On April 29th, a U.S. federal court indicted ten Mexican officials and former officials, all from the state of Sinaloa, for involvement with the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. [See U.S. Court Indicts Ten Mexican Officials and Former Officials for Cartel Involvement; What Will Sheinbaum Do?] The night before, the U.S. government had sent the Mexican foreign ministry extradition requests for the indicted.
The biggest fish in the kettle was Ruben Rocha Moya, current Governor of the state of Sinaloa, and a member of President Sheinbaum’s MORENA party.
Well, on the night of May 1st, Governor Rocha announced that, although he is innocent, he is taking a leave of absence from the governorship, in order to fight the charges.
You can watch a video of Governor Rocha making his statement here.