Mexico City.- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador responded to accusations by Genaro García Luna, former Secretary of Public Security, who in a recent letter pointed out alleged links between the President and drug trafficking.
López Obrador demanded that García Luna present evidence of his claims.
“So he writes that there is evidence, there are videos, there are calls, there are audios, it’s very simple, he should make them public, he has everything,” the president declared in his morning press conference. López Obrador recounted García Luna’s career in the Government, going back to his beginnings in 1989 at the Center for Investigation and National Security (Cisen) during the six-year term of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
He mentioned García Luna’s participation in the investigation of the assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio in 1994 and his subsequent rise to become Secretary of Public Security.
“How could he not know everything related to me, if it was his job and if I was an opponent, of course he was spying on me,” said López Obrador, suggesting that García Luna, due to his position, should have detailed information about him. The president insisted on the importance of moral authority and honesty in public office. “It is very important to have moral authority and not establish relations of complicity with anyone, if you are going to work for the benefit of the people,” he said. López Obrador dismissed the need to take legal action in response to García Luna’s accusations. “No, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing more, it is just explaining that they are very desperate,” he commented. In addition, he criticized the lack of support for García Luna by his former allies, specifically mentioning former President Felipe Calderón. “The first one who should be defending him is Calderón, yes, as he says he is innocent, why doesn’t Calderón defend him?” questioned the President. López Obrador also referred to the American institutions that at the time recognized García Luna’s work. “Then what rewarded him, the United States Embassy in Mexico, the DEA, of course, the State Department, the United States Department of Justice,” he listed. The President attributed these accusations to an attempt to weaken his government. “They either want a puppet President or a weakened president,” he said, referring to what he called “national and foreign hegemonic powers.” These statements are made in response to a four-page letter dated September 13, in which Genaro García Luna, through his lawyer, defends his innocence and accuses the Government of Mexico of fabricating evidence against him. In said letter, García Luna also points out alleged links between López Obrador and his collaborators with drug trafficking leaders. García Luna, who was Secretary of Public Security during the Government of Felipe Calderón, is currently in prison in the United States, facing drug trafficking charges. His sentencing is scheduled for three weeks.
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