Last May, the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Omar García Harfuch, announced that Rubén Rocha Moya—the Governor of Sinaloa (currently on leave)—was in the state and did not have a federal security detail, but rather a state-provided one.
At a press conference, García Harfuch stated that the state governor’s location “has not been kept confidential.”
“Right now, he is there in his state. He does not have a security detail from any Mexican government protection agency. He has state police, as far as we understand. The security detail is provided by the state,” he noted.
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was also questioned about the whereabouts of the Sinaloa governor (on leave) and others accused by the United States of ties to organized crime. She was asked if there was a possibility they might flee the country; Sheinbaum replied that this was not the case, explaining that the existence of an arrest warrant from the US government automatically triggered an Interpol Red Notice, meaning they could be detained in other countries if they left Mexico.
This caused confusion, and it was later clarified that this was not the case and that the Sinaloa officials and former officials did not actually have Interpol Red Notices against them.
