Attorney General of Mexico

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The Attorney General of Mexico (Spanish: Procuraduría General de la República) is the head of the Attorney General's Office, an institution belonging to the Federal executive branch that is responsible of the investigation and prosecution of federal crimes. The office is governed mainly by the Constitution of Mexico and the Organic Law of the Attorney General's Office.[1] The Attorney General is a member of the President's Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza.

The Attorney General's Office is organized into several subordinate entites, including the Federal Investigations Agency, the Federal Preventive Police, the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes Against Health,[2] the National Institute for Combating Drugs (INCD),[2][3][4] the Center for Drug Control Planning (CENDRO),[2] and the General Direction of Expert Services.

[edit] List of Attorneys General

Attorneys General 1900-2005
Name Term of Office
Rafael Rebollar 1900 – 1911
Manuel Castelazo Fuentes 1911 – 1911
Adolfo Valles 1911 – 1913
Francisco Modesto de Olaguíbel 1914 – 1914
Vicente Castro 1914
Pascual Morales y Molina 1916 – 1917
Pablo A. de la Garza 1917 – 1918
Carlos Salcedo 1918 – 1920
Eduardo Neri 1920 – 1922
Eduardo Delhumeau 1922 – 1924
Romeo Ortega y Castillo de Levín 1925 – 1928
Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza 1928 – 1928
Enrique Medina 1928 – 1930
José Aguilar y Maya 1930 – 1932
Emilio Portes Gil 1932 – 1934
Silvestre Castro 1934 – 1936
Ignacio García Téllez 1936 – 1937
Antonio Villalobos Maillard 1937 – 1937
Genaro V. Vázquez Quiroz 1937 – 1940
José Aguilar y Maya 1940 – 1946
Francisco González de la Vega 1946 – 1952
Carlos Franco Sodi 1952 – 1956
Jose Aguilar y Maya 1956 – 1958
Fernando López Arias 1958 – 1962
Oscar Treviño Ríos 1962 – 1964
Antonio Rocha Cordero 1964 – 1967
Julio Sánchez Vargas 1967 – 1971
Pedro Ojeda Paullada 1971 – 1976
Oscar Flores Sánchez 1976 – 1982
Sergio García Ramírez 1982 – 1988
Enrique Álvarez del Castillo 1988 – 1991
Ignacio Morales Lechuga 1991 – 1993
Jorge Carpizo McGregor 1993 – 1994
Diego Valadés del Río 1994 – 1994
Humberto Benítez Treviño 1994 – 1994
Fernando Antonio Lozano Gracia 1994 – 1996
Jorge Madrazo Cuéllar 1996 – 2000
Rafael Macedo de la Concha 2000 – 2005
Daniel F. Cabeza de Vaca Hernández 2005 – 2006
Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza 2006 – present

[edit] References

  1. ^ ¿Qué es PGR?, Attorney General of Mexico, April 27 2007, http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Que%20es%20PGR/presentacion.asp 
  2. ^ a b c Mexico - Intelligence Agencies, Federation of American Scientists, September 8, 2005, http://www.fas.org/irp/world/mexico/index.html 
  3. ^ Fineman, Mark (December 6, 1996), "General Gutierrez to Head Up Mexico's War Against Drugs", Los Angeles Times (Mexico City: The Tech), http://tech.mit.edu/V116/N64/gutierrez.64w.html 
  4. ^ Luhnow, David; de Cordoba, Jose (November 22, 2008), "Mexico Detains Former Top Drug Cop", Wall Street Journal (Mexico City), http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122727978045847979.html?mod=todays_us_page_one 

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