Rocha Moya requests new indefinite leave as Sinaloa Congress must choose a successor

The Sinaloa governor returned to office on August 21 after 112 days away, drew swift rejection from Morena, the opposition and the president, then sought to step back again.

Mariana Escobedo

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Rubén Rocha Moya, governor of Sinaloa, has requested a new indefinite leave from office, forcing the state Congress to select a successor.^[1] The move comes days after a return to the post that lasted roughly 24 hours and produced near-universal rebuke. Rocha Moya had been away from the governorship for 112 days before walking back in on August 21, according to Publimetro. Within about a day he was asking to leave again, after criticism from Morena governors, the opposition and President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo herself.^[4] The read here is that the brief return, far from stabilising his position, accelerated the pressure on him to go. Sheinbaum was unsparing. López-Dóriga Digital reported that the president said on May 24 she disagreed with Rocha Moya's decision to return to the governorship even for a few hours.^[3] By August 24, she went further, calling reports that former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had orchestrated the return 'political fiction' and saying she had no direct communication with AMLO beforehand, Publimetro reported.^[5] Where that leaves Rocha Moya inside Morena is an open question. El Imparcial reported that Sheinbaum stated on January 15 she does not intend to speak with him.^[2] With the state Congress now obliged to name a stand-in and the president publicly keeping her distance, his path back to the office appears, at this point, closed.

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Rubén Rocha Moya, governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, requested a new indefinite leave from office, prompting the state Congress to have to choose a successor. · EL CEO
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated on 2026-01-15 that she does not intend to speak with Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa. · El Imparcial
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated on 2026-05-24 that she disagreed with Ruben Rocha Moya's decision to return to the governorship of Sinaloa for a few hours. · López-Dóriga Digital
Rubén Rocha Moya returned to the governorship of Sinaloa on 2026-08-21 after 112 days away from the office, then requested a new leave of absence within about a day, following criticism from his own party Morena, other official governors, the opposition and President Sheinbaum. · publimetro.com.mxMexico
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on 2026-08-24 that she rejects as 'political fiction' the reports that former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador orchestrated Rubén Rocha Moya's brief return to the governorship of Sinaloa, and that she had no direct communication with AMLO beforehand. · publimetro.com.mxMexico

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- 2026-08-25: Sheinbaum rejects Rocha Moya's second leave bid as FGR probe continues (The Sinaloa governor's attempt to step back a second time collapsed Monday after the president refused it publicly and confirmed a federal investigation remains open.)
- 2026-08-25: Sheinbaum calls Rocha Moya's return to Sinaloa 'imprudent' as Morena disowns the move (The president said no personal interest should outweigh those of Sinaloa and the nation, and dismissed talk of López Obrador's role as fiction.)

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1. Rubén Rocha Moya, governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, requested a new indefinite leave from office, prompting the state Congress to have to choose a successor. [EL CEO; filed 1.78759057]
2. President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated on 2026-01-15 that she does not intend to speak with Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa. [El Imparcial; filed 1.78759044]
3. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated on 2026-05-24 that she disagreed with Ruben Rocha Moya's decision to return to the governorship of Sinaloa for a few hours. [López-Dóriga Digital; filed 1.78758534]
4. Rubén Rocha Moya returned to the governorship of Sinaloa on 2026-08-21 after 112 days away from the office, then requested a new leave of absence within about a day, following criticism from his own party Morena, other official governors, the opposition and President Sheinbaum. [publimetro.com.mx; filed 1.78758656]
5. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on 2026-08-24 that she rejects as 'political fiction' the reports that former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador orchestrated Rubén Rocha Moya's brief return to the governorship of Sinaloa, and that she had no direct communication with AMLO beforehand. [publimetro.com.mx; filed 1.78758656]

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