Dossier
Governor of Sinaloa
Coverage of Governor of Sinaloa in the Nexus archive.
- US charges Sinaloa governor and other Mexican officials with drug trafficking offences
The US Justice Department has charged the governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials with drug trafficking, weapons offenses, and kidnapping, accusing them of aiding the Sinaloa cartel in importing illicit narcotics. Some officials belong to Mexico’s ruling party Morena, complicating President Claudia Sheinbaum’s political position amid pressure from the Trump administration.