Former Mexican security chief convicted of drug trafficking in US
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Former Mexican Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna was convicted by an anonymous New York jury of drug trafficking and accepting massive bribes to protect drug cartels.
He is the highest-ranking current or former Mexican official ever to be tried in the United States.
García Luna, who denied the allegations, headed Mexico’s federal police and then was its top public safety official from 2006 to 2012. His lawyers said the charges were based on lies from criminals who wanted to punish his drug-fighting efforts and to get sentencing breaks for themselves by helping prosecutors.
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