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UCCR
UNITED
CONCERNED CITIZENS & RESIDENTS
Established for the recovery of investor/lender funds
personally loaned to Luis Enrique Villalobos
Camacho
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We've Waited Long Enough
It has been some time since we last communicated with you, hoping we would have been able to announce a date for trial by now. Unfortunately, this is not the case and we are once again stuck in a judicial process which has been cumbersome and inefficient, at best. The constitution of Costa Rica guarantees the right of every person to have a prompt and thorough judicial process. Certainly, this process has failed to honor this guarantee. For this reason, WE NEED YOUR HELP. We must call on you once again, as we have in the past. We need groups of 3-5 investors go to the court system's Contraloria de Servicios del Poder Judicial to file complaints (quejas). The purpose of this office is to receive and resolve complaints and problems about cases stuck in the judicial process, like ours. The Contraloria de Servicios has two offices: Edificio de la Corte Suprema (Av 8 & C 19), 1st floor in the rear (some English spoken). Tribunales de Justicia building in San Jose (Av 8 & C 17), 1st floor in the rear (Spanish only). Offices open 7:30 to 4:30. We need a good presence, a steady group of investors if possible, during the next two weeks, to file complaints against those who are responsible for assigning the date of trial. We have waited long enough... two months since the appeals from the Preliminary Trial were resolved, four months since the end of the Preliminary Trial... still, no trial date. Enough is enough. We need YOU to become a "group leader"! Each group leader should organize a group of 3-5 investors. It would be helpful for each group to have at least one spanish language speaker. Mientras mas Costarricences se presenten para reclamar sus derechos, mas atencion nos daran. Por favor, vallemos todos para que nos eschuchen! Let them know you are investors with Villalobos. Let them know you have been waiting for more than three years to see the end of this case. Let them know you need the trial to start as soon as possible. Let them know the court needs to assign a date of trial so your waiting can come to an end. Above all, please be civil, but make your sense of urgency known. Keep in mind that this office is there to assist you. It is not their fault we have waited so long, so don't take it out on them. Case information you will need to file your complaint (queja): 1ro Circuito Judicial de San Jose Caso # 02-008579-42-PE contra Osvaldo Villalobos Camacho y otro Legal contacts: Edgardo Garcia, Alexander Ruiz, Jose Miguel Villalobos The queja will be taken in an oral fashion. You will not need to fill out any paperwork. The court representative will take notes on your complaint, and your names and contact numbers. Remember that you are indeed an affected party in this case, and although you did not file a denuncia against Osvaldo or Enrique, access to your life savings was frozen by the government until the end of the trial. Make sure you take the above information with you. IMPORTANT: Using the group leader's first letter of your last name, try to loosely coordinate your visit to the complaints office on the following schedule:
A-D: Wednesday, 14 Dec
E-H: Thursday, 15 Dec
I-L: Friday, 16 Dec
M-P: Monday, 19 Dec
Q-T: Tuesday, 20 Dec
U-Z: Wednesday, 21 Dec
All: Thursday, 22 Dec
If you cannot meet our recommended
scheduled time, GO WHENEVER YOU CAN
during this time period. The purpose of
this schedule is not to limit your
visits, but to avoid too many of us
showing up at the same time, and delay
each other when we file our complaints.
WE NEED AS MANY OF YOU AS POSSIBLE FOR
THE MOST IMPACT TO MAKE OUR PRESENCE
KNOWN.
Note: If you would like to register yourself as a group leader for possible future activities, please reply to this email and send us your name, email address, and telephone number. Thank you.
United, we can get it done!
Thursday, 26. October 2006 |