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CERTIFIED TRAN SLATION FROM SPANISH INTO EN GLISHCali, November 27 th , 2003Office of Foreign Assets Co ntrolU.S. Department of the Trea suryATTN: International Programs Division1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 2 0220

Dear Sirs,I respectfully address myself to you in order to request you that my name be removedfrom the SDNT list, I make this petition as I consider that an injustice occurred maybedue to lack of information and knowledge on your part, as I intend to explain in thefollowing:I. WORK HISTORYBirth date: Cali,|1. I, ^ H H H H H H ' s t a rt ed my work life when I wa s a student, when I was17 years old, as I finished my high school studies in the evening schedule,therefore I was able to work in the af te rn oo n^ ns w en ng th e^ To n^ ca l ls anddoing sales for a small company c a " e d H H H H H H H R I H I H H I whichruns the business of crushing stones. In this company I worked from the year

Later I was accepted at thefaculty ofevening schedule.in thestudied all the time in the

When I was still a studen t, Representatives of the |H H H ^ H H H M came to the University to select personnel. One of theprofessors recommended me specially to this company and so I started to workwith them from [~was offered a better opportunity with JwTfFTeT better salary, better conditions and the op portunity of permanenttraining in Co lomb ia as well as in Mexico and in the United Stated. In thiscompany I had a good performance and after H H H H H in H H Hwas appointed M B ^ B position which I also held inthesamecompany in riBBMBBBI^M^worked for this Company J r o m J f l H H ^ oi.e. for a b o u t P ^ ^ ^ ^

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All redactions made pursuant to exemptions (b)(6), (b)(7)(C), and(b)(7)(F)Simultaneously w ith my work in I I, I was appointed in|' -Ca l i and atthe H H H H ^ H H H " , institution where I had sudedBefore com pleting one year ofwork in the]|" I was appointed ________|_________________M'positionw h ic h I h e ld u n til _ _ H H H B _ 8 ' 'e ' * o r more or ' e ^ f l H ^ H M ' w o r k ' n 9 'nevening hours, while 1 attended my other normal assignment during day hours.

was offered an excellent opportunity as _ _ _ _ _ H H _ H H fa Company of Carbonated drinks, which among otherproducts manufactured Ginger Ale.simultaneously asI wo rked for ___________ until | ^ H when I carriedto th e ______________________________ whic h became the new owner.this company, Mr.hen thewas at the same time]institution which together with thedeveloped new projects and promoted thecreationof new companies. Mr. _____j__j promoted the creation of a _______!|, on a big scale in order to substitute imports. I personallycollaborated in the creation of this new Company called ___________}When I finished myanments in H H H H I I was appointedJ|^MJHHMHHHHI in| Company in which I was until p|_HBE_^H^e^JMring^_______Thiscompany had as main shareholders: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

I personally was also"athis Company with a min imum perce nta ge _______ When Ii II n _______________________|, niy l i ' l l i iw workerat the H____________HI of theasked me to give a workopportunity in the ^y^^s^^^^^^^^^^^KKHKKKKKKtM' wn0 wassingle and had finishing his _ HHBHB^ BMs t ud i es and he appeared to bea person with good values and aptitudes. In fact I gave | _ | H H _ l H H H I thejob in the | ~As.

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All redactions m ade pursuant toexemptions (b)(6), (b)(7)(C), and(b)(7)(F)same purposes of the company mentioned in item 7, except for theThe initial capital of this company amounted only tois equivalent to approximately H H H H H which I on I(at present it is equivalent to approximatel;doctor ^ g j 0 contributed with 60%, i.e.equivalent to approximately H H H H I metwhen I worked in the_ _ hewas theWh en ^creating this new Company, we took advantageof business . Simultaneouslychance

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while I wasImyasked me toraduated asy whointerests, as issues in

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could continuedseveral of Cali.accept the proposal of I as when I was thedid not hesitate tomanager of VH-__-_M-_-HMHHHHHHi was working for some time in thedistinguishing himself for being an intelligent, serious, correct andvery responsible persc^rUnfortunately f H H I resigned to take advantage of abetter opportunity in B | m i H I - Cali. Then|HHHHH resigned fromto w ork w i t h ^ ^ ^ B a n d a f t e r w a r d s I lost contact with him until hereturned as^

In H H - H H w e a l w a v s worked around the breakeven, we never distributeddividends, we only capitalized a sma ll profit. During all the t ime of the company'sexistence the corporate capita l only increased f rom H H -M H ^ -_ H _ _ _ _ _ 8 'nthat Company I received only my salary, almost alway s overd ue and no thingsmore. This situation happ ened also to H H H H H < w n o o n ' v received hissalary normally overdue and no additional penny. We always had difficultypaying the salary to the employees, we worked hard to collect and pay first thesalary to all employees and then we paid ourselves. At the beginning of the \ (&\AAMyear I presented toP H H H H R m v irrevocable resignation letter andbecause / J. -it was irrevocable he had to accept it. From that date I wholly cut of my **relationship with this company and even to this date I have not received mybenefit payments. I knew that the economic situation was very difficult andmaybe itwas insufficient to cover this outstanding amount.9, During the t im e ^ w a ^ n g a a e d w it h M B _ r e t i r e d f o r a few months to acceptthe offer as the H H - _ H _ H H I _________________! 'n t h's company it wasnecessary to travel a lot, its economic situation, because they were in bankruptcywas very stressing and I was not able to cope with this due to my healthconaWonsand age, since when I was t h e | | o f | |m , therefore I had to leave this company, which was a tvand business unknown to me.

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All redactions m ade pursuant to exemptions (b)(6), (b)(7)(C), and(b)(7)(F)CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Among the civic activities I can mention among others:have been a I

attach a sheet entitled DETAILS OFMY WORK HISTORY, which is official andI sent it to the Social Security Institute in order to legalize the number of quotedyears (weeks) paid to such Institute.CONCLUSION:A s i ^ a r ^ e s e e n f r o m m y c u m c u l u m I have continuously worked for over f/^H H ^ H H H H B H H R H H i 'n c 'ear'v established activities and positionsa n d ^ w i t n C o m p a n i e ^ a n a h n u e p r e n e u r s of known prestige and honesty.Likewise I have cooperated with the community where I live in civic activitiestargetedto improve the wei lbe ingof all. When I started to work withH H H H at *ne a9e f H H I and afterwards withconsolidated my moral and professional education. I worked during 15 years inthese two companies until the age of 36 , In this phase of my life I developed apro American feeling and a rejection of all kind of i l legal activities. I really andhonestly state that I am a defendant of the majority of the American Policiesapplicable within and outside the country. In occasions I might not be inagreement with the procedures applied, as in my case, but I am in agreementwith the genera l objectives sought.All the information stated herein may be verified.I am at your disposition to supply and or answer any additional information,inquiry or question .

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All redactions made pursuant toexemptions (b)(6), (b)(7)(C), and(b)(7)(F)REASONS TO REQUEST THE EXCLUSION OF MYNAME FROM THE SDNTLIST:m H H | : Asyou can see from my work history, after havingcontiruiousiyworkea for approximately 38 years inCompanies and withEntrepreneurs of known prestige and tradition, even helping to create newcompanies, 1 finally agreed to create a Society with an honest person (at leasthe is recognized as such by all persons knowing him), t h e H H M H l H Hwhom I met as already stated in mywork history in theacademic world.When I metBH^BB, approximately in the yearHHHH< hisHHBMHiH H H I i < wh o in rea''ty mayDe considered by you as the main originator ofthe present problem, at this time might have beenf"

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In the yearm , H M H M M might have beenBMHHR> he wa s singleand I amnearly sure that he hadno girl friend, because he always was really aquite shy, respectful and very reserved person (personally I qualify him as anintelligent and responsible individual, whoknows how to handle people, whichadded to his modesty makes that all people like him. In the year jJMBBBIH H naa< already finished his professional s t udiesasJBBHBjJ| |^Jfandat the requestofjH^BII i gave him the job in flHI^of whichI was t he l MB^ s e e i t em 6. of myWorkHistory). After approximately twoy e a r s H H H H M r e s 'S n e d fromHfl| because he was offered a betteropportunit in the multinational company IL westarted conversations with

In that way early in the yearompany created with wholly leiAt the end of thecreateaestablished^ This was aattend mainly the ___nwasnot working anymore^cbuld be of great help asJ., and additionally represent the 60% shareofSociety.

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The commercial part of H H w a s managed by the undersigned person, by theSub-Manager and by the respective vendors. I can guarantee you that during althe time I worked for M B I only and exclusively attended the followinccustomers:

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Likewise he and the vendors were in charge of other relatively minor salescomp ared to the total sales volume. The Sub-Manager was also in charge, sometimes alone or in occasions with the help of a Technician or specialized engineerto attend the technical and accounting part, (I am not asha med to confess that Iam from the old guard and thatIn summ ary ! can guarantee to you and I can prove it against the accountingrecords and do cum ents, that for example during the last three yea rs, the salescarried ou t by me to the Compa nies stated in the previous p arag raph are fullyidentif ied, added with the sales made by the Sub-Manager to the NationalRegistry Office add over 9 0% of the total sales carried out by Com pany.Personally and neither in the name of flHHH- ' n e v e r visited nor establishedcommercial nor social contacts with Companies or persons included in the SDNTlist.Due the a nalysis m ade now (November 2003) I have to admit, that in theCom pany some minor equipment and services sales, included as part of the 10%,stated as minor sales, were made to Companies w hich appea r in the SDNT list asI just becam e aw ar e.! can assure you that I personally neither realized any ofthese sales nor I made any effort to get them. Likewise I acknowledge that onlydue to the newspaper I learned of the existence of these C ompa nies. Anywayall the e quipm ent and service sales correspond to normal transactions. I canassure you tha t our sales were a minimum compared to the total purchasevolume wh ich this companies included in the SDNT list might ha ve made. I admitthat even if our s ales were minor, they should not have been made and even if Ipersonally did not make any of them, I consider that they were made in good faithdue to unawa reness. I state this on my part.Work History: Reading my work history you shall determine, that I am aworking, honest person and related as to business issues with decent people withsimilar moral conditions as mine.Real Pro Am erican Feeling: With sincerity I can manifest you my deepadm iration tow ard s this great coun try, which is the U nited State s, .such as it canbe seen from my work history, I worked flHH u n t ' ' the age of B i n the mostimportantandprestigious of North American companies: H M M f l l H H a n c 'H H H H i H H H - After having worked with this companies, my moral principleswere structu red for all my life. I only have feelings of adm iration , respect andapprecia tion for North Am erica, the times I have gon e there I have receivedexcellent attention and my travels have strictly been related to:

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4. PERSON AL AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP: During all my life I havefollowed the motto of relating myself personally and professionally w ith honorablepersons. Therefore never any person can state to have seen me with eitherpersons or companies of bad reputation. I have neith ever visited or talkpersonally or by phone with any of the Companies appearing in the SDNT list.Inclusive I don't know, even where they operate, nor which work they perform norwho the managers are.5. IN RESP ECT TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS: The respect and love I feel formy ch ildren , my family and friends, in addition to my person al conviction do notallow me to carry out any activity which may go against my healthy moralprinciples.III. HONOR COMMITMENT:

Under oath I express my sincere intentions to loyally comply with the OFACregulations and to not have any type of commercial relationships with absolutelyno person or compa ny included in the SDNT list.1 hope to have supplied you clear, accurate fully verifiable information on what mywork and comme rcial activities have been during my who le life. Any a dditionalinformation or any other issue which may not be sufficiently clear, I will be glad tosurrender it.I kindly request you to attend this request as soon as po ssible , as its effect onmy moral and hea lth is of great proportions, my ch ildren include d.Any information here supplied can be fully or partially verified by you. If you wantme to send you certifications of the Companies or of the persons evidencing anyof the previously stated ma nifestations, please let me know wh ich one ye n needand I will be pleased to send them to you.

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Finally, 1 think its worthwhile to mention you that I am a person who lives in anapartment bought 10 years ago, through a credit from the WKKtKKKKiH H H H H H H H H H H H H l which I still continue to pay with greatdifficulties. Likewise the automobile which I own has 11 years of use (Model1992) and I purchased it in 1994 of second hand, paid through a 5 years leasing.From the t ime at which I learned of the special situation of B B B M L j .irrevocably resigned before theH H H H H H H H H H H H H H fl H M H H ^^^ H IIH H f l a n d I never returned to this Com pany, withou t neither claiming my smallshare nor my social paymen ts. Fortunately I just started to receive myold agepension, for having worked and paid quotas to the Social Security Institute duringso many years. I earn my living at present from this sm all pension.

e-mail:Address: _ ^T e l e p h o n T ^ H ^ f C a l i - Colombia.This is a true and correct translation from the original in the Spanish Language.

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Cali, D ecember 1,2003

To Whom It May Concern:personally for approximately ten years.have both served on the jhas been an active member of theSociety for more than | H H and has held the Posi]^onofJBHHHforthe past 8 years. We have also served together on t h e m | [ m ^ H Hin Cali during the past 5 years.

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Cali, February 25 of the 2003

Doctor:

Being you and I who we conformed the meeting of partners o f m | ' m u s tanswer his letter of the 20 of February of this year, in which you presentresignation to the position f~Given the irrevocable character of its resignation I see myself in the obligation ofaccept it.The employees, the Company and my person we thank for to you its invaluablesservices th roughout the t ime in wh ich, from the M B B B B B M B I you orientedandi

Sincerely,

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Call, febrero 25 de 2003Doctor

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Siendo usted y yo quienes conformamos la Junta de Socios ^ H J I debo contestarsu carta del 20 de febrero de este afio, en la cual presenta renuncia a) p t i e s t o H M H M

Dado cl caracler irrevocable de su renuncia me veo en la obligation de accplarla.Los cmpleados, !a empresa y mi persona agradecemos a usted sus invaluables serviciosdurantc todo cl tiempo en que usted, desde ^^ggggggg^ oriento yj

Cordialmente,

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