Ruben Rocha Moya

So what?  A sitting governor accused of trading political cover for cartel drug shipments is a direct hit to the credibility of state-level counter-narcotics cooperation in a key trafficking-corridor state. Sheinbaum’s public rebuke, even unnamed, signals Mexico City is distancing itself from Sinaloa’s state government — worth watching for whether federal authorities move to install oversight or accelerate the case against his remaining co-defendants.