Mexico's Former Chief of Security Charged With Accepting Bribes From Cartel

The former chief of security of Mexico had been charged with bribery for alleged acceptance of bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. It was suspected that Genaro García Luna had been accepting bribery from Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán of the Sinaloa Cartel for freedom of operation in the country of Mexico.

According to the authorities, Garcia Luna, who is currently residing in Florida, is being charged by the federal court of Brooklyn for three cases of trafficking cocaine and providing false statements.

He was detained on Monday by the authorities in Dallas where he is anticipated to appear in front of the court on Tuesday. Brooklyn was the place where the investigation conducted by the United States of American regarding the cartel was made. The prosecutors of the area had stated that they will use every part of their powers to allow his removal to New York. His arrest and the charges against him were announced on Tuesday.

According to Atty. Richard Donoghue from the US, Genaro García Luna had accepted bribes from Guzman while he was working as the chief of security in Mexico where he had full control of the Mexican police.

During the trial of El Chapo in New York last year, Jesús Zambada (the cartels' former member) had testified that Guzman had secretly made payments to Garcia Luna an amount not less than $6 million, upon the orders of the boss of the cartel named Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

The money was given to Garcia Luna in two installments in a restaurant located in Mexico between the years 2005 and 2007.

According to the statements released by the prosecutors, there were other witnesses to attest to the payment given to Garcia Luna from the Sinaloa cartel amounting to millions of dollars. The testimonies of these witnesses had revealed that the payments made to Garcia Luna were for the ease of shipping multiple tons of cocaine and other types of illegal drugs to the United States territory.

According to the documentation from the court, the Sinaloa cartel had primarily acquired ease of passage for all its illegal drug transactions, confidential information regarding the government's knowledge on the cartels, and the information of other cartels in the country.

The court papers had also stated that in 2012 when Garcia Luna had moved to the United States, he had already accumulated a great amount of fortune that is not consistent with his salary from working as a public servant in Mexico.

Genaro García Luna had served as the leader of the Investigation Agency of Mexico from the year 2001 to the year 2005. Later on, he worked as the secretary of Mexico's Public Security from 2006 to 2012. His power included a controlling authority to the country's police force.

During the reign of Former President Felipe Calderón from 2006 to 2012, Garcia Luna was seen by the nation as the main person supporting the then president's war against illegal drugs.

The leadership of Calderón was questioned for not going against the Sinaloa cartel compared to the other cartels in the country. The former president had always refused the criticism.