Former Mexican Security Secretary Genaro García Luna, convicted in the United States for his links to drug trafficking, led the so-called “war on drugs” launched by then-President Felipe Calderón , from an ostentatious bunker where strategic points of the country were monitored and anti-drug operations.
The current Mexican government unveiled to the press on Thursday this “computer brain” of the Calderón executive: installations as vast as a football field with three underground levels filled with screens supposed to continue to operate live “while ‘in reality, they were recording in bad weather,’ said the current head of security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez.
Two weeks ago, García Luna was found guilty in the United States of accepting bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he had to fight, in particular the Sinaloa cartel.
The bunker, located in Mexico City and whose construction cost more than 3,300 million dollars and was inaugurated with great fanfare in November 2009, has operating rooms connected to more than 600 points across the country and facilities such as a power plant and an aqueduct Recycling plant. It also has a 400-meter tunnel that connects it to García Luna’s offices.
Currently, the center is under the command of the National Guard, the body created by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador and which is commanded by the Mexican army, although it was originally considered a civilian entity .
García Luna is imprisoned in the United States awaiting sentencing by the judge and could face a sentence of 20 years in prison, or even life in prison.
In addition, he has several investigations and arrest warrants open in Mexico.
Mexican authorities accuse García Luna of running a network of corruption and money laundering for his own benefit and that of those close to him. He allegedly embezzled up to $745.9 million from government technology contracts.
They also consider him responsible for the illegal entry of thousands of weapons in the failed US federal operation known as “Fast and Furious” and the fraudulent contracts that the Calderón government (2006- 2012) has entered into contracts with private companies to build and provide services to federal authorities. jails.