The Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lisa Walsh ruled that former Mexican security chief Genaro García Luna must pay over $748 million in damages, while his wife faces a demand for over $1.7 billion. García Luna, who is already serving a 38-year prison sentence in the U.S., was convicted for accepting bribes from drug traffickers. His actions allegedly facilitated the operations of the Sinaloa cartel while he was in office from 2006 to 2012, making him the highest-ranking Mexican official convicted in the U.S.
García Luna allegedly channeled money from the prison security and government intelligence technology contracts to offshore accounts, many in Barbados, then sent it to Miami to buy fancy condos and vintage cars.
He served as secretary of public security to then-President Felipe Calderón from 2006 to 2012, and is considered the highest-level Mexican government official to be convicted in the United States.
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