e, or their names, because the application was made from Citibankin New York through a Swiss subsidiary, Confidas. There is also a trust called Trocca Limited. Atrust named Dozart at Banque Edmond de Rothschild, "originally set up by my present wife's firsthusband with funds originating in the inheritance of her husband, Alfredo Diaz Ordaz.15 Thereshould also be an account in the name of Raul Salinas de Gortari at that bank. Citibanks role in the operationOn a number of occasions during his conversation with the Swiss investigators, Salinasmentioned Citibank, some of its ranking executives and its role in opening accounts in variouscountries. For example, he stated that the Citibank Zurich accounts were opened in the name ofTrocca Limited, a trust set up through the intermediary of Confidas at the bank's advice.16 Citibank -- specifically, its New York office -- devised the entire strategy with Ms. Amy Eliot, andshe knew the first investor who made transfers, and Ms. Eliot's correspondent in Zurich was awoman named Mailey Plange Rohner, who no longer works for the bank.17Salinas also noted that accounts were set up in the US and England in accordance with thisstrategy, and that Eliot was free to execute these movements, which included the opening ofaccounts under names not stipulated by Salinas. "I don't remember the number of the account, butI remember the name. They were among the many handled through Citibank and Confidas officers,as well as through some other bank, but they were opened by bank officers. I didn't open themdirectly. Even today I couldn't tell you what names the officers used to open the accounts, becauseI don't have all the files,18 Salinas replied.Rauls suspicions concerning Amy ElliotSalinas was emphatic during his meeting with the Swiss officials. He was speaking in allhonesty, he said, because he had nothing to hide, not even the names of his businessmenfriends...although he would name them only in private. ...
