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Will Grant BBC's Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent

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US prosecutors have accused the sitting governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Rúben Rocha Moya, of conspiring with cartel drug traffickers.

Moya, who hails from the party of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, is charged alongside nine other current and former Mexican government officials.

In response, the Mexican government released a statement saying the US documents requesting the group's arrest and potential extradition lacked sufficient evidence.

There have long been allegations against Rocha, who is governor of a state where the powerful Sinaloa Cartel is based. The organisation is embroiled in a violent conflict between two factions.…