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Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation shows how Hamilton County’s neighborhoods are built

Juan Antonio Perez, the president of Aztec Framing, takes an oath at the beginning of a deposition in a Hamilton County Circuit Court case in August 2015.
Juan Antonio Perez, the president of Aztec Framing, takes an oath at the beginning of a deposition in a Hamilton County Circuit Court case in August 2015. Juan Antonio Perez, the president of Aztec Framing, takes an oath at the beginning of a deposition in a Hamilton County Circuit Court case in August 2015.

By Tyler Jett 9 min read

Attorney Danny Ellis tried to size up the president of Aztec Framing.

“Who is your major competitor?” he asked in August 2015, during a deposition in a civil trial.

“I don’t know,” Juan Antonio Perez said.

“Give me three competitors that you have,” Ellis said.

“I don’t know,” Perez told him.