(FILES) The 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 a Mexican state who was accused by the United States of ties to drug trafficking said on May 1, 2026 he was temporarily stepping down to facilitate investigations. Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine others were charged by the US Justice Department this week for working with the notorious Sinaloa cartel to distribute "massive quantities" of narcotics to the United States. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP via Getty Images)