The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumconsidered the recent change in the Guanajuato Attorney General’s Office positive, after the departure of the previous prosecutor Carlos Zamarripa Aguirrewho headed the agency for almost 16 years, whom he accused of insufficient performance.
“I think that in any case it is good that the prosecutor has already left office; It is evident that he did not do a good job,” commented the president during the morning press conference this Thursday.
On the other hand, he mentioned that although Guanajuato leads the homicide figures At the national level, it is necessary to address the structural causes of this crisis.
“We want to support, collaborate and do the work that is necessary to build peace in Guanajuato”he declared, adding that his administration already has teams working in Celaya and León to address the causes of the problem.
The president attributed part of the crisis to a failed development model in the state, which has led to high rates of poverty and inequality.
“Guanajuato is not only the State with the highest number of homicides, but it is the state with the Lowest median income in the entire countrywith the highest number of addictions. León is the city that concentrates the greatest poverty, even though León was one of the most prosperous cities at some point in the country. Today poverty, the percentage of poverty is very high,” said the head of the federal Executive.
Relief after 16 years
This Wednesday, January 1, 2025, the governor of the entity, Libya Dennise García Muñoz Ledo, appointed Zucé Anastacia Hernández Martínez as head of the office of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Guanajuato, after the resignation of Carlos Zamarripa Aguirre, who headed the agency for almost 16 years.
“One is coming new stage for the State Attorney General’s Officetoday (yesterday) I have appointed teacher Zucé Anastacia Hernández Martínez as attorney general of the State on a provisional basis, until the final appointment is made. I am sure that he will carry out his work with professionalism and for the benefit of our people,” shared Governor Libya Dennise García Muñoz Ledo, governor of Guanajuato, through her social networks.
