Architect of Mexico's war on drugs on trial in US for trafficking
Genaro Garcia Luna is accused of taking huge bribes to allow the notorious Sinaloa cartel to smuggle cocaine when he was public security minister during Felipe Calderon's 2006-2012 presidency.
The US government alleges that Garcia Luna became a member of Sinaloa around January 2001 when he was working in police intelligence.
"Why did the US government continue to trust him and for so many years despite the fact that there were many clues that something was wrong?" she told AFP.
Ramirez thinks the fact Garcia Luna moved to Miami in 2012 after Calderon left office shows "he had reason to believe that nothing was ever going to happen to him."
14 Jan 2023
https://news.yahoo.com/architect-mexicos-war-drugs-trial-044708335.html
"he had reason to believe that nothing was ever going to happen to him."
THEY NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD LOSE.
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Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, right, talks with Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's public security secretary, at the Iztapalapa Federal Police base with crime fighting Black Hawk helicopters in the background in Mexico City, Mexico
March 26, 2009
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Corruption allegations long dogged ex-Mexico security chief
“This wasn’t a surprise,” said Samuel González, who served as Mexico’s chief organized crime prosecutor in a prior administration.
González said he turned down offers to work with García Luna in the 2000s, noting that “it wasn’t a question of if, but rather when” Garcia Luna would be charged.
U.S. authorities said Tuesday that García Luna had amassed a fortune of millions, well beyond what a public servant could expect to earn.
10 Dec 2019
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/10/corruption-allegations-long-dogged-ex-mexico-secur/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-mexican-secretary-public-security-genaro-garcia-luna-charged-engaging-continuing