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Case 3:11-mc-00077-SRU Document 25-34

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UND STATES DISTRCT COURT


DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
DOE RUN PERU S.R.L.,

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Applicat.
AFFrOAVlT

ZICBES
v.

OF JORGE MUz

TRFIGUR A.G.,

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JORGE Mtz ZlCBES, being duly sworn: deposes and says:
I. .r am member of the law finn Muiz,. Ramirez, Prez- Taiman & Olaya in Peru. I have

Respondent.

been admittd to the practice of law in Peru since 1976. 1 repreent Doe Run Peru S.R.L.
in the criminal defamaton action that it institute agaist Consorcio Minero S.A.

(UCormin") and Trafgura Group ("Trafigura'1 in the 20th Criminal Court in and for

Lima, Per (the "Libel Action"). 1 subnut this afdavit in support of Doe Run Peru's
Motion to Compel Production ofDocuinents.
2. During their recent depositions before the Peruvian criminal judge, Connfn

employees testified that their attorneys ai:e the ones who orchestrated the conduct and made the
sttements that are the subject of

the Libel Action.

3. Mr.. G0117..lo Miguel Andrade Nicoli testfied before the Criminal Court in and for

Lima. Peru on June 22, i 0 i i, and he stated: "The controversy with Doe Run Peru is being
handled by our legal departent and our external counsel, and T undersand that (the April 8,
2011 Cormn press release) was drafted in reponse to an initial pres.

releae n-om Doe Run

dated April 2, i 0 i 1."

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4. Mr. Ricardo Juan Trovarell Vecchio testifed before the Crminal Cour in and

for Lima, Peru on June 24. 201 I, and he stated: t'Cormn's legal deparment, advised by our
external advisors, saw the need to resond to this press releae, a decision which 1 considered

correct, thus I authorzed the Legal Manager to respond to the false statements made by Doe Run
Peru. i did not parcipate in the draftng of the only communiqu issued by Connfn on April 8,

2011, in response to the statements made by Doe run Peru in their press releaes dated April 2
and April 6, and 1 also did not order its publicaon" which was done by Cormfn's Legal
Manager, Dr. Alfredo Polo Glvez. ......

5. Juan Wilians Negnn CrispilJ, Vivian Marlene Cortvitae Acevedo, Fernando


Enrique Parodi GaUino, Jessica Elizabeth Portoy Canazs and Alejandro Jose Almenara
Roullon provided similar testimony.

6. Based on this sworn testimony by these Connn employees, DRP fied a reuest

before the Judge in the Libel Acton to call for the testfmonial declaration of i) Cormin's inhouse counsel, Alfrdo Polo Glvez (who was mentioned by Jessica Portoy, Alejandro

Alenara, Fernando Parodi, Miguel Andrade, Viviana Cortvitae and Juan Trovarel1 as the
legal m~ager of the company who made the decision to publsh the libelous press releases) and,
(ii) the legal representative ofEstudio Rodrigo, Elas & Medrano (mentioned by Miguel Andrade

and Juan Trovarell as the external counsel tht advised Connin with repect to these matters).

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7. Under these circuinstces, the atorneys involved in the conduct at issue in the
Libel Action are obligated to give evidence tn the Criminal Court in Peru. In other words,
Corm

in and its lawyer n1ay not prevent disclosure of their wrttn or ora communications
the Libel Aotion on the basis of an~ type of

regading the subject inater of

'ches

Dated: June 29, 201 i

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