Genaro García Luna achieves extension to appeal his conviction for ties with the Sinaloa Cartel - La Opinión

Rodolfo López Arellano, also known as “El Cabo 30” or “El Solecito”, alleged operator of the Sinaloa Cartel, was murdered on Wednesday afternoon, April 2 at the Tlalpan mayor’s office in southern Mexico City. According to preliminary reports, the attack occurred in the town of San Miguel Topilejo, in a venue where López Arellano allegedly organized cockfighting. Antonio Nieto, a security journalist, reported on his death and identified him as on…

They grant the former Secretary of Public Security, Genaro García Luna, an extension of four months to appeal the sentence imposed on him for drug trafficking and organized crime. This, according to the document issued by the Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit of New York, who granted the defense of García Luna an extension of the deadline to file a full appeal brief against the trial and the sentence that was imposed on García Luna last yea…

Oswaldo RojasA federal court in the United States has granted the former Secretary of Public Security of Mexico, Genaro García Luna, a four-month extension to file his appeal against the 38-year prison sentence imposed on him on drug trafficking and organized crime charges.The Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit of New York approved the extension of the deadline requested by the defense of the former official, who will now have until July 21s…

On April 2, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York, granted Genaro García Luna—former head of the Ministry of Public Security (SSP) during the government of Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (from December 1, 2006 to November 30, 2012)—an additional period of four months, which would expire on July 21 of the same year… Source

The Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit granted an extension of four months to the defense of Genaro García Luna to appeal his sentence

Genaro García Luna, sentenced to 38 years in prison in the United States, after being convicted of various crimes, obtained an extension to appeal his conviction. Mexico’s former Secretary of Public Security, during the six-year term of Felipe Calderón, obtained a four-month term, so that on July 21, 2025, he sought to reverse the sentence imposed by Judge Brian M. Cogan. The Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit accepted the above because Garc…