Former Mexico Drug Czar Convicted in US of Taking Bribes From Cartel

Former Mexico Drug Czar Convicted in US of Taking Bribes From Cartel
Mexico's Public Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna attends a meeting with the Human Rights commission at the Senate in Mexico City on Nov. 29, 2012. Tomas Bravo/Reuters
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NEW YORK—A former Mexican law enforcement official once in charge of his country’s fight against drug traffickers was convicted on Tuesday on U.S. charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from the infamous Sinaloa cartel.

Federal prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn said Genaro Garcia Luna accepted bribes from the cartel once run by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in exchange for protection from arrest, safe passage for cocaine shipments, and tipoffs about forthcoming law enforcement operations.