Luis Urcuyo

Help requested to the office of Congresswoman Ileana Ros Lehtinen

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 09 May 2017 03:31:00 +0000

This is the copy of the email letter to the Office of Congresswoman Ileana Ros Lehtinen

Hello Mrs. Sanz, hope this email finds you well

Kindly deliver this email to Congresswoman Ileana Ros Lehtinen

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Dear Congresswoman Ileana Ros Lehtinen

Take this letter also as an opportunity to thank you along the way for going out of your way to assist me and my family with all of our request for justice. You are certainly always one of the best person, representative and politician fighting for the people. Your people.

I approach you on behalf of my family once again

My father was at the Nicaraguan Embassy of the United States this morning and presented a letter (attached) addressed to the new member of The Supreme Court of the United States Hon. Neil Gorsuch.

At the US Embassy he was suggested that you could help us forward same attached letter and you would get it to Supreme Court faster perhaps.

My father and I ask to have the Urcuyo vs. Citibank N.A.,case revised as it contains too many injustices needing urgently revision taking place in the courts.

There seems to be a current US movement underway of people wanting transparency and stop corruption, which goes simultaneously with the transparency that must begin by revising the faulty court system.

An interesting fact that by the year 2025 Millennials will be over 50% of the US population, woke up this interest in assist the "Voice of the Millennials". We cannot allow 12 voices to be voided by 1 voice.

From the outcome of the Urcuyo vs. Citibank case, in which a 12 people jury panel voted in favor of my family and to later learn that 1 person judge rejected the 12 people jury panel.

We humbly request to have that rule "allowing a single person (the judge) to have complete authority to reject a unanimous verdict" revised.

in that case there seems to be evidence of corruption or to the very least creating a bias system of the courts.

I want to take you back to our case,

Case Documents

After the jury came back with a unanimous verdict, that same last day at the trial, 12 jurors gathered around my family and hugged them at the steps of the Federal Court Building in Downtown Miami. The jury seem to genuinely be part of a justice system.

I can recall that all the members of the jury were dismissed and we never heard

back from them after they gave back the unanimous verdict and later dismissed.

The jury must be ignorant to the post court judge decision rejecting the jury's decision.

It would be interesting to see the reaction of those jury members with an update of the post verdict outcome of the case in which

"Their unanimous decision was rejected and on that day 1 person decided for all 12 members of their jury panel."

In our opinion, if a jury panel is allowed in a case:

A. If a jury's decision has the potential for their decision to be rejected by the judge then do not approve a jury trial.

B. Let the jury decide (Why have a jury if this is not the option)

We cannot force anybody to do anything but we feel it will have a positive effect or impact among people as well as respect to begin to be restored in the court system and the law.

Thank you always for your support

Luis Urcuyo

http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/article23698792.html

Letter to Honorable Neil Gorsuch

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 05 May 2017 22:48:00 +0000

HON; NEIL GORSUCH

PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

1 FIRST STREET, NE

WASHINGTON, DC 20543

ATTN OF: MR. CHRIS HOFIUS

POLITICAL ADVISOR

AMERICAN EMBASSY

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THE SUCCESSFUL

NOMINATION OF OUR PRESIDENT, MR: DONALD TRUMP TO APPOINT YOU AS HE SAID

FULFILLING HIS WORDS THAT HE WILL NOMINATE FOR SUCH IMPORTANT POSITION

TOO A PERSON THAT QUALIFIES AS YOU DO.

"SOMEONE WHO INTERPRETED THE LAWS AS THEY HAVE BEEN WRITTEN".

MY FAMILY TRULY BELIEVED THAT COURTROOMS WERE PLACES WHERE JUDGES

LISTENED TO THE FACTS CAREFULLY AND DECIDED CASES WITH HONESTY AND

RESPECT ACCORDING OF THE LAWS OF EACH NATION.

FRANCISCO URCUYO MALIAÑO MY FATHER, WAS IN THE YEAR 1979 THE VICE

PRESIDENT OF NICARAGUA PRIOR TO 1979, AND WHEN SOMOZA LEFT THE COUNTRY

ACCORDING WITH THE AGREEMENTS DONE WITH JIMMY CARTER ENVOIS, LAWRENCE

PEZZULLO ET AL. MY FATHER WHO WAS BY THEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL

CONGRESS, HE WAS NOMINATED AS PRESIDENT OF NICARAGUA UNANIMOUSLY BUT

HIS PRESIDENCY LASTED ONLY THREE DAYS DUE TO THE INTERVENTIONIST POLICIES

OF JIMMY CARTER, THAT MADE MY PARENTS FORCED ESCAPE TO GUATEMALA

RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES, AT THAT WAY THEY STARTED A LONG EXILE THAT BEGINS

IN GUATEMALA AND CONTINUE LATER IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF IN OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS STORY THAT BEGINS IN

NICARAGUA IN CENTRAL AMERICAN, THIS COUNTRY WAS TAKEN BY THE COMMUNIST

BY THE YEAR 1979. AT THAT TIME MY FATHER AND MOTHER BOTH MAINTAINED A

CHECKING ACCOUNT WITH “CITIBANK N.A.” AT THE NICARAGUAN BRANCH.

FRANCISCO URCUYO MALIANO AND HIS WIFE MARIA LUISA MUÑOZ DE URCUYO WERE

CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF NICARAGUA UNTIL 1979. ALSO, THEY WERE RESIDENTS

OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN THE STORY BEGINS.

DURING THE YEAR 1979, NICARAGUA WAS BESET BY A GUERRILLA INSURGENCY THAT

CULMINATED IN THE SANDINISTA MILITARY REVOLUTION OF JULY 1979 AND ITS

SUBSEQUENT SEIZURE OF POWER IN NICARAGUA.

CITIBANK N.A. IS A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION WITH ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF

BUSINESS OR HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, MY FATHERS MAINTAINED AT THE

BRANCH OFFICE IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA AS OF 1979 A CHECKING ACCOUNT WITH

THEM (“CITIBANK N.A.”) THAT ACC. WAS OPENED AT SOME POINT DURING THE

PERIOD 1977-1978 HAVING THE CHECKING ACCOUNT NUMBERED: 20-1037-2, AT

THAT MOMENT THE MONEY DEPOSITED IN THAT ACC. WAS AN AMOUNT WHICH

TOTALED 450,000.00 NICARAGUAN CORDOBAS (US$ 65000.00), IN JULY 17, 1979.

THEY WERE FORCED TO FLEE NICARAGUA AHEAD OF THE SANDINISTA REVOLUTION.

ON JULY 20TH OF 1979. THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT ISSUED THE DECREE NUMBER

3 WHICH STATED THAT:

“THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS AUTHORIZED TO IMMEDIATELY PROCEED WITH

THE TAKING OVER, REQUISITIONING AND CONFISCATION OF ALL THE

ASSETS OF THE SOMOZA FAMILY, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS

WHO HAVE ABANDONED THE COUNTRY SINCE DECEMBER 1977”.

ONCE SAID PROPERTY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER, REQUISITIONS OR CONFISCATED, THE

ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL TURN OVER EVERYTHING THAT HE'VE DONE TO THE

COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT.

BEING IN GUATEMALA IN JULY 1980. MY FAMILY REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM

CITIBANK REGARDING THEIR FUNDS LEFT AT THEIR ACCOUNT IN THE NICARAGUAN

BRANCH OFFICE, AND THEY RESPONDED TO OUR QUESTIONS BY STATING THAT

ACCORDING TO THE NICARAGUAN GENERAL ATTORNEYS SUCH FUNDS HAD BEEN

TURNED OVER TO THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT PURSUANT DECREE NUMBER 3.

MY FAMILY ASSUMED THAT IT WAS A TRUELY FACT THAT THE FUNDS THEY HAD IN

CITIBANK MANAGUA, IN FACT THEY HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE SANDINISTA

GOVERNMENT, FURTHERMORE, BASED ON THE FORMER HIGH POSITION OF DR

URCUYO IN THE DEPOSED GOVERNMENT, AND THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT'S

HOSTILITY TOWARDS FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, MY FAMILY ASSUMED THAT

THEY HAD NO RECOURSE IN SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM THE SANDINISTA

GOVERNMENT, THEREFORE, WE DID NOT MAKE FURTHER INQUIRIES AS TO THE

STATUS OF OUR FUNDS UNTIL 1990 WHEN A NEWLY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WAS

ESTABLISHED IN NICARAGUA WITH VIOLETA CHAMORRO.

(PLEASE SEE IN NEXT PAGE A COPY OF AN ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM CITIBANK N.A.,

WHICH COULD BE FURNISHED UPON REQUEST).

PROOF OF ONE LAST DEPOSIT ON THE ACCOUNT 20-1037-2 OF CITIBANK

AS SAID BEFORE IN 1990, THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT WAS REPLACED BY A NEW

DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN NICARAGUA THAMKS TO THE SUPPORT

OF PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN.

MY FAMILY PETITIONED THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA FOR A

COMPENSATION ON THEIR FUNDS AND OTHER PROPERTIES THAT THEY BELIEVED HAD

BEEN CONFISCATED BY THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE FUNDS THAT

HAVE HAD IN THEIR CITIBANK N.A. ACCOUNT 20-1037-2.

IN 1995, MY FAMILY RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE NEW GOVERNMENT,

INCLUDING AN ITEMIZATION OF CONFISCATED ACCOUNT AND PROPERTIES PREPARED BY THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT IN 1980, WHICH INDICATED THAT CITIBANK HAD NEVER TURNED TO THE GOVERNMENT ANY FUNDS FROM THE ACCOUNT NUMBERED 20-1037-2.

IN FACT, CITIBANK NEVER TURN FUNDS OVER TO THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT

PURSUANT TO DECREE NUMBER 3. AT NO POINT DURING OR AFTER THE SANDINISTA

TAKEOVER, UP UNTIL MY FAMILY FIRST MADE INQUIRIES REGARDING THE FUNDS IN

1980, CITIBANK DID NOT INFORM MY FAMILY OF THE CLOSURE OF ITS

BRANCH IN NICARAGUA, OR GIVE MY FAMILY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER

THEIR FUNDS OR TO OBTAIN THEIR FUNDS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. AS

POINTED BY: JUDGE MANSFIELD OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

OF SIX CIRCUIT. (850 F.2d 1164 Ngoc Quang TRINH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITIBANK, N.A.,

Defendant-Appellant. No. 86-1258. United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.)

STATEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN 1980 TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY HAS BEEN

TURNED OVER TO THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT PURSUANT TO DECREE FALSE.

(ORIGINAL LETTER CONTAINING THOSE FALSE STATEMENT AND CITIBANK N.A. ARE

ATTACHED). CITIBANK MADE ITS FALSE STATEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN 1980

WITH THE INTENT TO INDUCE HIS CLIENT TO RELY ON THE TRUTHFULNESS,

THEREOF, MY FAMILY RELIED ON THE TRUTHFULNESS OF CITIBANK FALSE

STATEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN 1980, REGARDING THE STATUS OF THEIR

FUNDS.

BUT FOR CITIBANK FALSE STATEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN 1980 REGARDING

THE STATUS OF THEIR CLIENT FUNDS, INDUCING MY FAMILY TO RELY ON THE

TRUTHFULNESS THEROF.

HOWEVER, THE CITIBANK DID KNOW, OR COULD HAVE KNOWN EVEN WITH

REASONABLE DILIGENCE, THAT ITS STATEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN 1980

REGARDING THE STATUS OF MY FAMILY FUNDS WERE FALSE.

SINCE THE TIME MY FAMILY FLED NICARAGUA IN 1979, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

MY FAMILY AND CITIBANK HAS BEEN CENTERED IN NEW YORK, WHERE MY FAMILY

HAVE PRIOR CENTERED THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CITIBANK REGARDING THEIR

ACCOUNT.

WITH ALL THE FINDINGS OF ABUNDANT PROOF THAT “CITIBANK” HAS STOLE OUR

MONEY MY FATHER DECIDED TO OPEN A DEMAND AGAINST THEM, AND WE DID IT AT

THE FLORIDA COURT 11 CIRCUIT AND AT THE FEDERAL COURT IN ATLANTA,

PLACES IN WISH WE GET VERY DISAPOINTED DUE TO THE INCREDIBLE DESITIONS OF

THE JUDGES THAT MADE US THINK IN A OPPOSITE WAY OF WHAT I SAID IN THE

BEGINNING OF THIS LETTER.

MY FAMILY AND I TRULY BELIEVED THAT COURTROOMS WERE PLACES

WHERE JUDGES LISTENED TO THE FACTS CAREFULLY AND DECIDED CASES

WITH HONESTY AND RESPECT ACCORDING OF THE LAWS OF EACH NATION.

THE MAIN QUESTION OR IN OTHER WORDS THE CAUSE OF CORRUPTION POINTED

OUT IN THIS CAUSE WAS THAT EVENTHOUGH THAT THE “JURY CAME BACK IN OUR

FAVOR UNANIMOUSLY AND AGAINST CITIBANK FOR THEIR WRONGDOING” S.

THE EVIDENCE WERE OVERWHELMING AGAINST CITIBANK AND EVEN THE

JUDGE AGREED IN THE COURT FINDINGS THAT CITIBANK WAS GUILTY OF ALL

COUNTS. BUT WE RECEIVED NEWS LATER THAT THE JUDGE HAD REVERSED

THE JURY'S DECISION BECAUSE IN A CANDID WAY HE SAID THAT “ THE JURY

DID NOT UNDERSTAND BANKING LAWS”.

MR: PRESIDENT GORSUCH

¿HOW CAN THE JUDGE CHANGE THE JURY'S UNANIMOUS VERDICT? (AFTER

ALL A JURY IS ABLE TO SEND PEOPLE TO DIE IN THIS COUNTRY BUT THEY ARE

NOT CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING THE CORRUPTED ACTIONS OF A BANK)

HOW CITIBANK, WITH NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THEIR FRAUD, MANAGED TO

PERSUADE THE JUDGE IN THEIR FAVOR, HOW THE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE

WHICH MOUNTED HIGH AGAINST CITIBANK WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE JUDGE

TOO RULE IN OUR FAVOR, WAS CITIBANK RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

UNEXPECTED JUDGE'S DECISION? WAS CITIBANK GOING TO GET AWAY WITH

ROBBERY ONCE AGAIN?

THOSE JUDGES WHERE, ABOVE THE LAW. FEDERAL JUDGES AND FEDERAL

PROSECUTORS ROUTINELY BLOCK THE ACCESS COMMON CITIZENS ARE

SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY.

EFFECTIVELY, JUDGES TO "DISPENSE" OUR RIGHTS AT THEIR WHIM AND

PLEASURE WITH TOTAL IMPUNITY.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, A DISHONEST JUDGE CAN IGNORE EVIDENCE, TWIST

RULES AND PROCEDURE, OBSTRUCT THE RECORD, RETALIATE,

MANUFACTURE FACTS OR IGNORE OTHERS, ALLOW INFIRM CLAIMS OR

DISMISS VALID ONES, DENY ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE PREJUDICIAL TO THE

FAVORED PARTY, SUBORN PERJURY.

A JUDGE WHO IS HONEST 99% OF THE TIME IS USELESS TO THE PEOPLE. IF

THIS JUDGE IS YOUR JUDGE, HIS 1% OF CORRUPTION EQUALS YOUR 100%

OF CONVICTION. YOUR RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL DOES NOT GO AWAY JUST

BECAUSE NINE OUT OF TEN PEOPLE DID GET ONE. AND YOUR RIGHT TO

CHALLENGE A MAN FOR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR SHOULD NOT GO AWAY JUST

BECAUSE THAT MAN WEARS A BLACK ROBE.

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/urcuyo_vs_citibank/sets/72157632893107957/

BY ENTERING THE ABOVE WEB LINK, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ THE ENTIRE CASE

WHICH WAS LABELED “URCUYO’S VS CITIBANK”.

I WANT TO MAKE A CITATION OF A SIMILAR CASE THAT HAD HAPPENED AT

VIET NAM, IT WAS WHEN THE COMMUNIST TOOK THE CONTROL OF THE

COUNTRY SAME AS THEY DID IN NICARAGUA, AND THIS JUDICIAL CASE WAS

HELD IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IT HAS THE SAME SITUATIONS THAT

OCCURRED WITH MY FAMILY IN NICARAGUA ALMOST IN THE SAME TIME.

850 F.2d 1164

Ngoc Quang TRINH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITIBANK, N.A.,

Defendant-Appellant.

No. 86-1258.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Argued March 27, 1987. Decided July 8, 1988. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc

Denied Sept. 21, 1988.

WE THINK JUDGE MANSFIELD WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN VISHIPCO, WHERE

HE OBSERVED:

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“A BANK WHICH ACCEPTS DEPOSITS AT A FOREIGN BRANCH BECOMES A

DEBTOR, NOT A BAILEE, WITH RESPECT TO ITS DEPOSITORS. IN THE EVENT

THAT UNSETTLED LOCAL CONDITIONS REQUIRE IT TO CEASE OPERATIONS, IT

SHOULD INFORM ITS DEPOSITORS OF THE DATE WHEN ITS BRANCH WILL

CLOSE AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITHDRAW THEIR DEPOSITS

OR, IF CONDITIONS PREVENT SUCH STEPS, ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN

PAYMENT AT AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION. IN THE RARE EVENT THAT SUCH

MEASURES ARE EITHER IMPOSSIBLE OR ONLY PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL,

FAIRNESS DICTATES THAT THE PARENT BANK BE LIABLE FOR THOSE

DEPOSITS WHICH IT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN ABROAD. TO HOLD OTHERWISE

WOULD BE TO UNDERMINE THE SERIOUSNESS OF ITS OBLIGATIONS TO ITS

DEPOSITORS AND UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES (NOT NECESSARILY

PRESENT HERE) TO GAIN A WINDFALL”

(COMMENT)

AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, OUR CONSTITUTION WAS CONCEIVED

AND ADOPTED AS THE MECHANICAL FOUNDATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS, THE INDEPENDENT GRAND JURY WAS THE ONLY

TOOL OF SALVATION FROM JUDICIAL CORRUPTION.

WITHOUT THIS CRITICAL TOOL OF REDRESS, AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS EXIST

ONLY AT THE WILL OF A JUDGE.

THAT TOOL (UNFETTERED ACCESS TO GRAND JURY) HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY.

JUDGES SIMPLY SNATCHED IT FROM US. THEY DID IT BY ENACTING

"JUDICIAL LEGISLATION," I.E., BY "RULING" THAT PRIVATE CITIZENS HAD

NO RIGHT OF ACCESS TO THE GRAND JURY.

THEY TOOK THE GRAND JURY FROM US AND THEY GAVE IT TO THEMSELVES,

AND THEY USE THEIR "GATEKEEPING" POWER TO PROTECT THEMSELVES

(FROM ACCOUNTABILITY) ALL THE TIME.

WHO DECIDED, "WHAT WILL BE THE LAW?" JUDGES DID. WHO IS SUPPOSED

TO DECIDE, "WHAT WILL BE THE LAW?" CONGRESS IS. RIGHT UNDER

CONGRESS'S NOSE, THE ENTIRE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT

PLACED ITSELF OUT OF REACH. THEY ELIMINATED ALL MEANS TO BE HELD

ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

EFFECTIVELY, JUDGES "DISPENSE" OUR RIGHTS AT THEIR WHIM AND

PLEASURE WITH TOTAL IMPUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, ORDINARY CITIZENS

HAVE NO OTHER MEANS TO ENJOY OR ENFORCE THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS EXCEPT

THROUGH THAT SAME COURT SYSTEM.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WITHOUT A MECHANISM FOR REMEDY, (THE

COURT) YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS.

IF A JUDGE REFUSES TO ORDER RELIEF, THEN YOU DON'T GET ANY.

THEREFORE, CITIZENS HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO (LITERALLY) PRAY TO A

JUDGE FOR LEAVE TO ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS. WHERE THEIR PRAYERS ARE

DENIED, THEIR RIGHTS ARE DENIED.

HONORABLE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT, FINALLY WHAT I WANT IS

THAT BEING AWARE THAT KNOW JUSTICE HAS FELT OF RESPONSIBILITY AT

THIS COUNTRY, HELP ME TO OBTAIN, A REVIEW OF THIS CASE, TO OBTAIN A

SATISFACTORY END OF THIS NASTY CASE OF INJUSTICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN READING THIS LETTER AND ASSISTING US IN REGAINING TRUST IN THE COURTS AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES

FRANCISCO URCUYO JR.

RIVAS, NICARAGUA MAY THE 3TH OF 2017

Phone No 89682428

E-mail: paconi@gmail.com

Nicaragua Central America

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Corruption in Government Favors to banks from Nicaragua to the United St...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 04:21:00 +0000

Urcuyo vs. Citibank documents

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Urcuyo vs. Citibank documents

Ros-Lehtinen busca respuestas sobre desaparicion de fondo Nicaraguense

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:32:00 +0000

http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/article23698792.html

LARGER FONT

Ros-Lehtinen asks about disappearance of deposit at bank in Nicaragua

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:10:00 +0000

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article23880853.html

IRS: We can't find $64,000 seized after Sandinista overthrow

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:03:00 +0000

Sin rastro del dinero de exiliado que desapareció en el régimen sandinista

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:35:00 +0000

Ros-Lehtinen indaga sobre vieja cuenta bancaria en Nicaragua

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:21:00 +0000

Ros-Lehtinen busca respuestas sobre desaparición de fondo nicaragüense

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:10:00 +0000

Sin rastro del dinero de exiliado que desapareció en el régimen sandinista

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Nicaragua 35 años despues de Somoza

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Nicaragua a 35 años de la huída de Somoza

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Luis Urcuyo tenía sólo nueve años cuando comenzó la aventura de su vida.

Un helicóptero militar aterrizó cerca de la granja de su familia en el sur de Nicaragua un día de mediados de julio hace 35 años, marcando el inicio de un viaje que no solo le dejó recuerdos inolvidables a ese niño, sino que abrió una nueva era para el país centroamericano – un hito que alteró las relaciones de Estados Unidos con América Latina y que desencadenó una ola de refugiados en el sur de la Florida

El helicóptero transportó al pequeño Urcuyo y a su familia a la relativa seguridad del búnker donde el dictador Anastasio Somoza estuvo recluido durante sus últimas horas en el poder, dirigiendo una guerra perdida contra guerrillas apoyadas por Cuba. El triunfo de la revolución sandinista en julio de 1979, erosionó la influencia estadounidense en América Latina e incrementó el poder del régimen de La Habana en la región.

El dramático cambio en 1979, al igual que el cambio en Cuba dos décadas antes, inspiró a muchos jóvenes en América Latina a ser más hostiles hacia Estados Unidos, un movimiento que con el tiempo dio lugar a cambios en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay y Venezuela, donde líderes de izquierda están ahora en el poder. La revolución sandinista también provocó que decenas de miles de nicaragüenses huyeran al extranjero, principalmente a Miami, donde hoy conforman una de las comunidades de exiliados más grandes del sur de la Florida.

Como nieto de Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños, quien reemplazó brevemente en la Presidencia a Somoza después de su apresurada salida del país el 17 de julio de 1979, Luis Urcuyo tuvo un asiento de primera fila como testigo de uno de los episodios más dramáticos en la historia de América Latina.

En la víspera de su huida, Somoza reunió en su búnker de Managua a sus ayudantes y partidarios más cercanos. Entre ellos se encontraba Urcuyo Maliaños, líder de la Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua, a quien Somoza había elegido para hacerse cargo de la Presidencia en su ausencia. Urcuyo Maliaños, a su vez, llevó a su propia familia al búnker, incluyendo a su nieto.

Cuando se intensificaron los combates entre las guerrillas sandinistas y las tropas de la Guardia Nacional, la familia Urcuyo se refugió en el búnker. El helicóptero llevó a la familia a un aeropuerto militar cercano y luego una limusina condujo al grupo hasta el sitio desde donde Somoza dirigió los destinos de Nicaragua durante cerca de dos décadas.

“Fue como registrarse en un hotel con servicio de primera clase”, recordó Urcuyo durante una serie de entrevistas en su casa en Key Biscayne, donde ahora trabaja en el sector inmobiliario. “Teníamos un botón en nuestra habitación y era como el servicio de las habitaciones y te traían todo lo que querías. Recuerdo que pedí pollo para el desayuno la primera mañana que estuve allí. Nunca había comido pollo en el desayuno y ordené eso”.

También recuerda haber entrado al gimnasio de lujo de Somoza y admirar las botas del dictador que estaban ahí.

Unas horas después de ceñirse la banda presidencial y cuando se hizo evidente que no podría mantenerse en el poder, Urcuyo llamó al entonces presidente guatemalteco, el general Romeo Lucas García, en busca de ayuda. Lucas envió tres aviones para sacar de Nicaragua a la familia Urcuyo, junto con lo que quedaba de la dirección de la Guardia Nacional.

CONSEJO DE SOMOZA

Cuando Somoza aceptó finalmente abandonar Nicaragua el 17 de julio de 1979, tras la virtual derrota de su Guardia Nacional a manos de los sandinistas, le entregó el gobierno a Urcuyo Maliaños, conocido como Chico. En su última conversación con Urcuyo Maliaños, Somoza le dio instrucciones de no entregar el gobierno a la junta rebelde y mantener al entonces embajador estadounidense, Lawrence Pezzullo, distraído en negociaciones inútiles.

“Chico, no te olvides de que debes que negociar, negociar y negociar con Pezzullo, hasta que consigas hacer desaparecer de su mente a la junta”, le dijo Somoza a Urcuyo Maliaños, según cuenta el ex mandatario en su libro titulado Solos. “No te olvides de que esa junta es un amenaza comunista para Nicaragua, y debes hacerle comprender a Pezzullo eso. ¡El está equivocado!”.

Fiel a las instrucciones de Somoza, Urcuyo Maliaños avisó a Pezzullo en su primera reunión que no tenía ninguna intención de entregarle el poder a la junta rebelde.

Su primer encuentro tuvo lugar a las 6 de la mañana, sólo seis horas después de que Somoza hubiera partido hacia Miami. Urcuyo Maliaños dice en Solos que lo primero que le dijo Pezzullo fue que Somoza y él habían acordado que entregaría el poder a la junta durante una ceremonia en la que entregaría la banda presidencial al arzobispo de Managua, Miguel Obando y Bravo, quien luego la presentaría a los miembros de la junta. Urcuyo Maliaños le dijo a Pezzullo que no estaba dispuesto ha hacer eso.

Así comenzó el breve enfrentamiento entre Urcuyo Maliaños y la administración del presidente Jimmy Carter en la que Estados Unidos finalmente prevaleció cuando amenazó con negarle el asilo a Somoza en Estados Unidos.

A las 7 de la mañana del 18 de julio, un Somoza muy agitado llamó a Urcuyo Maliaños desde Miami.

“Chico”, le dijo Somoza, “estoy perdido. Soy un prisionero del Departamento de Estado. Me acaba de llamar Warren Christopher, subsecretario adjunto de Estado, para decirme que si tú no le entregas el poder a la Junta de Reconstrucción ellos me entregarán a mí al Frente Sandinista”.

Fue en ese momento que Urcuyo Maliaños llamó al general Lucas y le pidió ayuda.

Esa noche, tres aviones de la Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca aterrizaron en un aeropuerto militar cerca del búnker. Urcuyo Maliaños y su familia, incluyendo al niño Luis Urcuyo, abordaron los aviones y volaron al exilio.

Después de que Urcuyo Maliaños abandonó Nicaragua hace 35 años, Somoza salió de Miami y terminó reubicándose en Paraguay, donde un grupo de comandos paramilitares lo asesinó en una calle de Asunción el 17 de septiembre de 1980.

ARGENTINA Y LOS CONTRAS

Un líder de la guerrilla izquierdista argentina, Enrique Gorriarán Merlo, participó en el ataque. El que un argentino estuviera involucrado en la operación no fue algo fortuito.

Los sandinistas dieron refugio a guerrilleros izquierdistas que huían de las dictaduras militares de derecha, incluyendo a varios argentinos. Como resultado de esto, el régimen militar argentino de entonces tomó un interés directo en Nicaragua y poco después de que el presidente Ronald Reagan asumiera la presidencia en 1980, la CIA llegó a un acuerdo con Buenos Aires para que asesores militares argentinos entrenaran a los primeros contras.

Los entrenadores militares argentinos fueron enviados a Centroamérica y algunos contras fueron llevados a Buenos Aires para recibir instrucción militar especializada.

Con el tiempo, los contras se convirtieron en un ejército rebelde pero nunca fueron capaces de derrotar a las fuerzas armadas sandinistas apoyadas por la Unión Soviética y Cuba.

“Me he preguntado muchas veces qué papel realmente jugamos”, dijo Luis Moreno, conocido como Comandante Mike Lima, uno de los principales líderes de la Contra. “Fuimos protagonistas de la Guerra Fría. Luchamos contra el comunismo”.

Mientras que en última instancia el comunismo en la Unión Soviética y la Europa del Este se derrumbó, el apoyo de Estados Unidos a los contras causó daño a la administración del presidente Reagan.

Cuando el teniente coronel Oliver North, un miembro del personal del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional, fue acusado de vender armas a Irán y desviar las ganancias a la contra, esto hizo estallar un escándalo en Washington en 1986 que casi llevó al Congreso a eliminar la ayuda a los contras.

Pero el programa sobrevivió y finalmente jugó un papel importante en las negociaciones que condujeron en última instancia a elecciones democráticas en 1990.

El líder sandinista Daniel Ortega, que estaba a cargo del gobierno entonces, fue derrotado en esas elecciones que le dieron la victoria a Violeta Chamorro. Ambos habían pertenecido a la junta rebelde que se hizo cargo de Nicaragua después de que Urcuyo Maliaños huyera a Guatemala. Ortega gobierna Nicaragua en la actualidad después de ser elegido en el 2007.

Los críticos han acusado a Ortega de conspirar para hacerse presidente de por vida debido a que en el 2011 convenció a la Corte Suprema de Nicaragua de permitirle postularse para un segundo mandato al levantar una prohibición de reelección consecutiva, que fue uno de los motivos principales que esgrimieron los sandinistas para combatir a la dinastía de Somoza.

Read more here: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/07/17/1801099/a-35-anos-de-la-huida-de-somoza.html#storylink=cpy

CONGRESSWOMAN ILEANAN ROS LEHTINEN BELIEVES THE OEA IS A WASTED ORGANIZATION

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:48:00 +0000

Carta enviada a la Congresista Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
añadiendo a su opinion sobre las agencias desperdiciadas.

Dear Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Last time we met was at Mary Brickell Village and we spoke about my grandfather, Francisco Urcuyo Maliano, who was Vice President during the last moments of Somoza.
That day I mentioned briefly about my family and I mentioned to you how grateful we are to you towards everyone including the Nicaraguan people.

I read article in which you mentioned that OEA a similar agency such as Human Rights Organization seem to be wasted organization.
CONGRESISTA DE EE.UU. AFIRMA QUE LA OEA ES UNA “AGENCIA DESPERDICIADA”

Not only my father and I agree with you regarding these organizations but I also write to you because my father seems to be running out of air with the injustices he has gone through and is currently going through with the justice system in Nicaragua and the CIDH Commission on Human Rights here in Washington D.C.

I have told him in several instances that I gave up on our rights, the human rights.

But I have not given up entirely since that would represent total loss of faith. And faith cannot be lost.

I have approached you in the past about the human rights being violated and you kindly forwarded a request to the office of Chairman Bereuter to help us with the economic crimes being committed in Nicaragua by the Citigroup Organization.

Chairman Bereuter’s office and the Bank’s Public Relations office replied that they were not in any position to talk about the case.
Everyone seemed to be turning their heads away from the truth we have told. Futile seemed to be a common word among everyone we came across and ask for help.

Back then, the word Futile emerged after the effortless decision of a Federal Judge in Miami ruled against a complete panel of jurors who ruled against the bank who stole more that $3 million US dollars at that time including taxes. (Not to mention all the overwhelming evidence we presented against the bank.)

The jury or the people voted in our favor and/or against the bank for clearly stealing our money and the judge simply ignore the truth and ruled in favor of the bank. The judge also ruled against all humanity that day for shadowing the truth.

Back then it seemed clear that a government favor was in place but I guess now it is more clear to everybody after the bank bailout.

I am not here to fight to death with this bank, I am here to bring back the human rights and bring back the dignity of my family who has been a victim of this giant organization who has ruthlessly managed to buy its way across the field of justice.

Now in Nicaragua, the Supreme Court of Nicaragua decided to charge us the same amount of money we are suing the bank for in order to continue with the trial.

That is clearly an ANTI CONSTITUTION ACT aided by this organization that is contributing to the corruption of the nation or nations.

When the Nicaraguan Supreme Court decided to fabricate an ANTI CONSTITUTIONAL ACT against my family, that is when we dediced to ask for help to the CIDH or Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.
At this point my father and I said that we have reached the top of the courts in the world.
We imagined that this court would be waiting for us to present our case and work on it diligently.
We forward a petition P 615-13 Peticion
Few weeks passed and what a surprise we find that when I called

Please read below is the last communication I had with the Commission of Human Rights.
Please read how she mentions that it takes 7 or 10 years for the cases to be read.
Then, many more years for the case to be taking into consideration and start a legal process.

My father just suffered a serious health issue which left him unable to walk or speak for many weeks.

Thank God, he seems to be doing better but not better to wait more than a decade for the Human Rights Organization to review our case.

I ask for your help, help us, help everyone start believing in justice and start believing in human rights.

Thank you

Luis Urcuyo

María Isabel Rivero
Directora de la Oficina de Prensa y Difusiónmrivero@oas.org
Teléfono directo: +1 (202) 370-9001
Teléfono celular: +1 (202) 215-4142
Correo electrónico: mrivero@oas.org
Correo electrónico de la Oficina de Prensa: cidh-prensa@oas.org

Segun nuestra conversacion hoy 4 de junio de 2013.

Estimada Sra Rivero

Yo quede bastante decepcionado de su organizacion CIDH

Segun ud. me explica, las denuncias que una persona envia ante la Comision para ser revisadas tarda entre 6 y 7 años. lo cual ud me dice luego que en un gran avance por que antes tardaba 10 años o mas.

Me dice tambien que tienen 8 mil denuncias y solo tiene a una persona encargada en revisar dichas denuncias.

Muchas de las personas que hacen estas denuncias quiza eso es lo que tienen de vida.

Gracias y buenas tardes

CONGRESISTA DE EE.UU. AFIRMA QUE LA OEA ES UNA “AGENCIA DESPERDICIADA”

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:29:00 +0000

Citibank Against Civil Rights

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:57:00 +0000

Citibank Against Civil Rights

It is clear and evident to me by now that Civil Rights and Human Rights are becoming part of an extinction.

Human rights

I find myself in the heart of the human rights and civil rights leaders home in Atlanta. Mr. King had a dream about human and civil rights and those rights are being erased.

Similar to before but with more intensity and disregard to the laws.

The common law has made this easier as it enables cases to be more gray than black or white.
(On their favor and not humanity)

Corporations like Citibank, have sabotaged the courts and their laws making it into a point of no return for justice for civil rights for humanity.

Human rights will have less and less value unless we take action.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:17:00 +0000

Familia de ex presidente reclama dinero - Sur de la Florida - ElNuevoHerald.com

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:31:00 +0000

Entrevista TV Nacional Bolsa de Noticas Dec. 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:17:00 +0000

Fraud Committed by Citibank

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:12:00 +0000

Urcuyo vs. Citibank Case # 97-CV-04341-KMM

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:25:00 +0000

Letter from Dr. Urcuyo to Citibank officials regarding the whereabouts of their account

CLICK HERE TO VIEW DOCUMENTS

Letter from Citibank officials in response to Dr. Urcuyo's letter above

CLICK HERE TO VIEW DOCUMENTS

Corruption at its best / Citibank must be stopped

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:05:00 +0000

The latest scandal of Citibank corruption scandals.
Citibank must be stopped.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7242865.cms?prtpage=1

http://www.bhaskar.tv/2011/01/04/citibank-fraud-fir-against-global-ceo-vikram-pandit/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaYYjVJFWxk

End of the Common Law

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:54:00 +0000

The End of the Common Law or should I say, the beginning of the end

We experienced in the Federal Court in Miami Florida perhaps the beginning of what I call the end of the Common Law. According to the records the common law was branched out of the Roman Law still used in many countries.
The common law it is a brilliant and updated system that worked until the case of Urcuyo vs. Citibank N.A.
Read about the case findings of fact and read about the jury's instructions and jury's answer, read about the jury's final decision about the case, read about the final verdict.
A judge, a single person overruled the unanimous decision of a panel in a jury. A judge, a single person came up with the idea that a group of people will lose time from their families, time from their work, and at the end their voices was not heard.
When our voices are no longer heard, and we begin to make excuses for shadowing peoples voices then the fall begins. Is as if Citibank is mirroring the Romans mistake, they got so big that they believe they were invinsible.
Nothing can stop humanity when they follow the right path. It may take a while for people to realize certain things but then when they do, there is no turning back.
Can it be reversed? perhaps but voices must be heard.
Will begin to collect signatures to be heard in Congress about the Urcuyo vs. Citibank case.

Betrayed By Citibank

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:48:00 +0000

Urcuyo vs. Citibank is it possibly the worst case of bank abuse of powers against any citizen. Citibank has managed to drag a case against them for over 30 years. The case failed to do justice in the United States in what appears to be a "faulty system protecting a bank".

Urcuyo vs. Citibank has taken center stage in another country , Nicaragua, and the confusion is setting in the case since day one.
The bank has a way or has managed to confuse and delay the court process in Nicaragua.

Citibank blamed the current Nicaraguan government of stealing the same money they are being sued for in a Federal Court in the US, and still manages to bribe individuals in the court system in Nicaragua allowing the bank to drag the case for a longer period of time.

Will this abuse by the bank stop?
Can you help us in the case of Urcuyo vs. Citibank?

The answer to both questions is yes, and the fact is that if the bank is stopped NOW we all prevent the bank or any other bank to get away with robbery.

We are collecting signatures to bring this case to the Congress for a complete review of the case and prevent such crimes to go unpunished in the future.

Thank you

Luis Urcuyo

One Man's Faith

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:20:00 +0000

Dignity

Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical, and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical treatment. It is an extension of enlightenment-era beliefs that individuals have God-given, inviolable rights, and thus is closely related to concepts like virtue, respect, self-respect, autonomy, human rights, and enlightened reason. Dignity is generally proscriptive and cautionary: in politics it is usually synonymous to 'human dignity', and is used to critique the treatment of oppressed and vulnerable groups and peoples, though in some case has been extended to apply to cultures and sub-cultures, religious beliefs and ideals, animals used for food or research, and even plants. In more colloquial settings it is used to suggest that someone is not receiving a proper degree of respect, or even that they are failing to treat themselves with proper self-respect.

Read how one of the largest institutions in the world has managed to drag a case for over 30 years. Seems absurd but that is exactly what they have chosen to do in the case in the Urcuyo vs. Citibank despite the overwhelming evidence against the bank. They have taken the case to new levels. Against human rights level.

How it all began

It all began when we were forced to go into exile to Guatemala in 1979.
I left Nicaragua with my parents and paternal grandparents due to the civil unrest, which existed during that time. I was 9 years old during that time.
My grandfather, Dr. Francisco Urcuyo Maliaño was the former Vice President of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza Debayle being the President of Nicaragua.
Later my grandfather became President of Nicaragua for a couple of days prior to the arrival of the Sandinista Government (Communist Gov't. at that time).

When the Sandinista Regime overthrew Somoza's regime out of power, all people related to Somoza went out into exile to other countries in the region and around the world. My family and I left to Guatemala and received great attention from Mr. Romeo Lucas, President of Guatemala at that time. My grandfather had met Lucas on several occasions when my grandfather served as Ambassador of Nicaragua in Guatemala years prior to 1979.
We made a last minute escape from Nicaragua narrowly escaping death. Sandinista forces open fire against the plane we were traveling and the off seemed like a scene from a movie.
We later learned that bullets had struck the plane we were in but fortunately never realized that until we reached Guatemalan soil. We had made it alive.

We arrived in Guatemala on July 19th 1979

We began to unpack our belongings, almost non existant due to the nature of our departure from Nicaragua. We were forced to leave behind clothing, important documents, and other belongings.
Days after the arrival into what would become our political exile life, my grandfather began to approach a couple of banks he maintained accounts with, including Citibank, with the intention to begin to utilize some money for his survival and ours.

My grandfather began by calling Citibank and asking for his funds to be transferred to his new address in another country. It was to his surprise when Citibank informed us that they turned over our money to the new Sandinista Government of Nicaragua.
That was probably the first time I came across the word, confiscated. After pleading to Citibank for his money, my grandfather received letters from Citibank regretting to inform him that the bank had turned over the money to the Sandinista government.
In order to view the actual letter received by Citibank Officials from my grandfather's claim regarding his money Click Here.

My grandfather disagreed but trusted the word of that Citibank high banking official, Mr. Eddie Rene Pinilla (Manager of the Caribbean and Central America). On that letter he clearly states that the money was turned over to the new government.

Jaw dropping as it sounds. My grandfather relied on the truthfulness and reputation of such a powerful financial institution for many years to come.

We were finally allowed back into Nicaragua

10 years later , due to a change of government in Nicaragua to a more democratic one allowed us to return to the country and initiate an investigation regarding the whereabouts of my family’s money. Did the Nicaraguan government take the money we deposited in Citibank or did Citibank fabricate a story and kept the money?

Fact or Fiction

My grandparents searched everywhere in Nicaragua including the banking regulatory agencies, the Minister of Finance's Office (Letter Attached), even the Banco Central de Nicaragua and all of them concluded that they had confiscated several things from my grandparents but never was any money turned over from Citibank. The banks stories turned out to be fiction.

Citibank blamed The Sandinistas, claiming that the Sandinistas had confiscated all money and properties belonging to Dr. Francisco Urcuyo and immediate family including the Citibank account mentioned above.

By now the bank has demonstrated that they are not the trusted bank we all have learned to trust but instead a bank capable to steal your lifesavings and lie about it.

Someone would think that if you turn over around $75,000 you would keep records of such transaction but that was not the case as later revealed in a federal court case held in Miami back in 1997.

My grandfather was outraged for being betrayed in such a manner and also learning that the banking giant had stolen his money more than a decade ago.

After learning the truth, I was outraged and decided to bring justice back to my grandparents and our family. All the difficult moments and memories from the hard life of exile I experienced and lived with my grandparents has led me to relentlessly pursue for justice. It became my mission by helping my grandparents recuperate their money stolen from the banking giant and their corrupted officials.

The fight began in a Federal Court in Miami

We began the fight against Citibank in 1997 and since then I have been fighting for what rightfully belongs to my family's. Knowing the facts, the money was taken from my grandparents and never returned gave me a huge sense of injustice and the quest for justice began.

Helping my grandparents recuperate their money meant several things to me,
A.Bring justice for my grandparents
B.Help them spend their last years together with less worries about their finances
C.Re pay them for all they did for me, raising me since I was 15 years old
D.Closing of this case would also bring closing to the past and the desperate economic times we all lived during the exile

We immediately then decided to sue the banking giant and I was in charge of looking for attorneys to take on the case and take on a contingency basis. We hired several attorneys and for the next 7 years I spent communicating between the bank, the attorneys,and my grandparents but it seemed to go nowhere. In 1997 I visited the law firm of Liebler Gonzales and Portuondo in Downtown Miami. They deciced to take on the case an sue the banking giant in Federal Court in Miami.

The case began in a Federal Court in Miami

Knowing the facts, the money was taken from my grandparents and never returned gave me a huge sense of injustice and the quest for justice began. Helping my grandparents recuperate their money meant several things to me, including bring justice to my grandparents
Help them spend their last years together with less worries about their finances, re pay them for all they did for me, raising me since I was 15 years old.
Closing of this case would also bring closing to the past and the desperate economic times we all lived during the exile.

We immediately then decided to sue the banking giant and I was in charge of looking for attorneys to take on the case and take on a contingency basis. We hired several attorneys and for the next years I spent communicating between the bank, the attorneys,and my grandparents but it seemed to go nowhere. In 1997 I visited the law firm of Liebler Gonzales and Portuondo in Downtown Miami. They deciced to take on the case an sue the banking giant in Federal Court in Miami.

Liebler Gonzales & Portunondo got to work

We manage to bring to the courts mountain of evidence which concluded that Citibank stole the money and never gave it back to my grandparents. It also concluded that the letter written by a Citibank official was so convincing that it managed to convince my grandparents that indeed their money was confiscated by the Sandinistas.

What happens next is the biggest charade of justice as it was not present in our case. Perhaps the long arm of the law did not reach as far as the long arm of corruption from the banking giant.

Jury came back in our favor unanimously and against Citibank for their wrongdoings

The jury came back unanimously in favor of my grandparent and the evidence were overwhelming against Citibank and even the judge agreed in the court findings that Citibank was guilty of all counts. But we received news later that the judge had reversed the jury's decision because the jury did not understand banking laws.

Please read the findings of fact and the conclusion of the case and see for yourself how damaging evidence is against Citibank and at the end disappears and turns into thin air. You can view the jury's instructions in the case given by the judge.

http://www.luisurcuyo.blogspot.com/

Many things came to our heads including;

How can the judge change the jury's unanimous verdict

How Citibank, with no evidence supporting their case, managed to persuade the judge in their favor
How the overwhelming evidence which mounted high against Citibank was not enough for the judge rule in our favor
Is Citibank going to get away with robbery once again?

The Law firm Liebler, Gonzales, and Portuondo were not as enthusiastic as they were at the beginning of the case but then again I could sense a different atmosphere half way down the trial. I helped the attorneys in providing key pieces of information which lead to the Jury's Fianl Decision which at the end made no difference.

Our attorneys started with 3 enthusiastic attorneys and we finish with 1 attorney who did not want to take the case to the Supreme Court. He basically said that the buck stops here basically. Having hired them on a contingency basis, I had little leverage for convincing them to take the case to the Supreme Court.

I searched for other law firms to take on the case and most attorneys I encountered said that the could not even consider fighting against the banking Goliath.

Went to Congress for help

I went to the US Congress for help with this injustice and was bounced around from Congressman Doug Bereuter, to Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to Chairperson but all show very little or no willingness to help us with our case. I have letters and records from Congress and the Chairman from the banking Committee at that time, Congressman Doug Bereuter. All seemed to be in vain and no real interest was shown from anybody to even review the injustices from Citibank and the Courts erroneous decisions.

Weeks turned into Months and months into years, and despite the tremendous disappointment from the US Courts, my grandfather and I maintained communication as usual every week regarding the current events from the case as well as the tactics we may be planning in our quest for bringing the bank to justice.

Justice seemed to fade and everything I had learned about justice in this country seemed like a farse.

Citibank wanted to come back to Nicaragua after more than 30 years out of the country.

By now, my grandparents passed away but not since receiving the last disappointment. My grandfather learned that Citibank wanted to take over the Social Security Administration or Pensions in Nicaragua. After i learned this I immediately began to approach the Nicaraguan newspapers and expose the bank to the media.

I wrote an article in the Nicaraguan Newspaper once I found out that Citibank wanted to handle the Social Security Money of Nicaraguan Citizens. I was outraged that this bank knew the facts about the case, robbed my grandfather, (a high ranking Nicaraguan official) and then decides to enter the country once again without paying their dues.

Article in the Nuevo Diario (Nicaraguan Newspaper)

I wrote an article advicing Nicaraguan citizens to beware of the pirates coming to town.
The article is located here
http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2001/abril/28-abril-2001/nacional/nacional4.html

Weeks and months passed again and since my grandfather had passed I continued handling the case by myself for a while and for a brief period of time.

My father, also named Francisco Urcuyo was left as the person in charge of all my grandparents affairs. My father and I decided to continue our quest for justice against the banking giant once they stepped into Nicaraguan soil.

Citibank back in Nicaragua

Which is precisely what happen a few years later when Citibank bought Banco Uno. Banco Uno served as the bridge for Citibank to come in to Nicaragua once again and perhaps begin to plan another heist. We said, no way, and realized that it was the perfect opportunity to sue the bank coming back to Nicaraguan soil after almost 30 years.

The bank cannot possibly produce any documents that were not presented during the case in Miami's Federal Court. Moreover suing them in Nicaragua will be twice as interesting as we will be able to know who took the money. Also the Sandinistas will get to confront Citibank about the bank blaming the Sandinistas for taking the money without a single shred of evidence which proves the money ever being turned over to the Sandinistas.

Citibank is being Sued in Nicaragua

We are now suing Citibank in a Nicaraguan court for the amount of $19.6 million dollars. This is by using a simple interest chart table provided by the Banco de Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan government would like to see the truth come to light when it comes to the banking giant making false accusations about the whereabouts of the money. Blaming the Sandinistas was the easiest thing to do but they must be brought to justice.

Link Below shows you pictures of evidence used against Citibank in the case Urcuyo vs. Citibank
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10231311@N07/show/with/3202569788/

There are mountain of evidence and correspondence about this case and the truth will come out.

Justice will prevail, justice must prevail.

Luis Urcuyo
luisurcuyo@hotmail.com

Urcuyo vs. Citibank

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:29:00 +0000

This is the Story

This is the story of how Citibank stole close to $75,000 from my family more than 30 years ago and planned to get away with it.

The principal plus the interest sums up close to $20 Million Dollars (Urcuyo vs. Citibank is an actual case about how Citibank stole our money and it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt the fact that they stole the money and never returned it.

Some people might say that it happened to long ago and to give up fighting for justice, but I feel that it has a strong link to my past and is a large contributor to all which was taken from us when we were forced to leave Nicaragua. Citibank's actions deprived my family and I from a more stable and secure future in our lives. Better education, stability, and perhaps a more successful outlook.

How it all began

It all began when we went into exile in Guatemala in 1979. I left with my parents and paternal grandparents due to the civil unrest, which existed during that time. We had to leave because of political reasons and that is very important fact to know. My grandfather, Dr. Francisco Urcuyo Maliaño (Vice President with Somoza and President for a few hours prior to the arrival of the Sandinista Government (Communist Gov't. at that time). It is worth mentioning that the current Sandinista Gov't., this time around was elected by the people in a democratic fashion.

When the Sandinista Regime overthrew Somoza's regime out of power, all people related to Somoza went out into exile, which includes my family and I.
My grandfather was left alone in the Somoza's bunker and every allied had turned its back against Somoza's regime. Even the US, refuse to aid the government. The Sandinista claimed victory and we left 5 minutes before they took over the Nicaragua international Airport. The Nicaraguan Air Force was well aware that the war was lost taking off to neighboring countries leaving behind my grandfather without any way to get out alive. A few hours earlier that day, knowing the fact that there were no planes or pilots, my grandfather decided to call a friend, Guatemalan President, Mr. Romeo Lucas, who was friends with my grandfather during the period in which he served as Nicaraguan Ambassador in Guatemala. He sent an airplane which helped us escape.
We made an escape from Nicaragua narrowly escaping death. Anti Somoza's forces open fire against our plane and we had to tke off like a scene from a movie.
We later learned that bullets had struck the plane we were in but fortunately never realized that until we reached Guatemalan soil. We had made it alive.

I know that I can get into more detail but I also figure that initially, I must cover a lot of important information and then elaborate.

We arrived in Guatemala on Mid July 1979

We began to unpack our belongings, almost non existant due to the nature of our departure from Nicaragua. We were forced to leave behind almost all documentation including personal and important documents including but not limited to bank account information.

Days after the arrival into what would become to be known as our exile or political exile, my grandfather began to approach different banks he had money accouts with including Citibank, with the intention to recuperate some money for his survival and ours.

Beginning of Citibank lies

A Canadian Bank returned the money to my grandfather and to our surprise Citibank informed us that they deciced to surrender our money to the new Sandinista Government. Back then Citibank began to fabricate stories that later you can understand why they would make up those stories. Stories that later they cannot support with a single shred of evidence.

That was probably the first time I came across the word, confiscated. After pleading to Citibank for his money, my grandfather received letters from Citibank clearly stating the facts according to them.
In order to view the actual letter received by Citibank Officials from my grandfather's claim regarding his money, Click Here.

Who would not trust a high raking official from Citibank telling you that the Sandinista government confiscated your money and Citibank was no longer responsible for his trusted money deposited in their bank. Jaw dropping as it sounds. My grandfather relied on the truthfulness and reputation of such a powerful financial institution. And, that is what my grandfather did for many years to come.

U.S. Exile Began

My grandfather's family including myself would eventually come to the US in pursuit of the American Dream. My grandfather was into exile and hated every minute of it. He always wanted to be close to his home, his beloved Nicaragua.

He was always outraged how the US and other allies from Nicaragua would turn their backs on them and he would express his opinion about that for many years to come. In fact, El Diario Las Americas from Miami published more than 1000 articles written by him almost every week. Every article seemed to be focused on the bashing the Sandinista regime and the Carter Administration for their betrayal. He even wrote a Book called "Carter Mondale and the Sandinistas Administration".

I could go on and on but the relevance here, having written and published more than a thousand articles in that newspaper, he did not write a single article against Citibank because he trusted the word of that High Citibank Banking official, Mr. Eddie Rene Pinilla (Manager of the Caribbean and Central America). On that letter he clearly states that the money was turned over to the new government. Click Here

Not until a decade later we learned the truth about Citibank not ever turning the money to the Sandinistas

It was not until more than a decade into exile that we were able to take our concern about the whereabouts of our money to the Nicaraguan Government. Due to a change of government to a more democratic one allowed us to investigate if in fact, the Nicaraguan government had the money we deposited in Citibank, and according to a high banking official, the money was turned over to the Sandinista government more than a decade earlier.

We were finally allowed back into Nicaragua

My grandparents searched everywhere in Nicaragua including the banking regulatory agencies, the Minister of Finance's Office (Letter Attached), even the Banco Central de Nicaragua and all of them concluded that they had confiscated several things from my grandparents but never was any money turned over from Citibank.

Citibank Blamed The Sandinistas for taking the money but that was not the case

Knowing that, my grandparents were outraged for being betrayed in such a manner and the banking giant had stolen their monies more than a decade ago. Money they truly needed, we truly needed for survival in many instances. I am a witness of those moments of desperation from my grandfather who was unable to work in his medical career and be the provider he was for his whole life. $75,000 would have made a big difference at that time, after all the equivalent for that amount today is equal to half a million dollars or more.

After learning the truth, I was outraged and decided to give help to my grandparents in their quest for justice. All the dire moments are memories from the hard exile life I shared with my grandparent, is why I decided to help my grandparents recuperate their money stolen from the banking giant and their corrupted officials.

The fight began in a Federal Court in Miami

I began the fight against Citibank in 1990 and since then I have been fighting for what is rightfully my family's. Knowing the facts, the money was taken from my grandparents and never returned gave me a huge sense of injustice and the quest for justice began. (The majority of the money in the bank account was part of the national lottery won by my grandmother a few months before the bank robbed her; One can only think of that happy moment where she won the Nicaraguan National Lottery).

Helping my grandparents recuperate their money meant several things to me,
Bring justice for my grandparents
Help them spend their last years together with less worries about their finances
Re pay them for all they did for me, raising me since I was 10 years old
Closing of this case would also bring closing to the past and the desperate economic times we all lived during the exile

I could bring more reasons why I decided to embark in this case against Citibank but I must continue with the story.

We immediately then decided to sue the banking giant and I was in charge of looking for attorneys to take on the case and take on a contingency basis. We hired several attorneys and for the next 7 years I spent communicating between the bank, the attorneys,and my grandparents but it seemed to go nowhere. In 1997 I visited the law firm of Liebler Gonzales and Portuondo in Downtown Miami. They deciced to take on the case an sue the banking giant in Federal Court in Miami.

Liebler Gonzales & Portunondo got to work

We manage to bring to the courts several evidence which concluded that Citibank stole the money and never gave it back to my grandparents. It also concluded that the letter written form Citibank officials to my grandparents was completely wrong because not only there was no evidence that Citibank turned over the money to the new government but there was no record kept which show that either. At least none kept from Citibank, perhaps they thought that a lot of these account holders would be killed or jailed and would never ask for their money back. Moreover, the letter shows tremendous certainty on behalf of the banking official. He is so convincing of his lies that managed to convince my grandparent of the banking supposed innocence in their money being confiscated.

What happens next is the biggest charade of justice as it was not present in our case. Perhaps the long arm of the law did not reach as far as the long arm of corruption from the banking giant.

Jury came back in our favor unanimously and against Citibank for their wrongdoings

The jury came back unanimously in favor of my grandparent and the evidence were overwhelming against Citibank and even the judge agreed in the court findings that Citibank was guilty of all counts. But we received news later that the judge had reversed the jury's decision because the jury did not understand banking laws.

Please read the findings of fact and the conclusion of the case and see for yourself how damaging evidence is against Citibank and at the end disappears and turns into thin air. You can view the jury's instructions in the case , verdict, conclusions of law or "Citibank law" http://www.luisurcuyo.blogspot.com/

Many things came to our heads including;

How can the judge change the jury's unanimous verdict (after all a jury is able to send people to die in this country but they are not capable of understanding the corrupted actions of a bank)
How Citibank, with no evidence supporting their case, managed to persuade the judge in their favor
How the overwhelming evidence which mounted high against Citibank was not enough for the judge rule in our favor
Was Citibank responsible for the unexpected judge's decision?
Was Citibank going to get away with robbery once again?

The Law firm Liebler, Gonzales, and Portuondo were not as enthusiastic as they were at the beginning of the case but then again I could sense a different atmosphere half way down the trial. I helped the attorneys in providing key pieces of information which lead to the Jury's Fianl Decision which at the end made no difference.

Our attorneys started with 3 enthusiastic attorneys and we finish with 1 attorney who did not want to take the case to the Supreme Court. He basically said that the buck stops here basically. Having hired them on a contingency basis, I had little leverage for convincing them to take the case to the Supreme Court.

I searched for other law firms to take on the case and most attorneys I encountered said that the could not even consider fighting against the banking Goliath.

Went to Congress for help

I went to the US Congress for help with this injustice and was bounced around from Congressman to Congresswoman and from Chairman to Chairperson but all show no willingness to help us with our case. I have letters and records from Congress and the Chairman from the banking Committee at that time, Congressman Doug Bereuter. All seemed to be in vain and no real interest was shown from anybody to even review the injustices from Citibank and the Courts erroneous decisions.

Weeks turned into Months and months into years, and despite the tremendous disappointment from the US Courts, my grandfather and I maintained communication as usual every week regarding the current events from the case as well as the tactics we may be planning in our quest for bringing the bank to justice.

Citibank wanted to come back to Nicaragua after more than 20 years

My grandparents passed away but not since receiving the last disappointment. My grandfather learned that Citibank wanted to take over the Social Security Administration or Pensions in Nicaragua. After i learned this I immediately began to approach the newspapers and expose the bank to the media.

http://360.yahoo.com/luisurcuyo , this is my blog in which I have kept record of a lot of facts about the case including the time in which I wrote an article in the Nicaraguan Newspaper once I found out that Citibank wanted to handle the Social Security Money of Nicaraguan Citizens. I was outraged that this bank knew the facts about the case, robbed my grandfather, (a high ranking Nicaraguan official) and then decides to enter the country once again without paying their dues.

Article in the Nuevo Diario (Nicaraguan Newspaper)

I wrote an article advicing Nicaraguan citizens to beware of the pirates coming to town.
The article is located here http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2001/abril/28-abril-2001/nacional/nacional4.html

Weeks and months passed again and since my grandfather had passed I continued handling the case by myself for a while and for a brief period of time.

My father was left as the person in charge of all their affairs. My father and I decided to continue our quest for justice against the banking giant once they stepped into Nicaraguan soil.

Citibank back in Nicaragua

Which is precisely what happen a few years later when Citibank bought Banco Uno. Banco Uno served as the bridge for Citibank to come in to Nicaragua once again and perhaps begin to plan another heist. We said, no way, and realized that it was the perfect opportunity to sue the bank coming back to Nicaraguan soil after almost 30 years.

The bank cannot possibly produce any documents that were not presented during the case in Miami's Federal Court. Moreover suing them in Nicaragua will be twice as interesting as we will be able to know who took the money. Also the Sandinistas will get to confront Citibank about the bank blaming the Sandinistas for taking the money without a single shred of evidence which proves the money ever being turned over to the Sandinistas.

Currently Citibank is being Sued

We are now suing Citibank in a Nicaraguan court for the amount of $19.6 million dollars. This is by using a simple interest chart table provided by the Banco de Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan government would like to see the truth come to light when it comes to the banking making false accusations about the whereabouts of the money. Blaming the Sandinistas was the easiest thing to do but he must be brought to justice just like Maddoff.

I have been relentless about bringing this to justice for many reasons but the most important one is the fact that we need to put a halt to corruption and begin looking after the people. We must correct humanity and teach people that we are made for good and not made for bad.

Link Below shows you pictures of evidence used against Citibank in the case Urcuyo vs. Citibank
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10231311@N07/show/with/3202569788/

There are mountain of evidence and correspondence about this case and the truth speaks for itself.

Reasons for a documentary idea are that:

The lawsuit is for a substantial amount of money, totaling almost 20 million dollars
The bank recently came to Nicaragua and opened its doors after almost 30 years
The bank stole the money from the Vice President of Nicaragua
The bank stole the money which came from my grandparents winning the Nicaraguan National Lottery
Everybody has it day in court and this time it is happening to Citibank in Nicaragua and the Sandinistas will question the bank as to why they blame the Sandinistas for taking the our money and never returned it when in fact it was the bank who took the money and took advantage of the vulnerable situation we were in
A jury votes unanimously in a federal court in Miami and the judge reverses the jurys decision
While in exile, my grandfather wrote more than 1000 articles and not one talked about Citibank because he trusted and relied on the truthfulness of the bank and the official from that bank
I could go on and on but I leave you with this picture of this deposit which was used as evidence in the case in Miami. The picture is an original deposit made into my grandparents account a couple of months before they were taken to the cleaners by the bank

Who can trust a bank after such incident……

We, Americans, were forced to be part of this bank and became almost 40% owners of the bank without even asking for it

I have been relentless about bringing the case to a close and it will happen soon in Nicaragua and we are hoping to establish a foundation in the name of my grandparents
"Francisco & Maria Luisa Urcuyo Foundation". It will be dedicated towards helping the poor and hungry and homeless people from his small town in Nicaragua called Rivas.

I can a be great collaborator in the making of any film and the drama is unfolding as we speak so it contains reality and actuality.

This true story will make headlines and it is bound to be view by anybody who has been touched by political reasons and been forced to go into exile. It has tremendous relevance with today's headlines about the banking industry.

Should you need more information, kindly call me at 305 807 3517 or via email at luisurcuyo@hotmail.com

Respectfully yours;

Luis Urcuyo

P.S. I forgot to mention that during a mediation meeting the mediator with an angry voice says, "So Mr. Urcuyo, what do you want from Citibank", he said it in such tone that, I had no time to react to such reaction coming from a supposed mediator, I responded, what else can they give back to us but money. Or maybe fundamental values.
At the end, despite all the evidence against the bank, the mediator said that Citibank was ready to offer us $5000 for our troubles.