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Sunday
05 January 2003
Hello Friends,
Very lengthy this
time, but grab a cup of coffee, or guaro, and
here we go. My "take"
on this:
FROM LUIS ENRIQUE VILLALOBOS TO MY
CREDITORS
FIRST: In Costa Rica
there is no any law whatsoever which forbids a
person to acquire a debt in the manner he
wishes, with whom he wishes, and up to the
amounts he wishes. The above is a reason why,
I have never denied that I received money, and
I payed my creditors an attractive rate of
interest, which I performed in a punctual and
honest mannerduring 25 years.
SECOND: With the same
honesty with which I admit the above, I deny,
and will always deny that my brother Oswaldo
and I, are linked to illicit activities of
money laundering or narcotraffic, as has been
observed with very bad intentions to the
public opinion. Due to our christian believes,
we are unable to form part of these delictual
networks. I challenge the police and judicial
authorities to demonstrate above crimes, since
I am sure that they will not find anything
which could be
sustainable.
THIRD: I am concerned
about the fact that the judicial process
established against me and my brother Oswaldo,
employee of the exchange enterprise OFINTER
S.A., is so full of anomalies and extremely
unfair. For example, it is evident that both
of us were already condemned by the press, and
by the fiscal with their declarations. The
Tribunals of the country, up to today have
been absolutely pressured in their decisions
by the means, and by the Ministry of Security,
up the extreme that they not even resolve the
specific points of the injuries presented by
my attorneys.
FOURTH: It provokes
displeasure, for example, the inequality of
treatment. To prove the above, it is
sufficient only one example: the same
canadians which are supposedly linked to the
illicit activities, had current and savings
accounts in dollars and colones in the Banco
Nacional and in Banco Proamerica, and these
entities did no suffer any violation of
domicile, nor the press has informed about the
money they had therein. (see the acts of
violation of domicile of July the 4th, of
2002)
FIFTH: It is
surprising that there exist officers which are
afraid about the fact I payed high monthly
rate in dollars, while in Costa Rica there are
Banks which charge 3.48% monthly to their
debtors of credit cards in dollars, or almost
50 nnually in dollars. With the above charges,
they could pay the investors in dollars 2.8%
monthly, and still they wouldkeep a part of
the money. This armed hand assault to the
users of the credit cards is supposedly legal,
and nobody cares.
SIXTH: It is evident
that many of my creditors have already
received their capital, in some cases up to
three times, and that all of them knew the
rules of the game when they loaned me the
money. Nobody was surprised. Should the
pyramid would have existed, the same would
have fallen down since many years ago.
SEVENTH: I wish to
make clear that many of the figures which have
been reported, about the number of my
creditors, names of them, and amounts, are
mere suppositions without any fundament in the
reality. The important number of enterprises
and accounts in the Banks, is normal when a
businessman or entity handles high amounts of
money.
EIGHTH: I am engaged
with my creditors, and I will try to resolve
their problem, always when it is possible. In
case I die, or I go to prision, due a behavior
which is not a crime, as I have indicated to
the Superintendent of Financial Entities,
nobody will recover anything. I have the
desire and the courage to attend the situation
of the creditors if there exist the conditions
to do it, and always when it depend upon me.
To whom have trusted me, amidst adversity, I
renew my gratefulness.
I simply understand those who have been
surprised by any lawyers which offer and
litigate through the press, to establish
juditial actions against me.
NINTH: I beg God to
strength me in these difficult moments. I
reiterate that I have received loans of the
people, and I always accomplish with my
obligations. I have understood that to get
indebted is not a crime, and to pay is a
value, since I was so taugth, and I paracticed
it so, up to the moment in which the
authorities forced me not to do it.
Luis Enrique Villalobos Camacho
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