The bowels of the trial of García Luna and his drug-corruption "cartel" - Process

2023-02-22 18:13:15 By : Ms. Joyce Huang

MEXICO CITY (apro).- The shadow of Felipe Calderón, the organization chart of corruption in Mexico and the ace that the United States Attorney's Office could be keeping in a safe were the topics of the first special program of the Process on the trial against Genaro Garcia Luna.With Jorge Carrasco, director of Proceso magazine, and Santiago Igartúa Scherer, director of Proceso Digital, J. Jesús Esquivel, correspondent for the magazine in the United States, offered details of what was experienced in Room 8D, presided over by Judge Brian Cogan, in the first week of the trial against the former Secretary of Security of the Mexican government in the six-year term of Felipe Calderón.In his chronicle, J. Jesús Esquivel recalled that although Felipe Calderón has not been accused in the United States, during the first week of hearings his name was mentioned, so he does not rule out that "everything said about him can accumulate in a new investigative file in the United States”.In fact, he recalled that US prosecutors made it clear that there will be testimony from DEA officials and agents.One of them could be Anthony Plácido, who was head of intelligence operations for the DEA when García Luna was secretary of Public Security, and who became the first high-ranking United States official to openly accuse the official of colluding with the Cartel. from Sinaloa, Esquivel recalled.Jorge Carrasco announced that in next week's edition of Proceso magazine, a report will be published on "the framework behind this implicit protection that is being given to Felipe Calderón in Spain.""So while one is literally in the dock, the other is under great international protection, which our readers will already know about," he said.J. Jesús Esquivel narrated that, when Sergio Villarreal Barragán "El Grande" gave his testimony, US Attorney Erin Reid placed a blackboard in full view of the jury.Then, at the top, she put the photograph of Genaro García Luna."Below, one by one, the former officials of the Ministry of Public Security and the Federal Investigation Agency were placed, who are the same ones who accompanied García Luna in those two six-year terms.""It was Ramón Pequeño García, Luis Cárdenas Palomino, Édgar Millán Gómez, who assassinated him, there were several regional commanders, some who were mentioned by the name of Eloy and Villegas, who "El Grande" was never able to identify who exactly they were, but the photographs were found there".Strategically, the prosecutor placed the blackboard in such a way that the jurors could not stop seeing the photographs.Meanwhile, García Luna did not turn to see the blackboard.The ace under the safe to avoid international ridiculeDuring the conversation, they recalled the criticism of the prosecutors for not presenting evidence against García Luna during the first week of hearings and limiting themselves to presenting the testimonies of characters who benefit from cooperating with the US justice system."What do you see?Would the United States government, the prosecution, dare to present a case without the strength that we would think a case like this requires?” asked Santiago Igartúa Scherer.In this regard, J. Jesús Esquivel pointed out that, for this case, several envelopes with evidence that not even Judge Brian Cogan knows are sealed and in a safe."It's that not even the judge knows what those sealed evidences contain, documents, we don't know what the Department of Justice has delivered to him."Comparing the trial to a game of Chess, J. Jesús Esquivel pointed out that "the prosecutors are beginning to place their pieces on the board", and in the end they could make a move of checkmate.He recalled that this occurred in the trial against Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, with the presentation of the recording in which he spoke with the Flores brothers, and which was presented by coach Cristian Rodríguez, from Colombia."It was the end of the process of Joaquín Guzmán Loera.""We could not say that he has nothing, it would be the total ridiculousness of the United States government that after so many years they drop a case like this.""Ball of simulators," said the PAN senator in her message against President López Obrador "and his accomplices."The maximum punishment to which the former Calderonista official would be sentenced is life imprisonment and the minimum of 20 years in prison."In 2024 we retire from politics because I am not a traditional politician," said the mayor of Cuauhtémoc.© Communication and Information SA de CVStrawberries #13, Col. Del Valle, CP 03100 Benito Juárez Delegation, Mexico CityProceso Magazine - All rights reserved Ⓒ 2023