“Garcia Luna, who once stood at the pinnacle of law enforcement in Mexico, will now live the rest of his days having been revealed as a traitor to his country and to the honest members of law enforcement who risked their lives to dismantle drug cartels,” stated United States Attorney Peace. Arvelo, Special Agent-in-Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York (HSI), announced the verdict. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Ivan J. When sentenced, Luna faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment and a maximum of life in prison.īreon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Anne Milgram, Administrator, U.S. The verdict followed a four-week trial before United States District Judge Brian M. Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of all five counts of a superseding indictment charging him with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise that includes six drug-related violations, international cocaine distribution conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to import cocaine, and making false statements.
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