DATE=10/16/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-240297
TITLE=SALINAS INDICTMENT  (L ONLY)
BYLINE=GREG FLAKUS
DATELINE=MEXICO CITY
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  TODAY (FRIDAY) PROSECUTORS IN MEXICO ARE PRESENTING THEIR
CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST RAUL SALINAS DE GORTARI, THE BROTHER OF 
FORMER MEXICAN PRESIDENT CARLOS SALINAS DE GORTARI.  AS V-O-A'S 
GREG FLAKUS REPORTS FROM MEXICO CITY, IF CONVICTED, MR SALINAS 
COULD FACE 50 YEARS IN PRISON.

TEXT:   THE MEXICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S FORMAL INDICTMENT AGAINST 
RAUL SALINAS INCLUDES THE CHARGE OF HAVING ARRANGED THE 
ASSASSINATION OF HIS FORMER BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND INSTITUTIONAL 
REVOLUTIONARY PARTY LEADER, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ MASSIEU (HOH SAY'
FRAHN SEE' SKOH ROO EEZ' MAHZ SEE' OO) IN 1994.  ACCORDING TO THE
TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE IN THE PROSECUTORS' SUMMATION, RAUL 
SALINAS WAS MOTIVATED, IN PART, BY ANGER OVER MR. RUIZ MASSIEU'S 
DIVORCE FROM MR. SALINAS' SISTER, ADRIANA. (AH DREE AH' NAH)  THE
PROSECUTORS ALSO CITE AN ALLEGED POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN RAUL 
SALINAS AND MR. RUIZ MASSIEU OVER CONTROL OF A GOVERNMENT FOOD 
DISTRIBUTION AGENCY. 

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS ASKING JUDGE RICARDO OJEDA 
BOHORQUEZ (REE KAR' DOH  OH HAY' DAH  BOH OHR' KAYS), OF THE 
THIRD DISTRICT COURT IN TOLUCA (TOH LOO' KAH), TO APPLY THE 
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF 50 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RAUL SALINAS' 
INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CRIME.

OVER THE PAST 42 MONTHS, PROSECUTORS HAVE ASSEMBLED MORE THAN 250
PAGES OF CHARGES, BACKED BY EVIDENCE ,AGAINST RAUL SALINAS -- 
INCLUDING THE RUIZ MASSIEU MURDER, ILLICIT ENRICHMENT, MONEY 
LAUNDERING AND USE OF FALSE DOCUMENTS. 

AT THE SAME TIME, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE 
RETURN OF 132 MILLION DOLLARS, DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS, 
BY RAUL SALINAS BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED IN 1995 -- ONLY FOUR 
MONTHS AFTER HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, CARLOS, LEFT THE OFFICE OF THE 
PRESIDENCY.  

// OPT // RAUL SALINAS REMAINS IN THE ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ (AHL MOH
LOY' AH  DAY HWAH' REZ)  PRISON, 55 KILOMETERS WEST OF MEXICO 
CITY, AND CARLOS SALINAS NOW LIVES IN SELF-IMPOSED EXILE NEAR 
DUBLIN, IRELAND. // END OPT //

SWISS AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO ASSEMBLING EVIDENCE AGAINST RAUL 
SALINAS AND ARE SCHEDULED NEXT TUESDAY TO ANNOUNCE THEIR DECISION
ON WHETHER TO PROSECUTE HIM FOR MONEY LAUNDERING. 

RAUL SALINAS HAS REJECTED THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND HAS DENIED 
HAVING KEPT HUGE BANK ACCOUNTS IN SWITZERLAND AND ELSEWHERE.  IN 
PREVIOUS DECLARATIONS, HE HAS SUGGESTED A POLITICAL MOTIVE BEHIND
THE INVESTIGATIONS.  (SIGNED)

NEB/GF/JO

16-Oct-98 12:31 PM EDT (1631 UTC)
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