Mexico assures that Rubén Rocha does not have a red card issued by Interpol
This version occurs one day after Rocha Moya publicly reported that he appeared before the headquarters in Culiacán of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic.
The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) of Mexico reported that the licensed governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, does not have a Red Notice issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), after versions spread about an alleged international order against him.
In an information card, the federal agency indicated that, after consulting with competent national and international authorities, the nonexistence of any international search mechanism against the Sinaloan politician was confirmed.
“The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection reports that the licensed governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, does not have a Red Notice issued by Interpol,” indicated the SSPC.
The statement occurs one day after Rocha Moya publicly reported that he appeared before the Culiacán headquarters of the Attorney General's Office (FGR), within the framework of the investigations opened in Mexico following accusations filed in the United States against him and nine other Sinaloan officials for alleged crimes related to drug and weapons trafficking.
"Today I appeared before the Attorney General's Office of the Republic, based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. I answered the questions that the Agent of the Federal Public Ministry asked me," wrote the licensed president on the social network X.
Rocha Moya, who requested to temporarily separate from his position while the investigations progress, also assured that he will remain willing to respond to any request from the Mexican authorities.
The investigations in Mexico derive from an accusation filed on April 29 by prosecutors from the Southern District of New York against ten Sinaloa officials, while the United States Department of Justice requested the arrest for extradition purposes of a dozen Mexican citizens related to alleged crimes of drug trafficking and arms trafficking.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, recently maintained that, according to information provided by the FGR, the procedures carried out do not imply formal accusations against the officials called to testify, and has insisted that the United States must present “evidence” of the accusations made.
In addition to Rocha Moya, the official senator Enrique Inzunza Cázarez and the licensed mayor of Culiacán, Juan de Dios Gámez Mendívil, were also summoned to give a statement, as part of the investigations that the FGR claims to be carrying out “with seriousness and exhaustiveness.”