Sara Bruna and other state prosecutors who have been under scrutiny

State prosecutors under scrutiny

The Sinaloa Prosecutor’s Office is not the only state justice agency that has been under scrutiny in recent years.

Just in March 2024, Lieutenant Colonel Sandra Luz Valdovinos Salmeron She was removed from office as attorney general of the state of Guerrero.

The removal of the prosecutor was a demand of the students of the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers’ College in Ayotzinapa following the death of their classmate Yanqui Kothan Gómez Peralta due to a gunshot from a state police officer’s service weapon on March 7 in Chilpancingo.

Following the removal of the prosecutor, Zipacná Jesús Torres Ojeda took the place left by Valdovinos Salmerón.

Renato Sales Heredia He is also on the list of prosecutors who have resigned in recent months.

Sales Heredia left his position as Prosecutor of Campeche On July 11, 2024, this was due to alleged disagreements with the local administration regarding the use of public force against state police officers, which generated several protests at the beginning of the year.

In May 2023, Claudia Indira Contreras Cordova He also resigned from his position as head of the Sonora Prosecutor’s Office.

Contreras’ term at the head of the Attorney General’s Office was nine years, after being appointed by the state Congress; however, she only served four and a half years.

Claudia Contreras left the Attorney General’s Office while Sonora was going through a crisis of violence resulting from the rescue of 113 migrants in San Luis Río Colorado and the kidnapping of 10 Colombian migrants.

Carlos Zamarripawho has been a member for 13 years Guanajuato prosecutor Despite the fact that this is the most violent state in the country with 2,115 intentional homicides, which represent 10% of those registered nationwide, he is another of the prosecutors who has been harshly questioned.

It is expected that Carlos Zamarripa will finally leave office on September 26, once Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo is sworn in as the new governor of the state.

Ulises Lara Ruizhead of the Mexico City Prosecutor’s Office, is also under scrutiny due to the accusations against him for his alleged intervention in stopping the arrest of former Chihuahua governor Javier Corral.

The controversy surrounding Lara Ruiz’s actions began after the Chihuahua agency requested collaboration from Mexico City authorities, specifically the Attorney General’s Office, on Wednesday, August 14, but according to a video, the head of the agency, Ulises Lara, refused to do so with the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office.

In response, the PAN bench in the Mexico City Congress requested this Thursday, August 15, the resignation of the person in charge of Ulises Lara’s resignation, for allegedly obstructing justice.