Mexico: Ex-Security Chief Stole $745 Million From Contracts

Mexico: Ex-Security Chief Stole $745 Million From Contracts
Mexico's Genaro Garcia Luna speaks during a ceremony to designate June 2 as Federal Police Day in Mexico City, June 2, 2011. Alexandre Meneghini/AP Photo
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Mexican authorities said Thursday that former top security official Genaro Garcia Luna embezzled as much as $745.9 million from government technology contracts.

Pablo Gómez, the head of Mexico’s anti-money laundering unit, said Garcia Luna and associates set up companies that got 30 dubious government contracts while he was Mexico’s top security official in 2006–2012 and for six years afterward.