US charges Mexican governor and other leaders with aiding drug cartel

US charges Mexican governor and other leaders with aiding drug cartel21 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleWill GrantBBC's Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondentGetty ImagesUS prosecutors have accused the sitting governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Rúben Rocha Moya, of conspiring with cartel drug traffickers. Moya, who hails from the party of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, is charged alongside nine other current and former Mexican government officials.In response, the Mexican government released a statement saying the US documents requesting the groups' arrest and potential extradition lacked the sufficient evidence.There have long been allegations against Rocha, who is governor of a state where the powerful Sinaloa Cartel is based.

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