Rubén Rocha Moya of Sinaloa reversed course a day after returning to office, amid widespread criticism, including from members of his own party.
A Mexican TikTok star with nearly 600,000 followers was shot and killed outside a fast food restaurant in Culiacan while broadcasting live, the second influencer murdered on camera in Mexico in little more than a year. Cesar Gastelum was livestreaming with friends when two individuals wearing motorcycle helmets pulled up on a motorbike. Footage reviewed […] The post TikTok influencer Cesar Gastelum gunned down during livestream in cartel-plagued Culiacan appeared first on American Almanac .
A Mexican TikTok star with nearly 600,000 followers was shot and killed outside a fast food restaurant in Culiacan while broadcasting live, the second influencer murdered on camera in Mexico in little more than a year. Cesar Gastelum was livestreaming with friends when two individuals wearing motorcycle helmets pulled up on a motorbike. Footage reviewed by Reuters appears to show the motorcycle's driver firing a gun directly at Gastelum. A security official in the Mexican state of Sinaloa confirmed his death and said a significant security operation had been launched in response. No arrests have been announced. No motive has been publicly stated. And Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state and a longtime flashpoint for organized-crime…Open
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, a major Mexican drug cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States.
Drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a key figure in the Sinaloa Cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison by a United States federal court amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on international drug trafficking . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, a major Mexican drug cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States. DETAIL: On Monday, in Brooklyn federal court, United States District Judge Brian Cogan sentenced Zambada to life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to charges spanning racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking, and decades of cartel leadership. Zambada pleaded guilty last year as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty. The…Open
The Mexican president is cutting off threats to her power from within and without. The post Sheinbaum Consolidates Control appeared first on The American Conservative .
Latin America Sheinbaum Consolidates Control The Mexican president is cutting off threats to her power from within and without. In an announcement marking the end of an era, Andrés “Andy” López Beltrán, the son of the former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, declared that he would resign his position as secretary of organization for the Morena party to stand as a candidate for Mexico’s legislature in the state of Tabasco. The departure of López Beltrán, once considered a surrogate and potential political heir for his father, leaves Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in unquestioned control of the party that…Open
Cartel insiders say that in exchange for bribes and political support they were allowed to operate in Sinaloa state with near total freedom.
The U.S. indictment of a Mexican governor has spotlighted cartel corruption, strained cross-border relations and handed President Claudia Sheinbaum a thorny choice.
The U.S. indictment of a Mexican governor confirms what many residents say they had long suspected: The line between organized crime and the upper echelons of government has blurred.
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 have unsealed an indictment against 10 current and former officials from Sinaloa, one of Mexico's federal states, including the state's governor, Ruben Rocha Moya. The indictment accuses the officials of conspiring to traffic drugs into the United States.
United States prosecutors have charged 10 Mexican officials, including a state governor, with helping a major drug cartel to ship narcotics into the country. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against 10 current and former officials from Sinaloa, one of Mexico’s federal states, including the state’s governor, Rubén Rocha Moya. The indictment accuses the officials of conspiring to traffic drugs into the United States. DETAIL: On Wednesday, a case was brought forward by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, along with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), against 10 current and former officials from Sinaloa, one of Mexico’s 31 federal states, including the…Open
Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against the sitting governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state and 9 other current and former officials, alleging they took millions of dollars in cartel bribes in exchange for helping flood the United States with fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.