New York .- Ivan Reyes Arzate, who was a close associate of Genaro Garcia Luna when he was secretary of public security, will plead guilty to drug trafficking in a US court, us media sources said. According to journalist Alan Feuer of The New York Times, Reyes Arzate will plead guilty in October in a Brooklyn court, following close collaboration with the DEA over his alleged ties to drug trafficking. Stay informed about what matters most to you Receive the most relevant news of the day in your e-mail Thank you for subscribing! Check your inbox to confirm your email and start receiving the latest news Take advantage and take the next step Receive our news alerts so you don’t miss anything Receive notifications Well! You’ve subscribed to notifications Set up and choose your preferences Set up notifications Enter your e-mail Subscribe To subscribe means accepting the terms and conditions Okay! You’ve subscribed to notifications Set up and choose your preferences
The former Federal Police commander is accused of leaking information to drug cartels to favor them, particularly the Sinaloa Cartel, to which his former boss has also been linked. As with Garcia Luna, aid to the cartel founded by “El Chapo” Guzman would have been in exchange for bribes of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. If Ivan Reyes pleads guilty, the picture would become complicated for Genaro Garcia Luna. Photo: Cuartoscuro While pleading guilty would be helpful to Reyes Arzate in court, it would further complicate the picture for the former secretary of security in Felipe Calderon’s six-year term, who maintains that he is innocent. Both worked closely in the Security Secretariat during the PAN six-year term, so prosecutors believe that bringing Ivan Reyes to his back will facilitate Garcia Luna’s downfall, since the former commander is considered a key player in the “super police” case. Reyes Arzate was arrested in January 2020 in the United States, indicted by the federal prosecutor’s office in New York on charges of conspiracy to possess, distribute and import cocaine into the USA. In early 2021 he was brought before Judge Cheryl Pollak, to whom he pleaded not guilty, so he apparently decided to change his mind after collaborating with the DEA. And the fact is that the outlook was not favorable for the former commander of the Federal Police, since the authorities have collected up to 80 thousand pages of evidence against him. Read more: It’s not up to me to know if it’s false or not: AMLO on Rodriguez Mondragon’s tweet While Genaro Garcia Luna has been detained in the United States since December 2019 on charges of collaborating with the Sinaloa Cartel, whose trial has been extended with hearings postponed due to the pandemic. Nurse cries for young people intubated by delta variant Follow us on
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