Sinaloa Cartel

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Santiago Nieto, head of Mexico’s Finance Intelligence Unit, said that in 2017, Mexico City’s government gave MXN $31.3 million to a private company owned by García Luna

The extradition takes place weeks after U.S. Attorney General William Barr met with President López Obrador

President López Obrador said the truth will come out once García Luna faces his U.S. trial

Calderón’s Security Minister is accused of protecting the Sinaloa Cartel

García Luna will face the same judge that sentenced “El Chapo” to life in prison

López Obrador wants to make sure no official linked to García Luna is still working for his administration

García was arrested months after he was named during the trial against Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán

Genaro García Luna was accused of protecting drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán

García Luna allegedly received multimillion-bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel, then led by El Chapo