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Florida court orders ex-Mexican security chief to pay millions to Mexico

Genaro Garcia Luna, formerly a high-ranking government official, is serving a 38-year sentence for accepting bribes.

Al Jazeera

Second Amendment Roundup: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Mexico v. Smith & Wesson

A cartel-dominated state blames America’s lawful gun industry for its violence.

Reason

Garcia Luna: Mexico's 'Supercop' Turned Cartel Abettor

Genaro Garcia Luna spent years rising up the ranks of Mexico's security services, earning himself the nickname of "supercop" and a leading role in the fight against the drug traffickers he instead aided and abetted.

International Business Times

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Mexico's Ex-security Chief Sentenced To Over 38 Years In US Prison

Mexico's former top security official Genaro Garcia Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in a US prison on Wednesday for aiding the very drug cartels he was tasked with dismantling.

International Business Times

Mexico’s former public security chief sentenced to 38 years in US drug case

Genaro Garcia Luna was convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes to protect the violent Sinaloa drug cartel.

Al Jazeera

Convicted Mexican Security Chief Publishes Letter From Prison Linking President AMLO to Drug Cartels

Genaro Garcia Luna is currently waiting for sentencing on October 9 in the same New York prison as "El Mayo" Zambada

Latin Times

Mexico’s former public security chief convicted in US drug case

Genaro Garcia Luna was found guilty of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug-trafficking cartels in Mexico.

Al Jazeera

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Mexico’s former top security official convicted in federal corruption trial in Brooklyn

NEW YORK — Mexico’s former top cop used the police force he commanded to help a drug cartel do business, a federal jury in Brooklyn found Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Mexico drug czar's defense says accusers have 'motives to lie'

Admitted drug traffickers who testified against a former Mexican law enforcement official accused by the United States of taking millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel have "incredible motives to lie," a defense lawyer said on Wednesday.

Reuters

He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes

Guilty or innocent, the drug-corruption trial in New York of high-ranking former Mexican government official, Genaro Garcia Luna, shows the limits of the U.S. to win its decades-long "war on drugs."

WEKU

Mexico: Ex-security chief stole $745 million from contracts

Mexican authorities say former top security official Genaro Garcia Luna embezzled about $745 million from government technology contracts

The Independent UK

Mexico wants $700 million from ex-official on trial in US

Mexico's president says his country wants a big chunk of money from former Mexican security official Genaro Garcia Luna

The Independent UK

Mexico's top cop was being paid by El Chapo's Sinaloa cartel, feds say at New York trial

NEW YORK — Mexico’s one-time top cop played the part of a drug-fighting hero, adding more than 30,000 officers to the country’s federal police force, but it was all a front, federal prosecutors say — Genaro Garcia Luna was really taking money from Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman's feared Sinaloa cartel…

Tribune News Service

Corrupt cop or cartel enemy? Ex-Mexico drug czar's U.S. trial kicks off

U.S. prosecutors on Monday accused a former top Mexican official on trial for allegedly taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel of betraying his country, while his defense said prosecutors were being played by drug traffickers out for revenge.

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Brooklyn trial set for Mexico’s former top cop charged with being on payroll of drug lord 'El Chapo'

NEW YORK — He was once Mexico’s top cop — and now a Brooklyn jury will decide if he was a lapdog for a drug lord's empire.

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