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  • The United States puts a spotlight back on narcopolitics in Mexico Ernesto Núñez Albarrán
    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 t
     

The United States puts a spotlight back on narcopolitics in Mexico

1 May 2026 at 08:58
Rubén Rocha Moya, during his campaign for governor in Sinaloa, in May 2021.

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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