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US Indicts Mexican Officials Over Sinaloa Fentanyl Ring

4/30/2026

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U.S. prosecutors indicted Rubén Rocha Moya and nine Mexican officials for drug-trafficking and weapons offenses.
The indictment says they helped the Sinaloa Cartel ship fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.
It cites a May 2022 seizure of 189,000 fentanyl pills in Phoenix.
Mexico has not said how it will answer U.S. extradition requests.
President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government sees no evidence and will have the Attorney General review the case.

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U.S. prosecutors indicted Rubén Rocha Moya and nine Mexican officials for drug-trafficking and weapons offenses.
The indictment says they helped the Sinaloa Cartel ship fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.
It cites a May 2022 seizure of 189,000 fentanyl pills in Phoenix.
Mexico has not said how it will answer U.S. extradition requests.
President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government sees no evidence and will have the Attorney General review the case.