Mexico's top cop is on trial in New York City. Hennado Garcia Luna advised the Mexican president on how to combat drug cartels. The guy who took down some of the top cartel leaders. But he's accused of being something of a double agent.
The US and Mexican governments trusted Genaro Garcia Luna to crack down on the drug trade. Now he’s on trial for conspiring with El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel. Peniley Ramírez, co-host of the new podcast USA v. Garcia Luna, explains.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.
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