The United States has charged 10 current and former Mexican officials, including the governor of Sinaloa, with helping the Sinaloa Cartel traffic drugs into the U.S. in an indictment that federal authorities say exposes deep corruption in the Mexican government.

The accused include Ruben Rocha Moya, who has been governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state since November 2021, the mayor of Sinaloa’s capital, and a senator, all of whom were affiliated with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s party, Morena. 

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