García Luna Is Now at ADX Florence: He’ll Be ‘El Chapo’s’ Neighbor

Calderón’s Former Aide Heads to Prison with ‘El Chapo’

García Luna Now in Supermax Prison

Genaro García Luna, former Secretary of Public Security during Felipe Calderón’s administration, was transferred on Monday, June 30, 2025, to the federal prison ADX Florence in Colorado, United States.

This prison is considered the most secure and severe in the country and is also where Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is serving his sentence.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons record already confirms his admission, with a projected release date set for June 19, 2052.

So reported EFE.

García Luna was sentenced in October 2024 to 38 years in prison for his collaboration with the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization he was supposed to combat during his tenure in Mexico.

García Luna Is Now at ADX Florence: He’ll Be ‘El Chapo’s’ Neighbor

#Don’tMissIt | ? Genaro García Luna has been transferred to ADX Florence, the most secure prison in the U.S., where “El Chapo” Guzmán is also held https://t.co/A0knWb6osY

— Noticias En La Mira (@OficialEnLaMira) June 30, 2025

García Luna’s transfer to ADX Florence marks a new chapter in one of the most serious scandals of corruption and drug trafficking involving a high-ranking Mexican official.

He is the highest-ranking public official from Mexico ever convicted in the United States for collaborating with organized crime.

ADX Florence prison, also known as “the Alcatraz of the Rockies,” houses high-profile criminals such as “El Chapo” Guzmán, Francisco Javier Arellano Félix (Tijuana Cartel), and Juan García Ábrego (Gulf Cartel).

The prison regime enforces extreme isolation: inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary cells and are allowed only one hour outside for exercise in a cage, under strict supervision.

The Judicial Context

?#CONFIRMED: García Luna is now at ADX Florence.https://t.co/sTnUMwK7sn

— El Sol de México (@elsolde_mexico) June 30, 2025

García Luna was found guilty in 2023 on five charges related to drug trafficking, money laundering, and making false statements.

The U.S. prosecution had sought a life sentence, but Judge Brian Cogan handed down 38 years after considering the defense’s arguments.

Currently, the former Mexican official has begun the appeal process in a final attempt to reduce his sentence.

Meanwhile, he now shares a penitentiary with those he once declared he was fighting.

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