Genaro García Luna's wife gives details of how they have built their family heritage in the trial against the former official

King Zambada testifies against Genaro García Luna in the US 4:55

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Linda Cristina Pereyra Gálvez, wife of Genaro García Luna, former Secretary of Public Security of Mexico, began to testify this Tuesday as the only witness called by the defense in the trial facing the former official before the Eastern District Court in New York for drug trafficking.

• Jesús "El Rey" Zambada admits inconsistencies in his testimony and says that he was afraid to talk about García Luna

Pereyra Gálvez focused on telling how she and her husband, who married in 1995, have built their family and heritage.

The witness said that she has two children with García Luna.

García Luna's wife stated that she met the former official in 1989, when they worked together at the Center for Investigation and National Security (Cisen) and that, after the relationship progressed, in 1994, when she left the civil intelligence institution from the Mexican government, they bought their first apartment through financing.

Pereyra Gálvez also said that, with the bonus they gave her for the years she worked at Cisen, she rented a place and set up a small office supply store.

Meanwhile, the witness added that her husband was promoted to deputy director of Cisen and that, with a bonus they gave her at the end of the year, they bought a piece of land and began to build a house there.

He also assured that García Luna liked old cars and that one of his hobbies was repairing them with his brother.

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• Jesús "El Rey" Zambada says he paid García Luna US$ 5 million in exchange for protection for his brother El Mayo

Since the beginning of the trial against García Luna, Pereyra Gálvez has attended the venue.

In one of the hearings, the former official winked at him and said "I love you" from a distance to his wife, who was accompanied by his children.

In the four weeks that the trial has taken place, a number of witnesses from the Prosecutor's Office have taken the stand, while the former Secretary of Public Security reserved his right not to testify.

Garcia Luna faces multiple counts of participation in an ongoing criminal enterprise and charges of conspiring to obtain, import and distribute thousands of kilograms of cocaine in the United States, as well as allegedly making false statements to US immigration officials.

The former official has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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