A brilliant American financier and his wife build a lavish mansion in the jungles of Costa Rica, set up a wildlife preserve, and appear to slowly, steadily lose their minds. A spiral of handguns, angry locals, armed guards, uncut diamonds, and abduction plots ends with a body and a compelling mystery.
Juan Castro, one of the leaders of the infamous Gulf Clan drug cartel, was filmed casually walking out of La Picota jail in Bogota while wearing a guard's uniform.
i found out that he had quit, and i got in touch with him. he told me verbally some things and things fell together. jiminez had accused alvarez of stealing from the trust. translator: almost around the same time the trust was created, mr. alvarez began investing the funds in personal projects and paying for personal expenses. his lifestyle changed completely. ann sued alvarez for fraud and gained access to his files on the trust. the case is pending. from what you saw, how much money do you estimate mr. alvarez stole from that trust? translator: by the time i left the office, i calculated $20 million. in the end, jimenez believes alvarez wanted ann put away so that he could get away with embezzling millions. translator: what he wanted
million, into a trust, which he established and controlled. the purpose of setting it up was to ensure that the refuge would have a structure that would protect it after we were gone. in the event of john dying first, it was also meant to provide financial security for ann, but that isn t how things went, according to milton jimenez, an alvarez employee who helped manage to trust. translator: after john bender died, the first thing mr. alvarez did was take away ann s credit card. he declared himself the only heir of the trust. he said the trust no longer existed and now everything belonged to him. jiminez says he was so disturbed by what he calls alvarez s lying ways and soaring ego that he left the company.