The orders of the Florida Court, former Mexican Security Chief to pay millions to Mexico Courts News

Genaro Garcia Luna, a senior government official, is serving a 38 -year prison sentence for acceptance of bribes.

A court in Florida has ordered the former head of the General Security in Mexico to pay more than 748 million dollars to his mother country for his alleged involvement in government corruption.

On Thursday, the ruling of a civilian case submitted by the Mexican government for the first time in September 2021.

The case focused on Genaro Garcia Luna, who served as head of security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012. Garcia Luna is currently spending more than 38 years in the United States prison for accepting him Millions of dollars in bribes Who will receive a Cartel.

The Mexican government claims that Garcia Luna also stole millions in taxpayer funds, and has pledged to search for recovery, that is, by submitting a legal complaint in Miami, Florida, where it says that some illegal activity happened.

On Thursday, Judge Lisa Walsh in Miami Did Garcia Luna did not only pay millions, but also ordered his wife, Linda Christina Pereira, to pay $ 1.7 billion. In total, the total is close to $ 2.4 billion.

In her initial complaint of 2021, the Mexican government-which was led by former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador-Garcia Luna, his wife and their attackers participating in “hiding stolen money from the government” and smuggling money to places such as Barbados and the United States.

“Under the supervision of the defendant Garcia Luna, the money that was taken illegally was used from the Mexico government to build the money laundering empire,” the complaint wrote.

He claimed that these funds were used to finance “lifestyle lifestyles” for Garcia Luna and its participating staff, including real estate holdings, bank accounts and old cars, including Mustang from the 1960s and 1970s.

Separately, Garcia faced criminal charges of corruption, as the American authorities accuse him of millions of millions while working on behalf of Cartel Sinaloa.

By working with the Federal Police in Mexico and as a complication, American prosecutors say Garcia Luna reached the information that he later used to remove Cartel Sinaloa, and inform them of the investigations and movements of competing criminal groups.

Garcia Luna was also accused of the help of the cartel to transfer its cocaine shipments to destinations like the United States, and sometimes the federal police in Mexico are used as personal guards – and even allowing the Kartel to wear uniforms.

On the other hand, prosecutors say that the cartel left money in hiding places, one of which was a French restaurant across the street from the American embassy in Mexico. The total of some money packages – provided at $ 100 – reached up to $ 10,000.

After leaving his post in 2012, Garcia Luna moved to the United States. He admitted that he was not guilty of the charges against him. Defense lawyers described him as a successful businessman living in Florida.

But in February 2023, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, convicted Garcia Luna on drug -related charges, including international cocaine plot and conspiracy to import cocaine. The following year, in October, was Heal For decades in prison.

However, the Mexican government in the civil lawsuit claimed that Garcia Luna also led the “government contracting plan” that included questionable deals in the offer as a form of money laundering.

These contracts included monitoring deals and communication equipment. The Associated Press news agency reported that one of these contracts has been forged, and others were amplified.

Garcia Luna is a Mexican government official, the highest level is convicted in the United States.