The allegations that Mexican politician Rubén Rocha Moya collaborated with the Sinaloa Cartel — an unprecedented case involving a sitting governor that is straining relations between the two countries to an as-yet-unknown degree — stems directly from the criminal case against Los Chapitos. This faction of the criminal organization, comprised of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s sons and their loyalists, has been on trial in the United States since April 2023. The 10 individuals indicted last week — Rocha Moya, Senator Enrique Inzunza Cázerez, and a significant portion of Sinaloa’s security apparatus — share the case with brothers Iván Archivaldo and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, who remain at large, and 24 other individuals linked to the group, who are accused of providing political protection in exchange for money and electoral victories.

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