From prison, García Luna claims that there are audio recordings of AMLO and drug traffickers

WASHINGTON.- Former Secretary of Public Security, Genaro García Luna, shared a letter to journalist Keegan Hamilton in which he claims that there is evidence of alleged links between President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and drug trafficking.

The former Mexican official, who was found guilty of drug trafficking by a jury in New York, said that such records exist.

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“It is public knowledge and is in the official records of México and the United States, the contacts, videos, audios, photographs, communication records and management between the current President of México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and his operators with the leaders of drug trafficking and their families” the letter mentions.

“In particular (he had contact) with the drug traffickers who were used as witnesses against me during the trial, who even during the trial accused President López Obrador and his operators of being linked to them and drug trafficking,” points to the four-page letter that was handwritten.

The document states that New York District Attorney’s Office He offered him a deal to plead guilty to drug trafficking crimes in exchange for a six-month detention, which would provide him with financial benefits and make him a protected witness.

Garcia Luna He mentioned that while he was defending his innocence, he was sent to punishment cells for almost a year and that his fellow inmates had recorded him in an attempt to implicate him in drug trafficking.

In the letter, the former secretary explains that in February 2023 he went to trial, but the accusing party did not present “a single piece of evidence or existence that proved the crimes he was charged with.

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“They did not present any documents, photographs, videos, audio, telephone communication records, tax or financial documents, bank accounts, or any record of contact with any member of the drug trade or their family,” mentioned.

Genaro García Luna will learn on October 9th the sentence that will be imposed by Judge Brian Cogan, the same one who sentenced Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to life imprisonment and will be in charge of prosecuting “El Mayo” Zambada.