada, 2 in San Diego, California, and a 1971 pick-up truck. He admitted that these vehicles were made ‘dutthe United States, and that he brought the first car. into Mexico via Nogales, where he was issued an import permit. He brought the other in via Tijuana andececcoce (illegible) he got a temporary import permit.cocec. (illegible). Via legal highways, he. came to this city, where he gold one of the cars to PATINO GUERRA and left the other parked on one side of the Hotel Genova. The Thunderbird was in the hands of RICHARD SUMMERS. His friend GORDON did not know that the vehicle he brought to this city was stolen, and therefore, he is not guilty. Bey [u) _ KENNETH EDWARD GORDON, before the Chief of Police of this city, stated that he met JOHN WAYNE in santa Clara, California, about 5 years ago when he was a artender. He gaid they have traveled to Mexico on two occasions together. fhe first time they brought a Ford. Galaxie, 1971, light green, which car remained in Mexico, because they returned by train. He did not know it was stolen. He said that the > station wagon which was seized is his property, which he purchaged at Paul Swanson Ford, Cupertino, California. He gaid that he is not involved in stealing cars in the United States, and that he met PATINO GUERRA through JOHN WAYNE, but he did not know about thetr business. He stated that the day they brought the Ford Galaxie, he saw a subject named JULIO, but he did not talk with him. Before the agent of the Public Federal Ministry, he donfirmed this statement and added that he wished te show a document proving that the station wagon which was taken from him is his property. In. making a preparatory statement before this Federal Court, he confirmed his earlier statements, and added that the first time he entered the country, he was in the company of JOHN WAYNE, JUAN and DONNA ENS ON , about the last of March or the first of April of this year. The car they I brought in belonged to JOHN WAYNE, 1-@o, af (ot Te ade on 2 a - ~ a — ns _ _ — a — <a ite nt —_ — ~ se ae ne nee Ee mE ee eR neat cttw eaten mame : HW 45961 DBocld:32307160 Page 22
HW 45961 the Ford Galaxie 1971, which wag manufactured in the United States. They crossed the frontier at Nogales as tourists, and came on to this city. After that, he does not know what happened to the vehicle. g(\X\ i JERRY BUCHANAN, before the Chief of Police of | this city, stated that concerning the theft of cars, it is - not true that he steals cars; that last year in April, he — was arrested in this city for having purchased a station wagon which came in with contraband, brought in by an unknown person. fhis vehicle was a Plymouth Barracuda, blue, Florida plates 8971647. This car was loaned to him by a pergon named "MEL," whom he met in the restaurant of the Hotel Genova, and he was to return it to the same place. He stated that the objects which were found in the vehicle  eevvces (Allegible ) were not his, and he does not know why they were there. Before the Agent of the Federal Public _ Ministry mentioned above, he confirms this statement and adds that he knows nothing about the activities of the person who loaned him the vehécle, and that to date, he has not looked for him. In making this preparatory statement in this District Court, he confirmed previous statements and adds that he does not know any of the people who were arrested with him, that the Plymouth was taken from him at about 9:30 to 10:00 p.m., in front of his home, that he does not know where this man comes from, but he believes he was an American. He reaffirmed that the car was. loaned by a person whom he met at the Hotel Genova whom he was to @xive around the city; that he has been in this country on various occasions as a tourist, and that the first time. was in 1963. B(u) mo : . RICHARD NORMAN SUMMERS, before the Chief of the City Police in this city, states that in a certain way, he was involved in the theft of cars in the United States. He admits that he hag purchased ten cars and served as an | intermediary in twelve others, and among the pergons to whom he gold were LUIS and ROBERTO CUEVAS, who bought two Chevrolets, 1964, for $3,000 each, and that these cars _ ‘were picked up by Customs. He states that he sold saree yl) ; i i i ' i | Confyaent ial DoclIda: 32307160 Page 23 i me . + + a4 So Rha ot ‘ . . . 5 ‘ J peat ge , ; y : La : 1 ~ . . we . ‘ ‘ i MM. 26-376 23 Bo |  MWH/ems Co Ge 7 Co, cond dont ten ca
; or 16,000 pesos, in May of the year before last; a Ford FPair- oo lane, 1969, which he bought from ELISEO JAUREGUI for 8, 000. op ‘pesos and s0ld to ALFONSO LECH GOMEZ for 14,000 in December - @ESAR NAVARRETE ESPANA, and that the above-mentioned buyers —— | MM 26-376 23. .MWH/ems- : ‘which he gave to Dr. ADALBERTO GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, for which _ che paid 10,000 pesos; another Ford Galaxie which he purchased for the same amount and sold to ALFONBO LEON GOMEZ for 14,000 | oF January of last year, and that he has in his possession | 41960 Chevrolet, as a guarantee for 1,500 pesos which he = | loaned to a man whose name and address he does not remember, hut who is a shoemaker. He advised that the vehicles to .which he has been referring, when he accepted them, had no papers showing legal status in this country. Before the Agent of the Federal Public Ministry mentioned above, he . a | confirmed this statement and adds that concerning the car | which he gave to Dr. GOHEZ RODRIGUEZ, GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ gave ~ him 2,000 or 3,000 pesos, but not as payment. He says that “dt de true that the cars were purchased from RICHARD NORMAN, = a and the price paid for thea was low, considering the models eo and the condition of. the car. He said he never whecked who — were the people who brought the cars ‘to NORMAN, nor did he worry about asking for any details on the matter. After making a preparatory: statement before this Federal Court, he states it is correct, and in answer to a question from = ji the Court, he stated that he only had business relations with RICHARD NORMAN and that he purchased vehicles only under the conditions mentioned in his gtatements; that he realized that the vehicles were of foreign manufacture, but — 7 he did not worry about the papers. RICHARD Nw agreed a, « to deliver the papers, but he never did 90. k& (u) - JOSE MANUEL PATINO GUERRA, before the Chief of Police in this city, states that the only time he purchased American cars was from RICHARD NORMAN, end it was only a - 1967 Chevrolet. He knows JOHN WAYNE and knows he is involved in cars. He dealt with this man, but only as a commission man, on a 1970 red Thunderbird, which he sold to IGNACIO HERNANDEZ; a Ford Galaxie 1971, white, which he sold to > are Customs men (?) in Manzanillo; a Ford station wagon, W (u) 7 Cou dent lal . . | | IG t | 26 -Y2relF-/7 HW 45961 en ee EE eee a -_ DoclIda: 32307160 Page 25
MM 26-376 23 7 were in proper form, since that | was the problem of custome. & (1 | \ nti? ha bronze and white, 1971, which is in the possession of a priest at Jelotlan de los Dolores. JOHN. WAYNE sold him about 25 cars. _ of the Federal Public Ministry, he confirmed this statement amd added that as an agent, he intervened in the operations, He said that he thinks Before the representative and the buyers received the documents which the American gave them, and, in addition, the buyers knew about the them. ‘received their cars. ‘papers which should be filled out, and which were given to The proof of this is that they paid their money and 'In making this preparatory statement . before the District Judge, he confirmed the previous statements and adds that he only had connectiony with JOHN WAYNE, and he worked as an intermediary between WAYNE and the buyer. He admitted he relized that the cars were of foreign origin and manufacture, but since he was only the manager or agent in the exchange, he took no interest in whether the documents “gonlacnt HW 45961 DocId: 32307160 Page 26 26- ase? V7