Justice Department indicts Mexican governor on drug charges

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The defendants are accused of having partnered with the powerful Sinaloa Cartel to “distribute massive quantities of narcotics” in the U.S.

April 29, 2026 at 7:16 p.m. EDT1 minute ago

Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa, speaks in 2024 while leaving the inauguration ceremony of Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, in Mexico City. (Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against a Mexican governor and nine other current and former Mexican government or law enforcement officials, accusing them of conspiring with leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel to import drugs into the United States in exchange for political support.