excerpt from http://www.elandar.com/bush/amigos.html below, about 15 pages detailing Bush family ties to indicted, convicted, fugitive, & otherwise "shady" Latinos in TX and Mex. Dave Hartley, Senior VP http://www.earthcomp.com Pres., Asheville Computer -][- Tri-Cities Computer 86 N. Lexington Ave. -][- 200 W. Oakland Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 -][- Johnson City, TN 37604 (828) 285-0240 -][- (423) 952-0983 http://www.asheville-computer.com/ =============================================== LOS AMIGOS DE BUSH The shady ties of George W. Bush's Latino friends Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres. Tell me who you side with and I will tell you who you are. George W. Bush for President web site Cast of Characters: Los amigos de los amigos George W. Bush Jr. Friend and ally of Ernesto Ancira Jr. Roy Barrera Sr. Ernesto Ancira Jr. Friend of George and Laura Bush, co-chair Adelante con Bush, Bushes (Jr. and Sr.) campaigned for him in 1992 State Senate run. On board of The Dominion. Friend and/or associate of Guillermo Ávila Gus García Roy Barrera, Jr. Cousin of Alonso Ancira Roy Barrera Jr. Head of San Antonio Republican party, Adelante con Bush (Sr.), Bush Team 100, campaigning for W, said to be cabinet contender. The Barreras cartel-related clients: Guillermo Avila, CONVICTED money launderer for Juárez cartel. Juan Chapa, CONVICTED cocaine trafficker, Juárez and Gulf cartels. Mario Alberto Salinas Treviño, FBI links to 1985 murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, CONVICTED cocaine runner, Caro-Quintero cartel. Enrique Fuentes León, lawyer for Gulf Cartel, linked to Ruiz Massieu and Colosio assassinations, CONVICTED of bribery, now imprisoned in Mexico in connection with murder of Nellie Campobello. Has OUTSTANDING WARRANT in U.S. on attempted bribery charges. Guillermo Ávila CONVICTED money launderer for Juárez cartel, linked to Rafael Muñoz Talavera (photo, below). Was on the board of Dominion, friend of Ernesto Ancira and Gus García. Enrique Fuentes León Lawyer for Gulf cartel CONVICTED of bribery, partner in Planeta Mexico with Rogelio Gasca Jr. Bought large tract of Dominion property, sold part of it to Image Homes Ltd, which sold it to Crescent Real Estate, a company George W. Bush invested in. (more under Roy Barrera, Jr.) Linked to assassination of José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (below). Manuel Muñoz Rocha FUGITIVE wanted in connection with assassination of PRI politician José Francisco Ruiz Massieu. Was paid $500,000 by check issued from Bank Audi, Geneva. Last seen in San Antonio with Enrique Fuentes León Manuel Pacheco Admitted money launderer CONVICTED, partner in Planeta Mexico with Enrique Fuentes León. Gary Jacobs President of Laredo National Bank, owned and run by Carlos Hank Rhon and Carlos Hank Gonzlez. Donated $61,000 to George W. Bush. In another case, was fined last spring by FEC for violating campaign finance laws. Carlos Hank González Known as the PRI king-maker, the Dinosaur of the party, his family has been investigated for cartel links, murder and money laundering, NOT CHARGED Gus García INVESTIGATED for cocaine trafficking and money laundering, NOT CHARGED. Business partner of Anuar Name, their San Antonio building bought for $5 million cash, re-financed by Bank Audi. Anuar Name Reported in news media and by investigators as friend and/or partner of: Emilio Checa Curi, fugitive investigated for Sinaloa/Guadalajara cartel ties Mario Villanueva, fugitive wanted for Juárez cartel ties Adnan Kasshoghi, International arms dealer involved in Iran-Contra scandal Joseph Audi, of Lebanese Audi family, CEO and partner in Bank Audi, New York Raúl Salinas, CONVICTED of authoring murder of Ruiz Massieu. See Raúl Salinas box. Carlos Hank González, Billionaire politician-businessman. See Carlos Hank González box. Former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari Widely accused in Mexican press of corruption and Gulf cartel links, NOT CHARGED. Now self-exiled in Ireland and/or Cuba. MEXICAN MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE DOMINION Moises Saba Property financed by Laredo National Bank, which is owned by Carlos Hank Rhon. Moises is son of PRI finacier Isaac Saba, PRI financier and one of the richest men in Latin America. Investor in TV Azteca, second-largest TV network in Mexico. Isaac Saba recently took over a large share of the Anciras business in Mexico. Alonso Ancira CEO of AHMSA, Mexicos largest steel company. Accused of business fraud (Fertimex, Carbon II), NOT CHARGED. Property in Dominion transferred in December 1998 to Cayman Island corporation. Guillermo Ancira CEO of AHMSA mining subsidiary. Paid cash for Dominion home. Carlos Ancira Son of Guillermo. Paid cash for another home with Guillermo Ancira, title transferred to Cayman Islands corporation in 1999. García Lourdes Brothers One brother is head of Mexican Hotel-Motel Association, paid cash. Rodrigo Treviño CFO of Cemex, third largest cement company in the world. Hector Burgos Accused of stock market fraud, NOT CHARGED, partner Eduardo Legorreta convicted. Legorreta was implicated in money-laundering with Enrique Fuentes León in Texas, NOT CHARGED. Rodolfo Zedillo Paid cash for first home, just built second in Dominion. Brother of Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo. INVESTIGATED for accepting $8 million from a Juárez cartel-funded company, NOT CHARGED. THE ENERGY BARONS Robert Mosbacher Sr. Investor, friend of Bushes, has an investment firm in Mexico City and is pushing for Pemex privatization. Rogelio Montemayor Investor, friend of Anciras, while governor of Coahuila was accused of illegally investing in Ancira fertilizer company, NOT CHARGED. Now head of Pemex, pushing for privatization. Rogelio Gasca Neri Resigned after being accused of fraud while head of Mexican Federal Electricity Commission, still under investigation. Now is Mexican consul in Austin. His son Rogelio sold Planeta Mexico to Fuentes León. Other son, Enrique, has worked with Alonso Ancira. Family bought property in Sonterra development from Fuentes León. Sources Forbes; Andres Oppenhiemer, Bordering on Chaos,: Mexicos Roller-Coaster Journey Toward Prosperity, 1998, Little, Brown and Company; Proceso magazine; El Financiero; The Washington Post; San Antonio Express News; Bexar County Deeds and Records Office and individual interviews. by Julie Reynolds Those who say that George W. Bush has scant knowledge of foreign affairs dont understand his familys relationship with Mexico. If one event could be said to make that relationship visible, it had to be the state dinner given eleven years ago by President Bush for Mexicos president, Carlos Salinas. It was an elegant yet boisterous gala, where the biggest movers and shakers in Texas and Mexico congregated and celebrated. This group was to become Ws Mexican legacy, a gift of ties and connections passed on from the father to his son. What was not visible was that the group included two men with numerous links to drug cartel figures. These men helped George W. Bush win the Latino vote in Texas. Which raises a few questions: How did these guys get into the Bush circle? What else do they do for him? And, to rephrase a famous query, what did the presidential candidate know and when did he know it? A glance around the fourteen tables at the 1989 dinner showed that pains were taken to arrange them so that no one appeared more important than the others. There was a smattering of celebrities Anthony Quinn, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Barbara Walters and Larry King. Bushs son Jeb and his Mexican wife Columba joined the soirée, too. The Mexican president had spent a long day with President Bush signing trade pacts, the precursors of NAFTA. Salinas brought his so-called Dream Team: his commerce secretary, finance minister, and his personal Machiavelli, Jose Córdoba. It would later be astounding to see, as the decade unfolded, how many of that administrations proud men and women fell shamefully from grace some exiled, some imprisoned and some assassinated. No one knew it then, but many at that banquet would survive to one day help young W beat a path back to the White House. There were loyal Bushfellas who were old friends of the family: Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher Sr., General Colin Powell, and George Bush Seniors ever-present friend, Secretary of State James Baker. Gary Jacobs, whose Texas bank was about to be bought by the son of Mexicos billionaire-politico Carlos Hank González, was also a guest. Tony Garza, then a young judge, is now a Bush cabinet contender. Today, all are advisors or contributors to Ws campaign. Hidden among the glitterati were two relative unknowns. They were, however, familiar to the group at hand. They were the loyal Amigos de Bush from San Antonio: criminal defense lawyer Roy Barrera Jr. and car dealer Ernesto Ancira Jr. In contrast to the Salinas group, the ties of Barrera and Ancira to drug cartels would remain unnoticed for another decade. Their ties to George W. would grow stronger. In the Name of the Father George Bush Sr. began his familys relationship with Mexico in the 1960s, when his Zapata Offshore Oil Company was partner in a border-region oil company called Perforaciones Marinas del Golfo (Permargo), with Jorge Díaz Serrano. In 1988, the financial newspaper Barrons reported that the two Jorges Bush and Díaz Serrano used prestanombres (name-lenders) to hide Bushs investment in Permargo from the Mexican government, skirting Mexican foreign-ownership laws. Barrons also accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of destroying related documents after Bush became vice president in 1981. Bush Sr. met Carlos Salinass father, Raúl Salinas Lozano, back when the latter was Mexicos commerce secretary. The families friendship has continued through the years. Raúl Salinas, the presidents brother, has told investigators that Jeb and Columba Bush joined him three times for vacations at his hacienda Las Mendocinas. It was the same estate where he reportedly hosted an infamous 1990 party for the cream of Mexicos drug cartels, which Jeb and Columba did not attend. Twelve years ago presidents-elect Carlos Salinas de Gortari and George Bush Sr. met in Texas in a meeting that was called The Spirit of Houston. That meeting shaped the relationship between both countries for years to come, Antonio Ocarranza, former Zedillo aide and president of the consulting firm Public Strategies Inc.(PSI) office in Mexico City told the Dallas Morning News. PSI is owned by several generous George W. Bush supporters, including Bush pioneer Roger Wallace. Today, as governor of Texas, George W. Bush has assumed the role his father once had as president. He meets regularly with Mexican officials, from President Zedillo to Secretary of Energy Luis Téllez, to discuss joint energy pacts and trade issues. Ive had foreign policy as the governor of Texas, and that is with Mexico, George W. Bush said during the New Hampshire primary. While he is in public shaking hands, Bushs friend Ernesto Ancira works backstage in the international energy sector. Which comes naturally: Anciras family and their partners practically own the energy business in Mexico. The Bushes, of course, know everyone in the oil business in the US. Its a nice match, the Bushes and the Anciras. Let me make one thing clear: there is no evidence that Ernesto himself runs afoul of the law. Ancira is, rather, a point man in what Mexican journalist Juan Ruiz Healy calls El Grupo Texano de George W. Bush. He happens to have quite a few friends who are connected with drug cartels. In addition, there are some disturbing links between Ernestos group of friends in San Antonio and the assassination of Mexican politician José Francisco Ruíz Massieu. Since Ernesto has been a friend and a helper to the man who may be president, I believe they are connections worth exploring. ERNESTO IS VERY FRIENDLY, very fun-loving, a real estate agent told me as we cruised Ernie Anciras turf, The Dominion, a securely-gated San Antonio development where a number of Mexicos elite have invested in million-dollar homes. Ernie, she said, loves to barbecue. Has money. Likes to socialize. Ernie auto dealer Ernesto Ancira, Jr. is one of San Antonios most popular and respected business leaders. Every year, hes in the lists of top Latino entrepreneurs. Last April, his Ancira Enterprises Inc. made the number two slot with $575 million in revenue in Hispanic magazines list of the fastest-growing Latino companies. My mother was paranoid about her kids success, he once said. Its like there was a tremendous hurry to accomplish. Truly a binational man, Ernesto Ancira Jr., was born in San Antonio in 1944, but spent his formative years close to his industrialist cousins in Mexico, who are in-laws of the Salinas family. In the 1960s he rose to become the top assistant to his mentor, Claudio X. González, one of the countrys most powerful businessmen. González later became President Salinass foreign investment advisor. Anciras family in Mexico has long been part of the... CONTINUES on website http://www.elandar.com/bush/amigos.html
