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Mexican governor , accused by US of helping cartel , returns to his job

hawaiitribune-herald.com8/23/2026

The governor, Rubén Rocha Moya, has denied wrongdoing, calling himself the victim of a political attack. Days after the indictment was unsealed in April, he said he would take a “temporary leave of absence” to focus on defending himself. Three months later, he declared he was back. “I return to my responsibility as governor of Sinaloa with a clean, held-high conscience and with the strength of the truth on our side,” he said in a lengthy social media post Friday.

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