he returns that I received for managing this group of accounts would have to be dividedinto two parts, since the end goal was to generate business with this money...and I was to share inthe profits if and when this business was realized, depending on the structure and financing of eachdeal...My consulting and promotional activity generated significant profits for me to make use of(and which in fact I did make use of), all derived from the management and advice that I providedfor each of the investors.22 With regard to a series of transaction in 1993, in which about $25 million was transferredto another account, Salinas said: "I remember having ordered this transfer, which was donethrough my wife, to a friend for a business deal. It was a lawful transaction; moreover, the totalamount to the recipient was higher (the $15 million wasn't the total amount). It was just a part, andthere was nothing illicit about it... That $5 million was part of this block that was moved, andvarious conduits were used; that's the way the participants agreed to do it, and we agreed to do itthat way because that's how the recipient wanted it, and I think it would be very easy for the Swissauthorities to find out who the recipient was and to realize that the people involved have nothing todo with drug trafficking. The $3 million are a continuation of the $15 million transfer. The $15million and the $3 million were delivered to the same recipient.23Chapter IIIConsequences to Mexico The devaluation on the Mexican Peso.It is believed that the mysterious millions of dollars found on Raul Salinas de Gortari hadto do something with the devaluation of the Mexican Peso. Nothing can be proven to this point towhere Raul and hid brother Carlos Salinas de Gortari can be accused of abuse of power and oftheft. But this has lead Mexico in great debt. Mexico's devaluation came at a time when manyinternational investors, including U.S. mutual funds and pension plans, wer...
