Opinion ID: 170473
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Perry's DEA-6 Report

Text: Perry provided a detailed account of his investigation in a DEA-6 report. Although it appears that he prepared the report on the same day as the preliminary hearing, the report contradicts his testimony regarding the tip he had received. It states that he had received the tip, not from an eyewitness on the bus, but from a source who relayed the information from the bus driver about four hours before the bus arrived in Albuquerque. According to the report, the bus driver had seen, through his rearview mirror, Mr. Rangel remove the small bag from the bag he had carried onto the bus. The report states: 1. On May 1, 2005, at approximately 7:10 p.m., S/A Perry received a telephone call from a Source of Information, hereafter referred to as SOI, who informed S/A Perry of the following information. The SOI said that the bus driver for the Guadalajara Tours Bus informed the SOI that there was a suspicious passenger on the bus traveling to Denver, Colorado. The bus driver informed the SOI that he was seated in the driver's seat when a passenger, identity unknown at this time, walked onto the bus carrying a large sized red/black duffle bag, to his respective seat and sat the bag down in the floor area beneath his feet. 2. The bus driver approached the passenger and observed that the passengers red/black bag was partially lying in the aisle way. The bus driver attempted to move that bag with his foot and observed that it was very hard to move because of the weight of the bag. The bus driver informed the passenger that his red/black bag was too large to have on the top passenger compartment of the bus and that it needed to be placed underneath of the bus with the luggage. The bus driver picked up the red/black bag and observed that it was very heavy. The passenger immediately removed his red/black bag from the hands of the bus driver and informed the bus driver that he did not want his bag placed underneath of the bus. The passenger placed the red/black bag in the empty window seat beside him and placed a blanket/clothing on top of the bag, thus covering it up. The bus driver informed the passenger that the red/black bag was very heavy and asked the passenger what was inside of the bag. The passenger informed the bus driver that his bag contained blankets and tools. 3. The bus driver returned to his driver's seat and positioned the rearview mirror in a position to watch the passenger. The bus driver observed the passenger remove a small black colored bag from the red/black bag and place the black bag underneath of the seat beside him. The bus driver observed the passenger place his red/black bag in the overhead luggage compartment directly above the passenger's seat. Aplt. Br., Ex. 2 at 3-4.