Overview
- Veracruz’s Congress accepted Verónica Hernández Giadáns’s resignation on December 8, which she attributed to recent constitutional changes to the post.
- Lawmakers then approved Lisbeth Aurelia Jiménez Aguirre as interim prosecutor with a 40–4 vote and two abstentions, and she was sworn in the same session.
- Jiménez Aguirre requested a one‑year leave from the state judiciary to assume the role, with her performance slated for evaluation for possible ratification.
- The late‑November reform cuts the prosecutor’s tenure from nine to four years with the option of one re‑election and restores explicit removal powers to the governor.
- Under the new process the governor submits candidates and Congress has up to five business days to vote with rules for automatic approval, while opposition legislators warn the shift could weaken prosecutorial independence.