Opinion ID: 687340
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Agent Chavez's declaration.

Text: 26 Agent Chavez was involved in the Reese investigation, and his declaration describes the execution of the search warrants of Montoya's properties in May and August 1988 (before Montoya was first interviewed in November 1988). As the district court observed, Chavez recited in great detail the documents and leads found as a result of these searches, as well as the resulting subpoenas issued to financial institutions. Contrary to Montoya's characterization, nowhere does Chavez state in his declaration that he was involved in both the Reese and Weiner investigations. 7 While Chavez investigated the purchase and acquisition of the properties with which the Montoya prosecution was concerned, it was done as part of the Contreras prosecution, and the evidence and resulting leads were obtained before Montoya was first interviewed. 27 Chavez states in his declaration that the majority of financial leads that I pursued had already been obtained prior to any contact with Filiberto Montoya. Chavez provides a detailed time-line for each step he took in the investigation. He lists seven investigatory actions (interviews, conversations and issuance of a subpoena) taken after the November 18, 1988, interview of Montoya, but ties each one to a lead obtained well before that date. 28 While Chavez's declaration does contain the conclusory statement that [a]t no time did I ever use any information provided by Filiberto Montoya in pursuing leads associated with the Contreras-Subias investigation, it also contains much more than this: a detailed time-line and tracing of the investigation, based on information and leads obtained in the search warrants executed before Montoya received informal immunity. Montoya's attack on this declaration does not address the detailed independent sources of information obtained in Chavez's investigation. Chavez's declaration was not limited to a negation of taint. See Kastigar, 406 U.S. at 460, 92 S.Ct. at 1665. 29