The former president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, Felipe Calderon, spoke through his social networks about the sentence that Genaro García Luna received for crimes related to organized crime, who was the Minister of Security during his six-year term.
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Calderon began his speech by pointing out that organized crime is the real organized crime. He also admitted that his policies have had successes and failures against those who seek to control the territory and terrorize Mexico, yet “when I left the government, the state advanced and organized crime retreated”:
Regarding the Garcia Luna case, Calderon indicated that he never had evidence that his security secretary was involved in illegal activities, nor did he have access to the evidence or testimony presented at trial.
He reiterated that Garcia Luna’s case does not detract from the Mexican government’s fight against organized crime. At the end of his post, Felipe Calderon calls on the public to take stock and compare what his government has done and what others have done to determine if crime is progressing or regressing.
