New State Prisons “Will Not Be Operated by Private Companies,” Sheinbaum Says
The federal government will fund a prison in each of six states to ease overcrowding, with priority for Sinaloa after recent events at the Mazatlán prison.
The federal government will fund a prison in each of six states to ease overcrowding, with priority for Sinaloa after recent events at the Mazatlán prison.
The federal deputy, tapped by Sinaloa’s Congress to replace Rocha Moya, brings 35 years in politics and a stint as state education secretary to the interim post.
With the session opening Sept. 1, Morena is split over whether the Sinaloa senator, flagged by US authorities over alleged cartel ties, should take leave or show up.
He returned Friday after 112 days of facing US-linked accusations, then asked to leave again hours later, right after a rebuke from Sheinbaum.
Morena says it wasn’t told of the governor’s return and distances itself, as the PRI, MC and Somos México seize on it to renew their “narco-party” attacks.
After a 112-day leave over US cartel accusations, Sinaloa’s Morena governor returns “with a clean forehead and head held high,” calling the charges far-right interference.
A Chengdu firm signed to buy Sinaloan sorghum via the port of Topolobampo, grain that lab tests found beats Australia’s for China’s baijiu liquor.
The Sinaloa governor on leave, accused by the U.S. of narco ties, says he gave up his immunity 69 days ago and has no federal protection.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the ‘El Mayo’ case, organized crime, security in Sinaloa, Ecuador, Toyota, and the national soccer team.
The manner, content, and timing of the charges brought by the US against the Sinaloa governor and eight other officials cannot be considered mere judicial measures; they are acts of political interference, compounded by an implicit threat.