Overview
- Interim attorney general Tomás Gálvez said he will ask the Junta de Fiscales Supremos to eliminate all special teams, arguing they foster politicization and duplicate existing coordinators.
- Gálvez named the Lava Jato unit, the anti–corruption of power team (Eficcop) and the group for protest‑related cases among those that could be disbanded, saying prosecutors would keep their files without the team structure.
- Rafael Vela, who leads the Lava Jato team, called the proposal an offering to sectors seeking prosecutors’ removal and warned it sends a chilling message that could erode judicial independence.
- Vela also alleged a concerted strategy by Odebrecht and a congressional commission targeting him, fellow prosecutor José Domingo Pérez and Judge María Álvarez Camacho, framing the move as part of a push for impunity.
- La República reported that Gálvez is under investigation in the ‘Cuellos Blancos del Puerto’ case, and a new request from Congressman Alejandro Muñante pressed him to reshape prosecutorial priorities by reviving antiterrorism offices and dismantling human rights units.