(FILES) Governor of Sinaloa Ruben Rocha Moya speaks while leaving the inauguration ceremony of Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum at the Congress of the Union in Mexico City on October 1, 2024. The governor of Mexico's violence-plagued Sinaloa state, who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges announced on August 21, 2026 he had resumed office after a nearly four-month absence to fight the allegations. In a long post on X, Ruben Rocha Moya, an ally of leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum, insisted he had "committed no crime" and was returning to office "with a clear conscience and head held high." (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP via Getty Images)