LIST OF EXHIBITS
in the matter of
Gringo Gazette vs.

G. Crain,
P. McGonagle,
I. McGonagle,
Dr. L. Cranmer:

EXHIBITS LIST START

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Misspellings of names (eg. Crane for Crain, Krammer for Cranmer, McConickle for McGonagle) is due to original Gringo Gazette misspellings, which at times have been carried forward in various letters and docs. The correct spellings are Crain, Cranmer, McGonagle.

DOCUMENT LIST:

1. Gringo Gazette article 'Two Gringos Investigated in Arson' by 'Bill Jerome Holme' - Feb. 28, 2000 - Article PDF file (120K) - or Word-only HTML file (2.8K)

• Containing first allegations against Crain and McGonagle
• Containing allegations made by Nied
• References made to existing and non-existing police reports

• Certified translation - English version - PDF file (165k)
• Statement - original Spanish version

• Certified translation - English version - PDF file (178k) - Word-only HTML file (5.7k)
• Statement - original Spanish version

• Crain denies charges alleged in Gazette articles and Nied statements
• Citing official police report he provides chronology of events

• Spanish (translation) and signatures -- PDF file (200k)
• Concerns about open sewage, possibility of health hazards, infestation
• Request for immediate inspection and enforcement of health code

• Notice of non-compliance in sanitation - Spanish original
• 5-day notice to install adequate sanitation

• Statement of publishing principles
• Statement discouraging anonymous letters

• Allegations of arson by Crain
• Allegations of vigilante intimidation by the McGonagles
• Allegations of intimidation at Buzzards' meeting
• Allegations of death threats against Joe Nied
• Allegations of racism against Dr. Lynn Cranmer
• Allegations of bribery of local officials

• Allegations of being 'ambushed' at Buzzards
• Allegations of 'vicious vigilantes' and 'racist bastards'
• Call for McGonagals, Crain, Cranmer to be 'deported'

• Letter by Joe Nied to American Consulate
• Allegations of vigilante activity, property damage by Crain and McGonagles
• Allegations of death threats against his person

• Conversation between Carrie Duncan and David Flores reported
• Duncan is confronted by McGonagle on the errors of Flores article

• Eye-witness account of polite, informative meeting
• Health issues raised about Nied construction site
• Numerous home-owners challenge journalistic ethics of Duncan and Gazette

• Repeat of earlier allegations against Crain, McGonagles, Cranmer
• Allegation that Crain and McGonagles are 'hiding' like 'cockroaches' from Immigration
• Call for people at Zacatitos to inform anonymously to Gazette
• Call for the four people accused by Gazette to leave: 'So sell out or get out'

• McGonagle denies all charges alleged in Gazette articles and Nied statements
• Responds to each Gazette allegation and provides facts concerning his activities
• Describes Oceana business and community relations

• Refuting allegations by Duncan against McGonagles and Crain concerning 'protection racket'

• Home-owner's response to Duncan-Gazette's inflammatory published remarks
• Gazette's abuse of law and ethics of journalism

• Home-owner's response to Gazette's 'poisoned pen journalism'
• 'Why the Gringo Gazette doesn't print the facts'
• Gringo Gazette destroying Mexican - American relations in Baja

• 13 pages of signatures - only four pages reproduced as sample

• Duncan writes that Houston of American Consulate supports Gazette's presentation of the 'facts' in the East Cape stories
• Duncan charges that McGonagles and Crain have vandalized East Cape property 'for years'
• Duncan charges that 'victims' are 'unwilling to be quoted'
• Duncan charges that Oceana (McGonagles) is involved in price gouging and monopoly of construction in the area
• Duncan alleges that Joe Nied has fled the country due to death threats
• Duncan alleges that Immigration is still looking to deport Crain

• Munoz and Lyn Cramner explain home-owner views
• Report that Houston and Consulate do not endorse Gazette views

• Outlining the defamatory practices of the Gringo Gazette
• Concerns about destruction of Mexican - American relations in Baja
• Requesting journalists to investigate the Gazette's practices

• Asserts that Houston of American Consulate continues to support Gazette's presentation of the 'facts' in the East Cape stories
• Duncan states that Houston is 'assailed with phone calls from McGonagle's camp' and must maintain 'neutrality'
• Quotes immigration officials as still 'looking for them' (to deport Crain, McGonagle)

• Official Mexican Immigration document confirming legal status renewed May 25
• Allegations that Crain is in 'hiding' from Immigration are based on what?

• Official Investigators report concluding no reliable evidence present against Crain and McGonagle
• Investigator notes no evidence at all against McGonagle
• Investigator's notes claims to damage is exaggerated by Nied
• Investigation closed, no charges will be brought against Crain and McGonagle

• Duncan announces that she, Flores and 'Holme' are being sued for slander by McGongale
• Duncan states it is impossible to 'win a lawsuit' against a newspaper in Mexico
• She claims that Mexican newspapers are rallying around her cause
• She states that David Flores will be suing the 300 plus people (each and every one) who signed the published (Sud California) petition against the Gazette
• Duncan claims the people that signed the petition did so 'under duress'

• Duncan chronicles her 'investegative' mission
• She libels a real estate agent under suspicion of fraud
• She complements herself on her 'expose' of the EAST CAPE 'EXTORTIONISTS' (presumably the McGonagles - without reference to any article and development)
• Duncan accuses a Immigration official of taking bribes in the East Cape 'Extortion' case
• She implies that there is a reign of 'terror' contiuing in Los Zacatitos.

• News concerning the circumstances of Carrie Duncan's deportation due to unsubstantiated and repeating charges of bribery and no work permit (by Duncan) to conduct business in Mexico by Immigration Authorities, Los Cabos;
• Unflattering Cartoon depicting the deportation

• Specifics concerning the deportation of Carrie Duncan's by Immigration Authorities, Los Cabos

The reader is encouraged to follow this narrative starting at ANY point he/she wishes.
If you start at the top, these (end) developments will similarly astonish you.
As the old adage goes: 'What goes around...comes around'.

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