Carlos Salinas de Gortari has a huge influence over Mexico's Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu, who is his niece, and the newly appointed director of Pemex, José Antonio González Anaya, his co-brother-in-law.

Por parentesco Salinas tiene enorme incidencia sobre la canciller y el director de Pemex. Igualmente, es cercano al nuevo subsecretario para América del Norte, Paulo Carreño