Mexican Senator linked to Sinaloa Cartel reportedly arrested in San Diego
Sinaloa Senator Enrique Inzunza Cazárez, who is facing drug trafficking and weapon charges, was taken into custody in San Diego by the Drug Enforcement Administration, multiple Mexican news outlets reported on Saturday.
The Department of Justice and the DEA’s San Diego field office didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Inzunza Cazárez, 53, who is among 10 current and former Sinaloa officials who were indicted by the United States District Court Southern District of New York on April 29, is said to have turned himself in to federal authorities in southern California.
He is accused of narcotics importation conspiracy; possession of machine guns and destructive devices; and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
Inzunza Cazárez, a member of the ruling Morena party, has held office since August 2024 and previously served as the Secretary General of Sinaloa under Governor Ruben Rocha Moya, who was also indicted and stepped down May 2.
According to the 34-page superseding indictment, the Sinaloa Senator conspired with the Sinaloa Cartel faction Los Chapitos – which is run by Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s sons, to import drugs to the United States.
Inzunza Cazárez is accused of meeting with Los Chapitos leaders “and agreed on specific plans for the government in Sinaloa, under Rocha Moya, to support and protect the cartel for favors from the cartel that, in turn, help the defendants and other corrupt officials in power.”
The Department of Justice alleged that Inzunza Cazárez and businessman Enrique Diaz Vega, who once served as the state’s Secretary of Administration and Finance from November 2021 to September 2024 and turned himself in to authorities in Arizona on Friday, assisted Los Chapitos leaders in installing dishonest officials to protect that cartel faction’s drug trafficking operations and acted as middlemen between El Chapo’s sons and Rocha Moya.
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