T5 B11 Victor Manuel Lopez-Flores Fdr- FBI 302s Re VA ID Cards for Hanjour and Almihdhar 195

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BEGPRODNO : M-INT-00110615/xBEGBATES : 265A-NY-280350-302-93927)ATE = 11/08/2001FBIDESCR : INTERVIEW OFVICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ-FLORESINPUTBATCH : NCTA_004 (1st Batch of unredacted 302's delivered in August)FULLTEXT : FD-302 (Rev.10-6-95)- 1 -

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Date of transcription 11/18/2001VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ-FLORES, a.k.a. VICTOR BONILLA-LOPEZ,a.k.a. MARVIN, DOB 12/19/67, Virginia Driver's License #T66-16-4252, 112 Lynnhaven Drive, Alexandria, VA, 3620 Edison Street,Apartment #3, Alexandria, VA, 22305, was interviewed in one of theinterview rooms at the United States Attorney's office inAlexandria, VA. Present during the interview were LOPEZ-FLORES'attorney Alan H. Yamamoto, Assistant United States Attorney, JohnMorton, Special Agent Brian Weidner and the undersigned agent.After LOPEZ-FLORES was advised of the purpose of the interview,which was conducted in Spanish, LOPEZ-FLORES provided the followinginformation:LOPEZ-FLORES initially began the interview saying that hehad been thinking about the specific details regarding the day thathe had taken the three Arab males to the attorney's office andassisted them in obtaining Virginia identification cards. LOPEZ-FLORES continued to say, that he now recalled that there was athird individual who was present at the attorney's office with himand CHACHO HERBERT VILLALOBOS.LOPEZ-FLORES said that he remembered that one of CHACHO'scousins was also present in the attorney's office and that it wasthe cousin who signed the DMV orm for the other Arab male and notCHACHO. CHACHO only drove LOPEZ-FLORES and his cousin to theattorney's office. LOPEZ-FLORES could not recall CHACHO's cousins

name, but thought it may possibly be ARMANDO.As the interview continued, LOPEZ-FLORES was confrontedwith the inconsistencies of his account and his recentrecollection, and was asked as to what had led him to the change inhis account. It was at this point, that LOPEZ-FLORES stated thathe and CHACHO had been talking, and that CHACHO had clarified whathad occurred on the day when they had assisted the Arab males.When LOPEZ-FLORES was asked what he meant. LOPEZ-FLORESsaid that he and CHACHO HERBERT VILLALOBOS had been talking toeach other every day, since the day LOPEZ-FLORES was transferredfrom Immigration and Naturalization Service Detention center andinto the Alexandria County Detention center.

Investigation on at11/08/01 Alexandria, VA .File # Date dictated265A-NY-280350-302 N/Aby SA JESUS H.GOME ZThis document contains neither recommendations no r conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBIand is loaned to your agency;

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it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.[PDF page 1]F D - 3 0 2 a ( Re v . 10-6-95)

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LOPEZ-FLORES said that CHACHOhad approached LOPEZ-FLORESwhen he arrived at the same detention facility where heCHACHOwas being held. LOPEZ-FLORES stated that when CHACHO spoke to him,CHACHO would clarified and repeat what had occurred on the specificday when they had taken the Arab males to the attorney's office.LOPEZ-FLORES said that CHACHO had helped him to rememberthat there was a third individual present at the attorney's office.CHACHO reminded LOPEZ-FLORES that he CHACHO had only driven themto the attorney's office, while he LOPEZ-FLORESand his cousinsigned the DMV forms for the Arab males. CHACHO repeated thespecifics of that day on every occasion that he was able tospeakwith LOPEZ-FLORES.

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BEGPRODNO : M-INT-00110616.BEGBATES : 265A-NY-280350-302-93928}ATE = 11/13/2001FBIDESCR : INTERVIEWOFVICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ-FLORESINPUTBATCH : NCTA 004 (1st Batch of unredacted 302's delivered in August)FULLTEXT : FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)

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Date of transcription 11 /13/2001VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ-FLORES, a.k.a.VICTOR BONILLA-LOPEZ,a k.a. MARVIN,DOB 12/19/67. Virginia Driver's License #T66-16-4252 112 Lynnhaven Drive, Alexandria,VA, 3620 Edison Street,Apartment #3, Alexandria. VA, 22305, was interviewed in one of theinterview rooms of the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceDetention Center inArlington,VA. After LOPEZ-FLORES wasadvisedof the identity and of the undersigned agents and the purpose ofthe interview, which was conducted in Spanish, LOPEZ-FLORESprovided the following information:LOPEZ-FLORES only signed the Department of Motor Vehicles

DMVforms DL-6 andDL-51, atotal of 18times. LOPEZ-FLORES g/11 Personalfalsified the DMV forms by verifying that the people hewas . Privacyassisting, lived inVirginia when in fact, they did not. Oneveryoccasion that LOPEZ-FLORES did this, he utilized the same attorney.He learned of hat attorney I "Ithrough theotherindividuals who also stood in the comerof the Dollar Storeparking lot LOPEZ-FLORES said that he also used that attorneybecause he was the closest to the Arlington DMV.LOPEZ-FLORES stated that theattorney was present at theoffice 15 out of the 18 of the times that LOPEZ-FLORES went to hisoffice. The attorney would always reviewLOPEZ-FLORES' DMV ormsprior to signing them. Although LOPEZ-FLORES never had anyconversations with the attorney, the attorney always greeted LOPEZ-

FLORES. LOPEZ-FLORES stated that the attorney had to have known asto what he was doing of falsifying the DMV forms because the samepeople would continually go into his office for the same purpose.LOPEZ-FLORES also believed that the attorney's secretarywas also awareofwhat LOPEZ-FLORES wasdoing. LOPEZ-FLORES statedthat he always used the same address when completing the DMV formsin the attorney's office. LOPEZ-FLORES ook illegal immigrants tothe attorney's office and assisted them in obtaining Virginiaidentification cards anddrivers' licenses, by alsifying the DMV

forms in the attorney's office.LOPEZ-FLORES described the attorney's secretary as a thin

Salvadoran Female, who was short in stature.

Investigationon at11/13/01 Arlington, VA.File# Date dictated

265A-NY-280350-302 N/Aby SA JESUS H. GOMEZThis document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI

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it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.[PDF page 1]FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95)

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Continuation of FD-302 of Victor Lopez-Flores , O n 11/13/01 , Page 2LOPEZ-FLORES stated that when he took the three Arab

males into the attorney's office, the other individual that waswith LOPEZ-FLORES assisting with the Arab males, was CHACHOHERBERT VILLALOBOS. CHACHO has been to the attorney's officewith LOPEZ-FLORES on at least three to four other occasions.LOPEZ-FLORES and CHACHO had gone there for the same purpose ofassisting people in obtaining VA. identification cards and driver'slicenses, by signing the DMV forms verifying that the people wereVirginia residents.

LOPEZ-FLORES said that he did not see CHACHO sign the DMVform for the Arab he CHACHO was assisting, or what name CHACHOused to sign th e form. LOPEZ-FLORES stated that he only remembersseeing CHACHO walk out of the waiting room with the Arab male, andthen go before the attorney's secretary so they could sign the DMVforms.

LOPEZ-FLORES once told CHACHO that they should stopsigning for other people because they were going to get in trouble.CHACHO told LOPEZ-FLORES that there was a way that they could signwithout anyone knowing. LOPEZ-FLORES stated that in light ofCHACHO's statement and everything that has happened, LOPEZ-FLORESbelieves that CHACHO meant that the way they could continue to signthe DMV forms and not be caught was by using someone else's names.

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it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.[PDF page 1]FD-302a(Rev. 10-6-95)

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Continuation of FD-302 of , On 09/25/2001 .Page 2three Arab males in it, drove up to them and asked them if theywould assist them in obtaining Virginia Driver's licenses. LOPEZ-FLORES and CHACHO agre'ed to assist them, and led the Arab males toan attorney's office, who they knew would be able to assist them inthe process of obtaining Virginia driver's licenses oridentification cards.

When LOPEZ-FLORES, HERBERT and the Arab males arrived atthe attorney's office, the secretary asked them what they needed inSpanish. After they told her what they needed, the secretary tooktheir passports and identification cards and asked them to wait inthe waiting room while she completed the forms.

Th e secretary completed the forms, without asking themfor any addresses. The addresses that she placed on the forms werethe addresses which were found on the identification cards thatwere given to her by LOPEZ-FLORES and HERBERT.Once the secretary completed the forms, she called themback into her office, two at a time. LOPEZ-FLORES stated that heand the Arab male that he was signing for, went into her officefirst and signed the forms. After LOPEZ-FLORES and the Arab malefinished signing the forms DL-6 and DL-51, the secretary thencalled the attorney out of his office to sign their forms.The secretary followed the same procedure with CHACHO andthe other Arab male that CHACHO was assisting. On one of theoccasions when the attorney came out of his office to look over theforms and sign them, the attorney began speaking with one of theArab males in their language. After their conversation the Arabmale walked back into the waiting room and told LOPEZ-FLORtb mat

the attorney was from his country.Once all the forms had been signed and notarized, theyleft the office. When they were outside in the parking lot, one ofthe Arab males paid both LOPEZ-FLORES and CHACHO $80.00 each.LOPEZ-FLORES an d CHACHO ha d gone to that attorney'soffice approximately 18 times, assisting people obtaining VAidentification cards or driver's licenses. They went to the same

attorney because he was the closest. The attorney did not pay themextra for taking him clients. LOPEZ-FLORES stated that he did notknow the secretary or believed that HERBERT knew her. LOPEZ-FLORESsaid that it was both of their LOPEZ-FLORES' andHERBERT'Sdecision to go to that attorney.

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Continuation of FD-302 of , On 09/25/2001 , Page .3LOPEZ-FLORES said that there had been times that he wouldbe in the attorney's office when another person would arrive witheight to ten people to sponsor for identification cards or driver'slicenses.LOPEZ-FLORES was askedwho else may have possibly seenhim or HERBERT with the Arab males. LOPEZ-FLORES stated that therewere two individuals who possibly may have seen them with the Arabmales. There names are RICARDO and ALEX. LOPEZ-FLORES indicatedthat both of theses individuals worked at the same corner of theDollar store doing the same type of work.LOPEZ-FLORES described RICARDO Last Name Unknown LNU,a.k.a. "El Condo," as a Hispanic male, who is heavy set, wears eyeglasses, and is approximately 57".LOPEZ-FLORES described ALEX as a Hispanic male, short in

stature, with short hair. Since the time that LOPEZ-FLORES hadbeen incarcerated, ALEX went to visit LOPEZ-FLORESat the DetentionCenter. ALEX told LOPEZ-FLORES that he had heard that they IFLORES and HERBERT) had been arrested. ALEX also asked LOPEZ-FLORES what he had said to the police. When ALEX found out thatLOPEZ-FLORES had told them everything, ALEX was very interested infinding out who LOPEZ-FLORES had named.CHACHO was using ALEX's Virginia address as his own.CHACHO told LOPEZ-FLORES that he lived in the Washington, D.C.area, but used a Virginia address. ALEX confirmed this, because healso told LOPEZ-FLORES that CHACHO was using his ALEX's Virginiaaddress as his own.

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Continuation ofFD-302 of| | ,On 09/23/2001 .Page 2VICTOR LOPEZ FLORES knows him as "VICTOR" and hasseen him one or more times perweek; thirty or more times

Itshould be noted that GALICIA REYESdid not know thenames of any of the individuals she recognized from the photodisplay, save VICTOR LOPEZ FLQRES. She said she only saw the Arabmales one time.Two of the four Arab males were "signedfor by twoHispanic males. VICTOR LOPEZ FLORES is one of the Hispanic males;who signed for anArab male; the other Hispanic male she only metonce, the day of the visit (previously determined from the forms tobe 08/02/2001).GALICIA REYES advised that she went towork yesterdaySaturday, 09/22/2001 to help her boss clean up the office. Shesaid she works six days a week with Sundays off.She further stated that her boss made copies ofdocumentsfor the FBI after a visit from an agent last week; her boss iswaiting for the FBI tocontact him for thedocuments. SA| |told GALICIA REYES that her information would bepassed along to;the agent whospoke with herboss. iGALICIA REYES said she is originally from El Salvador, jand entered the United States when she was five years old. She ismarried with three children, ages twelve,ten, and five. !

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BEGPRODNO : M-INT-00110609vBEGBATES : 265A-NY-280350-302-93920DATE = 09/25/2001FBIDESCR : INTERVIEW OF VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ-FLORESINPUTBATCH : NCTA_004 (1st Batch of unredacted 302's delivered in August)FULLTEXT : FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)

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Date of transcription 10/06/2001VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ-FLORES, a.k.a. VICTOR BONILLA-LOPEZ,a.k.a. MARVIN, DOB 12/19/67, Virginia Driver's License #T66-16-4252, 3620 Edison Street, Apartment #3, Alexandria, VA, 22305, wasinterviewed in one of the interview rooms at the Arlington CountyDetention Center. After LOPEZ-FLORES was advised of the identityand of the undersigned agents and the purpose of the interview,whichwas conducted in Spanish, LOPEZ-FLORES provided the followinginformation:LOPEZ-FLORES has known CHACHO HERBERT VILLALOBOS for

the past three years. LOPEZ-FLORES also knows CHACHO by the nameof HERBERT. They met each other standing at the corner lookingfor day work (the corner that LOPEZ-FLORES is referring to, islocated on Quaker Lane and South Four Mile Run Road, Arlington,VA.). CHACHO has a twin brother named SANTIAGO.Approximately three to four months ago, LOPEZ-FLORESstartedworking at the corner of the Dollar Store renting out hisvehicle and signing people's Virginia Department of Motor VehicleDMV forms, vouching that they areVirginia residents. The DollarStore is locate at the 4100 Block of South Four Mile Run Road,Arlington, VA. CHACHO started working there, doing the same thingalso within the last three months. They worked at that locationbecause it was located in front of the DMV, which is located at4150 South Four Mile Run Road, Arlington, VA.LOPEZ-FLORES indicated that when heworked at the Dollarstore renting cars and signing DMVforms, he did it from 8:00 AM to3:00 PM, while CHACHO did it from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. LOPEZ-FLORESstated that theopportunities to sell their signature did not occureveryday, yet CHAHO would do two to three signature per week.CHACO would charge anywhere from $50.00 to$120.00 for hissignature on the DMV forms. LOPEZ-FLORES was uncertain what nameCHACHO would use to sign the DMV forms, but he believed that CHACHOused his real name of HERBERT VILLALOBOS when he signed the forms.LOPEZ-FLORES said that it was at the corner of the Dollarstore where he met the Arab males. LOPEZ-FLORES and HERBERT werestanding at the corner of the Dollar Store when a mini-van with

Investigation on at09/25/2001 Arlington, VirginiaFile # Date dictated265A-NY-280350-302 09/25/2001by SA JESUS H. GOMEZThis document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI

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BEGPRODNO^fJEGBATESATEFBIDESCRINPUTBATCHFULLTEXT

; M-tNT-00076479: 265A-NY-280350-302-28060= 09/20/2001: CONSENT TOSEARCH GIVEN BYVICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ FLORES: NCTA 004 (1st Batch of unredacted 302's delivered in August): FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)

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Date of transcription 09/21/2001Pursuant to a consent to search given by VICTOR MANUELLpPEZ FLORES. residing in the first floor room, built on the porchof 112 Lynhaven, Dr., Alexandria, VA a search of the first floorroom was conducted on 9/20/01. Reference is made to CONTROL NUMBER

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ITEM LOCATION ITEM LOCATING AGENTPrivacy 3 Room 1 JE I Business Phone book SA| [First Union Letter, Photos \f FLORES

Letters in Spanish -J

I i ^PrivacyAT M receipts, misc receipts SA| |5 Room 1 Pager andInvoice SAl \1 Law Enforcement6 Room 1 . .and correspondence7 Room 1 2 photocopies of VA ID cards SA| {8 Room 1 Property records, auto service SArecords9 Room 1 Money order stub SA j |10 Room 1 DMV questionnaire Spanish, SA| [8 pages DM V instructions11 Room 1 Cell phone records, ATM SAJ^ |records, DMB correspondence '12 Room 1 Storage USA card w/writ ing SAJ ^13 Room 1 Sprint PCS phone/charger, Sft| \phone boxwith writing on label ;14 Room 1 Sony micro cassette recorder Sf\g 3 tapes.

Exit photographs of the residence were taken by SA JThe search wa s concluded at approximately 8:45 pm, atwhich time a copy of the search warrant and the inventory form(FD -597) were left in the room. The evidence seized was taken to the

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Continuation of FD-302 of T'12 LynhaVen ) k . Alexandria, VA , On 9/20/01 , Page 3

At approximately J O : 1 J 5 pm dn 9/20/01, pursuant to aconsent to search given byWCTOR M ANUEL LOPEZ FLORES a search wasconducted .Of his Gold Sable 81S24J VA Ipcated at the intersectionof Wesmphd and Lvnhaveh Dr.j Aipyan'Hrisi VA tha kevs wereobtained'by SAJ [and aiven to SAl landl jfor the search.Preser>t for hesearch were SA| |and| |No tems were seizedin this search. Search photos ana trie photo log were done by SA| |The search of he vehicle wasconcluded at 10:35 pm.Attached hereto are copies of the FD-597, photolog anddiagram of the residence .

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