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    USA v. García Luna

    A Mexican-American journalist and a Cuban-Mexican investigative reporter walk into a recording studio with a bottle of tequila and reveal one of the most shocking true crime investigative stories you will ever hear.

    From Futuro Investigates and Latino USA, “USA v. García Luna” tells the story of the most powerful Mexican government official ever to face trial in the United States for his alleged ties to the infamous drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

    His name is Genaro García Luna. Maybe you’ve never heard about him, but in five episodes, Pulitzer Prize winner Maria Hinojosa and Emmy Award winner Peniley Ramírez will tell you why he matters and how his story connects to the U.S. government, the war on drugs and millions of dollars from U.S. taxpayers.

    This is not your regular narco series. It’s the result of a 10-year investigation and a shared journalistic obsession. We tackle corruption in the DEA, question how U.S. money funds the war on drugs and how Washington picks its allies. It gets deep, personal and absurd. It’s really like true crime meets telenovela.


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    Episodio 13: 38 Años por una Doble Vida Oct 18, 2024
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    El día finalmente llegó. Genaro García Luna, quien fuera uno de los hombres más poderosos de México, ha sido sentenciado por una corte en Nueva York a más de 38 años en prisión. En el último episodio de nuestra serie, Maria Hinojosa y Peniley Ramírez nos cuentan qué ocurrió dentro de la corte y nos comparten sus primeras impresiones. Además, nos revelan que este no es el fin de la historia judicial de García Luna en Estados Unidos, pues enfrenta otros casos en el país.

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    Episode 13: 38 Years for a Double Life Oct 18, 2024
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    The day finally arrived. Genaro García Luna, one of Mexico's former most powerful government officials, has been sentenced to serve more than 38 years in prison by a court in New York. In the last episode of our series, Maria Hinojosa and Peniley Ramírez tell us what happened inside the courthouse and also reveal to us that this isn't the end of the judicial problems for García Luna in the United States, as he faces other cases in the country.

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    Episodio 12: Un Sistema Fallido Oct 10, 2024
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    Un año después de la condena del Genaro García Luna, quien fue Secretario de Seguridad Pública de México durante el sexenio de Felipe Calderón, Peniley y Maria vuelven como conductoras de USA vs García Luna y cuentan un nuevo ángulo la historia del exsecretario de seguridad pública mexicano, a pocos días de su audiencia de sentencia. En este episodio nuestras conductoras entrevistan al ex oficial del Departamento de Estado, John Feeley, quien les revela cuáles fueron las fallas en sistema de justicia estadounidense que permitieron a García Luna estar en libertad durante muchos años después de cometer sus crímenes.

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    Episode 12: A Broken System Oct 10, 2024
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    After a year since his conviction, Peniley and Maria dust off the hosts' seats to continue telling Genaro Garcia Luna’s story as he is just days away from his sentencing hearing. On this episode, former State Department official, John Feely, sits down with our hosts and reveals the flaws in the American justice system that let Garcia Luna run free for many years after his crimes.

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    Episode 11: An Unwinnable War Mar 03, 2023
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    Genaro García Luna’s trial is over, but María and Peniley’s investigative work is not. In this episode, they learn that a U.S. senator has requested the DEA and the FBI information on García Luna, including the names of the U.S. officials who vetted him. We listen to some of our series' protagonists react to the guilty verdict, and Peniley digs into what’s next for García Luna. Finally, our hosts reflect on why the war on drugs was always unwinnable, and they get into some chisme, going behind the scenes of this series.

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    Episodio 11: Una Guerra Imposible de Ganar Mar 03, 2023
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    El juicio de Genaro García Luna terminó, pero no la investigación de María y Peniley. En este episodio, se enteran de que un senador estadounidense ha solicitado a la DEA y el FBI información sobre García Luna, incluyendo los nombres de los oficiales estadounidenses que examinaron y dieron su visto bueno a García Luna. Escuchamos las reacciones al veredicto de algunos de los protagonistas de esta historia, y Peniley nos cuenta qué sigue para García Luna. Nuestras conductoras discuten por qué la guerra contra las drogas parece imposible de ganar y revelan un poco de chisme, con algunos detalles tras bambalinas de este podcast.

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    Episodio 10: Culpable Feb 24, 2023
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    Después de seis semanas de cubrir el juicio y más de 10 años investigando a Genaro García Luna, Peniley y Maria escuchan el veredicto. El exfuncionario mexicano de mayor rango que enfrentó un juicio en EEUU fue declarado culpable de conspiración para traficar cocaína y otros cargos. En este episodio, Peniley y Maria comparten los momentos clave del testimonio de la esposa de García Luna, y los argumentos de descargo antes de la decisión del jurado. Entrevistan a la periodista Anabel Hernández, quien tuvo que abandonar México luego de informar sobre García Luna mientras él estaba en el poder.

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    Episode 10: Guilty Feb 24, 2023
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    After six weeks of attending the trial and more than 10 years investigating Genaro García Luna, Peniley and Maria sat arm in arm in court with other reporters as they braced themselves for the verdict. And, just as Peniley’s reporting found —the highest former Mexican government official to ever face trial in the U.S.— is guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine to the U.S., among other charges. In this episode, Peniley and Maria share the key moments from Garcia Luna’s wife’s testimony, and the closing arguments that led to the jury’s decision. They also interview Mexican journalist Anabel Hernandez, who was forced to leave Mexico after reporting on García Luna while he was still in power.

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    Episodio 9: Las Grabaciones de la DEA Feb 17, 2023
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    El juicio está llegando a su fin, lo que significa que Peniley está exhausta y María tuvo que sacarla de la cama para llegar a tiempo a la corte. Esta semana, Jesús ‘El Rey’ Zambada, ex-jefe del cártel de Sinaloa, declaró que él personalmente entregó sobornos a García Luna. Además, la esposa de García Luna subió al estrado. Luego, Peniley investigó un poco más y consiguió una fuente, un ex-alto funcionario de seguridad, que habla por primera vez en entrevista sobre supuestas cintas secretas de García Luna que escuchó en una instalación de la DEA. Ahora, el jurado está en privado deliberando.

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    Episode 9: The DEA Tapes Feb 17, 2023
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    The trial against Genaro García Luna is reaching its end—which means Peniley is exhausted and Maria has to pull her out of bed just to make it to court! This week, Jesus ‘El Rey’ Zambada, the Sinaloa cartel’s former top boss, testified that he personally delivered bribes to García Luna. In defense of her husband, García Luna’s wife took the stand. Then, Peniley does some-–more—digging and gets a source, a former senior security official, who speaks for the first time on the record about alleged secret tapes he heard at a DEA facility of Garcia Luna. Now, the jury is out — literally.

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