Mexico's Sinaloa governor denies US charges of drug cartel involvement


MEXICO CITY, ⁠April 29 (Reuters) - Mexico's ⁠Sinaloa State Governor Ruben ‌Rocha on Wednesday denied U.S. Justice Department allegations of links ​to the Sinaloa ⁠Cartel, labeling ⁠the charges as politically motivated.

The ⁠U.S. ‌Justice Department earlier on Wednesday ⁠said it had charged Rocha ​and ‌other current and former ⁠officials ​for their alleged involvement with the criminal ⁠organization.

Rocha said in a ​post on X that the accusations would be ⁠proven false. He also characterized the legal action as an assault on ​the Morena ⁠political party currently in ​power.

(Reporting by ‌Lizbeth Diaz and ​Natalia Siniawski, Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)

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