For his apparent collaboration with the Sinaloa cartel during the administration of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012)the New York Prosecutor’s Office rejected a defense request from the former Mexican Secretary of Security, Genaro Garcia Lunawho demanded that drug trafficking charges be dropped.
Likewise, his defense argued that “even if the Mr. Garcia Luna participated in a conspiracy with the Sinaloa cartel between 2001 and 2012, which he did not, it is clear that by retiring from public life and leaving Mexico in 2012, the Mr. Garcia Luna he withdrew from any alleged conspiracy ”.
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Therefore, it is defended that these alleged offenses prescribed after five years.
Specific, Garcia Luna, arrested in December 2019 in Dallas, Texas, accused of participating in an ongoing criminal enterprise, international conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to import cocaine and make fakes statements.
In a brief that was filed in front of Judge Brian Cogan on Friday evening, the Prosecutor rejected the argument of the lawyers of Garcia Luna and guarantees that the prosecution covers the period between January 2001 and July 2020.
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“The Court must reject this motion”, underlines the Prosecutor’s Office before arguing that “the conduct of the accused after 2012 shows that he has never renounced the objectives of the conspiracy”.
In addition, it ensures that a jury should be during the trial that determines the government’s ability to prove its allegations against Garcia Luna are appropriate.
Likewise, the defense asked the judge to do so accusation draw up his allegations in more detail, which was also rejected by the US government, which believes it has already delivered an “extraordinary volume” of documents to the accused and will continue to provide him with more until the trial begins, originally scheduled for January 2023 .
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The defense of the former security chief in Mexico He has until next Wednesday to defend his position again and, afterwards, the judge will convene an oral hearing for the next 16 or 18 November.
