Day 671: Extradition Standoff Day 26 — FGR Summons Served on Rocha Moya and Co-Defendants; All Ten SDNY-Indicted Officials Under Active Domestic Investigation

On Day 671 of the Sinaloa cartel civil war — May 25, 2026 — the US-Mexico extradition standoff triggered by the April 29-30 SDNY indictment of Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other Sinaloa officials enters its 26th day with Mexico's domestic legal response taking shape. Mexico's Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) has formally issued summons to appear as witnesses (citaciones) to all ten SDNY-indicted officials. Rocha Moya and seven other co-defendants in Mexico are expected to appear at the FGR offices in Culiacán on May 26 to provide declaraciones de testigos — witness testimony — in the domestic investigation track. Three of the ten officials remain in US federal custody at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center and cannot attend: former Security Secretary Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, former Finance Secretary Enrique Díaz Vega, and Morena Senator Enrique Inzunza Cazárez, all of whom voluntarily surrendered to US authorities. The FGR formally opened domestic criminal investigations into all ten SDNY-indicted officials on approximately May 24, an action that Proceso and Breitbart both reported as a significant escalation of Mexico's internal legal process. The FGR consolidated three existing investigations: the July 25, 2024 kidnapping of El Mayo Zambada, the killing of ex-rector Héctor Cuén Ojeda at the same site, and the 2021 Sinaloa state election fraud allegations linked to Rocha Moya's disputed gubernatorial victory. President Sheinbaum maintains her 'not a protectorate' sovereignty posture while simultaneously allowing the FGR to pursue a domestic accountability track — a dual-track strategy that satisfies domestic political pressure without conceding to formal extradition. PAN opposition senators led by Marko Cortés continue to demand both Rocha Moya's formal arrest under an apprehension warrant and a federal disappearance-of-powers decree (Art. 76, Sec. V of Mexico's constitution) to replace Sinaloa's leadership with a federal administrator. Mexico's UIF bank account freeze on Rocha Moya remains in effect (since May 15). On the ground in Sinaloa, La Mayiza holds approximately 90% of former Chapitos territory; 13,300+ Mexican federal troops remain deployed under interim Governor Yeraldine Bonilla Valverde. El Mayo Zambada's EDNY sentencing before Judge Brian Cogan (3rd postponement) is set for July 20, 2026 — 56 days away — with the defense memorandum due July 6. Ovidio Guzmán López's sentencing in Chicago (NDIL, Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman) is set for July 27. Running conflict toll: ~2,425+ homicides (Noroeste) / 3,000+ (WSJ) since September 9, 2024; ~5,800 disappearances (NGO Sabuesos Unidas AC).