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Amigos de Fox open books. (New Business).


Amid rumors of illegal campaign financing and money laundering, Amigos de Fox Amigos de Fox was the name of the civil organization of support of Vicente Fox as the President of Mexico. This organization was created in 1999 by the late José Luis González González (a.k.a. , the group that funded the president's 2000 election campaign, announced last month it would open its bank accounts for investigation.

The campaign is accused of receiving foreign donations, which both Fox and his "Amigos" have denied. The bank accounts were finally opened to put an end to to destroy.
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 the demands from both the media and rival political parties, according to an attorney for Amigos de Fox, Jorge Lopez.

The investigation follows the constant talk of campaign finance reform Campaign finance reform is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns. , as well as a record, billion-peso fine against the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party.


(Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line.
) for finance violations in the same 2000 campaign.

PRI officials have cried foul, saying the electoral watchdog system is "a farce" and that Fox and his National Action Party (PAN) have been overlooked in the nation's push to clean up campaign finance.

The PAN could be fined for any wrongdoing wrong·do·er  
n.
One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.



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, hurting its chances as well in the run up to the midterm elections this summer.
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Title Annotation:group that funded Vincente Fox's 2000 election campaign
Author:Brayman, Matthew
Publication:Business Mexico
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1MEX
Date:May 1, 2003
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