Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett detailed a recent swatting incident while testifying before Congress on Tuesday, explaining how her family has been the victim of repeated threats and intimidation tactics. It should have been a watershed moment, especially given that several justices were the targets of a bombing just months ago. Instead, Rep. Rosa […]
State of the Union: Rubén Rocha Moya denied allegations that he conspired to protect the Sinaloa cartel in exchange for bribes. The post U.S. Indicts Mexico’s Governor of Sinaloa appeared first on The American Conservative .
Federal prosecutors for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment Wednesday against Governor Rubén Rocha Moya of Mexico’s Sinaloa state and nine other current and former Mexican officials. They have been charged with conspiring to protect the Sinaloa cartel in exchange for bribes and electoral assistance. The governor denied the allegations, saying on X that they “lack any truth whatsoever.” Prosecutors allege that the cartel “has partnered with corrupt politicians and law enforcement officials, including the current Governor of Sinaloa,” who “abused their authority in support of the Cartel, exposed and subjected victims to threats and violence, and sold out their offices in exchange for massive…Open
Prosecutors accused Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, of a yearslong scheme to protect the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel in exchange for bribes and votes.