13,000 pages of evidence presented in court in New York against La Reina, García Luna’s former collaborator

Richard Donahue, Attorney General for the Eastern District of New York, reported the existence of more than 13,000 pages with proofs and statements by Iván Reyes Arzate, “The Queen“, former command of the Federal Police linked to Genaro García Luna, former Secretary of Security during the administration of the PAN Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, made to law enforcement officers.

In accordance with Millennium, evidence, including some wiretapping, were handed over to the former policeman’s lawyers, accused of distributing cocaine in the United States and deliver information to cartels of Mexican drugs in exchange for thousands of dollars, same that is held in the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center.

The Justice Department expects Reyes Arzate to testify against García Luna, who was his boss and also is imprisoned in New York accused of receiving millionaire bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel, headed by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

The prosecution sent Judge Brian Cogan a request for him to issue an evidence protection order, these may include “statements under 18 years old“, what I could “lead to identifying potential witnesses“, As well as related information”with ongoing investigations or related to sensitive law enforcement techniques”.

The evidence will be delivered only to the legal team of Iván Reyes Arzate and cannot be leaked to anyone else under no circumstance. This amount of legal arguments was added to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic to postpone for 60 days the hearing that was scheduled for April 21, the purpose is that the defense of the accused has sufficient time to review the file.

With the postponement, the US government hopes that both parties “will continue to participate in talks guilty plea“In order to avoid judgment.

“The Queen”, ex commander from Sensitive Investigation Unit of the Federal Police between 2008 and 2016, was presented before a judge on January 24 charged with three charges: international cocaine distribution conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and conspiracy to import cocaine.

At the beginning of 2017, Iván Reyes Arzate surrendered to the US justice system and was accused of obstructing an investigation and protecting him. Beltrán Leyva Cartel, in addition to revealing the identity of an informant from the Anti-Drug Agency (give), who was later kidnapped and murdered by said criminal group.

The Illinois District Court indictment details that Reyes Arzate avoided at all costs that the leaders of the Beltrán were detained by the DEA and by federal forces in Mexico. In November 2018, a federal judge in Chicago sentenced him to 40 months in prison and his sentence ended on January 27, 2020, but four days earlier the new accusation emerged.

Evidence obtained by the justice reveals that former police commander received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes of the Mexican drug cartels in exchange for providing protection for their activities.

Now, with the date change to your hearing, You will have a few more weeks to evaluate the evidence against you and see if you decide to accept a plea deal to become one of the main witnesses against García Luna in exchange for avoiding going to trial.

The agency ensures that evidence that discussed in the trial against “El Chapo” on the Beltrán Leyva are the same in the case of Reyes. Prosecutors have also said that some evidence in the case of García Luna, who is also chaired by Cogan, will be the same as in the case of the former police chief.

BUT ABOUT THIS THEME:

They confirm audios of Iván Reyes Arzate, a high official of García Luna, with drug traffickers: there are thousands of evidence, says US prosecutor

The US linked García Luna with “La Reina”, former protective police officer of the Beltrán Leyva

Genaro García Luna pleaded not guilty to collaborating with “El Chapo” Guzmán

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