Attorney General of Mexico
| Attorney General of Mexico |
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 Logo Procuraduria General de la Republica |
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| Department | Procuraduria General de la Republica |
| Formation | June 17, 1917 |
| First holder | Pablo A. de la Garza |
| Website | www.pgr.gob.mx |
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| This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Mexico |
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The Attorney General of Mexico (in Spanish: Procurador General de la República) is the head of the Office of the General Prosecutor (Procuraduría General de la República, PGR) and the Federal Public Ministry (Ministerio Público de la Federación), an institution belonging to the Federal Government's executive branch that is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of federal crimes. The office is governed mainly by the Constitution of Mexico and the Organic Law of the Attorney General's Office (Ley Orgánica de la Procuraduría General de la República).[1] The Attorney General is a member of the President's Cabinet.[2]
The head of the PGR is Jesús Murillo Karam, a lawyer and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[3]
Organization
The Attorney General's Office is organized into several subordinate entities, including five Under-Attorney General Offices (Legal and International Affairs, Regional Control and Criminal Procedures, Specialized in Organized Crime, Specialized in Federal Crimes, Human Rights and Community Services, Prosecutor Offices such as the Specialized in Electoral Crimes, the Federal Investigations Agency, and the National Center for Planning, Analysis and Information for Combating Crime (Centro Nacional de Planeación, Análisis e Información para el Combate a la Delincuencia, CENAPI).
List of Attorneys General
21st century
- Jesús Murillo Karam (4 December 2012 – present)
- Marisela Morales (1 April 2011 – 4 December 2012)
- Arturo Chávez (24 September 2009 - 31 March 2011)
- Eduardo Medina Mora (1 December 2006 - 7 September 2009)
- Daniel Cabeza de Vaca (28 April 2005 - 30 November 2006)
- Rafael Macedo de la Concha (1 December 2000 - 27 April 2005)
20th century
| Name | Term of Office |
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| Rafael Rebollar | 1900 – 1911 |
| Manuel Castelazo Fuentes | 1911 – 1911 |
| Adolfo Valles | 1911 – 1913 |
| Francisco Modesto de Olaguíbel | 1914 – 1914 |
| Vicente Castro | 1914 |
| Pascual Morales y Molina | 1916 – 1917 |
| Pablo A. de la Garza | 1917 – 1918 |
| Carlos Salcedo | 1918 – 1920 |
| Eduardo Neri | 1920 – 1922 |
| Eduardo Delhumeau | 1922 – 1924 |
| Romeo Ortega y Castillo de Levín | 1925 – 1928 |
| Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza | 1928 – 1928 |
| Enrique Medina | 1928 – 1930 |
| José Aguilar y Maya | 1930 – 1932 |
| Emilio Portes Gil | 1932 – 1934 |
| Silvestre Castro | 1934 – 1936 |
| Ignacio García Téllez | 1936 – 1937 |
| Antonio Villalobos Maillard | 1937 – 1937 |
| Genaro V. Vázquez Quiroz | 1937 – 1940 |
| José Aguilar y Maya | 1940 – 1946 |
| Francisco González de la Vega | 1946 – 1952 |
| Carlos Franco Sodi | 1952 – 1956 |
| Jose Aguilar y Maya | 1956 – 1958 |
| Fernando López Arias | 1958 – 1962 |
| Oscar Treviño Ríos | 1962 – 1964 |
| Antonio Rocha Cordero | 1964 – 1967 |
| Julio Sánchez Vargas | 1967 – 1971 |
| Pedro Ojeda Paullada | 1971 – 1976 |
| Oscar Flores Sánchez | 1976 – 1982 |
| Sergio García Ramírez | 1982 – 1988 |
| Enrique Álvarez del Castillo | 1988 – 1991 |
| Ignacio Morales Lechuga | 1991 – 1993 |
| Jorge Carpizo McGregor | 1993 – 1994 |
| Diego Valadés | 1994 – 1994 |
| Humberto Benítez Treviño | 1994 – 1994 |
| Antonio Lozano Gracia | 1994 – 1996 |
| Jorge Madrazo Cuéllar | 1996 – 2000 |
Air Fleet
Many fixed-wing aircraft of the PGR were obtained after confiscated, so their air fleet consists of various types, of which very few of them are appropriate to the tasks against drug trafficking. Its current fleet consists of Commander Gulfstream jets 840, 900, 980 to 1000, Learjet, Citation I and II, and Grumman. They also operate several aircraft type Cessna, and Piper King Air.
During the administration of President Fox, most of the PGR's air fleet - just over 100 units - was abandoned because required maintenance had not been performed. In November 2007, during the administration of President Felipe Calderon, the PGR transferred 58 helicopters to the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) to be fixed and readied to work in the eradication of illegal drug crops.[4] In 2008, the PGR submitted an official request to the Ministry of Finance to purchase 30 new Eurocopter helicopters for surveillance and interception.
Inventory
- 26 Bell UH-1H
- 7 Bell 212
- 1 Bell 407
- 2 Bell LR 206
- 11 Schweizer 333
References
- ^ ¿Qué es PGR? (in Spanish), Procuraduría General de la República, April 27, 2007
- ^ Wilkinson, Tracy (March 31, 2011). "Calderon replaces Mexico attorney general". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ Torres, Manuel (4 December 2012). "Jesús Murillo Karam es ratificado por el Senado como nuevo procurador". CNNMéxico (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ [PGR gave http://www.el-universal.com.mx/nacion/156121.html Sedena inoperable aircraft to destroy crops]
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