Sinaloa governor on leave Rubén Rocha Moya and seven other officials appeared before the Fiscalía General de la República in Culiacán on May 26, responding to the citations issued earlier that week.
Eight of the ten Sinaloa politicians and police officials cited by the FGR appeared on Tuesday. They included Rubén Rocha Moya and Senator Enrique Inzunza Cázares.
The FGR is investigating links to the Sinaloa Cartel after the US extradition request. Mexico has declined to arrest the officials immediately because no evidence was provided for urgent detention.
Rocha Moya said he will respond to every call from authorities and trusts the Mexican judicial system. Inzunza said he will defend himself without invoking his immunity.
President Claudia Sheinbaum asked the FGR to open its own investigation. Rocha requested leave on May 1 and denied the charges. This appearance follows the FGR summons reported earlier in the series and is separate from the Maru Campos case.
