Carlos Bermudez <
-------@gmail.com> Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:52 AM
To: Hank Meyer <
--------@state.gov>
Cc: "U.S. Consular Agency San Miguel de Allende" "Renner, Scott M" "Martínez López, Reyna María Aurora" "Hollabaugh, Allison," "Asher Hildebrand", "Cristina Jacome", "Rene Collins", "Henry Spears", "Dave Russell", "Fernando Muñoz", "Susan Jacobs", ELLIOT QUIROZ JUAREZ , Gloria Juárez Sandoval, Alyscia Ellis
Mr Meyer,
I am pleased to inform you that, all things considered, the new Hague
case being heard here in the Mexican family court goes very well. The
orginal judge who heard it moved to a different court and the court
clerk who previously handled the case was explicitly removed from it.
Despite problems initially (which I think are related to the old court
clerk who was removed) the new judge has worked very hard to move the
case forward as quickly as possible.
Our case was rock solid the first time, but after three years of my
wife making up new lies every place she went she has told so many
contradictory stories on the record that her cross-examination in
court went disastrously bad for her. I have also been able to attend
every single hearing personally to point out exactly when and where
these glaring and constant inconsistencies are and consistently show
that I am a human being and a loving father, and not a faceless,
foreign gringo. Conversely my own testimony could not have gone
better. Telling the truth makes remembering what to say pretty easy.
Additionally this time, Instead of just turning in electronic copies
of pictures and videos of our family life, we scheduled hearings to go
over the pictures and videos where I could narrate the content.
During her testimony my wife's refusal to even admit the smallest of
lies made her lies grow ever larger to the point where she has
declared all 1500 pictures and videos as fake, completely changed huge
aspects of her story since the last time and denied any knowledge of
evidence she herself submitted in the first trial and various amparo's
(not to mention denying any knowledge of filing, signing, the amparos,
which she benefited from, in the first place.) There was a moment of
shocked silence when she first denied any knowledge of the evidence
she herself submitted to at least three different courts (a Mexican
Birth Certificate issued by the Mexican Embassy in Raleigh bearing her
and my signatures.) I was sure she would realize that lying about
that was too much for anyone to believe and that she would claim to
have mispoken when the question was, incredulously, repeated, but she
martialled on telling ever bigger and more exotic lies.
She also continues to say she hasn't been to the US since October
2007, does not have legal US Residency, does not have a NC Driver's
License and, this time, she changed her story to say she did not
register a vehicle in NC in 2008. She also claims to, somehow, have a
US Social Security Number that was issued prior to her leaving the US
(it was really issued in 2008 after she became a legal US Resident.)
Being in Mexico virtually continuosly since mid-April, besides one week to
provide Congressional testimony in DC in May, the court has granted me
visitation with my son accompanied by my wife. What I've found is
that she has taught Sage to call various other people "dad" and taught
him that his last name is not Bermudez. In spite of her constant
attempts to undermine and belittle me in front of our son, both when I
am there and when I am not, he is a very bright young boy who has
inherited my habit of forming his own opinions on things. Despite all
the time we've lost, my son recognized me (though he did not not who
"me" actually was) and we have been able to rebuild much of what we'd
lost faster than I would have dared to imagine possible.
Unfortunately though the closer Sage and I become the more agitated
and desperate my wife is becoming to stop or reverse the trend. She
has been missing many of the visits (though they are a four hour drive
for me,) and arriving late and leaving early when she does appear and
remaining within less than 3 feet of Sage at all times while he's
there. The gifts I bring him are consistently lost or destroyed and,
after happily calling me dad ("papa") during our first visit, he has
been ordered by her to only call me "Carlos," "friend," or
"companion."
During the last visit she called the police and accussed me and my
attorney of trying to kidnap Sage causing a SWAT team to be sent to
downtown Salamanca, GTO with automatic weapons. Luckily we had been
video taping the visit and when we explained that I was the father
(not some random kidnapper,) had a court order to visit my son there
and showed them the video they left admonishing my father-in-law for
acting inappropriately (the court had already ordered him not to
attend the visits due ot other problems he's caused though he always
does.)
As you may recall I have requested multiple times that the Office of
Children's Issues provide me with records documenting my wife and
son's entries and exits from the United States and actual immigration
status. Most recently I requested them again to use during the now
ongoing Hague case that is being heard as a result of the Federal High
Court declaring a mistrial on appeal after the first one.
In response to these requests I have been told that either OCI did not
have access or could not provide these to me as it would violate my
wife's privacy.
Tommorow I will deliver a certified subpoena for these same documents,
amongst others, to Consul Ed Clancy in San Miguel de Allende from the
Mexican Federal Prosecutor (PGR) for use in a criminal investigation
related to a criminal complaint for Child Trafficking, a long laundry
list of Frauds and "Abuso de un Derecho Propio" (sorry, I'm unsure how
to translate that or if the concept even exists in US law) against my
wife, her father and various parties who have given fraudulent
testimony for her.
Similar subpoenas and orders have been issued to the Mexican Secretary
of Foreign Relations, the Mexican Federal Police, Mexican Army and
Mexican Immigration for other documents and to prevent my wife from
trying to flee with Sage by leaving the State or Country by Mexican
highway or airport.
I am confident that Consular Officer Clancy in San Miguel will forward
these documents to you immediately and hope your office will provide
the requested documents to the Mexican Federal Prosecutor (PGR)
promptly now that there are no longer any complications with the US
Privacy Act.
In the hopes that it will help you prepare for the Federal Prosecutors
subpoena's arrival I have attached pictures of it.
Regards,
Carlos Bermudez
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