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In Mexico City, Salinas's Brother Is Found Strangled (brother of former Mexican president)
NY Times ^ | December 7, 2004 | By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

Posted on 12/06/2004 9:59:16 PM PST by FITZ

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 6 - The youngest brother of former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was found strangled in a car in a rich suburb of Mexico City on Monday morning, law enforcement authorities said.

Enrique Salinas de Gortari, a wealthy, 52-year-old engineer from Cuernavaca, was discovered at 7 a.m. by a passer-by in the front passenger's seat of a grey Volkswagen Passat on a quiet residential street. He had a yellow plastic bag over his head and had apparently been strangled. His face was bruised.

The killing was the latest tragedy to strike the family of the former president, who served from 1988 to 1994 and was seen as a visionary modernizer.

In 1999, the eldest Salinas brother, Raúl Salinas de Gortari, was convicted of ordering the assassination of a prominent politician five years earlier and imprisoned.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corruption; mexicanelite; mexico; narcotraffickers
That's what they get --- they wanted the big money of narco-trafficking.
1 posted on 12/06/2004 9:59:16 PM PST by FITZ
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To: gubamyster

ping


2 posted on 12/06/2004 10:00:25 PM PST by FITZ
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To: FITZ

It was probably a suicide.


3 posted on 12/06/2004 10:01:06 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (`Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

His brother --- not Carlos who was the president of Mexico -- Raul -- killed their own brother-in-law. I imagine this family has it's enemies --- but also a whole lot of wealth.


4 posted on 12/06/2004 10:08:04 PM PST by FITZ
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To: FITZ

Revenge.................. is best served cold.

I wonder what Fox has promised and been paid for, that he hasn't yet delivered on?


5 posted on 12/06/2004 10:09:52 PM PST by B4Ranch (((The lack of alcohol in my coffee forces me to see reality!)))
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To: FITZ

The Drug War among the elites continues.


6 posted on 12/06/2004 10:14:28 PM PST by ETERNAL WARMING (He is faithful!)
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To: FITZ


Where was Hugh Grant at the time?


7 posted on 12/06/2004 10:24:38 PM PST by msnimje
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