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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

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

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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

Architect of Mexico's drug war convicted in US of trafficking

New York (AFP) - A once-powerful Mexican government minister was convicted by a US jury Tuesday of aiding the very drug smuggling he was tasked with cracking down on.

AFP

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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

US jury convicts Mexico ex-minister Garcia Luna of drug trafficking

New York (AFP) - Mexico's once-powerful former public security minister Genaro Garcia Luna was found guilty of US drug trafficking charges by a jury in New York on Tuesday following a high-profile trial.

AFP

Jurors told Mexico security czar was 'partner in crime' with cartel

New York (AFP) - The prosecution wrapped up its case Wednesday against Mexico's former security chief by telling jurors to "use your common sense" and believe the testimony of numerous accused drug traffickers who say he was "their partner in crime."

AFP

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 gripped by ex-security chief's US drugs trial

Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico is on tenterhooks awaiting fresh revelations from the US trial of former security chief Genaro Garcia Luna, accused of receiving vast sums of money to allow the notorious Sinaloa cartel to smuggle cocaine.

AFP

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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

Tribune News Service

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…

AFP

Ex-security chief 'betrayed' Mexico, drugs trial hears

New York (AFP) - A once-powerful Mexican government minister betrayed his country by engaging in the very drug trafficking he was in charge of stopping, US prosecutors said at his trial Monday.

Reuters

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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AFP

US drugs trial for ex-Mexico security chief opens

New York (AFP) - A former Mexican government minister who oversaw his country's war on drug trafficking sat in a New York court Tuesday as jury selection got underway in his narcotics smuggling trial.

Tribune News Service

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.

AFP

Architect of Mexico's war on drugs on trial in US for trafficking

New York (AFP) - A once-powerful Mexican government minister who oversaw his country's war on drug trafficking goes on trial in New York on Tuesday, himself charged with facilitating the smuggling of narcotics.

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