Overview
- Lawmakers approved Jiménez Aguirre as interim prosecutor with 40 votes in favor, 4 against and 2 abstentions, and she was sworn in shortly after.
- Verónica Hernández Giadáns’ resignation was accepted hours earlier, with her letter citing new timelines and rules created by the recent reform.
- The November constitutional change cut the prosecutor’s term from nine to four years with a possible single reappointment, and it allows the governor to send proposals directly to Congress.
- Under the transition scheme, Jiménez Aguirre will serve an initial one-year term subject to legislative evaluation before potential ratification.
- The reform cleared the required threshold of municipal approvals, while opposition blocs (MC, PAN, PRI and Veracruz Nos Une) warned it concentrates power and could politicize prosecutions.