Sinaloa governor charged by US with drug trafficking, weapons offenses

The Justice Department has charged Ruben Rocha Moya, the governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, with drug trafficking and weapons offenses.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the DEA administrator announced the charges against Rocha and nine other current and former high-ranking Mexican officials in a news release.

Officials alleged that the group had a partnership with the Sinaloa cartel to distribute "massive quantities" of drugs into the U.S. in exchange for political support and bribes...