US Mexican Officials Charged

The U.S. government has charged the governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state and nine other current and former Mexican officials with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a federal indictment. The indictment was unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. It alleges the defendants played influential roles in helping the Sinaloa Cartel ship massive quantities of illicit drugs from Mexico into the U.S. Mexico's government said it soon after received extradition requests from the U.S. but did not say how it would respond. Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya called the accusations baseless and a political attack. Some of those indicted were members of the progressive ruling party of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who is seeking to offset mounting U.S. pressures.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that she wouldn't le…