The former security chief of Sinaloa, Mexico, is the first of ten indicted Mexican officials to surrender to U.S. authorities. Other officials, including a governor and a mayor, are also facing charges.

Other defendants include Gov Ruben Rocha Moya and Mayor Juan de Dios Gamez Mendivil of the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan, both of whom said they were taking temporary leaves of absence to deal with the charges