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1992. Adhota shipped produce through petitioner from September
24, 1990, through the time of trial. From September 24, 1990,
Adhota was the Canelos entity through which the Canelos growers
operated under the SCP contract.
Mr. Canelos was the general director of Productora from its
incorporation on March 7, 1991, through 1992. Productora shipped
produce through petitioner from March 7, 1991, through June 30,
1992. Productora bought the produce it distributed through
petitioner from several farms.
During the years in issue, the Canelos family owned and
controlled packing sheds in Mexico in Culiacan, Nio, and the
Baja. The managers at the packing sheds reported to Constantino
and other members of the Canelos farming operations. With the
exception of the otros growers' produce, all Mexican produce
distributed through petitioner came through those packing sheds.
Canelos Hermanos, Frutave, Adhota, and Productora coordinated the
distribution of the produce shipped through petitioner from the
time that it left the packing shed until the time that the
proceeds from the sale of the produce were returned to them. The
majority of the produce sold under the SCP contract came from the
Canelos family's Mexican packing houses.
Mr. Canelos was president of Transportes de Carga y Express
(Transportes) during the years in issue. Transportes, a trucking
company, transported the Canelos produce distributed through
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