Raúl Salinas de Gortari

Raúl Salinas de Gortari (born August 24, 1946[1]) is a Mexican civil engineer and businessman. He is the elder brother of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the 53rd president of Mexico.

Personal details
Born 24 August 1946, Monterrey, Nuevo León
Family
Father Raúl Salinas Lozano
Brother Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Education
Alma Mater Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Master École Nationale Des Ponts Et Chaussees
Master Université de Paris
Professional details
Company IUSA
Occupation Presidency Advisor

Raúl Salinas de Gortari graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, as Civil Engineer. He has a Master’s Degree in Transportation Planning from the École Nationale Des Ponts Et Chaussees in Paris, and another one in Evaluation of Industrial Development Projects from the Université de Paris.[2]

Trajectory

Raúl Salinas de Gortari held various positions of the National Company of Popular Subsistence (Conasupo). He served as General Manager of Sistema de Distribuidoras Conasupo, S.A. de C.V. (Diconsa) and Director of Budget Planning and Programming of Conasupo.[3] He worked 10 years as a Deputy General Director of Grupo IUSA, a Mexican high engineering company founded in 19382, since August 2019 he is an Advisor to the Group Presidency.[4]

From 1970 to 1978 he was professor of Investigation And Learning Methods, Project Evaluation and Planning at the Faculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. From 1992-1993 was visiting Investigator in the Mexico - United States Study Center of the University of California.[5]

He is a member of the College of Civil Engineers of Mexico, where he was Director of Planning Studies at the XVI Directing Council and General Director of Profession Analysis. Since 1982 he is a permanent member of the Mexican Academy of Engineering.[6]ƒ

Books

Raul Salinas has published[7]:

  • Evaluación de proyectos y selección de tecnología en los países subdesarrollados.
  • La Ingeniería para la Infraestructura del Medio Rural.
  • Tecnología, empleo y construcción en el desarrollo de México.
  • Por la Soberanía Alimentaria: Enfoques y Perspectivas.
  • Agrarismo y agricultura en el México Independiente y Postrevolucionario.
  • DICONSA en la modernización comercial y la regulación del abasto popular.
  • Rural Reform in Mexico: The View From The Comarca Lagunera In 1993.
  • Telecomunicaciones en México ante el reto de la Integración.
  • Todo lo que el Juez ignoró para sentenciarme.
  • El amante. Dos Ventanas a la vida.
  • El Secreto, un día.[8]

In 2016 he published his book "Empoderamiento Ciudadano a través de la Tecnología" which was presented at the Guadalajara Book Fair[9]

Sport Activities
On horseback, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, silver medalist in the Pan American Games of Cali 1971; Jesús Gómez Portugal, bronze medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and national jump record; and Raúl Salinas de Gortari, National Jump champion 1972.[10]

He was a member of the Mexican Equestrian Team at the 1971 Pan American Games, held in Cali, Colombia. In 1972 he was National Jumping Champion of the Mexican Equestrian Federation, member of the International Equestrian Federation[11][12].

Espionage

He was a victim of espionage by the Dirección Federal de Seguridad, a Mexican intelligence agency, where his personal life was compromised. The Mexican government recognized this until 2020.[13]

Judicial Process

In February 1995, Raúl Salinas was arrested by order of former President Ernesto Zedillo, admitted in his own statements.[14] He was charged with the murder of his former brother-in-law of José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, who had been married to his sister Adriana.[15] In June 2005, Salinas had his conviction overturned by a judicial panel and he was released from prison.[16]

Alleged money laundering

In November 1995, Raúl Salinas's wife, Paulina Castañón, and his brother-in-law, Antonio Castañón, were arrested in Geneva, Switzerland after attempting to withdraw $84 million USD from an account owned by Raúl under an alias. A report by the US General Accounting Office indicated that Raúl Salinas transferred over $90 million out of Mexico and into private bank accounts in London and Switzerland, through a complex set of transactions between 1992 and 1994, all with the help of Citibank and its affiliates.[17]

Other funds were returned to third parties, including Mexican billionaire Carlos Peralta Quintero, who had given the funds to Raúl Salinas to set up an investment company. The Salinas family would not receive back any of the frozen funds.[18] However, in July 2013 a court exonerated Salinas of "unjust enrichment" and ordered that 224 million pesos (approximately $18 million) and 41 properties be returned to him. The court said that it could not explain how Salinas accumulated such wealth, but said that "so long as it is not shown that the assets acquired by public employee Raul Salinas de Gortari are proceeds derived from an abuse of his position," that he cannot be convicted of "unjust enrichment."[19]

References
  1. Ortiz Pinchetti, Francisco (March 6, 1995). "Juntos crecieron, juntos jugaron, juntos viajaron, juntos paladearon la gloria; hoy, Raúl y Carlos Salinas encaran el naufragio". Proceso (in Spanish) (957): 21.
  2. "Raul Salinas de Gortari | English CV". raul. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  3. "Raúl Salinas de Gortari", Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (in Spanish), 2020-01-11, retrieved 2020-01-29
  4. Gutiérrez, Julio (2019-06-26). "Empresa que dirige Raúl Salinas se lleva licitación de CFE para medidores - Economía - La Jornada". www.jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  5. "Raul Salinas de Gortari | English CV". raul. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  6. "Raul Salinas de Gortari | English CV". raul (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  7. "Los libros de Raúl Salinas - Raúl Trejo Delarbre | La Crónica de Hoy". www.cronica.com.mx. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  8. "Raúl Salinas de Gortari", Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (in Spanish), 2019-11-25, retrieved 2019-12-06
  9. "Raúl Salinas de Gortari presenta su libro en la FIL". www.milenio.com. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  10. Pineda, Mónica Patiño; Díaz, Arturo Olmedo (2012-11-23). El galope del caballo en México (in Arabic). Editorial Las Ánimas. ISBN 978-607-9246-72-3.
  11. Pineda, Mónica Patiño; Díaz, Arturo Olmedo (2012-11-23). El galope del caballo en México (in Arabic). Editorial Las Ánimas. ISBN 978-607-9246-72-3.
  12. "Raul Salinas de Gortari | English CV". raul (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  13. "Divulgarán espionaje contra Raúl Salinas, hermano de Carlos Salinas". politico.mx. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  14. "La corte y los calzones del presidente". Siempre! (in Spanish). 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  15. Salinas' Brother Charged in Mexican Assassination New York Times March 1, 1995
  16. Mexico Voids Conviction of Ex-President's Brother Los Angeles Times June 10, 2005
  17. United States General Accounting Office (October 1998). "PRIVATE BANKING: Raul Salinas, Citibank, and Alleged Money Laundering" (PDF).
  18. "Salinas funds finally head back to Mexico". swissinfo. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  19. Symbol of impunity: Raúl Salinas the "Inconvenient Relative" of President Carlos Salinas Borderline Beat August 5, 2013
  • Oppenheimer, Andres. Bordering on Chaos. New York: Little, Brown, 1996. ISBN 0-316-65095-1.
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