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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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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Two major issues that have been put on the spotlight as the case unfolds, especially in the relationship between the United States and Mexico, are border security and drug trafficking
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Prosecutors said that for more than 10 years, García Luna received millions of dollars in bribes to protect the same drug traffickers that he was supposed to be pursuing
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Harris warned that there was a “latent risk of confrontations and/or attacks inside and outside state prisons, due to the presence of antagonistic criminal groups and the increase in violent incidents”
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Asked about Guzmán’s request during his daily morning press conference on Tuesday, AMLO said that he had not yet reviewed the letter and “would see” if he would comply
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García Luna has been accused of receiving millions of dollars in bribes, from 2006 to 2012, from the Sinaloa Cartel
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The evolution of Mexico’s cartels over the last decades has been exponential and incredibly abrupt. Despite much-touted government efforts to dismantle and eradicate these criminal groups since the beginning of the drug war in 2006, these criminal organizations have managed not only to survive, but to thrive, strengthening and strategically expanding beyond the country’s
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Based on the Guacamaya Leaks — a collection of over 4 million confidential Mexican government documents that were released in early October by a group of national hackers exposing how the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been monitoring journalists using Israeli Pegasus spyware and how the military under his regime sold arms to
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