Overview

• Genaro García Luna, Mexico's former top security official, and his wife, Linda Cristina Pereyra, were ordered to pay over $2.4 billion in restitution to the Mexican government.
• The Florida court's judgment includes $749 million from García Luna and $1.74 billion from Pereyra, tripling the original claim filed by Mexico.
• The ruling follows seven prior default judgments against García Luna, his wife, and their companies for failing to appear in court.
• García Luna, convicted in 2023 of accepting bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel, is serving a 38-year prison sentence in the U.S. for facilitating drug trafficking operations.
• Nearly $3 million has already been recovered from assets linked to the couple, including real estate and company holdings.