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On March 20, 1989, petitioner paid $6,000 to the Sheriff's
Department to recover his Ford truck. Later in 1989, the Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA) seized the truck. The gas tank was
still modified to conceal marijuana. The DEA seized it because
it had been used to transport illegal narcotics.
Petitioner bought a 1990 Chevrolet truck for $21,556 on
December 28, 1989. Petitioner paid for the truck in full.
3. 1990
Petitioner had gross receipts of $8,767 and expenses of
$15,803 (including $9,099 for depreciation) from the motel in
1990, for a net loss of $7,036. He also had $18,078 in rental
income for 1990. He also received $5,000 as damages for an auto
accident in Belen, New Mexico, in July 1988.
In 1990, petitioner was in the first of two pickup trucks
traveling together that were stopped by the border patrol of the
DEA. There were no drugs in the first truck. The second truck
had 115 pounds of marijuana with a wholesale value of $92,000
wrapped in cellophane and concealed in the gas tank. The driver
of the second truck had petitioner's name and telephone number in
his possession. The driver of the second truck was convicted of
a drug offense. Petitioner was not. Petitioner paid legal fees
of $5,000 for criminal defense work.
Petitioner gave $15,000 to his brother in 1990.
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