Prosecutors said García Luna deserved a sentence of life in prison because his job called for him to stifle the drug trade but instead he enabled it.
In exchange for millions of dollars, the defendant furthered a conspiracy responsible for the deaths of thousands of American and Mexican citizens, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo.
García Luna's case has riveted Mexico, which has suffered about a half-million homicides since President Felipe Calderón declared a 'war on drugs'.
César de Castro, attorney for García Luna, argued for leniency stating that García Luna was an honest public servant, wrongly targeted by untruthful witnesses.
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