I'm Maria Inojosa, and I am Penileira Mides.

And on this new series, we're going to get to know the most powerful Mexican government

official ever to face trial in the US for his alleged ties to the infamous drug lord, El

Chappo.

But this is not your regular narco story.

It's like true crime, myths, telenovela.

This is our new series, USA versus García Luna.

In it, whatever you get, your podcast and at futuroinvestigates.org.

Dear listener, it's Maria Inojosa.

And today we're sharing episode two of USA versus García Luna.

It's a new podcast series from Futuro Investigates in partnership with Lemonada Media.

Now, if you haven't listened to the first episode, I highly recommend that you do that.

You can find episode one wherever you get your podcasts or on our website, futuroinvestigates.org.

Now we're going to present the Mexican Hoover that's episode two of USA versus García Luna.

Enjoy.

Futuro Investigates.

Just a quick warning before we start, there are some mentions of torture in this episode.

So just take care.

Previously on USA versus García Luna.

And I don't see a Luna was willing to do so many things for the drug enforcement administration.

And he's not just anybody.

He is the highest-ranking Mexican official ever to be put on trial for a crime like this.

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