After 57 days without attending to his legislative work, the Morenista Enrique Inzunza Cázarezwho is accused in the US for alleged links with the Sinaloa Cartelhe resumed his responsibility in the Justice Commission of the Senate of the Republic.
In this session, it is planned that the legislators will carry out an analysis of the initiatives by which the General Law of Civic and Itinerant Justice is issued, one of them carried out by the emecista Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas.
During his speech, Senator Inzunza made no mention of his legal situation in the face of accusations drug trafficking that weigh against him, but limited himself to following the itinerary established by the Justice Commission to discuss the preliminary projects presented.
It should be noted that the reappearance occurs after weeks of questioning by legislators of opposition and various political actors, who had pointed out the senator’s lack of public activity since the accusations from USA.
Although the senator formally notified his reinstatement to the Senate Since the end of May, he had not been observed actively participating in legislative meetings until this Thursday, in the Justice Commission chaired by Javier Corral Juradowith whom he held a meeting a month ago in Culiacan.
According to information previously released, the Morenista submitted a letter to return to his duties after a temporary license requested during the extraordinary period held at the end of May.
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Enrique Inzunza reappears in the Senate Justice Commission (06/25/2026). Photo: Screenshot
On April 29, the United States Department of Justice announced formal indictments against the governor on leave, Ruben Rocha Moyaand nine other former Sinaloa officials, including Senator Inzunza, for alleged links with “Los Chapitos”faction of Sinaloa Cartel.
According to the charges, Inzunza Cazarez facilitated the flow of drugs to this criminal group in exchange for political favors and permanence in power.
Since then, the cherry legislator disappeared from the public eye. Confined to his native Badiraguato According to his own publications, he completely abandoned his legislative work and did not attend any session of the Permanent Commission.
As he justified on his social networks, he decided not to attend the Congress of the Union so that “the right” does not turn the legislative precinct into a “unworthy spectacle”.
Just last June 17, he definitively announced that he will not request license of his seat in the Chamber of Senators nor will he separate himself from his jurisdiction until the end of the period for which he was elected “with the vote of about 700 thousand Sinaloans”.
“That is the responsibility that the people of Sinaloa gave me, and I will honor it, as until today, with punctuality, commitment and decorum, until its end in 2030,” said the Morenista.
Enrique Inzunza Cázarez, senator from Morena who was accused in the US of allegedly agreeing with organized crime in Sinaloa. Photo: Special
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