Mexico’s Sheinbaum Condemns Governor’s Return Amid US Drug Charges
Sheinbaum said Rocha’s brief return could undermine a domestic probe as U.S. prosecutors accuse him of cartel ties and drug trafficking.
- On Friday, August 21, Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya briefly reclaimed office before requesting another indefinite leave while facing a U.S. federal indictment alleging conspiracy with the Sinaloa Cartel.
- Federal prosecutors charged Rocha on April 29, 2025, with bribery and conspiring with the "Chapitos" faction, alleging cartel inducements supported his 2021 election campaign.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denounced the return as "reckless" and "not appropriate," while Morena party leadership called it his "personal decision" rather than a political move.
- The Sinaloa state congress is expected to appoint an interim governor this week to fill the vacancy, following resignations by Culiacan's mayor and other senior state officials.
- U.S. President Donald Trump's 2025 designation of the Sinaloa Cartel as "foreign terrorist organisations" has intensified diplomatic tensions, complicating Mexico's response to the indictment without credible evidence demands.
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I find it incomprehensible that President Sheinbaum has so far been unable to cut this continuity of rocking.
The Mexican president said she was unaware of Rocha Moya's intention to return to the Sinaloa government and acknowledged that she disagreed with her decision.
Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out the return of the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, investigated for alleged links with drug trafficking.
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 leave in May to appear before the Attorney General's Office (FGR) after being accused in the United States, along with other officials, of alleged links with t…
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