Genaro Garcia Luna is accused of taking huge bribes to allow the notorious Sinaloa cartel to smuggle cocaine when he was public security minister theSun theSundaily Sinaloa SinaloaCartel cocaine drugs GenaroGarciaLuna ElChapoGuzman
Cesar de Castro, defense attorney for former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna, arrives at court for a hearing in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on January 17, 2023 Garcia Luna, a once-powerful Mexican government minister who oversaw his country’s war on drug trafficking goes on trial in New York, on January 17, charged with facilitating the smuggling of narcotics/AFPPix: A former Mexican government minister who oversaw his country’s war on drug trafficking sat in...
Garcia Luna has pleaded not guilty to five counts that carry possible sentences of between 10 years and life in prison. The US government alleges that Garcia Luna became a member of Sinaloa around January 2001 when he was working in police intelligence. Then, under Calderon, who launched a crackdown on Mexico’s drug gangs during his six-year presidency, Garcia Luna was public security minister, with control of the federal police.
Cuban-Mexican investigative journalist Peniley Ramirez, who has written a book and made a podcast about Garcia Luna, says “not enough has been said about how much the DEA knew” about his alleged activities.
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