FORMER PRESIDENT CARLOS SALINAS DE GORTARI RUMORED TO RETURN TO MEXICAN POLITICS.

From: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico | Date: July 23, 2003 | Copyright information

Former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994) has reappeared as an influential figure in the Mexican political scene. Reports surfaced after the 2003 mid-term elections that the former president had played a major behind-the-scenes role in the campaigns of several of his fellow members of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), although no one could offer any concrete proof that the president actually participated in electoral activities.

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