Mexican governor, other officials charged with conspiring with Sinaloa Cartel to smuggle drugs into U.S.
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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan allege Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other officials received millions in kickbacks for cooperating with the cartel.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials were charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a U.S.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the unsealing of a criminal indictment against a sitting Mexican governor and his closest allies. The case is historic in nature since it is the first time that a sitting Mexican governor has been named in a cartel-connected criminal case.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan allege Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other officials received millions in kickbacks for cooperating with the cartel.
The United States has accused Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other officials from the northwestern Mexican state of having links to drug trafficking organizations, escalating tensions
The U.S. government has charged the governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state and nine other current and former Mexican officials with drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
The U.S. government has charged the governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state and nine other current and former Mexican officials with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a federal indictment.
