MEXICO CITY, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had charged the governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state, Ruben Rocha, and other officials for their alleged involvement with the Sinaloa Cartel,

The Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment Wednesday against Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Mexican officials on drug trafficking and weapons charges.

A Southern California family allegedly tied to the Sinaloa Cartel is behind bars, but a fifth suspect is still on the run, after feds busted what they say was a major fentanyl, meth and ghost gun operation.

Several political operatives were kidnapped during the 2021 elections and armed groups stole ballot boxes full of votes, according to the indictment filed by the US prosecutors

The U.S. has offered a reward of $5 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Aureliano Guzman Loera, known as "El Guano."

The sanctions were issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under multiple executive orders aimed at curbing the proliferation of narcotics and dismantling terror-linked financial networks