From the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, former Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna began the first legal battle in Mexico to recover his bank accounts that he ordered to block the Financial Intelligence Unit, resources he needs to pay for his defense in United States.
MILENIO learned from judicial authorities that the most trusted man of former President Felipe Calderón filed a petition for amparo, which was admitted for processing by a federal judge in Administrative Matters of the First Circuit.
García Luna asserted in the signed demand for his handwriting on February 3 “that there is no legal or constitutional justification” for inclusion in the list of blocked persons of the FIU, of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, reason for the which are violating their human rights.
The former head of the former Federal Investigation Agency (AFI) said that on January 19, the public defender assigned to him in the United States visited him at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the company of a Mexican litigator.
“During this visit, the latter lawyer informed me that the head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (Santiago Nieto Castillo), made public knowledge that said unit included me in the list of blocked persons and made an assurance regarding the bank accounts of the that I am the holder of various financial institutions that operate in the Mexican Republic, ”mentions the petition for amparo.
García said he is the holder of account number 0154191005 of the financial institution BBVA Bancomer and of account number 40129912679 of Banco Inbursa, as well as three credit cards with termination 0404, 5605 and 2372, in the same banks.
“I would like to point out that the consequences of the blockade publicly announced by the Financial Intelligence Unit directly or indirectly violate my chances of hiring and paying for the private defense of my choice to face the criminal process that I am subject to in the United States.” The former official is accused of receiving bribes in exchange for protection of the Sinaloa cartel.
In his petition he recalled that on December 9 he was deprived of his freedom in the state of Texas and weeks later he was transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, “in order to face a criminal proceeding that continues against me against the Department of Justice in the federal courts of that country. ”
“On the basis of the foregoing, I authorized the corresponding steps for the preparation and presentation of this lawsuit, in order to request the protection and protection of justice against the claimed acts,” stated in the lawsuit signed by him and his lawyer, said The judicial authorities consulted.
Keys
Human rights
• Genaro García Luna said that the order to block their accounts violates their human rights and guarantees provided for in articles 1, 14, 16 and 20, section B, section I, and 21 of the Constitution.
Scenarios
• In the next few days, the judge must determine whether to grant the suspension and if so, the National Banking and Securities Commission would be ordered to unlock the accounts. In case of not being granted, García Luna may challenge before a Collegiate Court.
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