In a diary written while under house arrest in the United States, the former Attorney General of Mexico discusses the assassination of his brother, the corruption of the Mexican ruling party, and the causes of his imminent suicide.

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In this first-person account of high intrigue in the Mexican government, the author, Mexico's former Deputy Attorney General and career PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) politician, combines diary entries and testimony in an effort to exonerate himself. He aims to pin responsibility for his involvement in the political calamity of 1994 on former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo. Ruiz Massieu claims that Zedillo protected the 70-year ruling party's top officials from scandal. At the time of Ruiz Massieu's alleged 2001 suicide in New Jersey, the cards were stacked against him. He had been under house arrest since 1996, after being detained at Newark airport on his way to Spain for failing to declare a large amount of money. On top of that, he had been accused of protecting drug dealers and was facing charges of money laundering in the United States and Mexico, as well as obstruction of justice in the investigation of the 1994 assassination of his brother, PRI party leader Jos? Francisco Ruiz Massieu. The book provides more insight into political squabbles than valid critique of the PRI ruling system. Ruiz Massieu reveals no new information, instead appearing to be a desperate man seeking sympathy and a way out of a tight spot. This may find buyers in larger bookstores, but it is not essential for libraries collecting in this area. Teresa Myscich Gaska, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas Bibliotech, Mexico City, Mexico
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