Mexicos Sinaloa Governor Steps Down as He Faces US Drug Trafficking Charges

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The Department of Justice in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa has announced a leave of absence as he faces a federal indictment in the United States on allegations of aiding the Sinaloa cartel.On April 29, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced it had obtained an indictment against Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Mexican officials for alleged drug trafficking and weapons offenses.

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