Mejía Berdeja summarizes the charges against the former head of Security and his riders

Alonso Urrutia and Emir Olivares

Newspaper La Jornada
Friday December 16, 2022, p. 8

The Undersecretary of Public Security, Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, presented a summary of the legal proceedings against Genaro García Luna and six of his collaborators between 2001 and 2012. Known as The Seven Horsemen of the Apocalypse, They face accusations of illicit enrichment, receiving bribes from organized crime, improper use of functions and torture, as well as for their participation in the illegal introduction of weapons into Mexico in the operation Fast and Furious.

During the presidential conference, he highlighted that this Thursday a hearing for the trial against García Luna was held in New York, which will begin on January 9, in which he faces charges of criminal conspiracy and millionaire bribes by the Sinaloa cartel. Through a diagram with the photographs of the then officials, now indicted for various crimes during his management, he evidenced the legal consequences of his performance.

He released the photo of the management organization chart of the Federal Investigation Agency, attached to the then PGR, with some that came from the defunct Center for Investigation and National Security.

Later, in 2006 they arrived at the Federal Public Security Secretariat, with Genaro García Luna at the helm. Among them are Luis Eduardo No.; facundo No.; Edgar Eusebio No., murdered a few years ago; Armando “N” and Francisco No., as regional security coordinator and later he was in different functions. This group was accused by different criminal leaders of being part of a network that delivered millionaire bribes from the Sinaloa cartel.

They were the main commanders in García Luna’s time that have to do with criminal proceedings or investigation folders.

Louis Edward No. was charged in Fast and Furious; He is linked to a trial for torture in a maximum security prison. He was credited with being number two in the García Luna structure. He was in practically all areas: he was head of the regional security division, which was in control of state coordination, airport and border areas. facundo No.also involved in Fast and Furious, He was arrested and has various charges. Ramón Eduardo, accused of torture, is pointed out in various investigation folders, even in trials that are carried out abroad.