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Monday, October 7, 2024

Sinaloa Governor Being Investigated by Sheinbaum Administration, Sinaloa & Durango SEDENA General Relieved of Command

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From an Investigation by Proceso


Morena governor Rubén Rocha Moya is on the brink of the abyss as he reaches the halfway point of his six-year term. Cornered by his alleged relationship with the Sinaloa Cartel and with the territory he governs semi-paralyzed by the violence that has left dozens of victims, the governor is under the scrutiny of the intelligence agencies of the Mexican federal government due to the suspicion of having taken the side of the criminal group Los Chapitos, betraying the Mayo Zambada faction.

According to information obtained by Proceso, the National Intelligence Center (CNI) and military intelligence services “are personally following and keeping Rocha Moya under surveillance” on the instructions of then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and with the approval of President Claudia Sheinbaum.



Rocha Living in the Sinaloa Admin Building

One of the reports, titled “Sinaloa. Governor Rocha Moya spends the night in the Government Palace for fear of being attacked,” shows the monitoring of the governor’s activities and records his “extreme nervousness” and “deep concern” after the capture of Mayo , the murder of the former rector of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Melesio Cuén, and the violence between the two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel that occurs mainly in the state capital and its surroundings.

The report states that Rocha Moya sleeps on the third floor of the Administrative Unit (where he usually works), under 24-hour surveillance, security that has been reinforced for him and his family, and to which elements of the National Guard and Navy contribute, including snipers and the use of level six armored trucks, one of the highest that exist in Mexico.

Death Threats

On September 19, the governor publicly admitted to being the target of death threats:

"There are many who want me to die, but that is not a matter of taste, of this or that; and we must assume our responsibility with all the risks."

In this whole plot, which has as its setting a violence unleashed in the state, there is one more name that appears: that of Chapo Isidro (Fausto Isidro Meza Flores). According to the intelligence file, he would be supporting the faction of the son of Mayo, Ismael Zambada Sicairos, Mayito Flaco . This was agreed upon in an alleged meeting between both cartel bosses.

The report attributed to the CNI and the Sedena indicates that another person who is under constant surveillance is the former Secretary of Government and now Senator for Morena, Enrique Inzunza Cázarez.

For this investigation, the documents indicate, "a team of four investigators has been commissioned" sent from the center of the country and supported by personnel from the delegation of the National Intelligence Center in Sinaloa.

The Attorney General's Office (FGR) is aware of all of these facts, and "on the President's instructions" it took on the investigation into the murder of Melesio Cuén and the alleged illegal deprivation of Ismael el Mayo Zambada.

In just 10 days, the clash between the factions of Los Chapitos and the people of Mayo has reached tragic results.

The criminal activity has plunged Culiacán into losses estimated at at least 500 million pesos a day, due to the closure of businesses and little or no productive activity in all types of businesses.

The clashes also impact children, confined to their homes taking classes remotely, despite the order of the State Secretariat of Public Education and Culture (SEPyC) which insists that students must attend school. The city, between September 9 and 29, has suffered a notable loneliness.

Furthermore, the call made on September 19 by chambers, associations and non-governmental organizations in a media advertisement to end drug violence, makes the reality of the state even more complicated, as does the situation of the governor.

The turbulent situation in Sinaloa has set off alarm bells in Governor Rocha's inner circle, who until recently received the support of then-presidents López Obrador and the elected governor, Claudia Sheinbaum, despite the fact the Sinaloa governor was openly an ally and promoter of Adán Augusto López Hernández, former Secretary of the Interior and now president of the Political Coordination Board in the Senate.

Federal government intelligence documents, dated September, indicate that, in addition to the state governor, his son José Rocha Ruiz is also under surveillance; he is, in fact, identified as the link between the governor and the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel via high-ranking officials, such as the head of the Sinaloa Tax Administration Service (SATES), José Carlos Cárdenas Mellado, appointed to the post by Rocha himself on August 19.

Tax Investigation

In a section of the report, titled “José Carlos Cárdenas Mellado, new head of SATES of the Government of the State of Sinaloa,” links are mentioned between Rubén Rocha (the first left-wing governor in Sinaloa) and his son José Rocha Ruiz with Los Chapitos via the aforementioned official.

“José Carlos was the governor’s liaison with the Chapitos,” reads one of the pages of the federal intelligence file.

José Rocha Ruiz is the youngest of the governor's sons and the one with the least business activity, according to what was known until now in the state.

However, it was only on September 19 that the company Chocosa Ranch, Sociedad de Producción Rural de Responsabilidad Limitada, was registered in the Public Registry. Its business is the purchase, sale, breeding, production and fattening of cattle, bovine, equine, pig, goat and any type of animal in general, as well as the export and import of all types of livestock.

The governor's three sons (José, Rubén and Ricardo) have obtained contracts from 2009 to 2017 for more than 63 million pesos, according to an investigation by journalist Silber Meza for the non-governmental organization Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity.

The intelligence file states that José has ties of friendship with the head of SATES, Cárdenas Mellado, with whom he was a schoolmate and roommate when they both attended university in Monterrey.

“José Carlos (Cárdenas Mellado) and his father have had a long-standing relationship with the Chapitos,” the report states, according to which the now state official has been in charge during the first three years of government of “approving” purchases and payments from the government itself, since all of this “was discussed with the governor.”

On September 15, the SATES website was hacked and a threat was posted directed at the governor himself. The website of the Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Sinaloa (Cobaes), which was directed by a brother of Enrique Inzunza Cázarez, now a senator for Morena, was also hacked. The current director is José Jaime Montes Salas.

General Ojeda Relieved of Duties

General Francisco Jesús Leana Ojeda was relieved of his post as commander of the Third Military Region, which includes Durango and Sinaloa, and as of this Friday, command has been taken by Brigadier General Guillermo Briseño Lobera.

Leana Ojeda became a trending topic after he told the media on Sunday, September 16, that peace in the state depends on organized crime groups stopping fighting.

"We want it to happen as quickly as possible, but it doesn't depend on us, it depends on the antagonistic groups to stop confronting each other and to leave society in peace," he said when asked about the date on which peace will be restored in Sinaloa.

This has sparked nationwide criticism for a state that has been mired in clashes between rival groups of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Chapitos and the Mayitos, since September 9.

Through a statement, the Anti-Corruption Citizen Network of the Citizen Participation Committee (CPC) of the State and Municipal System of Sinaloa, 54 organizations, as well as individuals issued a statement so that municipal, state authorities and the new federal administration, as well as security and justice agencies, have a comprehensive plan to restore peace to the families of Sinaloa.

“We are not exaggerating when we say that over the last twenty-two days we have observed with terror an increase in criminal activities such as murders, disappearances, shootings, roadblocks and vehicle theft, which has generated uncertainty, isolation and devastating effects on society,” they said.

The change of command took place during the security meeting at the facilities of the Third Military Region in Mazatlán, attended by Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, as well as Norberto Cortés Rodríguez representing the Sedena and Héctor Eduardo Vela Valenzuela, Secretary General of the Government of Durango.

Mazatlan Mayor Carjacked

Less than a month after taking office, Estrella Palacios Domínguez, the elected mayor of Mazatlán, had her truck stolen by armed men who intercepted her in Culiacán.

The robbery occurred minutes after 12:00 p.m. when the elected municipal president was driving in a white Chevrolet Tahoe pickup truck, 2021 model, on the Culiacán-Mazatlán maxi highway, near the municipality of Costa Rica and the municipality of Eldorado, where an armed group, aboard several units and maintaining a checkpoint on the San Lorenzo River bridge, intercepted her and forced her to get out along with the people accompanying her, taking the unit.


Palacios and his team were left on the edge of the highway, along with other motorists who were driving in the area, and who also had their vehicles taken away.

The armed group searched the belongings and cell phones, as well as the vehicles in which some of the drivers were traveling, before letting them go.


UAS Rector Forced to Resign

Following the resignation of the head of the rector's office, Robespierre Lizárraga Otero, the UAS announced an indefinite work stoppage starting at the first minute of next Monday, October 7.

Candelario Ortiz Bueno, who remained in charge of the rector's office, announced that they made the decision due to the series of abuses committed against the university over a year and a half and listed the approval of the General Law of Higher Education, the reform to the Organic Law of the UAS and the removal from office of rector Jesús Madueña Molina in October 2023 and that of Lizárraga Otero this morning.

He said that democratic principles have been eroded and the culture of legality banished because the arbitrary and capricious will of Governor Rubén Rocha Moya prevails in Sinaloa.

The Governor of Sinaloa has only one strategic ally left and he is in the Senate: the president of the Political Coordination Board, Adán Augusto López Hernández, of whom the governor was an enthusiastic promoter during the Morena presidential pre-campaign, as was the elected federal deputy Héctor Melesio Cuén.

Sinaloa's Not Top 5 in Violence

In the first meeting of the Security Cabinet, President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed that Sinaloa has not been among the top five states with the highest number of intentional homicides, but the state cannot yet be considered calm, so she asked to wait for a more detailed analysis; Guanajuato is still a concern.

“Yes, we had the first (cabinet) meeting, by the way, Sinaloa does not appear among the five states with the highest number of homicides, the first is still Guanajuato, there was Chihuahua, State of Mexico but the highest again was Guanajuato,” he said, after a wave of violence was registered in recent weeks between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel due to the arrest of leaders of the criminal group, especially Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, which totaled more than 150 deaths in the past 4 weeks. 

In addition to the cabinet meetings, this Wednesday, Sheinbaum asked the Attorney General's Office (FGR) to send a person representing Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero to have greater coordination in the data for the analysis of security. On October 8, the federal administration will present the National Security Plan, “there are some initiatives that we are going to send, especially to strengthen intelligence and investigation.”

The municipalities with the highest number of homicides, according to figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), are: Colima (Colima), Tijuana (Baja California), Acapulco (Guerrero), Celaya (Guanajuato), Cajeme (Sonora), Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua), Tlajomulco de Zúñiga (Jalisco), Chihuahua (Chihuahua), León (Guanajuato) and Benito Juárez (Quintana Roo).

Governor Rocha met with the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, in Mexico City.

“We discussed the security situation in Sinaloa at length. At the suggestion of the Secretary, we explored the possibility of the @Gobierno MX security cabinet meeting in Sinaloa in the near future,” he posted on his X account.

65 comments:

  1. Arriva la delincuencia. Tres Doritos despues. A que marchar por la paz no mas violencia PLEASE!!! lol




    RIP Gilbertona

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    1. 6:34 Esas Gilbertonas son unas loquillas 🤣

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    2. Big Nuts Big Brains TrutherOctober 8, 2024 at 1:14 AM

      With Rocha in the process of being thrown under the bus by AMLO-Sheinbaum party, there is obviously heavy pressure from their political rivals to throw dirt on the whole party. In Mexico, Cartel wars are always political wars at some level too. As of now it appears to be a frozen conflict with no clear winner emerging anytime soon!

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    3. Big Nuts Big Brains TrutherOctober 8, 2024 at 1:19 AM

      Estrella Palacios Domínguez another Mexicana who loves clown-style makeup!

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    4. son las primas loquitas de Rubio NYC

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    5. La muerte de la Gilbertona marca el comienzo del infierno, su humor mantenía unidas a las facciones. su muerte causó una ruptura en el tejido del espacio.

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    6. 5:59 😂🤣💯



      RIP Gilbertona


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  2. I would smash Sheinbaum!

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    1. Yeah after a six pack of bud light

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    2. Say goodbye to your foreskin hahah

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    5. 7:09 You're clearly a racist and a sick little shit.
      Why?

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    6. "everywhere in the world where problems" It is inherently true,anything dirty guaranteed you will find them.Its a fact not hating or race open your eyes and see who is behind it..

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    7. 709
      It is so obvious but past history and economic political media business corrupts many and now with anti hate laws speech you would think it was all planned?
      Funny that

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    8. C’mon man don’t stoop this low, you’re better than this 🤦‍♂️

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  3. Mexico,as a 2nd or 1st world country ,compared to the EU countries,Japan, South Korea,Canada,China etc.,is the only country where criminals in convoys are roaming around hunting people,shooting up police stations,bar attacked 8 people die,decapitated bodies in the streets. It's way backward. Geography wise it's one of the most beautiful and endowed countries.
    There is a sickness in the brain.

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    1. 7:04
      How old are you?

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    2. 8:42 The question is, is it true.

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    3. 7:04 gots to be at least 14:years old.

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  4. He can't hide in the municipal palace forever.
    🤠🤠🤠

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    1. Can someone tell him Covid 19 is over, he can be among the people.

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    2. You are correct he only has 3 more years I guess people don’t think the outcome of events after greed.

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    3. Notice chespirito is in that picture?

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  5. Good read BB, Sinaloa governor is in some deep caca.

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  6. Mossad trained maricon Sicario 006 le encanta los extra grande hot dogs. El siempre pone los buns cuando se los come. Su pareja proporciona el wiener. Lo aprendieron de Sean en sus fiestas.

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    1. te encante la venuda también pocho 7:28

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    2. 8:42 salio la novia del 006 a defenderlo 🤣 al 006 le encanta que lo pongan en 20 unas

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    3. A 006 le gusta bien cabezona y sudada.

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  7. Looks like the new presidential administration is already dealing with these Kinds of people. Good to
    See!

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    1. From what i can tell Sheimbaum's new houseband is from Sinaloa, so most likely he is on MZ's side, if thats the case, she bettet start walking with concrete shoes, other wise the PRIAN are gonna take advantage and throw all that dirt on him and it will reach her too, by the way, its weird they were dating like 4 or 5 months ago, before the "war" started, he is in a hole lot of trouble, he wont be able to work as freely as he use to 🤣

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    2. Perro and pony show.

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    3. Es para taparle el ojo al macho . Ponte trucha

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  8. Nice article socal j appreciate the work you and all the other volunteers do here. I enjoy your input on tijuana and surrounding areas keep up the great work.

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    1. Not much news from La Tia Juana lately.. 🤔

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    2. De lo que paso en Valle de La Trinidad... nothing on the news and seems its was like a gavilla !!!

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  9. Something monumental is happening in Mexico, a bigger agenda is looming. Both the Guzman’s and Zambada factions are losing their political clout along with bribed local police and political officials. This new president is cleaning house trying to cripple narco power for either the beginning of a new world that is happening all over the globe or simply just ready to hand the majority of narco privileges to CJNG. Pay attention my people and plebes everywhere, the world is changing rapidly at an accelerated pace, something strange is brewing, to be aware is to be alive. Divide and conquer has begun, the fight is starting.

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    1. Yeah except the new world once people realize what’s happening it’ll hit the fan. People are in for a awakening when they find out the biggest threats to them are their own governments.

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    2. Biggest threat to anyone is themself.

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  10. What the heck did the Sinaloa governor think was going to happen after this stupid plan to kidnap Mayo happened? Did he think nobody was going to find out? A very dumb move on the chess board and he is now paying the price. He will have to watch his back for the rest of his life. The sad thing here is that his wife and kids will also pay the price for dad's dumb plan. Better look for a new identity and a place where MZ does not operate. Nuff Said!!!

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  11. In Korea 80s good song by Depeche mode , everything counts in large amounts.

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    1. 9:01 80’s rock. The Cure #1




      RIP Gilbertona

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    2. The Cure is what we usta call a "haircut band"🤨

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    3. 4:14 what you talkin about Willis? They still going strong . New album on the way



      RIP Gilbertona

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  12. Well that's a good start

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  13. This is interesting to note. When AMLO took office the death toll left by Peña Nieto was 35 thousand deaths in his last year of office, chapo had just been captured and it's safe to say he inherited the violence. Claudia Sheinbaum is finding herself in a very similar situation. ... pero explicale a los melolengos.

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    1. It's interesting to note , under Obradors watch, many innocent civilians died and made disappeared.

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    2. We all know that but its the way the new pres handles the situation. Are they gonna go after all cartels or are they gonna align themselves with one cartel. Or is she gonna do the right thing.

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  14. Change of the tide

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  15. They probably thought they would nab Flaco right after they did Mayo but they lost that window in time. Now it’s a mess for them

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  16. Every government comes in “hard” and wanting “change.” The 💩 part is that it’s not gonna last, they’re just aligning efforts with the other side so that they can get their cut. There are your “abrazos” former MX President, now you have a lot of “balazos” to list let you know that your campaign didn’t work. WPOS

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  17. Finally the government is going after him. He needs to be removed from office immediately for being an ineffective governor. Not like if he was removed anything would change since he's more worried about hiding out in his bunker while telling the people everything is normal.
    I wish they'd also not just count those found deceased as victims. It undermines all the other civilians losing their jobs, businesses, income, all the friends and family members of people killed or lifted, and kids not being able to go to school in peace and the lasting psychological effect on them seeing this all play out with the chaos around them. It diminishes the true number of those affected and who now risk not being able to feed or clothe their families.

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  18. se viene una caceria de politicos y militares en mexico.....el mayo canto y no solo el mayo todos los canarios que estan presos aqui en usa.....cuestion de tiempo..................

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  19. What's the big deal, the Governor is being investigated, he is Morena Party.
    The new President belongs to Morena Party.
    Nothing major is going to happen to him.
    Not even jail time.

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  20. Apparently he's not being investigated as hoped by the people - https://www.sinaloahoy.com.mx/portal/sheinbaum-reafirma-su-confianza-en-rocha-y-asegura-que-no-esta-siendo-investigado/

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  21. Say anyone, did Putin attend the inauguration of Claudia Sniderbaum?
    I do know they made Spain an invitation, but only to belittle them, and scold them, to no invitation.

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    1. Nope he was way too scared by getting on a plane. Planes in russia tend to „land“ where planes are not supposed to land.

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  22. Has anyone considered that MORENA is going after all their opponents, narcos and politicians. Ex: Mayo was not fond of Rocha Moya or Morena ideology. His compa Hector Cuén was a strong candidate and had the old man’s backing to run and oust Morena from power in Sinaloa. He was old school and his political allies were either PAN or PRI.

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  23. Think everyone has an inkling Rocha Moya is on the side of chapos and obviously ok,d the plan to kidnap Mayo thus creating this war in Sinaloa..
    Politicians the world over need to be held accountable in the most extreme way.They live in a safe bubble of security and wealth making decisions that affect 1000s..Filthy politicians

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    1. Exactly. No one takes the time to show up to a meeting as a mediator without confirming first that all parties will be present. Rocha confirmed and then headed straight to the airport to flee to California with his family knowing there would be a target on his back. He is just as culpable with treason.

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  24. So he is under investigation not for aligning with a cartel but for switching sides and betraying the Mayo Faction.

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