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By: EFE
Sunday, November 17
Mexico files lawsuit in the US for money laundering of former minister García Luna
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Mexican Government announced this Tuesday that it filed a lawsuit in the United States for the alleged money laundering of former Secretary of Security Genaro García Luna, arrested in this country for drug trafficking .
“ The action presented covers 39 companies and trusts belonging to Genaro García Luna , his accomplices and / or relatives, who according to the claim are located or have operations in Florida, “the agency explained in a statement.
The Financial Investigation Unit (UIF) assured that these companies are owners of assets derived from “a large illegal contracting scheme in the national security and defense sector, related to with the former Secretary of Public Security. ”
The lawsuit, filed before a Miami court, alleges that this group of companies was created by García Luna and conspirators “ to hide resources derived from acts corruption “.
García Luna, who He was Secretary of Security during the Government of Felipe Calderón, is being detained in a Brooklyn jail, in New York , pending his trial before a United States federal court.
The former secretary was arrested in December of 2019 in Dallas, Texas, and charged with drug trafficking and from accepting bribes from Joaquín “ El Chapo ”Guzmán , leader of the Sinaloa cartel, while he was the person in charge of the national security of Mexico.
According to the US Government, this would have allowed the shipment of tons of cocaine and / or after drugs to the United States.
Last August, a New York court delayed until 26 October preview of the former secretary’s trial.
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