Morena Searches for Candidate Among the Ruins of Sinaloa

El Pais

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The question echoes in the corridors of Morena, in meetings of government heavyweights and in closed conversations with Sinaloan businessmen: who can rule Sinaloa after Rubén Rocha? Until a few months ago, the answer was not so complex. The ruling party had several visible figures—today linked by the United States to organized crime—a solid territorial structure and electoral inertia that has made it the most powerful political force in Mexico. …