Kami throws the first two shrunken into the upper left corners of the two black boxes between the white 10 and 50 marks. However, Colonel Montoya pulls them out from the white 25 and 50.
Armando frees his hands at about 38 minutes and 37 seconds in, as he tosses the role away. However, in the background of the fight, he continues rubbing his wrists together until 38:29, when the camera purposely shows him working on the rope around his ankles.