:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/GB5JMHBUGBEALDPCAUEMZYVV6A.jpg "Genaro García Luna will not testify in his trial in the United States")
In response to questions about the possibility that Genaro Garcia Luna took the floor this week to give his statements during his trial in the United States, the former Mexican official notified Judge Brian Cogan that will not testify, their statements will therefore not be heard by the Brooklyn court.
According to lawyer César de Castro, the former Mexican official could take the stand at the Brooklyn court and give his testimony next week.
For this reason, the witnesses of the US Attorney’s Office will continue, among which stand out Jesus Reynaldo Zambada Ishmael’s brother May Zambada, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Remember that once the presentation of the witnesses was over, there were two possibilities: García Luna took the floor to testify or choose not to. Because the resolution was unknown at the time, the former official’s legal defense had set the stage for both scenarios.
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In the event that the defendant chose to testify, his lawyers had asked Judge Cogan not to allow prosecutors to show certain pieces of evidence as evidence, including 24 photographs of properties and vehicles luxury of the former Mexican civil servant. The precedents on the pretext that they were not related to the case.