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| Mexico: ex-minister arrested in US on charges he took millions in cartel bribes | Mexico: ex-minister arrested in US on charges he took millions in cartel bribes |
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| Genaro García Luna, who ran Mexico’s federal police for six years, charged with accepting lavish bribes to protect drug cartel | Genaro García Luna, who ran Mexico’s federal police for six years, charged with accepting lavish bribes to protect drug cartel |
| A former senior Mexican government official who played a key role in the country’s militarized war on drugs has been arrested in Texas on charges that he allowed the Sinaloa cartel to operate in exchange for multimillion-dollar bribes. | A former senior Mexican government official who played a key role in the country’s militarized war on drugs has been arrested in Texas on charges that he allowed the Sinaloa cartel to operate in exchange for multimillion-dollar bribes. |
| Genaro García Luna, who ran Mexico’s federal police for six years, was arrested in Dallas on Monday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Tuesday. | Genaro García Luna, who ran Mexico’s federal police for six years, was arrested in Dallas on Monday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Tuesday. |
| García Luna led Mexico’s federal investigation agency from 2001 to 2005, and from 2006 to 2012, he served as Mexico’s secretary of public security, controlling the country’s federal police force. | García Luna led Mexico’s federal investigation agency from 2001 to 2005, and from 2006 to 2012, he served as Mexico’s secretary of public security, controlling the country’s federal police force. |
| He helped oversee the militarized crackdown on organized crime which was launched in 2006 by the then president, Felipe Calderón, and has continued with slight modifications ever since. | He helped oversee the militarized crackdown on organized crime which was launched in 2006 by the then president, Felipe Calderón, and has continued with slight modifications ever since. |
| According to the indictment against him unsealed on Tuesday, García Luna “received millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel in exchange for providing protection for its drug trafficking activities”. | According to the indictment against him unsealed on Tuesday, García Luna “received millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel in exchange for providing protection for its drug trafficking activities”. |
| “García Luna stands accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes from ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel while he controlled Mexico’s federal police force and was responsible for ensuring public safety in Mexico,” said US attorney Richard P Donoghue. “Today’s arrest demonstrates our resolve to bring to justice those who help cartels inflict devastating harm on the United States and Mexico, regardless of the positions they held while committing their crimes.” | “García Luna stands accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes from ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel while he controlled Mexico’s federal police force and was responsible for ensuring public safety in Mexico,” said US attorney Richard P Donoghue. “Today’s arrest demonstrates our resolve to bring to justice those who help cartels inflict devastating harm on the United States and Mexico, regardless of the positions they held while committing their crimes.” |
| On two occasions, cartel bagmen personally delivered bribe payments to García Luna in briefcases containing between $3m and $5m, the indictment said. | On two occasions, cartel bagmen personally delivered bribe payments to García Luna in briefcases containing between $3m and $5m, the indictment said. |
| That allegation was first made in court during the trial earlier last year of Sinaloa kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. | That allegation was first made in court during the trial earlier last year of Sinaloa kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. |
| “According to financial records obtained by the government, by the time García Luna relocated to the United States in 2012, he had amassed a personal fortune of millions of dollars,” the indictment said. | “According to financial records obtained by the government, by the time García Luna relocated to the United States in 2012, he had amassed a personal fortune of millions of dollars,” the indictment said. |
| Prosecutors also said García Luna, who moved to the United States in 2012 and is now a Florida resident, also lied about his past criminal conduct on behalf of the Sinaloa cartel when he applied for naturalization in 2018. |