Genaro García Luna
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Genaro García Luna is a Mexican politician and engineer. He serves as Secretary of Public Security
in the federal cabinet
.
He holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
from the Autonomous Metropolitan University
(UAM) and a Diploma Course in Strategic Planning at the Accountancy and Administration Faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
(UNAM).
Genaro Luna Garcia has also been implicated in several scandals involving drug trafficking organizations that operate with impunity within Mexico. He has yet to explain a $20 million dollar home he was bought in Tamaulipas that was paid without disclosure of where he had gotten that sum of money from the salary of a public servant. He has also been accused of turning a blind eye to kidnapping rings that target politicians and their families.
Secretary of Public Security (Mexico)
The Secretary of Public Security of Mexico is the head of the Secretariat of Public Security .The current Secretary of Public Security is Genaro García Luna....
in the federal cabinet
Mexican Executive Cabinet
The cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of eighteen Secretaries of State, the head of the federal executive legal office and the Attorney General....
.
He holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
from the Autonomous Metropolitan University
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
The Metropolitan Autonomous University is a public university located in Mexico City, Mexico...
(UAM) and a Diploma Course in Strategic Planning at the Accountancy and Administration Faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a university in Mexico. UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous...
(UNAM).
Career
- From 1989 onwards, he was employed by the Center for Research and National Security (CISEN) as a researcher in the Sub-Department of Foreign Affairs.
- From 1998 to late 2000, García Luna was General Intelligence Coordinator for Prevention in the Federal Preventive Police Force.
- He has held a number of posts and commissions, such as Technical Secretary for the Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Arms Dealing, Explosives and Munitions, a position in which he coordinated joint actions with the organizations comprising the Sub-Committee for the Top Level Mexico-United States Contact Group, and drafted and implemented the Manual for the Identification and Tracking of Arms and Explosives.
- He also acted as Coordinator of the CISEN Unit of Terrorism Investigation, and is a member of the 24th Generation of the National Executive Institute, a diploma course offered by the US Department of Justice.
- On December 1, 2006, President Felipe CalderónFelipe CalderónFelipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...
named García Luna Secretary of Public Safety.
Genaro Luna Garcia has also been implicated in several scandals involving drug trafficking organizations that operate with impunity within Mexico. He has yet to explain a $20 million dollar home he was bought in Tamaulipas that was paid without disclosure of where he had gotten that sum of money from the salary of a public servant. He has also been accused of turning a blind eye to kidnapping rings that target politicians and their families.