The drama intensifies
President Claudia Sheinbaum dropped a bombshell in the morning: the licensed governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, asked the Security Cabinet for protection. And they gave it to him. Spot.
It’s not just anything. In the midst of a storm over the United States extradition request, the man who left office to face music is under the umbrella of the Mexican State.
Sheinbaum was direct: “Yes, normally in these cases… a risk analysis is done and based on that, security is given or not.” And now, he said, “he has security given the condition established by the Cabinet itself.”
The dilemma that is not a dilemma
But the highlight was his response to those who speak of a “terrible dilemma” between handing over Rocha or protecting him. The president stood up:
“We are not covering up anyone, but please, prove it.”
And it went further. He said that never in history had they urgently requested an arrest warrant against a sitting governor. And he pointed an accusing finger at Washington: “Let them send the evidence they have… they are also violating confidentiality. What was the purpose of putting it out in eight columns?”
Here is a master move. Sheinbaum not only defends a governor from his party—he frames it as a defense of national sovereignty. “It is the defense of the people, the defense of our dignity, it is the defense of our Homeland and justice,” he stated.
What is not said
Of course, the background is more complex. Rocha faces accusations of ties to drug trafficking, and his license smacks of a political maneuver to gain time. But the president sold it as an act of justice: first the evidence, then the action.
Strategy or conviction? Probably both. In the political theater, every statement has an audience: those who doubt Morena, those who demand transparency, and those who see the United States as the usual villain.
For now, the script remains: Rocha protected, Sheinbaum firm, and the country hoping that the next act will bring more answers than questions.
