Tomás Ángeles Dauahare
Tomás Ángeles Dauahare is a retired general and former subsecretary of Defense in Mexico, who served under President Felipe Calderón. He has been in the news recently for revealing that he had informed Calderón about the alleged connections between his former security secretary, Genaro García Luna, and drug cartels. Ángeles Dauahare claims that he provided this information during two meetings in 2007, emphasizing the seriousness of García Luna's ties to organized crime at a time when Mexico was grappling with escalating violence from drug trafficking organizations. His statements have added to the ongoing discourse regarding corruption and complicity within the Mexican government during the Calderón administration.
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Tomás Ángeles Dauahare was the first to alert President Calderón about García Luna's misconduct.
¿Por qué no siguen investigando a García Luna?, escribe Carlos Loret de Mola
Mexico· 2026-02-19
Tomás Ángeles Dauahare claimed he told Calderón that García Luna was involved with drug trafficking.
Vector "blanqueó" sobornos por más de 40 mdd del Cártel de Sinaloa a García Luna: EU; facilitó narcotráfico, acusaMexico· 2025-06-26
Tomás Ángeles Dauahare accused Felipe Calderón of ignoring information about García Luna's criminal ties.
Calderón debe explicar el caso García Luna; el pueblo ya hizo su juicio: SheinbaumMexico· 2025-06-09
Tomás Ángeles Dauahare asserted that he informed Calderón about García Luna's ties to drug cartels.
El silencio de Felipe CalderónMexico· 2025-06-09
Tomás Ángeles Dauahare stated that he informed Calderón about García Luna's ties to drug lords.
No hay duda de que Calderón sabía de los vínculos de García Luna con el crimen organizado: Noroña; "él mismo era narco", acusaMexico· 2025-06-09
General Tomás Ángeles Dauahare was detained before crossing a housing unit in Tlalpan.
Exsubsecretario de Defensa relata como fue detenido tras acusar de narco a García Luna; “mi general, traemos orden de detenerlo”Mexico· 2025-06-08
Tomás Ángeles Dauahare, a former deputy secretary of Defense, expressed his astonishment at Felipe Calderón's claims regarding Genaro García Luna's connections to drug trafficking.
“Yo le dije a Calderón que García Luna era narco”, afirma Tomás Ángeles Dauahare, exsubsecretario de DefensaMexico· 2025-06-08