Attorney General of Mexico

The Attorney General of Mexico (in Spanish: Procurador General de la República) is the head of the Office of the General Prosecutor (Procuraduría General de la República, PGR) and the Federal Public Ministry (Ministerio Público de la Federación), an institution belonging to the Federal executive branch that is responsible for 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 (Ley Orgánica de la Procuraduría General de la República). The Attorney General is a member of the President's Cabinet. The most recent Attorney General was Arturo Chávez, who resigned in March 2011. Marisela Morales has been nominated to replace...