Genaro García Luna (born July 10, 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a former high-ranking Mexican government official and convicted drug trafficker. Trained as an engineer, he began his career in law enforcement, rising through the ranks of Mexico's Federal Police and intelligence agencies, including the Centro de Investigación y National Security (CISEN) in the 1990s. He served as director of the Federal Investigative Agency (AFI) from 2001 to 2006, and then as Mexico's Secretary of Public Security from 2006 to 2012 under President Felipe Calderón, overseeing the country's aggressive war on drug cartels. During his tenure, he was convicted in 2023 in the US for accepting multimillion-dollar bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel (led by Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán) between 2001 and 2012, facilitating corruption within Mexico's security apparatus by providing protection, leaking intelligence, and ensuring safe passage for drug shipments. Arrested in Texas in December 2019, he was tried in New York and sentenced to 38 years in prison in October 2024. The case exposed deep corruption in Mexico's government and strained U.S.-Mexico relations.