(17 Oct 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS

ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 16 October 2024
1. Tight of demonstrators outside courthouse
2. Wide of courthouse with demonstrator
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Cedar Attanasio, The Associated Press:
"Mexico's former public security chief, Genaro García Luna, was sentenced to 38 years in U.S. prison on Wednesday for aiding drug traffickers."

ASSOCIATED PRESS - MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
New York - 16 October 2024
4. Still of courtroom sketch showing Genaro Garcia Luna with court officers
5. Still of courtroom sketch showing Genaro Garcia Luna watching Assistant US Attorney Saritha Komatireddy in court

ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 16 October 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Cedar Attanasio, The Associated Press:
"The 56-year-old was convicted in 2023 in a federal court for taking bribes to protect the Sinaloa cartel, a group he was supposed to combat."
7. Medium of courthouse with court officers
8. Wide of courthouse with court officers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Cedar Attanasio, The Associated Press:
"The sentence falls short of the government’s request for a life sentence."
10. Wide of Assistant US Attorney Saritha Komatireddy leaving court after sentencing hearing
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Cedar Attanasio, The Associated Press:
"He served as Mexico's top security official from 2006 to 2012, during President Felipe Calderón's administration."
12. Wide of demonstrators with signs decrying former Mexican President Felipe Calderon
13. Wide of demonstrators outside court
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Cedar Attanasio, The Associated Press:
"He was sometimes portrayed as a key ally in the U.S. fight against drug trafficking."
15. Medium of demonstrators with signs
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Cedar Attanasio, The Associated Press:
"Prosecutors revealed he provided the cartel intelligence, details on rival gangs, and secured drug shipments for millions of dollars."
17. Medium of family members of Garcia Luna leaving court
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Cedar Attanasio, The Associated Press:
"The judge in the case said that he led a double life. One as a charismatic public servant and a second helping the Sinaloa cartel. Garcia Luna has maintained his innocence and is expected to appeal."
19. Wide of courthouse exterior

STORYLINE:
A U.S. court has sentenced Mexico’s former public security chief to more than 38 years in prison for taking bribes to aid drug traffickers.

Genaro García Luna was sentenced Wednesday in a New York federal court.

He was convicted in 2023 of taking millions of dollars to protect the violent Sinaloa cartel, which he was supposedly combating.

The 56-year-old García Luna was considered the architect of ex-President Felipe Calderón’s bloody war on cartels.

He was also hailed as an ally in the United States' fight against drug trafficking.

But prosecutors say that in return for millions of dollars, García Luna provided intelligence to the cartel and the safe passage of massive quantities of drugs.

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