The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, stated this Thursday that the United States has rejected 36 requests from Mexico to detain for the purposes of extradition for f high of evidence, for what he defended applying the same criterion in the signals against ten Mexicans, including the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya.

“There are 36 cases where the United States has denied the request to the Government of Mexico to urgently detain a person for the purpose "It's extradition Why? For lack of evidence," he said in a press conference from the National Palace in Mexico City.

Given this scenario, the president justified her Administration's stance of requesting legal elements before proceeding against any Mexican citizen cano and responded in this way to the criticisms against his Government for not ordering the immediate arrest of the 10 Mexicans required by U.S. Justice.

According to Sheinbaum, some analysts have suggested that his Administration only has three options: urgently detain and extradite those people, imprison them in Mexico or do nothing.

“They forget the most important thing: asking for proof,” he insisted.

The governor stressed that every Mexican citizen, regardless of their political affiliation, public office or partisan status, must have the right to a fair trial and for any accusation to be supported by evidence.

“Do you have evidence against the governor with a license? Present it,” he said, referring to Rocha Moya, pointing out that, with these elements, the Attorney General's Office could carry out an investigation.

Sheinbaum denied that this is a political decision and assured that his stance responds to the law, to the Constitution and to the defense of national sovereignty.

“If there is sufficient evidence in the framework of our accusatory criminal system, of the Constitution, then it proceeds. If there is no evidence, it doesn't proceed,” he stated.

The president clarified that Mexico does not seek to affect the relationship with the United States, but insisted that it must defend its sovereignty and the dignity of its citizens, even with opponents.

“If I were a governor in function of another political party from which we don't come, we would do the exact same thing,” he concluded.

Rocha Moya, of the official National Regeneration Movement (Morena) requested two weeks a license to temporarily separate from position while the General Attorney's Office investigates the case

All those involved have rejected the accusations, in a case that has generated a strong political controversy in Mexico and tensions in the bilateral relationship with the United States. EFE