The wife of Genaro García LunaCristina Pereyra, still has a pending arrest warrant in Mexico for money laundering: this after the former Secretary of Public Security with Felipe Calderón was sentenced to 38 years in prison for drug trafficking; here we tell you what is the situation of García Luna’s wife.
Yesterday, Wednesday, October 16, 2024, the Federal Court of the Eastern District of Brooklyn, in New York, United States, sentenced Genaro García Luna for five counts of drug trafficking and false statements; this due to its relationship with the Sinaloa Cartel.
In this context, journalist Arturo Ángel, who has followed the trial in the United States, reported on video that Cristina Pereyra and his daughter had to leave the New York Court amid protesters shouting “Return what was stolen, murderers, let Calderón speak!”
After leaving the Brooklyn courthouse with a smile of apparent nervousness on his face, today, October 17 Cristina Pereyra is waiting for a hearing in the United States.
Cristina Pereyra is awaiting a hearing in the United States; He has an arrest warrant pending in Mexico
The situation of Cristina Pereyra is followed by journalist Arturo Ángel who explained that the wife of Genaro García Luna is located in the Brooklyn Court cafeteria along with his daughterwaiting for the start of the hearing.
However, it is worth remembering that Cristina Pereyra also has an arrest warrant from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR); this for the crime of operations with resources of illicit origin or money laundering.
In that sense, the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) of the Ministry of Finance Public Credit (SHCP) maintained accounts of Genaro García Luna’s wife frozen during the trial that took place in the United States, a situation that was reversed in February 2023 by the Seventeenth Collegiate Court on Administrative Matters of the First Circuit of Mexico City.
The president of said court, Rolando González Licona, magistrate Eduardo Baltazar Robles and magistrate Amanda Roberta García González, decided revoke the ruling of the Twelfth Court with which the use of funds was denied to García Luna’s wife since December 9, 2019.
Cristina Pereyra: Claudia Sheinbaum remembers when the Judiciary unfroze her accounts
Regarding the case of Cristina Pereyrathe president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumrecalled that the Judiciary unfrozen the accounts of the wife of Genaro García Luna; This in the middle of the process that took place in the United States and for which he was sentenced to 38 years in prison for drug trafficking.
This is what the president said in her morning conference today, October 17:
“Let us not forget that here in Mexico the Judiciary orders the unblocking of García Luna’s wife’s bank accounts.”
Claudia Sheinbaum
“Did Felipe Calderón know or not? He says no. Well, I invite you to reflect on whether he knew or not,” said Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace.