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BreitbartMAR 12 2023
A US court Wednesday sentenced Genaro Garcia Luna, former Mexico security chief who led that country's war on narcotics, to 38 years in prison for bribery.
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The former super-cop, who once reportedly led almost 40K men, was in 2023 convicted of five criminal charges, including conspiring to distribute cocaine globally.
The conviction and sentencing of García Luna marks a watershed moment in Mexico's fight against drugs and corruption, exposing the profound betrayal at the highest levels of Mexican law enforcement. This case validates long-held suspicions about state collusion with drug cartels, potentially forcing Mexico to reckon with its costly and controversial war on drugs.
A dedicated family man and law enforcement official who spent his career fighting crime, García Luna was brought down by the testimony of convicted criminals seeking revenge or lighter sentences. Given that prosecutors presented no documentary evidence to corroborate claims of bribery, histhis convictionlawsuit and sentencing raises troubling questions about the reliability of evidence in high-profile drug cases.