David Brooks
Correspondent
Newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, March 8, 2022, p. 13
New York., The criminal proceeding against former Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna had another preliminary hearing to prepare for his eventual trial scheduled for October 24, 2022, in which dates were agreed to share evidence documents and lists of witnesses and define whether the jury will be anonymous and protected.
In the virtual session before Judge Brian Cogan in the federal court of the Eastern District of New York last Friday (the minute was published yesterday), it was established that the parties will deliver their lists of witnesses, as well as those considered evidence to the court The 23th of September.
At the same time, negotiations continue on whether the jury should be anonymous and partially protected, and another preliminary hearing was agreed for May 25. Federal prosecutors reported that they are proceeding with the collection and evaluation of evidence. They reported that they are awaiting responses to legal requests for more documents to add to the evidence. They reported that they have already collected more than a million pages of intercepted documents and communications.
García Luna is accused in the United States of accepting million dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel in exchange for granting protection for drug trafficking
between 2001 and 2005, when he headed the Federal Investigation Agency, and from 2006 to 2012, during his tenure as federal secretary of Public Security.
The charges include participation in a criminal business, various conspiracies to distribute cocaine, and false statements. The defendant was arrested in Dallas, Texas, in 2019 and is jailed in New York awaiting trial.
