PAN rejects Rocha Moya return as Sinaloa governor
By Cartel Insider Wire Desk · Edited by Mica Treviño
Original reporting: ZETA Tijuana
What happened
ZETA Tijuana reports that PAN leader Jorge Romero Herrera said his party rejects Sinaloa’s government after Rocha Moya resumed office and repeated calls to dissolve it.
Reporting and context
ZETA Tijuana reports that Jorge Romero Herrera, national leader of Mexico’s National Action Party, said his party does not recognize the Sinaloa government after Rubén Rocha Moya resumed his post as governor. Romero called Rocha Moya an alleged ally of organized crime and urged President Claudia Sheinbaum to address the return. His statements are opposition-party claims and do not independently establish criminal conduct.
In a statement and video posted through social media, Romero described Rocha Moya’s reinstatement as an act of cynicism and repeated PAN’s call for the disappearance of powers in Sinaloa. He said the party would not recognize any government act carried out during the state administration and argued that pending requests for political proceedings against Rocha Moya and for dissolving the state government had not produced results. ZETA quotes Romero as saying that Morena protects criminals, a political accusation that the report attributes to him.
The same report says Rocha Moya announced that he had resumed the governorship after taking leave on May 2, 2026, and said he had made himself available to Mexican investigators. Rocha called the allegations against him false and said U.S. authorities had not supplied supporting evidence, while ZETA notes that the United States had sought his detention for extradition over alleged drug-trafficking links. The competing statements describe an unresolved political and legal dispute; they should not be treated as a judicial finding of guilt or innocence.