{"id":71350,"date":"2026-08-23T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/08\/23\/mexican-governor-indicted-by-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:44:00","slug":"mexican-governor-indicted-by-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/08\/23\/mexican-governor-indicted-by-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican governor, indicted by US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha, indicted by U.S. federal prosecutors on drug-trafficking, bribery and cartel-protection charges, again requested a leave of absence from office on Saturday, days after defiantly reclaiming his post.       Rocha&#8217;s return was not well received by either the Mexican government or the ruling Morena party, which accused him of prioritizing his personal interests over those of the public.       Earlier on Saturday, President Claudia Sheinbaum warned on X that &#8220;power without principles becomes arrogance,&#8221; intensifying the political firestorm. Echoing her words, Rocha posted a statement on X saying that &#8220;Sinaloa, the nation, and the transformation movement are above all else.&#8221;       Rocha, 77, a member of Sheinbaum&#8217;s Morena party, returned to office on Friday after more than three months on leave following U.S. drug-trafficking charges.       In April, U.S. prosecutors alleged Rocha and nine other current and former officials conspired with a faction of the Sinaloa C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha, indicted by U.S. federal prosecutors on drug-trafficking, bribery and cartel-protection charges, again requested a leave of absence from office on Saturday, days after defiantly reclaiming his post. Rocha&#8217;s return was not well received by either the Mexican government or the ruling Morena party, which accused him of prioritizing his personal interests [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mexican governor, indicted by US - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/08\/23\/mexican-governor-indicted-by-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mexican governor, indicted by US - Metro Plus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha, indicted by U.S. federal prosecutors on drug-trafficking, bribery and cartel-protection charges, again requested a leave of absence from office on Saturday, days after defiantly reclaiming his post. 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