Swiss Link Raul Salinas To Mexican Drug Cash; Probers Seeking Source of $100 Million

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 4, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Swiss prosecutors have concluded after months of investigation that Raul Salinas de Gortari, the brother of Mexico's former president, received huge sums of money in exchange for helping Mexican drug traffickers, a senior Mexican law enforcement official said today.

The official, who has direct knowledge of the allegation but declined to be further identified, said it was made in a document that Swiss federal prosecutor Carla del Ponte filed with Mexico's attorney general about five weeks ago. The document was part of a request by del Ponte to come to Mexico to interview Raul Salinas and ...

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