After Mexico’s Supreme Court blocked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s initiative to transfer the Mexican National Guard to the National Defense Secretariat, AMLO revealed that SCJN Chief Justice Norma Piña tried to negotiate with the federal government on the GN issue
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López Obrador labeled those who joined the demonstration as “pure electoral racoons” who were following the orders of “white collar criminals”
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García Luna’s Tears of Regret
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“I never negotiated or agreed with criminals. I never used the presidential inauguration to advocate for their interests. I did comply and enforce the constitution and the law,” wrote Calderón on his official Twitter account
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The jury delivered its verdict after a four-week trial and three days of deliberation in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn
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García Luna, once the public face of Mexico’s war on drugs, is accused of secretly accepting millions of dollars from the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for turning a blind eye to its members’ illegal activities
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Though the testimony presented by Zambada was not backed up by physical or documented evidence, the prosecution’s final question to Zambada posed if the cartel-member-turned-U.S.-witness had any doubts about paying bribes to García Luna, to which he replied: “Of course not, I’m sure”
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Genaro García Luna’s Testimony
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García Luna’s legal defense team was unable to finish cross examining Zambada before the end of the court day, pushing the continuation of the former Sinaloa cartel member’s testimony
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Veytia’s testimony was part of the ongoing trial of former Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, who is facing charges of purportedly taking bribes from drug lords
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