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.