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U.S. charges 10 Mexican officials, including Sinaloa governor, with drug trafficking
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U.S. charges 10 Mexican officials, including Sinaloa governor, with drug trafficking

www.cbsnews.com·www.cbsnews.com·about 1 month ago
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April 29, 2026 / 7:51 PM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google The governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials were charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York, accused of aiding in the massive importation of illicit narcotics into the United States. Some officials were members of Mexico's progressive ruling party, Morena, posing a political conundrum for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum as she seeks to offset mounting pressures from the Trump administration. Some of those politicians called the indictment a political attack on their party. U.S. federal officials announced the charges in a news release. None of the defendants were in custody, but Mexico's government said shortly afterward that it had received multiple extradition requests from the U.S. without identifying those requested. It did not say how it would respond.…

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