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MEXICO CITY, April 30 (Reuters) – Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that if the \u200cU.S. government presents sufficient evidence against Sinaloa \u200cGovernor Ruben Rocha and others charged in the U.S. for \u200bties to drug trafficking, the Mexican prosecutor’s office will proceed according to the law.<\/p>\n
But, she added, if there is not enough proof then the charges from \u200cthe U.S. Department \u2060of Justice appear political in nature. She also said that under no terms would \u2060Mexico permit interference of a foreign government in its sovereign affairs.<\/p>\n
The Justice Department on Wednesday charged Rocha \u200band \u200bothers for conspiring with \u200bthe Sinaloa Cartel to \u200cimport massive quantities of narcotics into the U.S. in exchange for political support and bribes.<\/p>\n
The charges against Rocha mark a new front in the U.S. fight against cartels. While the U.S. has repeatedly gone \u200cafter drug kingpins, U.S. indictments \u200bagainst sitting senior Mexican politicians \u200bare rare.<\/p>\n
“We are \u200bnot going to protect anyone who \u200chas committed a crime,” Sheinbaum \u200bsaid at \u200bher regular morning press conference. “However, if there isn’t clear evidence, it is obvious that the objective \u200bof these \u200cindictments by the Department of Justice is \u200bpolitical.”<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez and Raul Cortez; \u200bEditing by Emily Green)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n