Graciela Domínguez Nava was sworn in this Tuesday, August 26, 2026, as interim governor of Sinaloa before the state Congress, following the leave of absence granted to Rubén Rocha Moya, according to El Universal. In her first address, she announced that her priority will be peace and that she will present a plan to rebuild public trust.
The transition closes a week of institutional shifts in the state. Rocha Moya had reclaimed the governorship on Friday amid an investigation by the Fiscalía General de la República and requested another leave of absence less than 36 hours later; Morena's national leadership announced that its internal bodies will review the case, as reported by Expansión Política. Domínguez Nava, a Morena federal legislator on leave, was designated with 31 votes in favor and six against. For the Sinaloan community in the United States, the process matters: Sinaloa is one of the regions with the largest Mexican diaspora in the neighboring country and a key crossing point of the northwest migration and commercial corridor.
In her address, Domínguez Nava said her "priority will be peace, not just words, but a peace felt in the streets and in communities" and that peace must go hand in hand with justice. She indicated that her term will last just over a year and acknowledged the leadership of President Claudia Sheinbaum, with whom she said she will work in coordination. According to Aristegui Noticias, she will present a comprehensive governance and security plan aimed at rebuilding trust, with attention to victims, reconstruction of the social fabric, addressing enforced disappearances, and the return of displaced persons; she also directed her cabinet to make weekly visits to municipalities under the premise of "less desk work, more fieldwork." The governor noted that she will review cabinet performance before deciding on possible changes.
Domínguez Nava announced that she will tour Sinaloa's three regions during her first month in office and will present the plan next week. The progress of that agenda and Morena's internal resolution on Rocha Moya will set the course for a state that the binational community is watching closely.
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