U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday accused a Mexican governor and nine other current and former Mexican officials of participating in a broad conspiracy to help a powerful Mexican cartel import drugs into the United States.
In an indictment, U.S. prosecutors said that the governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, had protected the Sinaloa cartel from investigations in exchange for bribes and help in getting elected. Prosecutors alleged that the other current and former Mexican officials had operated similarly, taking bribes to shield cartel members from arrest and feed them information about law enforcement investigations.
Mr. Rocha Moya has long denied accusations of corruption related to his state’s powerful cartel. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
Mr. Rocha Moya is a member of Mexico’s dominant political party, Morena, which is led by President Claudia Sheinbaum. Ms. Sheinbaum has said that her government is rooting out corruption, but President Trump and other U.S. officials have said that more must be done.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
