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subpoenaed to testify, I will state that the costs are much lower based upon the knowledge available to me at the time I was released from the project." 106. Russell also emphasized in the letter that he wanted nothing more to do with Donziger and the RICO Defendants' and their co-conspirators' pursuit of the litigation against Chevron: I do not want to get into the courts in the US, and do not want to be involved in your case against Texaco/Chevron! I have not prepared any other cost estimate, nor do I intend to do so. It is no longer any of my concern, except to see that the name of my company and my reputation are not abused by continued association with the Aguinda vs. Texaco lawsuit. If subpoenaed, I will tell the truth about what I know about the existing costs, how the cost estimate was prepared, and what the differences in unit costs might be to cleanup contamination in Ecuador. I am trying to stay out of your way and out of your case, but by using and abusing the outdated cost estimate to flail Chevron, you keep dragging me back in to [sic] it! The Ecuador project has been a sorry chapter in my life and I do not want to get re-involved with you or it on any basis. Several recent press releases using the 2003 cost estimate plus the most recent demand by Amazon Watch abuses me and my company. Get a new cost estimate generated in Ecuador. You will have to do that under the terms of the Global Inspection as required by the Court in Ecuador. That 2003 cost estimate is a ticking time bomb which will come back to bite you, and very badly if anyone attempts due diligence on it. (Emphasis in original.) 107. Donziger did not mince words in response: "I don't care what the q**]k that guy says." In a conversation with co-conspirator Soltani of Amazon Watch, Donziger acknowledged that the "[p]rice tag" for remediation "would only be a guess" and that Russell's $6 billion "very rough estimate" significantly overstated the true costs of remediation: "[The] six billion dollar thing is out there. The reality is, based on what this guy is telling me, [it] would cost less than that. Significantly less than that .... " And in an email to his co-conspirators, Donziger recognized that the "fact [Russell] sent this letter has a certain amt of danger for us." Nonetheless, in a subsequent conversation with Defendants Fajardo and Yanza and others, 45
Donziger discussed requesting a higher amount than $6 billion so a judgment of a lower amount could be portrayed as favorable to Chevron: "But as a concept, I ask, do we ask for much more than we really want as a strategy? Do we ask for eight and expect three, so that [the judge] says, 'Look, Texaco, I cut down the largest part.'" 108. And despite Russell telling Donziger that his estimate was inaccurate and that he did "not want to be involved in" the Lago Agrio Litigation and despite Donziger's assurance to Russell that he would stop using Russell's work, the RICO Defendants and their co-conspirators continued to use the exaggerated and disavowed $6 billion estimate. As Donziger explained it, "[G]iven that [the RICO Defendants] ha[d] worked with Russell's number all of these years," not continuing to use the $6 billion number "would make [them] look like fools." For example, Amazon Watch, exhibiting the same disregard of the facts as Donziger, continued to tout the $6 billion figure well after Russell sent Donziger his cease-and-desist letter. Amazon Watch's press releases asserted that Russell's company, Global Environmental Operations, endorsed the $6 billion damages estimate even though Russell implored Donziger to stop "abusing" the "name of [Russell's] company" by associating it with the Lago Agrio Litigation. For example, a March 20,2007 press release entitled "Ecuador Court Speeds Up Chevron's $6 Billion Amazon Trial Over Rainforest Contamination" issued by Amazon Watch states: "The only independent damage assessment, by the U.S. firm Global Environmental Operations, puts clean-up costs at $6.14 billion, exclusive of personal damages to thousands of residents of the area." In issuing this press release, the conspirators lied about having an expert estimate of $6 billion when they knew that Russell repudiated the $6 billion figure as "no longer valid" and "a ticking time bomb" well over a year earlier. Donziger has subsequently admitted that he had no other basis for the $6 billion figure when that press release was issued. (ii) Filing Falsified Expert Reports 109. Not only did the RICO Defendants and their co-conspirators pressure Russell to come up with a large, unsupported damages assessment, but they also submitted falsified expert 46
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TRIBUNAL DE DISTRITO DE LOS ESTADOS
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ÍNDICE [CERT.GEOTEXT VER: JD] i P
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[CERT.GEOTEXT VER: JD] iii Página
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La demandante Chevron Corporation (
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informe y, en los Estados Unidos, e
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o dirección de la empresa criminal
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16. El Demandado Douglas Beltman (
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el Frente de Defensa de la Amazoní
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Unidos que fueron emprendidos por l
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u. H5 es una sociedad mercantil del
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COMPETENCIA SOBRE EL ASUNTO Y COMPE
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de Nueva York, y hay un nexo sustan
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multitud de llamadas telefónicas,
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eclamaciones de Chevron. Los Demand
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1. TexPet participa en el consorcio
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esteros en gran magnitud. Pero como
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la gente de la región del Oriente
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expresamente liberadas también inc
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trabajos de reparación provista po
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59. En 1993 y 1994, estos abogados
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ganancias de los cuales no benefici
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Agrio. Las líneas de ataque son in
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del gobierno ecuatoriano, los Deman
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temernos para que esto se mueva de
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juez. Esperanza ya se reunió con
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la postura del gobierno de Correa e
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de un escándalo de solicitación d
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en el área del ex consorcio. Fajar
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infundada y exagerada de US$ 6.000
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de Russell todos estos años”, no
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114. En última instancia, los Dema
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121. Si bien desde entonces Chevron
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probablemente le dijeron a Cabrera
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contenido fuera dictado por la mism
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Donziger temió que el llamado del
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*** Larrea: (A Cabrera) Nos gustar
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confabulación delictiva. Donziger
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conspirador William Powers, quien t
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escribió como consultor remunerado
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sus consultores en realidad redacta
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actividades ilícitas. E-Tech tambi
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comentarios. Beltman asimismo expre
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contaminación es mucho más recien
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178. La revisión del Informe Cabre
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182. De manera similar, el 26 de ju
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186. Cabrera obtuvo este dinero jur
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en algunos de los mismos datos que
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[de Cabrera] o [sus] cifras de cost
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anular o restar valor al contrato d
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llamando traidores a los abogados e
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RICO fabricaran el supuestamente
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hacerle la vida tan difícil a la c
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quienes actualmente “viven en la
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ambiental y pobreza. Y los ataques
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de los Demandados RICO, y de las qu
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científicos independientes”. Ese
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comunitarios”, y Fajardo fue gala
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equipo que “síganles repitiendol
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en referencia a la carta del 4 de m
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el propio peso de las pruebas”. Y
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254. Además, los conspiradores han
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e. Los Demandados RICO acusan falsa
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dejar la falsa impresión de que Ch
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evelan se detallan a continuación.
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un excelente trabajo al no recordar
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tergiversaciones ante el Tribunal d
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Stratus”, describió actividades
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compareciendo como asesor jurídico
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En sus estimados totales, la tabla
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circunstancias que rodeaban a la pr
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de distracción. Por ejemplo, han i
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2. Realización de declaraciones fa
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Dr. Cabrera asignó un equipo de 14
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adjuntaba un borrador de la declara
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directamente, sin adornos”. El Ju
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325. El 14 de febrero de 2011, la c
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las descripciones de los documentos
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La relación con Burford fue en gra
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333. Por medio de declaraciones hec
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Demandados RICO han presentado decl
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para estafar y extorsionar a Chevro
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organismos gubernamentales, y el co
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a. mensajes por correo electrónico
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Patrón de las actividades de extor
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en el testimonio del Dr. Calmbacher
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demorar y evitar el testimonio del
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transporten, transmitan o transfier
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RICO. Finalmente, Stratus ha partic
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los contratos firmados, incluido el
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espaldo de esa conspiración, y de
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aceptación de las declaraciones fa
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cumplir estos contratos en el arbit
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de su plan de extorsión. Como Donz
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415. Como se expuso anteriormente,
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Demandantes de Lago Agrio y la Rep
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ni reconocible en los Estados Unido
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determine los méritos y registre l
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Page 198 and 199: TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....
Page 200 and 201: C. The Conspirators' Campaign of Li
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Page 204 and 205: 4. To pressure Chevron in the Unite
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Page 210 and 211: j. Alberto Wray ("Wray") is the for
Page 212 and 213: . Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady
Page 214 and 215: that the Lago Agrio Plaintiffs who
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Page 222 and 223: 39. TexPet's total profits over the
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Page 240 and 241: assuming responsibility for remedia
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Page 250 and 251: conspirators cast aside Dr. Calmbac
Page 252 and 253: (i) Weeks Before the Court Appointe
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Page 256 and 257: (ii) The Court Appointed Cabrera as
Page 258 and 259: Cabrera: (Addressing the public) I
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Page 277 and 278: (vii) The RICO Defendants' Attempt
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Page 285 and 286: allegedly "independent" Cabrera Rep
Page 287 and 288: tactic." Increasing the pressure in
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Page 291 and 292: Amazon Watch and that sum did not i
Page 293 and 294: . Misrepresenting the "Independent"
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action," and falsely claimed that C
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"court-appointed expert" and that t
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should be concerned about the image
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253. The conspirators have also sta
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was responsible and claimed that th
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267. These obstruction efforts have
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epresentations, despite the fact th
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in other Section 1782 proceedings d
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U.S. law firms that the RICO Defend
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287. In response to an inquiry from
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"The Ecuadorian court was and is we
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"improper" under a "traditional Ecu
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that Chevron has obtained, Judge Ka
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Maazel of Emery Celli, knew that th
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312. Donziger has been working to p
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318. Donziger did not comply. Inste
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judgment that, if ultimately render
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would have had access to this non-p
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330. The RICO Defendants, acting in
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that the order would not prevent De
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CLAIMS FOR RELIEF FIRST CLAIM FOR R
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343. The RICO Defendants and their
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and then holding out the Cabrera Re
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corrective action. Further, the RIC
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under Ecuador law." Quarles has rec
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Report, procuring baseless criminal
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y participating in a campaign of pu
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wires in furtherance of the RICO De
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allow the commission of this patter
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officials, and Chevron's shareholde
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with them-including the law firms o
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States or abroad, including any att
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WHEREFORE, Chevron prays for judgme
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against the Defendants named in thi
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§ 1964(c). 3. For Chevron's reason
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