FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Washington is reportedly probing top Mexican officials
Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa, could be under investigation by US authorities. Photo: EneasMx/WikiCommons
In a highly symbolic address delivered in the state of Sinaloa, home to Mexico’s eponymous Sinaloa cartel, US Ambassador Ronald Johnson suggested last week that authorities in Washington are readying an anti-corruption campaign against senior Mexican officials with alleged links to organized crime.
According to the Los Angeles Times, efforts will go beyond the well-trodden path of visa cancellations to include formal indictments in US Federal courts against members of the ruling Morena party.
As The Brazilian Report has explained, the indictments could be based on the testimony of cooperating witnesses arrested in the US, including two sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and their internal rival, Joaquín “El Mayo” Zambada, among other pieces of evidence…
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