The United States Attorney’s Office He asked for life imprisonment for Genaro Garcia Lunaformer super police officer of the former president Felipe Calderon.
This was revealed on Thursday in court records in the United States, which indicate that the Brooklyn, New York court is asking for the maximum sentence against the former Secretary of Security of Mexico, found guilty last year of 5 drug-related crimes.
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In their argument, the US authorities point out that García Luna, during his tenure as a federal official, received millions in bribes from drug trafficking, and that in exchange for millions of dollars he was part of:
“A conspiracy that is responsible for thousands of American citizens.”
The court also requested that he be fined at least $5 million, because he still has access to the vast fortune he amassed when he was a government official in Mexico.
The “substantial” fine is based on the one imposed on former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who will have to pay $8 million.
Among the arguments given by the prosecution to request life imprisonment and the fine is that Felipe Calderón’s former right-hand man tried during the trial to bribe prisoners to testify in his favor.
For this reason, García Luna must appear before Judge Brian Cogan on October 9, so that he can issue a sentence against him.
The report on the request for the sentence comes the day after a letter from García Luna was made public in which he argues that he has not committed any crime and accuses that there is evidence of the alleged link between President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and drug trafficking, in particular with the Sinaloa Cartel:
“It is public knowledge, and is in the official records of Mexico and the United States, the contacts (…) between the current president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his operators with drug trafficking leaders and their families (…) My honor is intact. I have not committed any crime.”
The autographed document was shared by journalist Keegan Hamilton on his X account (@keegan_hamilton) and is dated September 13 at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
In the letter, García Luna argues that his arrest in 2019 by DEA agents was due to the “induction of the Government of Mexico” so that he would accept an agreement with the New York Prosecutor’s Office to plead guilty to drug-related crimes, spend 6 months in jail and then become a witness and receive financial support, not with the intention of charging criminals/drug traffickers but rather, in light of:
“The prospect of charging people and institutions that in the short term would undermine the development, public peace and institutional life of the country. Obviously I did not accept it and the reaction was explosive.”
With public opinion as witness, the former Mexican federal official reiterates the conspiracy theory orchestrated by his defense, linking the US and Mexican authorities against him:
The false information provided by the Mexican Government and the contradictory statements of witnesses were completely discredited with evidence, documentary evidence, photographs, sworn statements, and rulings by the Judiciary in the US and Mexico.”
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He therefore reiterates his honorability based on the above, and on the testimony of the former US ambassador to Mexico when he was Secretary of Security, Earl Anthony Wayne, who during the trial said that he did not receive information about the links between Calderón’s former right-hand man and drug trafficking.
In this regard, López Obrador said yesterday in his morning press conference that:
“It is very easy for him to make them known (…) He should ask his friends at the DEA for the information, and so that he does not fail (…) he should go to the State Department.”
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2024-09-21 18:02:20