García Luna Sentenced to 38 Years in US Prison
U.S. Judge Brian Cogan also ordered the disgraced former Secretary of National Defense to pay a fine of at least $2 million for his drug trafficking crimes
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García Luna Alleges AMLO’s Ties to Cartels
The former Mexican security official’s allegations come just weeks before his scheduled sentencing in the United States on five counts of drug trafficking cahrges
Read moreGarcía Luna Denied Motion for New US Trial
The former security official, who worked with the Sinaloa Cartel during his tenure in Mexico’s federal government, faces life in prison after being convicted of five drug trafficking charges
Read moreFGR to Pursue Legal Action over García Luna Warrant Denial
The Mexican Attorney General’s Office will go after members of the First Collegiate Court of Appeal in Criminal Matters of the First Circuit for purported violations of Mexico’s Federal Penal Code
Read moreFGR Reactivates Arrest Warrants Against García Luna and Accomplices
The Attorney General of the Republic announced the warrants correspond to García Luna and his conspirators’ alleged role in trafficking weapons into Mexico, as well as embezzlement related to contracts and construction of the nation’s prison system
Read moreAMLO Refuses to Budge on Supreme Court’s National Guard Ruling
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
Read moreAMLO Downplays Protest against New Electoral Law
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
Read moreCalderón Denies Pact with Organized Crime
“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
Read moreGarcía Luna Found Guilty on Five Counts
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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