The indictment of Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, a senator, and eight other high-ranking officials from that Mexican state for alleged drug trafficking conspiracy has triggered a major political crisis in Mexico. The accusations from the United States against one of the governors from the ruling Morena party have pushed the relationship between Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration and the Trump administration to the breaking point.

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With the arrest of Audias Flores, aka “El Jardinero” (The Gardener), one of Mexico’s most wanted drug traffickers and a leading contender to take over the decapitated Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Mexico has not only dealt a brutal blow to that criminal organization, but is also trying to send a message of effectiveness to Washington and contain Donald Trump’s interventionist impulse in his crusade against drugs.

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The deaths of two U.S. officials in a road accident early Sunday morning in a remote area of ​​the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains in the state of Chihuahua would have been nothing more than a tragic accident in a region full of steep canyons, where two Mexican agents also lost their lives. The magnitude of the matter changed when it was revealed that the Americans were agents of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). And it has escalated significantly in the last 48 hours, when President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that the four were “working together” on a mission of which the federal government was unaware. In addition to the state of Chihuahua, Sheinbaum has demanded explanations from the United States through a letter sent to its embassy.

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Images of tourists cowering under the fire of a gunman atop the Pyramid of the Moon at the Teotihuacán archaeological site have dealt a severe blow to Mexico’s international image as a safe destination in a year when the country, a co-host for the tournament, expects to receive five million visitors for the World Cup alone. A Canadian woman was killed in the attack, and seven others were wounded by gunfire — two of them children aged six and 13. Six more people suffered injuries while fleeing. All were foreigners. The assailant, who was carrying a backpack with ammunition and a knife, shot himself at the scene.

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