DEA: 'Yes,' Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Is Linked to Drugs
By: OIivier Acuña
Published 10 December 2015
Many suspect he is the frontman for former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, while a Mexican researcher said even former presidents are scared of talking about him.
Mexican reporter, writer and filmmaker Diego Enrique Osorno recently published a book of one of the world's “allegedly” richest people, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, who in 2011 was linked to drug trafficking by a DEA agent. In his book, Osorno writes that former Mexican presidents were “very fearful” of speaking about Slim. In March, Forbes said he was second only to Bill Gates in terms of riches, with a fortune hovering near US$80 billion.
WikiLeaks recently revealed emails dated April 2011, that confirm that Slim is involved in drug trafficking.
The first email is by Anya Alfano of global intelligence agency Strategic Forecasting, Inc., who was tasked with addressing Dell’s concerns about Slim. She wrote to Stratfor's head of intelligence Fred Burton:
“Do we have any information about where Carlos Slim fits into the [drug) cartel dynamics that we’ve seen in Mexico? … Should clients have any concerns about dealing with him professionally?”
Burton then asks DEA Special Agent William F. Dionne the question:
“Billy, is the MX billionaire Carlos Slim linked to the narcos?”
Dionne replies, “Regarding your question, the MX telecommunication billionaire is.”
The Frontman for Former President Salinas de Gortari
I write “allegedly” the richest person because most of the fortune that is attributed to Slim actually belongs to one of Mexico's biggest thieves, former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
A few months after his term ended, in December 1994, Salinas fled the country, leaving it in economic shambles. The situation was so grave that then U.S. President Bill Clinton felt forced to step in and order his Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin to transfer US$20 billion in emergency funds to then Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, who took the opportunity to buy himself a mansion worth close to US$1 million.
The question, however, is why the U.S. and Mexico did nothing to sanction Salinas in spite of the US$10 billion he stole from the Mexican people.
In March 1995, I was in New York City covering the arrest of influential ruling party politician Mario Ruiz Massieu, who fled Mexico fearing for his life after his brother — PRI president and possible future presidential candidate Francisco Ruiz Massieu — and PRI presidential candidate Donaldo Colosio were murdered under alleged orders from the Salinas family. Of course, Carlos' brother Raul Salinas paid the price and was imprisoned in the same maximum security jail from which power drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped in July. However, Raul was never actually charged for either assassination, but instead served a sentence for fraud and money laundering. But, in line with the high-level of corruption and impunity in Mexico, Raul was acquitted in 2005 and released from jail.
Regrettably, the memory of all Mexicans seemed to have vanished.
At that same time, Dow Jones and Company announced Salinas had been named one of more than a dozen vice presidents of the board.
Like he & @HillaryClinton 's narco-drug billionaire part @nyt owner Lebanese donor Carlos Slim right @GovChristie https://t.co/XfbDOmOMru
— pam (@pamnsc) November 11, 2015
The top drug dealer is one of the richest ppl in the world. Carlos slim. Net worth 63.9 billion. https://t.co/t4yJT5eOSr
— $E4 (@beeazyfam) September 15, 2015
@nytpolitics @bandasaul9544 @MyEliValentine NYTimes owner Carlos Slim supports Mexican drug cartels & illegal immigration. NYT slimes Trump
— MK Fitzgerald (@MKFitzgerald1) August 20, 2015
Hey @rushlimbaugh, now The Left, the Dems are using Drug Cartel dude Carlos Slim's greater wealth against @realDonaldTrump. Cheesh!
— mark wonderful (@markwonderful) July 8, 2015
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