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Judge Brian Cogan accepted the motion presented by García Luna’s lawyers to exclude a testimony involving Alexis Weinberg -a business collaborator of the former Mexican official-, since he indicated that it is not relevant information for the crimes that are imputed to him. accused.
According to the statements of El Rey Zambada, after the payments of five million dollars in 2006, García Luna assured him that his brother, El Mayo Zambada, would not be the victim of persecution nor would he be investigated by the authorities.
According to Reynaldo Zambada, the meetings with the former official were coordinated by a lawyer identified as Óscar Paredes.
The purpose of the payments was to provide protection and support to the Sinaloa Cartel, which contributed significantly to its territorial expansion.
King Zambada confirmed that he met García Luna twice at the Champs-Élysées restaurant in Mexico City. The first was at the end of Vicente Fox’s six-year term in 2006, with the aim of paying him three million dollars.
The second meeting was held three weeks later and the payment was two million dollars.
US prosecutors showed a photograph of García Luna to Reynaldo Zambada, alias El Rey, and asked him if he recognized him.
Given this, the drug trafficker responded in the affirmative and assured that he saw him personally on a couple of occasions to pay him money that came from the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Jesús Reynaldo Zambada appeared at García Luna’s trial as a witness, as had been reported since the afternoon of Sunday, February 12.
This is the brother of Ismael El Mayo Zambada (leader of the Sinaloa Cartel), who participated in the trial of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán in 2019.
The wife and son of Genaro García Luna appeared at the Brooklyn Court to accompany the former Mexican official. It is the first time that both come together.
Genaro García Luna notified Judge Brian Cogan that he chose not to testify at his trial, so he will not take the stand or testify in his own defense.
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