MEXICO CITY, April 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has charged the governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state, Ruben Rocha, and other current and former officials for their alleged involvement with the Sinaloa Cartel.
The Justice Department said Rocha and the others allegedly conspired with leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel to import massive quantities of narcotics into the U.S. in exchange for political support and bribes.
(Reporting by Kylie Madry in Mexico City and Luc Cohen in New York; editing by Stephen Eisenhammer )
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