Sinaloa Governor Resumes Office Under Active U.S. Federal Indictment

Rubén Rocha Moya returned as Sinaloa's governor on August 21, 2026, nearly four months after stepping aside following a U.S. Justice Department indictment charging him with drug trafficking and weapons offenses tied to the Sinaloa Cartel. The SDNY indictment remains active, leaving a sitting Mexican governor under a U.S. federal arrest warrant — constraining his international travel but not his domestic authority. He denies all allegations.