Nearly five months since being sentenced to 38 years in federal prison in the U.S., the lawyers of former Mexican secretary of public safety Genaro García Luna, found guilty of aiding the cartels he was supposed to fight, are saying communication with their client has been very difficult since as he has been in solitary confinement for months now.
According to Mexican journalist Arturo Ángel, who had access to a letter sent by García Luna's attorneys to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the defendant's legal team has barely had a chance to communicate with him despite "constant efforts to coordinate legal phone conferences with the officials of the Federal Bureau of Prisons."
