Mexico City - Mexico's new government will probe the finances of relatives of former presidents Mr Ernesto Zedillo and Mr Carlos Salinas because of suspicions the finance ministry let them get away with not paying taxes, a newspaper reported.
El Universal daily said the administration of President Vicente Fox, who ended 71 years of single-party rule when he took office on Friday, had files showing Mr Zedillo's brothers, sister and other relatives accumulated tax debts of 15.3 million pesos ($1.6 million) between 1991 and 1996.
The newspaper did not clarify its source but said a tax audit of Mr Zedillo, whose six-year term ended on Friday, and Mr Salinas (1988-94) would be carried out by the new Comptroller General, Mr Francisco Barrio.
The aim of the Salinas investigation would be to trace federal money that may have been siphoned off and transferred to "phantom" companies allegedly owned by Mr Salinas, and his brother Raul, who is in jail for murder.