US prosecutors oppose retrial of Genaro Garcia Luna, a former minister of public security, and accused him of bribery of prisoners in a New York prison where they put him in order to give him away false testimony in his favor.

Garcia Luna’s defense sought a retrial for his client, arguing that he had obtained new evidence that would have exonerated him after he was found guilty of the crime in February 2023. corruption and drug crimes

The deadline set by the prosecutor’s office to respond to this petition expired today.

As expected, prosecutors objected and filed a nearly 90-page memorandum, with several portions sealed, arguing for the validity of the jury’s verdict finding Genaro Luna guilty of the five crimes with which he is accused and for which he faces punishment. maximum penalty is life imprisonment.

“Even if the court had found the defense to be true, it would have left untouched the compelling and corroborated testimony of several witnesses that the defendant accepted millions of dollars in cash from the Sinaloa Cartel and that he conspired to help him when his duty was to go after him.” , they explain.

Judge Brian Cogan is expected to rule on Garcia Luna’s defense request for a retrial, possibly at a special hearing, which prosecutors also opposed, asking for a simple and straightforward denial, the document said.

The defense was able to delay Garcia Luna’s sentencing hearing, scheduled for June 24, 2024, thanks to some supposed “new favorable evidence” prosecutors had charged against, ensuring it was “slow maneuvering.”

“Conspiracy of witnesses” – the result of a bribe

Prosecutors in a letter today asked the judge not to retry the trial, arguing that this new evidence hinting at “witness collusion” is the result of cash bribes and an “incentive” by Garcia Luna to hand over some of Garcia Luna to other prisoners. false statements under oath and testimony in his favor.

According to prosecutors’ own investigation, Garcia Luna masterminded a “conspiracy” from the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center andHe agreed to offer the prisoner up to $2 million To help him for these purposes, money that will be transferred to him through a “Mexican partner” is indicated in the document.

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Prosecutors argue that other “new evidence” was known to the defendants or should have been known before and during the trial, that it was available if “reasonable diligence” was exercised, and, above all, that it does not discredit the “mountain” of evidence proven in the process against him.

García Luna, 55, was found guilty in February 2023 of four felonies related to corruption and cocaine trafficking that could take a life, as well as a fifth offense of making false statements to U.S. authorities when he applied for citizenship. (EFE)