Mexican Governor Temporarily Steps Down After Drug Trafficking Charges
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A Mexican state governor has temporarily stepped down from office after being charged with drug trafficking. Rocha Moya, who has served as governor of the northwestern state of Sinaloa since 2021, announced his temporary departure following the criminal accusations. The governor is known to have close ties to former leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Sinaloa state is a major center of Mexico's drug trafficking industry and home to the powerful Sinaloa cartel, one of the country's most influential criminal organizations.