“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
The request by the defense of former Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna to annul the charges of drug trafficking has been denied.
According to information reported by El Dictamen, it was last Saturday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office decided to reject the request of the defense of the former Mexican official.
The former official’s defense had requested that the drug trafficking charges be dropped, arguing that it is clear that his client did not commit acts of conspiracy with the Sinaloa cartel.
Genaro Garcia Luna is since 2019 charged with alleged participation in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to distribute cocaine internment, conspiracy to distribute and possess, to distribute cocaine, making false statements, among others.
Therefore, his defense has pointed out that if the former official had participated in conspiracy with the Sinaloa cartel during the years 2001 and 2012, which they claim he did not do, as also that it is clear that when he left public life and Mexico in 2012, he left any alleged conspiracy.
However, the U.S. Attorney’s Office determined to reject the defense’s request, since it stated that the indictment against the former official covers the period from January 2001 to July 2021.