The specter of narcopolitics is once again looming over Mexico’s ruling party, Morena. The accusations brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa, echo earlier cases in which Morena was accused of receiving support from drug‑trafficking groups in local campaigns during the administration of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. These allegations appeared in electoral proceedings and in complaints filed before international bodies such as the Organization of American States (OAS).

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Manuel Roberto and Fernando Farías Laguna were high-ranking officers in the Mexican Navy. Although they were brothers, within the Navy, they were referred to as “Los Primos” — The Cousins. This was perhaps because they were nephews by marriage of Rafael Ojeda Durán, who served as secretary of the navy under former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Their connection to such a powerful figure helped propel their rapid rise: despite their youth, Manuel Roberto reached the rank of vice admiral and Fernando became a rear admiral.

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At the start of her term, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gave members of her financial team a copy of the book Mission Economy by the Italian academic Mariana Mazzucato. In it, the author argues that rebuilding capitalism requires considering social benefit and placing the state at the center, as the executor and main investor in innovation, the economy, and the markets. Roberto Lazzeri, chosen by the president to lead relations with the United States, Mexico’s main — and most demanding — trade partner, also received a copy.

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