Mexico City (EFE).- The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said this Wednesday that the guilty plea in the US of former Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna (2006-2012) “helps clean up the corruption” in the country, although “it is just the beginning”.
“(The trial) helps to continue cleaning up corruption in Mexico. Of course, there is more to go, this is just the beginning, it is a good contribution, but the contribution could be greater, ”he assured in his daily press conference.
García Luna, who was the right hand of former President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) and leader of the so-called “war on drugs”, was found guilty on Tuesday of five crimes in a US court, four of them drug trafficking, for what He faces a possible life sentence.
