New York and Washington. Federal prosecutors have asked the judge in charge of the case of Genaro García Luna, Mexico’s former public security secretary, to sentence him to life in prison and pay him $5 million in fines.
The former official is scheduled to be sentenced by federal judge Brian Cogan on October 9 in the federal court of the Eastern District of New York, after being found guilty of five charges for narco-corruption in the trial against him that concluded on February 21, 2023.
The prosecutors in charge of the case, headed by Breon Peace, reiterate in a document sent to Cogan on Thursday that García Luna, when he held high security positions, accepted million-dollar bribes from the Sinaloa cartel. They recall that he was found guilty of corruption, which In exchange for millions of dollars, he helped a conspiracy responsible for the deaths of thousands of American and Mexican citizens.
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They emphasize that It is difficult to grasp the magnitude of the defendant’s crimes, the deaths and addictions he facilitated, and his betrayal of the people of Mexico and the United States. His crimes demand justice. For these reasons, the government (the Department of Justice) respectfully requests that the court impose a sentence of life imprisonment.
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In the request, prosecutors indicate that during García Luna’s corrupt activity in the government, Some 62,000 Americans died from overdoses involving cocaine. At the same time, cartel-related violence in Mexico during that period caused approximately 60,000 murders between 2006 and 2012.
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They claim that during his time as head of the federal police and later as Secretary of Public Security, García Luna He lied and betrayed his colleagues, American public safety and the Mexican public, because, quite simply, the accused chose greed and corruption over the well-being of citizens.
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Prosecutors are also asking the judge to fine him at least $5 million.
García Luna’s defense attorneys failed in their request for a new trial in August, so they will have to go with their client to the sentencing hearing. The defense will likely appeal the conviction again later, but that is unlikely to succeed. At the same time, some negotiation with the Justice Department for a reduction in the sentence in exchange for his cooperation against other possible defendants cannot be ruled out.
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– 2024-09-26 16:09:19
