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there s a lot of skepticism on the part of the families. i mean, they find this hard to believe, yes? reporter: well, absolutely. i spoke to another family member tonight. a guy named eric thompson. his wife, karla thompson, is there in haiti. she s the one who got a leg infection this week off of mosquitos. as for jorge puello is concerned, again, a guy he completely trusted, almost dismissive of these allegations in a way because in his mind they did not seem to ring true. again, very skeptical and he says that really jorge puello is somebody offering him and the families some compassion in really their darkest hour. do we know, karl, much jorge puello, the man representing the ten american missionaries and again, we don t know for a fact he is the same man wanted by authorities in el salvador. their pictures look similar.
torres. th puello. he introduced hms as jorge puello, come to organize a team of attorneys for the americans. we have three photos, three names. all of whom appear to be the same man. let s be careful here. do the salvadoran police say this is the same guy they are looking for? exactly. the police have said that these photos all look like the same man but say they won t be able to be sure until they compare fingerprints. for the time being the international arrest warrant has been issued in the name of jorge torres. obviously this would be a blow to the americans currently in custody if their representative was in fact wanted for trafficking. i know you ve talked to this guy several times this week. what does he say about all this? first of all he offered an interview to a member of the cnn team in the dominican republic earlier in the day. after that he never picked up his telephone. i phoned him tonight. he wasn t picking up. i talked to his secretary and he said he issued no
church offering legal services for free. that call then gets routed to a guy named sean lankford. his wife and daughter both detained in haiti. i spoke with sean lankford today. he confirms he did hire jorge puello on behalf of the families and he said he s glad that he did and he said he s somebody who, quote, wanted to help the children. as for the allegations very surprised. nonetheless he says the church would work on drafting some kind of statement, a statement we haven t received as of tonight. anderson? i mean, this is obviously if it does turn out to be true that this man it s very confusing, dan, with all these names. this man in the dominican republic that s been representing these families, american missionaries in custody in haiti, there are accusations he is one of the same person as a man wanted for trafficking young girls into el salvador of all places. it sort of boggles the mind.
he apparently told the new york times earlier this week he had no passport and had never been to el salvador. did he know any of the american missionaries before he started representing them? we don t know that from here in haiti. i suspect at least part of the answer may be there in idaho. dan ayman i think is standing by in idaho. you re in boise. you ve been talking to family members of detained americans and church members of puello. how did this guy get hired? how concerned are the families? reporter: anderson, first of all the only thing family members have offered thus far for jorge puello is praise. this is a guy they trusted implicitly and somebody they thought was acting in good faith on their behalf. let me explain how jorge gets hired. he makes what s essentially been described as a cold call to the church offering legal services for free. that call then gets routed to a guy named sean lankford.