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Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Mexican police & security official accused of taking millions in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel, has been cut off from the Mexican financial system, his lawyer just said in court in Brooklyn. GGL's companies & family also cut off from Mexican banks.
GGL is being held under some kind of unusual security measures in the Brooklyn federal jail, his lawyers, Cesar de Castro, said. GGL was in solitary in Brooklyn as recently as nine days ago. Another hearing has been scheduled for April 2.
At today's hearing prosecutors repeated what they said in a filing late last week: that they have tons of evidence against GGL including finance docs, info from electronic devices and classified material. GGL was for many years Mexico's point man w/US law enforcement in Mexico.
GGL is still considering filing a request for bail but it hasn't happened yet.
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Alan Feuer
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News from bail hearing of Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's former top cop accused corruption w/ the Sinaloa cartel:
Prosecutors said they are investigating "a web" of former Mexican officials connected to GGL. They didn't name any but said they were "co-conspirators" in the case.
"Many of these officials are still in Mexico," a prosecutor said. "Many of them still hold powerful positions in the private sector."
A magistrate judge is even now deciding whether or not to release GGL on a bail package of $1 million secured by properties GGL owns.
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Alan Feuer
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In preparation for this morning's bail hearing for Genaro Garcia Luna, prosecutors say he should not released. Since GGL was arrested in December, prosecutors say they have found additional witnesses to support the charge that he took millions in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel.
Prosecutors also suggest there's an incentive for other "corrupt Mexican officials" to help him flee in order to avoid "public disclosure of these criminal acts at trial."
The Brooklyn prosecutors also say that GGL's claim of financial hardship "strains credulity." A DEA investigation, they say, has revealed that GGL has multiple real estate holdings worth nearly $4 million.
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Alan Feuer
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A bail hearing has been scheduled for Thursday 11 am in the case of Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Mexican security official accused of taking bribes from the Sinaloa cartel.
Garcia Luna’s lawyer had asked earlier this week to have him released on $1 million bond.
The significance of the hearing:
Prosecutors are likely to detail some of their evidence against Garcia Luna in trying to keep him in custody.
In court papers they have already said they have downloads from GGL's electronic devices & intercepted communications (unclear whose.)
Garcia Luna's case is prosecuted in Brooklyn Federal Court in front of the same judge who tried Chapo Guzman.
Prosecutors have already said the Guzman and Garcia Luna cases are connected and are based on some of the same evidence.
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