In the summer of 2000, a delegation of three officials from the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, or CNBV), visited the Brokerage’s offices to request that they turn over all recordings of conversations held by Carlos Martínez and Gonzalo Hernández during the month of August of the previous
year. Carlos and Gonzalo were promoters at the firm that managed the contracts of the Sepúlveda family.
Santiago felt a clear incongruence in the Brokerage’s position, because its defense of Alfonso was more about protecting the firm’s interests than about proving his innocence. Santiago felt a sense...