I realize that you were totally briefed by George concerning the incident during my recent trip. Since I was not sure of the outcome concerning Luis, I took detailed notes as the events occurred. I am sure you would like to know exactly what happened, so the following is the blow by blow: Friday, January 24, 2003, 6:00 am... as you know, after the mule deer hunt was over on Thursday, we planned to leave early Friday morning for the Coues deer ranch. I took a shower just before we left. I put my wet yellow towel in a separate compartment in my duffle bag and David, Luis and I departed. 2:15pm... we arrived at the ranch after about eight hours and three stops later. I unpacked, spread my equipment and clothes on the bed and table. I took my wet towel outside and placed it in the ledge of the window in the living room. I put a few rocks on the towel because it was sliding down off the ledge. 3:15pm... David and I left on the 4x4 to commence our hunt. The only game we saw were a few javelina. I shot one and we put it on the 4x4. 5:30pm... we returned to the ranch house. I immediately noticed that the window over my towel was broken. I pointed it out to David. We tried both the sliding door adjacent to the window and the door going into the kitchen. Both were locked. David climbed on the ledge, stepped on my towel and had to squeeze sideways to fit into the window opening. I heard David and Luis talking. I yelled to David, "What's happening?" They both came out of the bedroom unlocked the sliding door and let me in. David was holding a wire and Luis was holding his head. David said Luis told him two banditos broke the window, came in, forced him to the floor in his bedrrom with the butt of the rifle and tied his legs, hands and neck with the wire. He said they did not hit him. I went into my room which was ransacked. I had $5,000 in a white envelope in my knapsack. The empty envelope was on the bed. About $8,000 worth of optics including night vision binoculars, my passport and airline tickets were on the bed and not taken. Luis said they also took $250 of his cash. The banditos said that "this is nothing compared to what we will do to your #@$^%$# boss." He said they left through the broken window. One was tall and unarmed and one was short with a rifle. David, Luis and I went outside to David's truck parked about 50 feet away from the house. The front window was smashed in two places. The side windows were not touched. 6:00pm... we decided to drive to the nearest ranch and report the incident to the police. We drove 20 minutes to another ranch that had a two way radio. David spoke to the police. The woman, who was holding her child, at the ranch said she was scared because of the banditos in the area. 6:25pm... David, Luis and I drove to Arispe, the nearest town. I had some issues with Luis' story, but did not share them with David, whose English was extremely limited. The issues were: 90% of the broken glass was on the ground and on the outside window ledge on my yellow towel. It appears that the window was smashed from the inside. I saw only one foot print on my towel, probably David's. The towel did not move from it's original location after two men walked throught the window and then left through the window and then David went in the window. There were large panes of glass on the towel leaning against the window frame. If the "banditos" went through the window to leave, they would have had to step on the glass and crush the pieces. David had to squeeze sideways to get into the window. Why did the "Banditos" leave and squeeze through the windows when both doors were only a few feet away. They could have easily unlocked one of the doors and walked out. Why did the "banditos" leave $8,000 worth of optics on the bed? After a successful find of $5,000 in cash, why did they walk outside and smash the front windows of David's truck? If they were mad or wanted to delay our reporting the incident, they would have made the truck inoperable. 8:05pm... we arrived in Arispe and went to the local police station. They said the ranch was not in their jurisdiction. We had to go to the state police station about 15 minutes away. I told David I did not want to sleep at the ranch that night. Even though I was sure that Luis was the culprit, there was the slight possibility that there were "banditos". Two friends of mine with business interests in Mexico said that kidnapping is not an uncommon event. I thought that a hunter with $5,000 in cash in knapsack would make an inviting target. I rented two rooms at the motel in Arispe for $55. David told the family who owned the motel the story of the "banditos". They were surprised that banditos were in this area of Mexico. 8:40pm... we arrived at the state police station. One officer said, through David's interpretation, that they never had "banditos" in this area. (I wanted to tell him that they still don't!) I again did not reveal my suspicions and hoped they would come to the ranch the next morning and see for themselves. With some difficulty, because no one spoke English, I requested a copy of the police report. It would be available in the morning. 9:55pm... I bought dinner at a small street stand. (the only place open in Arispe.) David told the family the whole "bandito story" again. They were also surprised "banditos" were in the area. 11:05pm... we returned to the motel and went to sleep. January 25, 2003, 7:00am... David came to my room and said he and Luis would go to the police and get the report. They would return in about half an hour. No communication for the next two and half hours. 9:30am... George, your Mexican partner, came to my room and introduced himself. He said he would return in 20 minutes and we will all go back to the ranch with the police. He also said the "banditos" probably walked into the ranch or maybe rode horses. Use of a car was unlikely because they would be detected too easily. Waited for over an hour. 10:35am...George came and we went to the state police station. 10:55am... the police delivered the police report to me. It was not a report but Luis' signed statement and notarized by the police. 11:45am... a convoy headed for the ranch. I rode with George. Luis rode with David. The owner of the ranch rode with an associate of his. In addition, there were two police trucks. Two of the policemen carried automatic assault rifles. George said the ranch owner had two or three cowboys on the way to the ranch to search the area for foot prints or horse tracks. He was also sending three extra horses for the police to search for the "banditos". The convoy stopped at two ranches so the police could question if they saw or heard anything yesterday relative to the incident. No one saw or heard anything. 12:55pm... we all arrived at the ranch and parked the vehicles outside of the ranch yard so the cirme scene would not be disturbed. The extra horses for the police were there, saddled and ready to go. The cowboys said that they could not find any tracks in the surrounding area. As the police started their investigation, I told George of my suspicion. He was surprised, but as he listened to my concerns, he started to agree. I noticed that when the first officer came near the window, he raised his eyebrows, looked at another officer and shook his head. They asked David, Luis and I to make foot prints so they could determine if there were other prints in the dirt. I said to George they should check Luis' duffle bags. He said he would not be stupid and put the money in his bags. He probably hid the cash outside and will come back for it. A few minutes later, I was going to tell george the police should check David's truck to see if he hid it in there. We were interrupted and I never mentioned it. 2:15pm... two officers took Luis for a walk over the hill hidden from view from the rest of us. 2:40pm... the officers returned with luis in handcuffs. George said later that the Mexican police do not have the same rules that American police have to follow. He also said that the two cops played good guy and bad guy with Luis. He said the bad guy was rough with luis. He wanted to shoot him, but his friend, the good cop, stopped him. Luis hid the money in david's truck under the passenger seat. He planned on removing the money when they got home to Hermosillo. The police found $5,250 (my money and his $250). 3:05pm... George and I and the two police cars headed back to town, David stayed behind to clean up and dress my javalina. He said he would freeze the hide and deliver it to me in the morning at the motel in Hermosillo. 4:15pm... George and I arrived at the state police headquarters. They had to prepare papers so they could return my $5,000. it would take a while. George's friend, Octavo, lived next door. He invited us to wait in his house. 4:50pm... the police bought hamburgers and fries for george, luis and me. We ate in one big room together. Luis could not look at me. 5:45pm... I received my $5,000. at george's suggestion, I gave the chief of the state police (Victor Cartagen Valderran) $500 for him and his staff. 6:30pm... I signed the statement they prepared. George and I left for Hermosillo. 8:45pm... I checked into the San Angel hotel in Hermosillo. George said he would call Roberto to deliver my antler rack, three maglite holders and two knife sheaths on Sunday instead of Monday. Sunday, January 26, 2003, 9:00am... George, David and Roberto came to the hotel. Roberto gave me my antler rack. George said the sheaths and light holders were not ready. He will give them to you to send to me when you come in February. I paid Roberto for the five items ($50). George said they had the frozen javalina hide but forgot to bring the tag. My license was not sufficient to take the hide out of Mexico. George said he will also give you the hide when you come. We'll speak and decide if you will send to me or a taxidermist. They left at 9:30am. 10:30am...I paid for the hotel room and David took me to the airport. 1:02pm... departed for Phoenix. I realize the rest of the trip is not your concern. However, I was on a plane at the gate for two hours, when they took us off because of mechanical trouble that could not be repaired. We were put on another plane for one and half hours and were taken off because two lavatories would not flush. We were then put on a third plane. I was supposed to arrive in New York at 10:30pm. The plane finally arrived in Newark at 4:15am !! I normally send in a report about my hunting trips to The Hunting Repport and to Garth Carter. I do not know what to say about this one...

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To: Ric Martin From: Jerry Romanoff Date: June 30, 2003 Re: Hunt in Mexico

Dear Ric, Haven't heard from you for a while and thought I would drop you a line to see where we are with the last January hunting trip to Mexico. I know it was not your fault what occurred, but I do feel it is your responsibility. I believe the following should be reimbursed to me: cost of the Coues deer hunt $5,000, tip to the Mexican police which your partner told me to pay $500, two rooms in Arispe $55, room in Hermosillo $75, total $5,630. The last two hotel items would not have been incurred had the incident not occurred. I had other expenses such as feeding David and Luis after the incident occurred. I feel a rebate is the proper way to handle this matter. Therefore, please forward a check in the amount of $5,630. Thank you. Jerry Romanoff

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To: The Hunting Report From: Ric Martin's Trophy Adventures Ltd. Date: December 26, 2003

I wrote you a letter several months ago describing this incident and this request by this loose cannon. I do not have time to rehash all this stuff at this time since I am leaving for Mexico this Monday. I am very sorry about the incident but I made a written offer to Mr. Romanoff to have him come free of charge on a Coues deer hunt this December. I asked him to make a decision and contact me within 15 days. I heard nothing. I booked the available hunt. He is crazy asking for over $5,000 cash reimbursement. The full blown Coues hunt is only $3,500. he hunted five and half days for mule deer. He hunted half a day on the Coues hunt before the incident. He killed a javelina that he didn't pay for. He chose to leave the balance of the hunt period (two and half days). No way is this worth over $5,000. I made him a very good offer and he declined. I do not want to hear anything else about this fiasco. Ric Martin