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Mexico Ruling Party Expels Raul Salinas

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Reuters

Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party has expelled Raul Salinas de Gortari, jailed brother of former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, a PRI spokeswoman said Friday.

The long-ruling party has not yet decided whether to do the same to the former president, officials said.

Raul Salinas has been in a high-security prison in Mexico since last February after being arrested on charges he ordered the assassination of a top PRI politician in 1994.

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The former high-living civil servant is also being investigated by Mexican and Swiss officials for allegedly laundering drug money and corruption.

Carlos Salinas, now in self-imposed exile, has denied playing any part in the alleged crimes and has said he is being used as a scapegoat by party members who want to undo his economic and political reforms.

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