Former Mazatlán mayor Luis Guillermo Benítez Torres publicly blamed Governor Rubén Rocha Moya (currently on leave) and Morena senator Enrique Inzunza Cázarez for any actions against him.
In various media outlets, especially radio, Benítez Torres has stated that since the 2021 election, there has been evidence linking Rocha to organized crime. He claims these statements are why he fears for his safety.
On his Facebook page, the first Morena mayor of Mazatlán stated that his declarations are not motivated by revenge, but rather represent the voice of thousands of Sinaloans, and therefore he fears for his safety and that of his family.
Benítez Torres’s rivalry with Rocha began after the Morena party’s gubernatorial nomination in December 2020. According to Rocha himself, he had won the poll; however, then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ordered that the nomination be given to the now-former governor, who is accused in a U.S. court of having ties to the Chapitos cartel.
On July 22, 2024, Héctor Melesio Cuen Ojeda, another of Rocha’s political rivals, also held the then-governor responsible for his and his family’s safety, after alleging that he received millions of dollars in cash contributions from organized crime groups on his podcast, “Cuentas Claras” (Clear Accounts).
In that broadcast, he accused the National Guard of withdrawing his assigned bodyguards, and three days later he was murdered at the same meeting where Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was kidnapped.
According to a letter from Mayo Zambada, Rubén Rocha Moya and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s sons would also be present at the meeting to resolve the political differences between them, which have intensified since 2022.
Source: proceso
