Accused Drug Trafficker Leaves Post as Mexican Governor, One Day After Resuming Office
Rocha Moya came back after three months. Twenty-four hours later he took indefinite leave. The DOJ indictment did not take a day off.
Summary
- Breitbart reports Sinaloa Gov. Ruben Rocha Moya announced Saturday night that he was taking indefinite leave, a little more than 24 hours after resuming office following more than three months away, while still facing a U.S. case.
- In April the Justice Department indicted Rocha Moya and nine close Sinaloa allies on drug-trafficking conspiracy and weapons charges, alleging they used political office while working for the Sinaloa Cartel.
- He returned this week claiming he had cooperated with Mexican authorities to clear his name. Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodriguez, MORENA, sitting MORENA governors, and then President Claudia Sheinbaum issued statements distancing the party from him.
- Rocha Moya said the party's well-being came first. The indictment did not move. The chair lasted one day.
Commentary
A trucker on the Laredo side still counts trailers and knows which state crest used to mean a handshake. He does not need a MORENA press note. He needs the man named in a DOJ book out of the governor's chair.
That is the gap. April indictment. Nine allies. Three months of leave. One day back. Then indefinite leave again. The party discovered shame after the cameras did. The cartel does not file a leave form.
Ask every family on a fentanyl street: if a governor can resume office under a U.S. trafficking case, what is a warrant worth south of the river?
Comments
One day is not rehabilitation. It is a test of who still salutes the crest.
I read charge sheets. Trafficking plus weapons plus a statehouse is not a scheduling conflict.
A U.S. indictment is a case. A leave form is not an acquittal. Extradite the file.
Allied governments do not let an indicted governor clock back in for a photo.
Watch who funded the 'cooperation' tour. Nine named allies is a network, not a mix-up.
I lose a shift for a missed punch. He lost the chair after 24 hours and a party letter.
Sinaloa is not a travel brochure. It is a supply line. Keep him out of the building.
Cartels love a governor who can come back. Make the next stop a courtroom, not a leave.
Breitbart printed 24 hours, April DOJ, nine allies, and Sheinbaum's distance. Argue those nouns.
Honor the indictment. Push extradition. Do not treat indefinite leave as justice.
