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Morelos Congress Names Fernando Blúmenkron Attorney General for Nine-Year Term

He promises a victim-focused agenda with continuity of cases.

Overview

  • Lawmakers elected Blúmenkron with 19 votes in a secret ballot, meeting the two‑thirds threshold with support from ruling and opposition parties.
  • The choice came from a three‑name shortlist sent by Governor Margarita González Sarabia, and he took the oath immediately after the vote.
  • Blúmenkron had served about 12 days as acting head of the state prosecutor’s office and earlier this year worked as the metropolitan prosecutor.
  • He pledged professionalization of staff and legal, transparent handling of pending investigations, with emphasis on victims, including in disappearance and femicide cases.
  • Transitions in regional prosecutor offices are planned in the coming days; the other shortlisted candidates were Jorge Esquivel Gutiérrez and Juan Manuel Zurita.