Riviera Maya, Q.R. — The head of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) has been sworn in for a 12 year term. The swearing-in ceremony took place Thursday inside the State Legislature, officially making Raciel López Salazar the Attorney General of the State of Quintana Roo until 2036.
“I want to tell you that in the next 12 years we are going to work hard with greater professionalism, more training and a vocation for service to offer you better results,” López Salazar said after he was sworn in.
The ceremony took place before members of the XVIII State Legislature following recently approved reforms. López Salazar was given the extension after heading the position for approximately one year after the sudden resignation of Óscar Montes de Oca.
López Salazar said the extension of the period will allow for the design of new strategic management schemes so that the staff of the Attorney General’s Office, mainly experts, public prosecutors and investigative police, can become more professional through coordination with national and international agencies.
“This reform to extend the constitutional term gives way to a more autonomous and independent trans-sexennial body, which goes beyond government administrations,” said Raciel López Salazar.
He added that in today’s times and challenges there is no room for improvisation which is why it is necessary to have an investigation plan, strategies, technology, will and, of course, a vocation for service, to clarify the facts that the Public Prosecutor’s Office is aware of.
“My goal is to regain public confidence in the Attorney General’s Office, to restore harmony and tranquility to this state, so that investments and tourism can continue, and so that people can live in peace.
“Today is the time of women, so we will not allow any manifestation of violence against them and their families, without punishing such behavior,” he said.
The Attorney General also thanked Governor Mara Lezama for her push to restructure the Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE).
“The Governor’s initiative to reform the Organic Law of the Attorney General’s Office was very important since it facilitated the internal restructuring process, through which the vice-attorneys’ offices were eliminated, which were true preserves of power with multiple vices that so harm the people of Quintana Roo.”
Raciel López Salazar has received recognition for the fight against human trafficking, awarded by the National Network of Citizen Roundtables for Security and Justice and the Freedom Foundation.
He also received a special distinction for his outstanding work in the fight against human trafficking, during the International Summit against Human Trafficking held in Washington, DC.
Raciel López Salazar holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a Master’s Degree in Criminal Procedural Law from the Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Law, and a Doctorate in Criminal Law Sciences from the Institute of Higher Studies in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas.
