{"id":7841,"date":"2026-05-02T06:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T06:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7841"},"modified":"2026-05-02T06:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T06:04:01","slug":"mexico-will-extradite-officials-to-u-s-only-if-given-irrefutable-evidence-of-cartel-links-president-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7841","title":{"rendered":"Mexico will extradite officials to U.S. only if given &#8220;irrefutable evidence&#8221; of cartel links, president says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexico is seeking &#8220;irrefutable evidence&#8221; to back up U.S. drug trafficking charges against a <span class=\"link\">state governor and other officials<\/span> before proceeding with extradition requests, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Justice Department unveiled charges on Wednesday against Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine others, accusing them of working with the notorious <span class=\"link\">Sinaloa cartel<\/span>\u00a0to distribute &#8220;massive quantities&#8221; of narcotics to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Rocha Moya, a member of the Sheinbaum&#8217;s left-leaning Morena party and close ally of her predecessor, has governed the violent state since 2021. The other accused officials are also part of Morena.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the Office of the Attorney General&#8230; receives solid and irrefutable evidence in accordance with Mexican law, or if, in the course of its own investigation, it finds elements constituting a crime, it must comply&#8221; with the U.S. extradition request, Sheinbaum said at her morning news conference.<\/p>\n<p>She added that if evidence was not provided or found, it will be evident that &#8220;the goal of these Justice Department accusations is political.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/30\/71ef9fde-d1be-4c7c-bde5-2a41aa57ac04\/thumbnail\/620x413\/090bbbb73d5c7f3a49b1506a45e50af1\/gettyimages-2273245529.jpg#\" alt=\"Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum holds her daily press conference \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/30\/71ef9fde-d1be-4c7c-bde5-2a41aa57ac04\/thumbnail\/620x413\/090bbbb73d5c7f3a49b1506a45e50af1\/gettyimages-2273245529.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/30\/71ef9fde-d1be-4c7c-bde5-2a41aa57ac04\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/3dccf54d766ed05e7be2544e2a986ce5\/gettyimages-2273245529.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference, at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico on April 30, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Daniel Cardenas\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sheinbaum noted this was the first time that the U.S. had made narcotrafficking charges public against a sitting governor or other high-ranking official.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We aren&#8217;t going to protect anyone,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum explained that among the proof presented was a piece of paper that shows alleged bribe payments to the accused politicians.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted to social media, Rocha Moya said he &#8220;categorically and absolutely&#8221; rejects the charges from U.S. officials, saying the accusations were an &#8220;attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is part of a perverse strategy to violate the constitutional order, specifically on national sovereignty, &#8221; he wrote Wednesday in a\u00a0post on X. &#8220;We will show them that this slander doesn&#8217;t have any sort of foundation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rocha Moya was a staunch ally of Sheinbaum&#8217;s mentor,\u00a0<span class=\"link\">former President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador<\/span>. The governor enthusiastically backed the ex-president&#8217;s &#8220;Hugs, Not Bullets&#8221; policy, which involved avoiding direct confrontation with powerful drug cartels. L\u00f3pez Obrador built a political platform by railing against endemic corruption plaguing Mexican politics.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment alleges some of those named have themselves participated in the\u00a0Sinaloa cartel&#8217;s campaign of violence and retribution.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment alleged that they were closely aligned with the Sinaloa cartel faction known as the Chapitos, which is run by the sons of Joaqu\u00edn &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; Guzm\u00e1n,\u00a0the ex-cartel leader\u00a0now serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2023 U.S. indictment, the Chapitos and their cartel associates used corkscrews, electrocution and hot chiles to\u00a0<span class=\"link\">torture their rivals<\/span>\u00a0while some of their victims were &#8220;fed dead or alive to tigers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">The Associated  Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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