o 1 3 aald, 'Thls 1s th€ guy that dld the mulder, {hy you got th19 guy allested for somethrng he drdn't do?" ?hat ls shy th€y were te1llng me they dtdn't l1ke him, called hln nanes, and I sald, ',Thls 1s the quy who dld lt. R6galdle9s of rhat you say, I an the only wltnegs on the caEe, and thrg rs the guy that I 5 7 O c O 14 I1 And as fa! as you know, the cas€ eas losed? o A lfaa closed, yeah. Q Nor, dld there come a tlne agaln when you L4 naybe ln the nid to late 90,s Guevara approached you agaln about a nurde! that occurred on Keystone A 18 fhatrs cotrect. tfhere welo you shen Guovara approached you about thrs nurder? t9 O 20 2r 23 o Ll and Bloomingdate? T1 Drd he t€II you who he wanted to put tbe A He told de he lanted to put the case on 0 Dtd you know Diego? A Yes. Q D1d he say ehy he ,anted to put tho case A a No. O 01d you ask hlm f,hy? A No. 0 So, drd you agree to help A Yes. I drd, 0 And what dld you aglee to do? A I lgleed to lle and say t wag {rth Jessrca hl.m? 18 Dhen Dl.ego krIIed tbe vlctrm. I9 O AII fight, Now, I wl]l back you up fo. secoDd, Dld cuevara telJ, you, "I need your help 20 By Ey house. 0 And uhat dld he do? A Y€s. A He call"ed ne to the ca! and asked n6 to O D1d he tel.L you he wanted you to say you 2L o a wrth thls eLCness?" A ,unp in the ca!. 24 Yes. 0 on Dlego? 10 1L A Spanish Cob!a naned DLego. 10 t2 her to say dLd it? 2 case oo? dtd 1t." and Haleolsen says, ',you are golng to put it on a dead nanr rtght?r I 3ard. ,,He 1s the one that dld lt,n and they said okay and cLosed the 1 1 O rele thele? ?4 21 ] o 1 1 o Q what klnd of ca! was h€ dllvlng? A Red InpaJ"a. 0 Was I A Yes, he dtd. 2 O Why It malked or unnalked? A Unmarked, O Was A Yes. 0 nho? His partner, Ernl€ Hatvors€n. A 4 he wrth anybody? A pould you belp hih wlth puttrng a case on gomebody? 5 Becauge thls nan ha9 be€n fabrrcatlng cases agalnst people for the longest, decades __ MS. STACK: oblecttoo. THE COURT: 7 Let htn 9o, TttB WITNESST I can prove rt becauso of the uay 0 Did you sant to get in the ca.? A Yes. 10 11 O Atrd dld you get in the ca!? 11 The mlnute he releaged that p€!son, David L2 A Yes, I drd, Q Once you got in th6 car uith h1n whon he 13 and toLd me, 'Man, f made a big mistake.. 14 "What happened?', He said, "I just 1€ft flon the 14 t5 came Dy A l? 18 19 20 2l 24 9 o your houle, what happened? poLice statlon. Dld he eay why he was asking lf you knew Jessrca Rlvela? A He sald yeah, she was a trrtness to drdn't tell 18 Put the mulder case on ne.r' 20 a ne, shupping, me saylng if : ),'1 19 0 I sa1d, Guevala had me in the pollce station int€rlogatIng named Jesgica Rtveta. 0 he fabrlcated ny case. He used one of my orn fllends to 11e and to say he sas m€ kl1] sonebody. V6Lazquez, Davld V€l€zquez came !o my house c!y1ng tle took a ride alound the neighborhood, and he cas agklhg ne 1f I kner a glrl O o h1m I sar you k111 somebody, he would You ar€ talklng about the &utder of Junito? nurder that occurled on Keyatone and BloonrngdaIe, and he needed to get hea to say that she saw the 27 A Yes. 22 Q And David Velazquez waa a wrtness in that hu!der, 23 Q Dld he bave soneone in nlnd sho he lanted o 24 caSe? A Yes. O 1 0 And he did testtfy 2 A Yes. O A And he recanted hi9 testlnony? yes. O And he has testi.fted 3 5 Ln that case? o Now, what drd Jessica say oa do lesponse to you trylng to persuade her? multiple tlmes rn yes. A She ,as nervous, ghe uas scared. At one tine -- at one point sh€ souJ.d say yes, but then I HS. STACK: ObJectton. she sas t6al, skeptlcal because she knes the guy se THE COURT: Sustalned. uere going to frame for the murder. US. '1 10 BY 11 Davld Velazquez adnrtted to you that he had fabrlcated testlmony because of physlcal and t2 IJ 21 BONJEAtr: 0 psychologlcal abuse by Detectlve Guevara? A That's corlect, and he testlfted to that under o.th on my trral. g Nov, shen you got rn Ene car agaln -_ back to ehen Gu€qara plcked you up. When you got j.n the ca!, you agreed to do shat he aanted you to do, o 23 o Q What sould happen Lf you drdd't 10 state of mrnd. o o I And uhen you say she fled, A pueato Rico. Q Do you knoe cheth€r that 3 A No, he Hasn,t, Q Did th6re fhat uas your undelstandlng of shat rould 1 witness, undelstandlng, not -- WIINESS: A Most Iikely I rould end up BY MS. BONJEANI 14 Noy, when cuevara plcked you up in the red D€tectj,ve ca!, wheEe dj.d you guys go? O 10 o {ent drlving around looking for Jesslca Rivela, and ye found h6!, p€ went to h6r houa€. We prcked he! up. She junped tn the car {1th ur, and I yas tly1ng to convlnce her to go Dlego *as ever cone a time In Alca rn Jun6 of 5 on a robbery A That,c 0 And where eere you ln Alea A I Has rn a holdrDg 9fe And ehen you cere Q 5 j,n approxlnately 11 Alea t2 Detectlve 14 Q And 0hat l5 A lle came dornstairs 1l to hls car, happened? took to the hol,dtng he out, and ye rent for and took Yes. what d1d he te]l The stoly was that me and he! uere walkinq A He ranted 23 doen the street togethe! and we observed Dlego cone Jeasrca 24 down from the train A ce1l, me outslde a ride. Q stop you !1ght there. at I dld. opened th€ door, 18 cell. 1998r drd you see Guevara? Yes, A I ulll case? to go to ln the waltLng June of A al,ong elth the 9tory. O L99g that 5? ceIJ. waltj.ng Dld he say uhy he santed 9tory? charged corlect. Q ,1 koow Cook County. I2 20 do you nurder? 4 h1s own gtate of nLnd. A She fled. Q you Here ln custody nappen -- THE A *1th BONJEAN: 0 Do you knor ehat happened next ulth regard O to Jessica Rivela? 22 (Wheleupon, a pause cas had.) BY MS. Q , Dld he eventually drop you off sonerhere? Yes, he dj.d. A where she weot? l{e are gettlng lnto speculatlon. Thl3 9o6s to the rllnoss' to cooporate? Q Drd Detectlee Gueva!a eveotuatty drop her back at her house or on the stteet somerhere? A Yes, aglee ,1th ulth a case. 18 Dld she seen scar€d? ye!, US. STACK: ObJecrion. ?HE COUR?: The 9 Q A 18 Detectl,r€ Gueta!a. 1 t2 13 20 4 5 She seened leluctant She drdn,t want to. 19 Yes. MS, BONJEAN: He has a long experlence ylth 5 Q A 1? ? A THE COURT: 1 10 11 r4 Guevara shen he ranted you to do son€thlog? o 1n A rlght o Not at all. Q 1 17 o shootlng? A thls coulthouse? o Mr. Laureano, had you wLtnegsed thrs Q 1 2 you to go fo! a ride? What yas the track3 and shoot the vlctln. 20 lo 24 O you? ne to h61p htn find Rivela. Dld h6 lay ehy he wantect you to he.Ip hrn o I frnd,r€ssl.ca Rlvela agarn? A 2 o He trt6ded a gtatoment froo her, and he 3 n€€d€d a statenent flon me to corloborate has stoly 5 so that they could pul the murder case on Diego. Q Was he gtlll looklng to put thla murd€r 1 witn€ss to colloborate the story of the othe!. and whea he couldn't 4 I Yes, he was. 1 Q Ur. Laureano, to the best of your 8 A 11 o T2 o YEg. 0 Was it the tvo lndrvldual.s that yent by the nanes o! catto and Tig€!? A No. Q Afte! gpeakrng to the prlvate tngestigator for, f be1leve, Manuel, did you agree !ha! you murder that happened on Keystone and Bloomlngdale? would testtfy on thelr behalf? Q Hor did you lealn that tnfornatioD? 1? A He locked up tuo of my frlends that I 18 A Thatrs cotrect. 19 Q Okay, lfere they gang nehb6rs? 19 O D1d you actualLy cose in and testlfy? 20 A Yes. 20 A 21 O And cere they Spanlah Cobras? 21 A Yes, 22 Q And what Here thel! A Ranlro Alvalez and Uanuel -- I canrt 1 A O And were you gorng to testlfy you kney about Guevara? 11 knor. nam6s, tf you lecall? about rhat Yes, I dld, but they had a h6arj.ng off the record to declde uhether they yere golnq to let me tegt.Lfy or not, and once they heald my story, they didnrt 1et me testrfy. o plonounce hIs 1a3t naoe, thatrs correct. o 24 I 0 Dld they have nLckn.n6s? A Yes. 3 Q $hat ee!€ ther! nicknanes? n A T196! and catto. 5 O And catto yas cho? 2 0 Do you knou ehy they dldn't 1er you testlfy? A NO. Q But you trever te8tlfled ln front of a j u!y? A No. O l,ir. Lauleano, befo!e today ho* nany tines A He eas Manu61, O And Tiger was Alvalez? A Just once. 9 A Yes, 0 And dld I cone down to th6 penllenlraty 10 O Now, when you learned thls lnformatlon 7 11 L2 1 10 about Guevara now yeals Later charglng tso othe! people eith thls nulder, did you do anythrng wlth that infolnat.ion? 1{ A o Yea. I spoke to Manuel's laFyer,s pltvate lnvestlgator, and I told htm that befole they charged thelr cl1eDt wlth that nurder that cuevara !1 sag tryrng to frane sonebody eLse for that mulder, l8 and he wa! trylng to use ne to help htn flane 19 sonebody fo! that nutde!, but shen he coul.dn,t 20 acconpllsh that because Jesslca Rlvela fled and dlddrt sant no palt of rt, and I guegs b€cause of 2), He n6eded soBebody llke 24 on the case. It ls 34 a A YES. Q And you agreed to speak to 13 A Yes. me? O Dld {e have a convelsatlon durlng that pellod of tlne chen I met Btth you at Btg Muddy? A Yes. Q And d1d you slgn a €tatenent at that tine? 18 A Yes, I did. 19 0 Dld you do so freely and voluntarlly? 20 A Abso 2r 0 Did I make any plonrses to you? 22 A None at all, Q And you! teatimony today, you ale glvj,ng 16 o !o see you? L2 -- he has al,uays got to hav6 tuo peopLe t€stifylng have you and f met? 11 11 my background I uas an lncr€dl,ble cltn6ss aIone. o A 16 o he that nurde! on Keystone and Bloomtngdale? Tha!rs collect. 23 o 11 comit A 18 o 10 sonebody efge o! nore than one p€rson for lhat 14 9 No. Q Dtd the!€ cone a t1n€ gone yearg later that you learned that Guevara had actually arrested ne, uell, Dld you have knorLedge of flho actualiy drd O A knorledge, Diego was deee! charged fo! thls clrne? 10 get that done ,lth cent on and fablicated a cage agatnst Tiger and Gatto. ca36 on Diego? 1 patteln he has, and tt has to ha9€ more than one 21 lulely, thls freely and voLuntarlly?