The case splashes Mexican politics, particularly the two former presidents Vincente Fox and Felipe Calderon who had placed Garcia Luna at the head of the country’s security.
With our correspondent in Mexico, Gwendolina Duval
There Garcia Luna guilty plea sets fire to the Mexican political class which is torn between the opposition and the presidential clan. In New York on Tuesday, the former police chief of Mexico, in charge of organizing the war against the cartels, was found guilty of organized crime and corruption. His trial revealed that for twenty years, Garcia Luna worked on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel.
“ It’s a lesson according to the Mexican president. The day after the verdict that declares Genaro Garcia Luna guilty in the United States, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declares his satisfaction in his daily press conference: “ I would say it helps to continue the cleanup of corruption in Mexico. »
In the opposition, Felipe Calderon, the ex-president of Mexico whose name was mentioned several times during the trial, defends himself against the attacks of the presidential clan. In a long statement, the one who had made Garcia Luna his confidant does not speak about the verdict, but he claims the record of his government and its choices in its security policy.
” But then, what did the president not know? How will he explain to the Mexican people why he named Garcia Luna? What did he know and what did he not know? asks Obrador.
Lopez Obrador, who did not rule out initiating new proceedings, even wanted Genaro Garcia Luna to act as a witness if he had any information.