US Accuses Mexican Officials of Drug Cartel Collusion

U.S. law‑enforcement agencies have filed a New York court case naming ten Mexican officials, including Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, Senator Enrique Inzunza and the mayor of Culiacán, alleging they aided drug cartels. The accusations echo earlier disputes between Mexico and the United States over migration and border security, and the recent arrest in July 2024 of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael Zambada García (“El Mayo”) at a private New Mexico airport.

The allegations are part of a broader pattern of U.S. political rhetoric that claims Mexican governments—from the PRI administration of Enrique Peña Nieto to the Morena presidencies of Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Claudia Sheinbaum—are linked to narcotics trafficking. The commentary also references the 2020 detention of former Mexican General Salvador Cienfuegos and the 2024 sentencing of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández for drug‑related crimes, highlighting a trans‑national dimension to the U.S. accusations.