As an elected official, Ruben Rocha Moya has immunity from criminal conviction. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MEXICO CITY, May 2 - The governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state, who has been accused by the U.S. of aiding one of the country's most powerful drug cartels, said on Friday he would step down temporarily as a local investigation into the charges proceeds. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The governor of Mexico's northern Sinaloa state said that he would temporarily resign after the United States charged him and nine other officials with drug trafficking in a bombshell indictment

The US Department of Justice has charged Rubén Rocha Moya, governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, with drug trafficking in a rare move against a sitting foreign official. If convicted, he could face life in prison, as Washington steps up its crackdown on narcotics networks.

May 2 - The Mexican governor of Sinaloa state, Ruben Rocha, said late on Friday he would step down, days after the U.S. announced it charged him and other ruling-party officials for alleged involvement with the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, in what was a major escalation of U.S. pressure on Mexico. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Mexican governor of Sinaloa, who made headlines this week after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a criminal indictment against him, has taken a temporary leave from his post pending the outcome of the scandal. Other public officials from Sinaloa, also named in the indictment, asked for leave. | Border / Cartel Chronicles