Mexican Governor Facing U.S. Drug Charges Seeks Leave One Day After Returning to Office
Morena leaders and federal officials opposed his return as the state legislature unanimously approved his indefinite leave request.
- On Sunday, the Sinaloa Congress unanimously approved Governor Rubén Rocha Moya's request for indefinite leave, forcing appointment of an interim governor until late 2027.
- Rocha first took temporary leave in early May after the U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment accusing him and nine others of drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
- His unilateral decision to resume duties on Friday sparked outrage from Morena party leaders and President Claudia Sheinbaum, who called the move "imprudent."
- Twenty-Three Morena governors and Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada joined Sheinbaum in rejecting his return, asserting that "power without principles becomes arrogance."
- State lawmakers must now appoint an interim successor until the Sinaloa gubernatorial election next June, creating stability in the violence-plagued region during ongoing cartel conflict.
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By CNN Español While the Sinaloa State Congress is about to elect an interim relay to the office of governor, Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum said in her morning press conference that she did not consider the return of Rubén Rocha Moya to office “relevant”.Rocha Moya had applied for a license in May to appear The post Sheinbaum says she did not consider the return of Rocha Moya “relevant” and asks for “honesty” to her replacement appeared f…
Alejandro Moreno, the national leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), described the actions Rubén Rocha Moya as a “world scandal.” The PRI senator also pointed out that Rubén Rocha Moya is cornered, so he returned and fled, and desperately seeks how to mock justice and get away with it. “What we’re seeing with Rubén Rocha Moya is a world scandal, returning to the government to flee again the next day confirms what we in the PRI h…
The governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa is stepping down again after all. Rubén Rocha Moya, who is suspected in the United States of ties to a drug cartel, announced this on Saturday. A day earlier, he had unexpectedly returned as governor.
The Congress of the Mexican state of Sinaloa endorsed on Sunday the second license application of Governor Rubén Rocha Moya.
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