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News (Media Awareness Project) - Mexico: Wire: Case against Raul Salinas
Title:Mexico: Wire: Case against Raul Salinas
Published On:1999-01-14
Source:Reuters
Fetched On:2008-09-06 15:44:11
FEATURE-CASE AGAINST RAUL SALINAS

MEXICO CITY - Following is a list of charges against Raul
Salinas de Gortari, the older brother of Mexico's former President Carlos
Salinas de Gortari:

SWISS INVESTIGATION:

Money laundering - Swiss authorities are attempting to confiscate
$114.4 million Raul Salinas deposited in Citibank accounts in
Switzerland and Britain. Officials say it was part of at least $500
million he collected from granting protection to Colombian and Mexican
narcotics traffickers. Salinas denies drug ties and says the
money was part of an investment fund he was arranging on behalf of
prominent Mexican businessmen.

MEXICAN CHARGES PENDING:

Murder - Accused of ordering the Sept. 28, 1994, murder of Jose
Francisco Ruiz Massieu, secretary-general of the ruling Institutional
Revolutionary Party (PRI), to which the Salinas brothers belonged.
Salinas denies all involvement. A judge is due to issue a verdict by
Jan. 22. Maximum sentence: 50 years.

Illegal enrichment - Prosectors charge Salinas with illegal enrichment
under a statute applying to public officials based on 181 million
pesos worth of property and bank accounts allegedly obtained from 1983
to 1992, when he worked for the government. Salinas says the wealth
was accumulated before he entered public service and was declared at
the time. Maximum sentence: 14 years.

Forgery - Salinas falsified a passport under the name Juan Guillermo
Gomez Gutierrez and other documents that prosecutors say were used to
hide bank accounts and property. He says he was only trying to protect
his brother from political attacks if it was discovered that he was
investing large amounts of money abroad. Maximum sentence: 5 years.

MEXICAN CHARGES DISMISSED:

Tax evasion - Charges filed in October 1996, struck down by the court
in March 1997.

Money laundering - Charges filed in September 1997, struck down by the
court in May 1998.

Illegal enrichment - A second illegal enrichment charge was brought in
September 1998 but dropped the following month by a judge. That ruling
is currently under appeal by prosecutors.
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