A former Mexican president allegedly told law enforcement leaders to side with El Chapo during a turf war, according to a witness in the U.S. trial of that country’s former top cop.
The proceedings also alleged one of Mexico’s top newspapers,On Tuesday morning, Edgar Veytia, former Nayarit State Attorney General, testified that the top echelons of Mexico’s government told the law enforcement apparatus to side with El Chapo during a turf war with the Beltran Leyva Cartel. Veytia is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in the U.S. for using his position to help the Beltran Leyva Cartel, actively working as a drug lord, and for taking multi-million dollar bribes.
According to reporter Keegan Hamilton at the federal courthouse, a Nayarit security official went to a meeting with Garcia Luna and former Mexican President Felipe Calderon, where they were told to “take El Chapo’s side.”
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