Rolando Herrera/ Reform Agency
Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 12:47 p.m.
CDMX.- The Eastern District Court of New York did not schedule hearings in the trial against former Secretary of Public Safety, Genaro García Luna, for this Thursday or tomorrow, so the proceedings will be resumed until next Monday, January 30. .
Before the trial began, Judge Brian Cogan reported that the hearings would take place Monday through Thursday for probably eight weeks.
However, this Thursday there was no hearing because one of the members of the Jury, made up of citizens, said at the time of being selected that he had a previous commitment, which was to attend a sporting event.
This week began the trial against García Luna, who is accused by the Prosecutor’s Office of having given protection to the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for million-dollar bribes, which caused the cocaine trafficked by that criminal organization to reach the United States.
Witnesses offered by the Prosecutor’s Office appeared for three days, one of them was Sergio Villarreal Barragán, “El Grande”, lieutenant of the Beltrán Leyva clan, who assured that the leader of that organization, Arturo Beltrán Leyva, “El Barbas”, paid to the former police command from 1 to 1.5 million dollars a month.
Tirso Martínez Sánchez, “El Futbolista”, a former operator of the Sinaloa Cartel, also declared, who explained the way in which he sent dozens of tons of cocaine hidden in freight train wagons to New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Other presenters included Ernest Cain, a retired Chicago police officer; Jamal Hormedo, DEA Special Agent; Matthew Coleman, anti-narcotics agent; Noel Malony, a customs agent, and Steven Tamayo, an immigration officer, who reported different seizures in which they participated and whose drugs belonged to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Another testimony offered by the Prosecutor’s Office was that of Héctor Tolentino, a member of the New York gang Los Trinitarios, who recounted the way in which drugs are distributed on the streets.
