US & Mexican Officials Respond to Garcia Luna's Guilty Verdict

By Socalj 2/22/2023 09:31:00 AM
"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

“García Luna’s conduct included facilitating the safe passage of Cartel drug shipments, providing the sensitive information to law enforcement about Cartel investigations, and assisting (him) in attacking rival drug cartels, which facilitated the importation of multi-ton quantities of cocaine and other drugs into the United States," the US Department of Justice said in a statement after the verdict was announced.

Shortly after Genaro Garcia Luna was convicted on all counts of conspiracy to traffic narcotics and participating in a continuing criminal enterprise with the Sinaloa/BLO cartels; responses from Mexican officials including former presidents and current lawmakers poured in.

As Luna has been seen as the main architect of the modern war on drugs in Mexico, his conviction has brought cries for his former bosses, including former Mexican Presidents to be investigated for their possible involvement and potentially charged as well.

The ongoing conflict has led to more than 400,000 people killed, 82,000 disappearing, and hundreds of thousands displaced since 2006 when Luna was put in charge of public security for Mexico.

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Garcia Luna advising his boss, former President Felipe Calderón.



Felipe Calderón with collegue, George W Bush. Together, they kicked off the militarization of the War on Drugs in Mexico, which shortly preceded amazing burgeoning storm of violence, with people hanging from bridges, and decapitations, even heads being rolled in the door of Mexican bars to terrorize the patrons.