Overview
- The U.S. Department of Justice publicly accused Senator Enrique Inzunza and several Sinaloa officials of ties to the Sinaloa Cartel about one month ago, a charge that remains in place.
- Inzunza attended a Fiscalía General de la República hearing in Culiacán on May 26 and then submitted a temporary leave from his Senate seat days later.
- His alternate, Omar Alejandro López Campos, was sworn in to vote while Inzunza was absent and the senator formally notified the Senate that he had returned within 24 hours.
- Inzunza missed three key votes during his absence as the Senate approved postponing the judicial election to 2028, making foreign interference a cause to annul elections, and creating a commission to vet candidate integrity.
- The senator’s public reappearance at a family graduation, images circulated by local media, has increased scrutiny as domestic probes continue and the reforms signal a push to limit criminal influence in politics.