US EditionFlorida court orders ex-Mexican security chief to pay millions to Mexico
- On Thursday, a Florida judge ordered former Mexican security chief Genaro García Luna along with his spouse, Linda Cristina Pereyra, to pay over $2.4 billion to the Mexican government.
- The ruling followed a 2021 lawsuit by the Mexican government alleging García Luna and associates engaged in corruption, money laundering, and bid-rigging involving public contracts.
- García Luna, who led Mexico’s public security from 2006 to 2012, was found guilty in 2023 of receiving millions of dollars to protect the Sinaloa cartel and aid in their drug trafficking operations.
- Judge Lisa Walsh mandated that García Luna owes close to $749 million, while Pereyra faces an obligation exceeding $1.7 billion—an amount triple the government's initial demand—with almost $3 million in assets already recovered.
- García Luna is serving more than 38 years in a U.S. prison, and Mexico has pledged to seek further restitution for corruption involving offshore accounts and assets in Florida.
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Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolJudge Lisa Walsh sentenced Genaro García Luna and his wife Linda Cristina Pereyra, who will have to hand over $1.7 billion.
He is already serving a 39-year prison sentence for drug trafficking. A former Mexican minister, who was one of the main architects of the fight against drug trafficking in Mexico, Genaro García Luna, has just been sentenced to pay $2.4 billion by a Florida court. This time, the charges are "corruption" and "money laundering".
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Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayUS court orders convicted ‘super cop’, wife to pay Mexico US$2.4b in corruption case penalty
A US court yesterday ordered a former Mexican security chief convicted of drug trafficking and his wife to pay more than US$2.4 billion (RM10.2 billion) to their country, Mexico’s government said.
Convicted former 'super cop' and wife ordered to pay Mexico over $2.4 bn
by Daniel RookA US court on Thursday ordered a former Mexican security chief convicted of drug trafficking and his wife to pay more than $2.4 billion to their country, Mexico's government said.Mexico sued Genaro Garcia Luna, who is imprisoned in the United States, for alleged corruption and money laundering involving dozens of public contracts.The ruling is the latest twist in the saga of the former high-flying minister who earned himself the ni…
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