Pressure Mounts for Mexican President as Third Government Official Surrenders to U.S. on Drug Charges

As Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her government continue to claim that the U.S. Government does not have any evidence of wrongdoing against Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine of his closest allies, who are accused of working for the Sinaloa Cartel. Three of those officials have now crossed the border into the U.S. and allegedly turned themselves in.

The issue comes at a time when tensions between the U.S. and Mexico continue to rise over the southern country protecting drug cartels instead of eradicating them. The most recent development took place this weekend, when Mexican Senator Enrique Inzunza Cazarez reportedly traveled to San Diego and surrendered himself to U.S. authorities. Inzunza is wanted on drug conspiracy charges out of a federal criminal indictment in New York.

Despite three of the ten officials having surrendered, Sheinbaum remains defiant. She said this weekend during a speech that no foreign government