Mexico's once-powerful public security minister was found guilty Tuesday by a U.S. jury of aiding and abetting drug smuggling, AFP reported.

Genaro García Luna, the minister of public security during Felipe Calderon's presidency from 2006 to 2012, was found guilty on all five charges after a high-profile trial in New York.

The trial lasted one month and shed light on the corrupt activities of the highest-ranking figure in the Mexican government ever put on trial in the United States.

It shed light on the vast resources of the Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, who is now serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.

The former Mexican cabinet member was convicted of receiving huge sums of money allowing the cartel to smuggle tons of cocaine.

He is scheduled to be sentenced June 27 and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum of life behind bars.