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Sinaloa state governor resigns amid US drug trafficking charges The governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa
charges Sinaloa governor and other Mexican officials with drug trafficking offences The US justice department
governor](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/us-charges-sinaloa-governor-and-other-mexican-officials-with-drug-trafficking-offences) of Sinaloa on drug-trafficking charges in April. The LA Times
charges Mexican governor and other leaders with aiding drug cartel US prosecutors have accused the sitting governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Rúben Rocha Moya, of conspiring with cartel drug traffickers
drug trafficking charges](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/us-charges-sinaloa-governor-and-other-mexican-officials-with-drug-trafficking-offences) against the governor of the Sinaloa state and nine
charges against Mexico’s Sinaloa state Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine current and former officials, accusing them of links to the [Sinaloa drug cartel](/news/2026/3/19/mexican-military-says-11-killed-in-raid-targeting-sinaloa-cartel-leader) in a move that could strain relations between
charges in the US – but they are already preparing their next demands. Days before, Ronald Johnson, the US ambassador to Mexico, [delivered a speech](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-26/trump-administration-to-target-corruption-in-mexico) in Sinaloa in which he implied corrupt politicians
Governor [Ruben Rocha](/news/2026/4/30/us-charges-sinaloa-state-governor-9-others-over-mexican-drug-cartel-links) were both charged in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court on April 29, accusing them of conspiring with leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel to import large quantities of narcotics into
traffickers and high-ranking government officials in Mexico have been in bed for years’. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images Despite Trump’s constant threats, Sheinbaum had kept a calm demeanor for months – denying that there would