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Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Arrested for Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy and Making False Statements -
He Allegedly Received Millions of Dollars In Bribes From El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel.

Will ex president Pena Nieto (who took $100M) be next? https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-mexican-secretary-public-security-arrested-drug-trafficking-conspiracy-and

Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Arrested for

An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, with three counts of cocaine

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-mexican-secretary-public-security-arrested-drug-trafficking-conspiracy-and

The arrest of Garcia Luna was stunning news, cuz he also worked closely with US official on a multimillion-dollar effort known as Merida Initiative to confront the cartels.

“This is the highest ranking Mexican official .. arrested ..in half a century” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/former-mexican-anti-drug-official-charged-with-taking-bribes-from-el-chapo-cartel/2019/12/10/b39f9e5a-1b70-11ea-977a-15a6710ed6da_story.html?outputType=amp

Former Mexican anti-drug official charged with taking bribes from ‘El Chapo’ cartel

Genaro Garcia Luna once led the federal police. He has denied helping the Sinaloa cartel.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/former-mexican-anti-drug-official-charged-with-taking-bribes-from-el-chapo-cartel/2019/12/10/b39f9e5a-1b70-11ea-977a-15a6710ed6da_story.html?outputType=amp

On Dec 2006, Luna Garcia became Sec of Public Security Of Mexico.

April 2011, he became president of XXVIII International Drug Endorcement Conference (IDEC).

In 2013, he was among the “10 Most Corrupt Mexicans” published by Forbes.

@Avery1776

In 2008, NYT published a puff piece praising Garcia Luna’s boss/president Felipe Calderon’s “decision to aggressively war on drug trafficking”

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/magazine/13officer-t.html

The Long War of Genaro García Luna

As a cop, he attacked Mexico’s big drug cartels. Now the narcos are retaliating — by going after the police.

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/magazine/13officer-t.html

Garcia Luna’s ex boss Felipe Calderon & the Sinaloa Cartel:

https://twitter.com/benktallmadge/status/1013033398317735937?s=21 https://twitter.com/BenKTallmadge/status/1013033398317735937

https://twitter.com/benktallmadge/status/1013033398317735937?s=21

In 2000, Garcia Luna was named Dir. for Planning & Operation for the Deferal Judicial Police.

In 2001, he founded and served as Dir. General of Agencia Federal de Investigacion, under then president Vicente Fox.

“Vicente Fox started his administration with just $1,000 in bank, his companies were all bankrupt... El Chapo escaped inJan 2001 (Fox was Pres. 2000-2006). In Feb 2001, Fox started to spend $, but Property & renovate his ranch” https://www.minnpost.com/global-post/2014/07/meet-journalist-who-says-she-can-prove-mexican-presidents-links-drug-cartels/

Meet the journalist who says she can prove Mexican presidents’ links to drug cartels | MinnPost

Anabel Hernandez talks to GlobalPost about why she thinks Mexico’s government is more dangerous than its gangsters.

https://www.minnpost.com/global-post/2014/07/meet-journalist-who-says-she-can-prove-mexican-presidents-links-drug-cartels/

Felipe Calderon was no better.
“Calderon headed meetings (with drug traffickers).. People of Ismael Mayo Zambada (a wanted drug trafficker) went into Los Pinos (Mexico’s presidential palace)”

Calderon arrested almost all cartel members instead of Sinaloa https://www.minnpost.com/global-post/2014/07/meet-journalist-who-says-she-can-prove-mexican-presidents-links-drug-cartels/

Meet the journalist who says she can prove Mexican presidents’ links to drug cartels | MinnPost

Anabel Hernandez talks to GlobalPost about why she thinks Mexico’s government is more dangerous than its gangsters.

https://www.minnpost.com/global-post/2014/07/meet-journalist-who-says-she-can-prove-mexican-presidents-links-drug-cartels/

Former Mexican President/Obama Pal Pena Nieto Took $100 Million Bribe, Witness At El Chapo Trial Says- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/nyregion/el-chapo-trial.html

Former Mexican President Peña Nieto Took $100 Million Bribe, Witness at El Chapo Trial Says

Alex Cifuentes Villa, an ally of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug trafficker known as El Chapo, said Enrique Peña Nieto had initially asked for $250 million.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/nyregion/el-chapo-trial.html

https://twitter.com/benktallmadge/status/1089601249878597632?s=21 https://twitter.com/BenKTallmadge/status/1089601249878597632

https://twitter.com/benktallmadge/status/1089601249878597632?s=21

In 2008, Mexico & the US sign the first LOA for the Merida Initiative, a historic co-op Of both countries to counter drug-fuel violence threatening citizens in both sides of the border.

With $2.3 billion funding the US Congress.

https://mx.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/the-merida-initiative/

The Merida Initiative | U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Mexico

Overview In December 2008, Mexico and the United States signed the first Letter of Agreement (LOA) for the Merida Initiative, opening a chapter of historic cooperation and acknowledging the shared...

https://mx.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/the-merida-initiative/

US Ambassador to Mexico Resigned; Human Right Activist’s Say “Fire the Merida Initiative!”

Operation Fast & Furious allowed 1,700 Guns to cross the border into Mexico.

One of those guns was used to kill US customs agent Jaime Zapata on a Mexican hwy.

http://witnessforpeace.org/u-s-ambassador-to-mexico-resigns-human-rights-activists-say-fire-the-merida-initiative/

https://twitter.com/benktallmadge/status/1089606715585159168?s=21 https://twitter.com/BenKTallmadge/status/1089606715585159168