{"id":5235,"date":"2026-08-27T03:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/?p=5235"},"modified":"2026-08-27T03:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:23:26","slug":"in-sinaloa-governor-ruben-rocha-replaced-by-interim-governor-graciela-dominguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/27\/in-sinaloa-governor-ruben-rocha-replaced-by-interim-governor-graciela-dominguez\/","title":{"rendered":"In Sinaloa, Governor Ruben Rocha Replaced by Interim Governor Graciela Dominguez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruben Rocha, who was indicted for collusion with a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, with 10 others, by a U.S. federal court, was Governor of the state of Sinaloa when indicted. So he took a leave of absence, <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/ruben-rocha-returns-to-office-of-governor-of-sinaloa\/\">recently returned<\/a> to the office of Governor, then the next day <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/after-returning-to-office-governor-rocha-wants-another-leave-of-absence\/\">asked for another leave of absence<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-85.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-85.png 800w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-85-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-85-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ruben Rocha Moya. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/lufkindailynews.com\/news_reuters\/top_news\/sinaloa-governor-ruben-rocha-speaks-during-a-video-message-in-culiacan\/image_749f1a64-cf99-590a-aaab-8d3f50a7c9f1.html\">Sinaloa Government<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That request was approved by the Sinaloa State Legislature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-86.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-86.png 975w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-86-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-86-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Congreso_del_Estado_de_Sinaloa.png\">Alberto0617<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 25th, Graciela Dominguez Nava took over as the interim Governor of Sinaloa. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-84.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5236\" style=\"width:496px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-84.png 500w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-84-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graciela Dominguez Nava.  Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondbordersnews.com\/graciela-dominguez-nava-takes-office-as-interim-sinaloa-governor\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT8hL5wZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAGJyaWQRMW9Hc3U5T2I2MzZDc3FIb3FzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEesd0zjjbcY2DfwDnJD23Fif9q8T3i__n0LwcY2jZOrkR4LfpbrKWEcRzzzu8_aem__dn4sHYBpjXPn6RAlEIXcw\">Beyond Borders News<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sinaloa.gob.mx\/congreso-del-estado-designa-a-graciela-dominguez-nava-como-gobernadora-interina-de-sinaloa\/\">Government of Sinaloa<\/a>, <strong>&#8220;Female and Male representatives of the 65th Legislature of the Congress of the State designated Graciela Dominguez Nava as interim governor of the state of Sinaloa, to complete the rest of the constitutional term which concludes October 31st, 2027.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interim Governor Dominguez is also a member of MORENA, the party of Ruben Rocha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruben Rocha, who was indicted for collusion with a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, with 10 others, by a U.S. federal court, was Governor of the state of Sinaloa when indicted. So he took a leave of absence, recently returned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/27\/in-sinaloa-governor-ruben-rocha-replaced-by-interim-governor-graciela-dominguez\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[580,25,282],"tags":[151,1077,962,220,124,1076],"class_list":["post-5235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption","category-crime","category-foreign-policy","tag-drug-cartels","tag-graciela-dominguez-nava","tag-ruben-rocha","tag-sinaloa","tag-sinaloa-cartel","tag-sinaloa-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5235"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5243,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235\/revisions\/5243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}