Posted on Feb 14, 2023
He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes
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As U.S. prosecutors rest their case against Mexico's former top cop during a trial in New York City, another question is in play: Are U.S. efforts to stem the flow of deadly Fentanyl from Mexico into the United States doing any good?
Four years ago, the conviction of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman Loera gave prosecutors many other threads to pull on the web of crime and corruption that enables the transnational drug trade.
Cooperating witnesses in that trial named two top Mexican law-enforcement figures as accomplices. One was the man now on trial – Genaro Garcia Luna.
Garcia Luna served as both the head of Mexico's FBI and then in the president's cabinet as secretary of Public Security. During his tenure, he met with U.S. officials and spoke at Washington think-tanks about fighting the "war on drugs."
At the time, NPR reported on suspicions that the Mexican government was favoring the Sinaloa drug cartel as it fought a vicious war for supremacy against other traffickers.
Luna was arrested in Dallas, Texas, in 2019 and stands accused of accepting millions of dollars at secret meetings with cartel bosses.
As U.S. prosecutors rest their case against Mexico's former top cop during a trial in New York City, another question is in play: Are U.S. efforts to stem the flow of deadly Fentanyl from Mexico into the United States doing any good?
Four years ago, the conviction of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman Loera gave prosecutors many other threads to pull on the web of crime and corruption that enables the transnational drug trade.
Cooperating witnesses in that trial named two top Mexican law-enforcement figures as accomplices. One was the man now on trial – Genaro Garcia Luna.
Garcia Luna served as both the head of Mexico's FBI and then in the president's cabinet as secretary of Public Security. During his tenure, he met with U.S. officials and spoke at Washington think-tanks about fighting the "war on drugs."
At the time, NPR reported on suspicions that the Mexican government was favoring the Sinaloa drug cartel as it fought a vicious war for supremacy against other traffickers.
Luna was arrested in Dallas, Texas, in 2019 and stands accused of accepting millions of dollars at secret meetings with cartel bosses.
He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes
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I have sympathy for Mexico. The cartels have such a stranglehold down there that their law enforcement and political system are rife with corruption and influence from them. Take option A where we buy you and you work for us or option B where we kill you and your family.
I think Clancy was onto something with "Clear and Present Danger"...
I think Clancy was onto something with "Clear and Present Danger"...
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Excellent post. Thank You for sharing this. He sounds a little shady to Me.
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