Salinas Pliego\’s Empire on The Brink: The Billionaire Who Cried Persecution
As courts dismantle his defenses, the Mexican tycoon insists on political persecution, but the mounting evidence suggests a desperate attempt to delay bankruptcy. Ricardo Salinas Pliego, one of Mexico’s richest men, is waging what looks less like a legal defense and more like a desperate last stand. Facing tax liabilities of up to 74 billion pesos, the magnate behind Grupo Salinas and TV Azteca has turned to a familiar script: portraying himself as the victim of political persecution. Yet beneath the bluster lies a stark reality—this is not persecution, but the inevitable reckoning of decades of unpaid obligations.