Genaro García Luna, a key drugs war figure, is found guilty of taking bribes from a big drug cartel.
The former face of Mexico's war on drugs has been convicted by a US jury of drug trafficking.
Prosecutors said the former head of the Mexican equivalent of the US Federal Bureau of Investigations accepted millions of dollars stuffed in briefcases and delivered by members of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa drug cartel. "This could encourage prosecutors to go after other cases," he said. "They took a certain risk by not having physical evidence and convicting him on testimony from drug traffickers."
García Luna served as public security chief during the administration of President Felipe Calderon between 2006 and 2012. Before that, he led the Federal Investigation Agency from 2001 to 2006.