  We present the results of our analysis on $b \to s \gamma$ in the minimal
supersymmetric standard model with a general flavor mixing in the squark
sector. We identify the next--to--leading order focusing effect, which
considerably reduces the gluino contribution to $b \to s \gamma$ relative to
the leading order calculation. We illustrate that $BR(B \to X_s \gamma)$ is
still very sensitive to the flavor mixing parameters, $\delta^d_{ll}$ and
$\delta^d_{lr}$ so that the lower bound for $m_{1/2}$ obtained in the minimal
flavor violation can be easily removed even at $\mu<0$, while it is rather
stable against $\delta^d_{rr}$ and $\delta^d_{rl}$.
