Mexico demands evidence behind US drug charges against governor
Summary
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico needs strong proof before it sends any Mexican governor accused by the U.S. for drug crimes to the United States. The U.S. Justice Department charged Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and others with working with the Sinaloa drug cartel to send large amounts of drugs to the U.S.Key Facts
- The U.S. charged Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine others with drug trafficking on April 29, 2026.
- The charges accuse them of helping the Sinaloa cartel distribute drugs to the United States.
- Governor Rocha Moya is part of the Morena party, a left-leaning political group in Mexico.
- President Sheinbaum said Mexico will only proceed with extradition if "solid and irrefutable" evidence is presented or found by Mexican investigators.
- Sheinbaum emphasized that if evidence is lacking, it might mean the charges are politically motivated.
- The U.S. making such charges public against a sitting Mexican governor is unprecedented.
- The accusations come at a time of strained U.S.-Mexico relations, especially after two U.S. agents died during a drug operation in Mexico without official Mexican approval.
- The U.S. has labeled the Sinaloa cartel as a foreign terrorist organization and has pushed for more intervention in Mexico, which Sheinbaum opposes to protect national sovereignty.
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