Two political allies of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's party have resigned from their official posts, following a US indictment that has linked them to the Sinaloa cartel. Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and the mayor of the state capital of Culiacan, Juan de Dios Gámez Mendivil, both stepped aside on Saturday, although they denied the charges against them. Rocha Moya is the highest-ranking official named in the US indictment, where he has been accused of protecting the powerful Sinaloa cartel and helping it smuggle drugs into the United States , allegedly taking in millions of dollars in bribes. "My conscience is clear," Rocha Moya said. "To my people and to my family, I can look you in the eye because I have never betrayed you, and I never will," he added. He said he stepped down as a temporary leave of absence to defend himself against what he called "false and malicious" allegations and to cooperate with the Mexican government's investigation.…