{"id":38655,"date":"2026-05-07T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/07\/mexicos-sheinbaum-battles-party-split-over-us-cartel-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:02:15","slug":"mexicos-sheinbaum-battles-party-split-over-us-cartel-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/07\/mexicos-sheinbaum-battles-party-split-over-us-cartel-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico&#8217;s Sheinbaum battles party split over US cartel charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. indictment announced last week accusing several Mexican politicians, including the governor of Sinaloa, of having drug cartel ties is triggering a rift in the ruling Morena party as factions jostle over how to respond, posing a significant challenge for President Claudia Sheinbaum.<br \/>Publicly, Sheinbaum has denounced U.S. interference and said the evidence Mexico has seen so far is not sufficient to arrest and extradite the 10 current and former Mexican officials accused by the U.S. Department of Justice of colluding with the Sinaloa Cartel to traffic drugs into the United States.<br \/>But behind the scenes, a heated dispute has broken out along pre-existing fault lines within the ruling party, three senior Morena officials told Reuters. The dispute has centered on the future of Sinaloa Governor Rub\u00e9n Rocha, an influential Morena politician who said last Friday he would step down temporarily<br \/>as a local investigation proceeds. 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