Mexican Senator Named by US Resigns from Ruling Party
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Mexican Senator Enrique Inzunza announced on Wednesday his resignation from the parliamentary group of the ruling Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (Morena) in the upper house, where he will continue as an independent legislator amid accusations from the United States regarding alleged ties to organized crime. Inzunza is one of ten Mexican officials accused by the US Department of Justice of allegedly facilitating operations for the Sinaloa Cartel to traffic drugs into the United States in exchange for multimillion-dollar bribes. Among those accused by the US government is Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, who, despite announcing his return to office, has requested a leave of absence to address the allegations. 'I have made the decision to separate from the Morena parliamentary group to serve as a senator of the Republic independently,' Inzunza stated in a letter addressed to the ruling party leader in the Senate, Ignacio Mier. However, the senator, who previously served as the Secretary General of Government of Sinaloa (2021-2024), did not specify whether he would maintain his affiliation with Morena.
AI summary · Source: Telemundo McAllen (KTLM) →
