The U.S. Indicts a Mexican Governor

Charges made in New York mean President Sheinbaum will have to choose a side

By Mary Anastasia O’Grady. Excerpts:

"Mexican civil-society groups have long accused the political class of aiding and abetting cartels. Activists, family members whose loved ones are among the 130,000 gone missing since 2006, and journalists are some of the brave Mexicans who have tried to raise the consciousness of their nation about what they allege is a link between the gangsters who terrorize them and the state. It’s dangerous work."

"For more than a decade, the Cartel, under the rule of the Chapitos Leaders, and, before them El Chapo and El Mayo, has paid cash bribes to public officials at each level of the government, in exchange for protection of the Cartel’s drug trafficking operations. These corrupt government and law enforcement officials, including the defendants, are essential to the Cartel’s drug trafficking operations.”"