Carterismo/Pickpocketing

Clerk: Please raise your right hand to be sworn. Do you solemnly swear under
penalty of perjury, that the testimony you are about to give in the matter before this
court, will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Def: Lo juro.

Clerk: Please state and spell your first and last name for the record.

Def: Rogelio Herrera, y… no lo sé deletrear.

Clerk: Ok, please be seated.

DA: Good morning Mr. Herrera.

Def: Buenos días.

DA: Calling your attention to the afternoon of August 4, 2014, at around 4:45pm.
Where were you?

Def: Acababa de salir de mi trabajo en Limonera en la 22.

DA: Limonero? What is that?

Def: Oh, es el restaurante donde yo trabajo. Llevo ya 7 añ os con ellos.

DA: And where were you going, that day, August the 4th, after leaving work at
Limonero?

Def: A mi casa. Queda a solo 5 cuadras del restaurant.

DA: Did you stop anywhere along the way?

Def: A huevo. Pare en el bar donde voy siempre a platicar con la banda y a empinar
unas chelas.

DA: Ok, just to clarify, do you mean you went in to talk to a group of musicians and
drink some beers?

Def: No ahí vamos yo y otros compañ eros del trabajo para relajarnos después del
jale.

DA: I see. How many beers would you say you consumed after work that day?
Def: Unas dos, quizá s tres. Pero no estaba tomado.

DA: Would you say you knew most people in the bar that afternoon?

Def: La mayoría, sí. Pero ese día se habían metido unos gringos, unos jovenes.

DA: Gringos? By gringos do you mean white men?

Def: Eran jovenes.

DA: About how old would you say they were?

Def: Les echaría unos 20 añ os, casi eran muchachos los tres.

DA: Did you have any contact with them in the bar that afternoon?

Def: Sí, se sentaron en nuestra mesa a platicar. Nos ofrecieron una ronda.

DA: And did you and your coworkers accept?

Def: ¿Có mo así? Por supuesto que aceptamos.

DA: How many beers did you drink with them?

Def: Unas dos cervezas.

DA: And did anything out of the ordinary happen after drinking those two beers
with these men?

Def: Sí, uno de ellos empezó a paniquiarse cuando se dio cuenta de que no tenía su
cartera.

DA: And then what happened?

Def: Se paró y empezó a gritarnos feo.

DA: What did he say?

Def: Bueno, entiendo inglés un poco, pero no mucho. Solo le escuché decir madafaca,
o algo así.

DA: So he was calling you and your friends bad names?

Def: Sí, el malcriado. Es que pensaba que uno de nosotros le habíamos robado la
cartera.
DA: Did he seem to suspect someone in particular?

Def: Pues a mí, o ¿porque será que estoy aquí?

DA: What, if anything, did he say to you when he realized his wallet was missing?

Def: Dijo algo como que me iba a desmadrar, no recuerdo sus palabras exactas.

DA: Did he in fact try to hit you?

Def: Pues sí, trató la manera de alcanzarme, pero mis cuates allí estaban para
defenderme también.

DA: So were any blows exchanged in the end?

Def: No, solo hizo como que me iba a golpear pero nunca hizo má s que gritarme.

DA: Thank you, I have no further questions.