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Mexico’s most controversial politician, Rubén Rocha, goes to ground as cartel questions intensify

No one has seen Rubén Rocha Moya since the night of May 1, when he announced in a video that he was requesting a leave of absence from the office of governor of Sinaloa. It was then a holiday, Labor Day, and the politician said he needed to stop working, as if in penance after U.S. authorities accused him and nine of his collaborators of alleged ties to factions of the Sinaloa cartel.

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Rubén Rocha in Culiacán, March 12, 2025.
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Mexican teachers expand protest camp and threaten to shut down the capital

CNTE teachers at the protest camp on the streets of the Historic Center in Mexico City on Tuesday.

Teachers in Mexico have launched a nationwide strike that is bringing mounting pressure on President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government ahead of the start of the soccer World Cup.

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Teachers from the CNTE (National Coordination of Education Workers) demonstrating on Paseo de la Reforma.

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Members of the CNTE playing a game during Tuesday's demonstration.

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Statues toppled by CNTE members.

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On Tuesday, the CNTE’s Single National Negotiating Commission attended a roundtable discussion with federal authorities at the Ministry of the Interior.
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