What does “cannibalism” have to do with the trial of Genaro García Luna, an issue that the judge prohibited from addressing
:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/PSR4INSFWXOON2JVJE3YSUWQ4Y.jpg)
Genaro Garcia Lunaformer head of the Ministry of Public Security, will face US justice in a New York court after being accused of having conspired in drug trafficking at the hands of the Sinaloa Cartel.
“El Rey” Zambada, the witness who could be key to the trial of Genaro García Luna that sank “El Chapo”
The defense of the former secretary of Public Security presented various resources to prevent the brother of “El Mayo” from testifying in the trial against his client, however, this requirement could not have been accepted by US authorities, which would take a radical turn to the case
Being the highest-ranking Mexican official to be tried by US authorities, the eyes of public opinion have been on the case, so Various doubts have arisen regarding the limitations and determinations that Judge Brian Cogan has adopted for the jury to determine the legal situation of who at the time was the highest police chief in Mexico.
was the journalist keegan hamiltonwho recently revealed a letter signed by Judge Brian Cogan in which they expose the last names of possible witnesses who will participate in the trial of Genaro García Luna, as well as the topics that he prohibited from addressing both for US prosecutors and for the defense of the former Secretary of Public Safety.
Officials and the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel: the Mexicans who have been tried in the Brooklyn Court
The Court for the Eastern District of New York, where García Luna faces justice, has hosted several of the most important trials linked to Mexican criminal groups and high-ranking personalities.
Under this tenor, it drew attention that the prosecutor considered cannibalism as one of the topics prohibited to touch during the legal process faced by Genaro García Lunawhich once again stoked the curiosity among citizens of that atrocious practice that has been used by different criminal organizations in Mexico over the years.
In a section of the set of documents presented by the journalist from Vice News reference is made to cannibalism as one of the forbidden topics to address by the accusing party against Genera García Luna.
From narco trailers to witnesses in the trial against Genaro García Luna: who are “Los Arreola”
The government of Mexico had the first news of the organization until 2003, after members of the Mexican army located two tons of cocaine in Aguascalientes and one and a half tons of marijuana in Veracruz.
Said determination by Judge Brian Cogan is given after it was revealed that one of the potential witnesses in the case had been accused of committing anthropophagy.
The name of the person accused of committing acts of cannibalism was not revealed, however, Judge Brian Cogan determined that the jury will not hear on this issue because it deals with a topic of “inflammatory and distracting nature”.
There are many mysteries that have haunted drug trafficking in Mexico over the years; Although the crudeness of the violence with which different criminal organizations operate throughout the country has been consolidated as one of its main characteristics, some criminal groups have taken it to the extreme, even going so far as to practice cannibalism.
Testimonies from hitmen who were part of the ranks of organizations such as the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) or Los Zetas have revealed how for their initiation rites and festivities the consumption of human flesh is a common practice.
Cartel hitmen have recounted horror stories where after cutting their victims into pieces, in some cases instead of burning the bodies or throwing them into clandestine graves, they keep them for prepare food typical mexicans.
In June 2017 in Tabasco, members of a cell belonging to the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) were arrested, including two minors who testified before state authorities that after being recruited by the criminal group headed by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias the mencho, they had been forced to eat human flesh.
In addition to the crude testimony of both minors, through social networks or different digital platforms, some members of criminal organizations have taken on the task of spreading explicit videos where they are shown not only torturing their victims, but also eating parts of their human body, including their hearts.
In addition to using this practice to sow terror among his rivals, the anthropologist Claudio Lomnitz stated in an interview with Denise Maerker that cannibalism or human sacrifices in the world of drug trafficking creates communion and complicity among members from which there is no return.
KEEP READING:
