This Wednesday the trial against Genaro García Lunaformer head of the Ministry of Public Security in the six-year term of Felipe Calderon, with the hearing to pass sentence.
After said session was postponed, one of the most controversial cases of corruption and organized crime in Mexico will come to an end in a court of USA.
When and where does García Luna’s trial take place?
Today, Wednesday, October 16, the last hearing of the trial against García Luna will take place, where the sentence against him will be announced. Calderonist “super police.”
The hearing will take place in the Court for the Eastern District of New York, United States.
This session had been scheduled for last Monday, October 14, but was rescheduled for today. This makes it five times that the sentence was postponed.
Who was the judge in the García Luna case?
The trial of the former Mexican official is being led by Judge Brian Cogan, who led the trial against Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Well-known drug trafficker, former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Charges against Genaro García Luna
On February 21, 2023, García Luna was found guilty of five charges related to drug trafficking.
- Participate in the direction of a continuous criminal enterprise, that is, its activity continues to the present day.
- conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine
- Conspiracy to distribute and possession of 5 kilograms or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute in the United States
- Conspiracy to import the same amount or more.
- Providing false testimony to US authorities when applying for nationality.
What time will García Luna’s hearing be?
García Luna’s hearing will begin at 2:00 p.m. (central Mexico time) this Wednesday, October 16.
What is Genaro García Luna’s sentence?
If convicted, García Luna could receive a sentence of 20 years in prison if he receives the minimum sentence or life imprisonment if he receives the maximum.
The former secretary requested to address the Court during today’s hearing. He is expected to report a conspiracy against him.
New letter from García Luna
Yesterday a new letter from Genaro García Luna addressed to the judge Brian Cogan.
In the letter he asks for clemency when ruling on his sentence, and points to the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador of alleged ties with the drug trafficking.
García Luna refers to AMLO as the “current President of Mexico”, although he left office on October 1st.
“It is public knowledge and is in the official records of Mexico and the United States, the contacts, videos, audios, photographs, communication and management records between the current President of Mexico and his operators with the drug trafficking leaders and their families,” he wrote. .
In García Luna’s letter he also accuses AMLO of “dismantling” the Judiciary with the reform approved weeks before the end of his government.
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