SAN JOSE -- Three of the five men charged with the murder of former Los Gatos nightclub owner Mark Achilli have allegedly confessed to various roles in the crime, according to police documents released Friday.

Achilli, the former owner of Mountain Charley's saloon and Restaurant 180 in downtown Los Gatos, was gunned down outside his Overlook Road townhouse March 14.

On March 31, police announced that four men, including Esequiel "Paul" Garcia, who bought Mountain Charley's saloon and Restaurant 180 from Achilli last summer, had been arrested for Achilli's murder.

In addition to Garcia, Daniel Chaidez, a Mountain Charley's bouncer, and his cousins Miguel Chaidez and Lucio Estrada were also arrested. A fifth man, Robert Jacome, was later arrested and charged with the murder. Miguel Chaidez, Estrada and Jacome were all arrested in Southern California.

According to a "Statement of Facts" prepared by Los Gatos/Monte Sereno police Sgt. Matt Frisby earlier this month and made public Friday, Daniel Chaidez told police March 24 that he had been "contacted by Paul Garcia who asked for his help in arranging for the murder of Mark Achilli. Eventually, he received two separate payments totaling $9,500 from Paul Garcia to fund the murder."

At some point following his arrest, Miguel Chaidez told police that "in early March 2008, Daniel Chaidez talked to him ... about 'taking care of' Mark Achilli," according to Frisby's statement.

"Thereafter Miguel contacted Lucio Estrada. Miguel told Lucio, 'somebody wants somebody taken care of in Norteno Country (Northern California).' Miguel offered Lucio money. Lucio agreed and told Miguel that he needed some of the money fronted to him," Frisby's statement said.

Jacome was arrested April 7. Following his arrest, he told investigators that Estrada had asked him to drive the two from Southern California to the Los Gatos area "for what Lucio referred to as an attempt to collect a debt, the term 'gun mission' was also used by Lucio, which Jacome understood to mean that a gun would be used," according to Frisby's statement.

On the morning of the murder, Jacome dropped Estrada off in the area on state Highway 9 and Tait Avenue. Estrada called a short time later sounding "panicked and out of breath." Jacome picked him up at the same spot and noted that Estrada was wearing different clothes.

"When Lucio got back in the car he told Jacome 'I did it.' Jacome and Lucio drove out of Los Gatos and back to Burbank. During the drive back, Lucio told Jacome that he (Lucio) was promised $3,000 for what he had done," Frisby's statement said.