The defense of the former Secretary of Security of Mexico, Genaro García Luna asked for one maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
This is stated in US judicial records, which indicate that the representatives of the former right-hand man of former President Felipe Calderón, in response to the request for a life sentence by the Prosecutor’s Office, requested 2 decades:
“This Court should sentence Genaro García Luna to twenty years in prison. “20 years in prison is an extremely significant and lengthy sentence.”
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This is what the petition signed by César de Castro, the main lawyer for the former Mexican super police officer, says, who also argued that those 2 decades would be the equivalent of the length of the former federal agent’s career.
In turn, De Castro points out that in 20 years many things can change in the world; He gave the appearance of the iPhone as an example of this.
Likewise, the file includes letters from García Luna’s wife, from prisoners who have lived with him, as well as the awards he received from US security agencies.
5 days ago it was announced that the US Prosecutor’s Office requested the Brooklyn Court, in New York, for the maximum sentence against the former Secretary of Security of Mexico, found guilty last year of five crimes related to drug trafficking.
In their plea, the United States authorities indicated that García Luna, during his position as a federal official, received millionaire bribes from drug trafficking, and that in exchange for millions of dollars he was part of “a conspiracy that held him responsible for the deaths of thousands of American citizens.”
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In addition, he requested that a fine of at least $5 million be imposed.
The “substantial” fine is based on the one imposed on the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who must pay $8 million.
Among the arguments that the Prosecutor’s Office gave to request the life sentence and the fine is that Felipe Calderón’s former right-hand man tried during the trial to bribe prisoners to testify in his favor.
Due to the above, García Luna must appear before Judge Brian Cogan on October 9, so that he can issue a sentence against him.
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2024-09-28 13:33:23