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News Analysis: Mexico’s dilemma — Extradite officials to U.S. or risk angering Trump

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The Trump administration indicted 10 current and former Mexican officials on charges of drug trafficking.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum must choose between arresting suspects to appease Trump or delaying extradition to protect her political coalition.
The 10 people indicted are accused of working with the infamous Sinaloa cartel to smuggle narcotics into the U.S.
MEXICO CITY — The stunning U.S. indictment of 10 current and former Mexican officials for alleged links to the Sinaloa cartel has put Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in an extremely tight corner.

Most of the those accused, including Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya and a senator, Enrique Inzunza Cázarez are members of Sheinbaum’s ruling leftist Morena party.

A president with 70%-plus approval ratings now faces some wrenching decisions.

Do Mexican authorities move to arrest the Sinaloa governor and the others and extradite them to the United States — as Washington is demanding?

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