A former Mexican presidential cabinet member was convicted in the U.S. on Tuesday of taking massive bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating.
to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating.
García Luna showed no reaction on hearing the verdict in a case with political ramifications on both sides of the border. American officials were not accused of wrongdoing, and although suspicions long swirled around García Luna, the trial didn't delve into the extent of U.S. authorities' knowledge about them before his 2019 arrest. López Obrador has, however, pointedly suggested that Washington investigate its own law enforcement and intelligence officials who worked with García Luna during Calderón's administration.
García Luna, 54, didn't testify at the trial, though his wife took the stand in an apparent effort to portray their assets in Mexico as legitimately acquired and upper-middle-class, but not lavish. The couple moved to Miami in 2012, when the Mexican administration changed and he became a consultant on security issues.
García Luna was convicted on charges that include engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, which carries a potential sentence ranging from 20 years to life in prison. His sentencing hearing is set for June 27. One ex-smuggler, Óscar"El Lobo" Nava Valencia, said he personally heard García Luna and a then-top police official say they would"stand with us" during a meeting with notorious Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín"El Chapo" Guzman's associates amid a cartel war. That sit-down alone cost the drug gang $3 million, Nava Valencia said.
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