U.S. Indicts Mexico’s Governor of Sinaloa
U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted Sinaloa state Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other Mexican officials on charges of conspiring to protect the Sinaloa cartel in exchange for bribes and political support. Rocha Moya has denied the allegations, calling them completely false, while the Mexican government stated it received a U.S. extradition request but lacks sufficient evidence to act. The case marks the first U.S. indictment of a high-ranking official from President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party.
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Latin America U.S. Indicts Mexico’s Governor of Sinaloa State of the Union: Rubén Rocha Moya denied allegations that he conspired to protect the Sinaloa cartel in exchange for bribes. AFP via Getty Images <div class="o-image__issue-wrapper"> <img class="o-image__image" srcset="https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/TAC_mug_1202_2025.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w, https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/TAC_mug_1202_2025.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w, https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/TAC_mug_1202_2025.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w,…
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