In First Week, Godoy Sets New Tone at Mexico's FGR With Swift Moves on High-Profile Cases

Overview

• Ernestina Godoy was ratified by the Senate as the first woman to lead the federal prosecutor’s office, bringing decades of legal activism and public service experience.
• In her opening days, the FGR publicized the detention of former Chihuahua governor César Duarte, announced new imputations against former Veracruz governor Javier Duarte, and attracted the Michoacán car‑bomb investigation.
• Godoy began reorganizing her team and communicating early case actions, a visible shift from the low-profile, opaque approach associated with Alejandro Gertz Manero’s tenure.
• Security and legal experts say the core test is to depoliticize prosecutions, clean internal corruption, review the institution’s autonomy, and establish real accountability in a system where congressional oversight is weak.
• The handling of the Michoacán probe has drawn scrutiny over whether to classify the attack as terrorism or organized crime, with one analyst calling the attraction of the case a damage‑control move.