Mexico’s indictment crisis continues and now there are actually two officials in U.S. custody.
A U.S. federal court indicted ten current and former Mexican officials for involvement with the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Here’s a list of the ten indicted:
- Ruben Rocha Moya, governor of the state of Sinaloa and a member of Mexican President Sheinbaum’s MORENA party. Rocha took a temporary leave of absence from the governorship to fight the charges.
- Enrique Inzunza Cazarez, Mexican senator and former secretary general for Sinaloa. Inzunza is also a member of President Sheinbaum’s MORENA party.
- Enrique Diaz Vega, former secretary of administration and finance for Sinaloa
- Damaso Castro Saavedra, deputy attorney general for the Sinaloa State Attorney General’s Office
- Marco Antonio Almanza Aviles, former head of Investigative Police for the Sinaloa State Attorney General’s Office
- Alberto Jorge Contreras Nunez, a/k/a “Cholo,” former head of the Investigative Police for the Sinaloa State Attorney General’s Office
- Gerardo Merida Sanchez, former public security secretary for Sinaloa
- Jose Antonio Dionisio Hipolito, a/k/a “Tornado,” former deputy director of the Sinaloa State Police
- Juan de Dios Gamez Mendivil, mayor of Culiacan, Sinaloa’s capital and largest city. Gamez has taken temporary leave also.
- Juan Valenzuela Millan, a/k/a “Juanito,” former high-level commander in the Culiacan Municipal Police
