US Charges Mexican Governor, Officials for Allegedly Aiding Sinaloa Cartel

They are alleged to have taken part in a conspiracy to export “massive amounts” of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl into the United States.

After Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, setting off gunfights and roadblocks, a truck burns on a street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, on Jan. 5, 2023. Martin Urista, File/AP Photo

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 10 former and current Mexican officials, including a state governor, with drug trafficking and related weapons offenses.

The officials are alleged to have “conspired with leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel to import massive quantities of narcotics into the United States in exchange for political support and bribes,” the DOJ said in an April 29 statement.