The protection that no one asked for
Culiacán, Sinaloa — Omar García Harfuch, the federal security czar, dropped the bomb this Monday: licensed governor Rubén Rocha Moya did not ask for his personal security team. They recommended it. So, like someone who says “here, just in case.”
In the middle of a meeting of the Security Cabinet with interim governor Yeraldine Bonilla Valverde, Harfuch made it clear that federal support is there. But the fine detail is that Rocha, in the midst of gringo accusations of links to the Sinaloa Cartel, did not lift a finger to ask for protection.
“Some governors or former governors request security measures when they leave. In this case it was not a request, but rather it was recommended that they have a security body,” declared the secretary.
How many are there? Mystery
The official avoided giving exact numbers. He said it is not a massive deployment, just “few elements” of the National Guard. But, be careful, he didn’t say how many. Transparency is conspicuous by its absence.
Meanwhile, the violence between “La Chapiza” and “La Mayiza” does not let up. The fracture of the cartel keeps Sinaloa in suspense. And Rocha, with a license and everything, can’t walk alone.
The irony is evident: a governor targeted by the DEA receives protection that he did not even ask for. Coincidence? In this country, nothing is.




