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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman (all times local):
10:20 p.m.
Mexico's former top security chief is denying that he ever received bribes from anyone or connected to the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, who is on trial in the U.S.
Former cartel member Jesus Zambada testified in the trial of Joaquin Guzman on Tuesday that in the mid-2000s he gave $6 million in drug money to the security chief, Genero Garcia Luna.
According to a letter published in Mexican media, Garcia Luna said, "I repeat that it is false, defamatory and perjury to say that I have ever received any material goods from any person, police officer or criminal group."
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3:45 p.m.
A government witness at the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo says his cartel bribed the country's former top security chief and another person who once worked under the current president-elect.
Former cartel member Jesus Zambada testified Tuesday that in the mid-2000s he gave $6 million in drug money to the security chief, Genero Garcia Luna.
Zambada also claimed that more million-dollar payments were made to Gabriel Regino, who worked in the administration of Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration when Lopez Obrador was mayor of Mexico City.
There was no immediate response Tuesday from Garcia Luna. Regino denied the allegations on Twitter.
The testimony came at the trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
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