Mexican President Nominates Third Attorney General in Four Years Divya Kishore - IBTimes
go to original October 26, 2016

President Enrique Pena Nieto nominated Sen. Raul Cervantes (above), a lawyer and former law professor, to replace Arely Gomez as top prosecutor. (Alchetron)

Update: Mexico Swears in New Federal Attorney General (Associated Press)

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto nominated Raul Cervantes as the new attorney general of the country on Tuesday. This is the third recommendation by the president in four years for the same post.

In an official statement from the president's office, Pena Nieto said Arely Gomez — the current attorney general — should serve as head of the Public Administration Ministry, the government's main anti-corruption auditor and Cervantes as the attorney.

However, both appointments will have to be approved by the Senate.

Cervantes is a senator from the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Gomez is also a PRI senator, whose tenure was darkened by criticism of the government's inquiry into the case of the 43 missing trainee students in southwest Mexico in September 2014.

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Related: Peña Nieto's New Attorney General, Raul Cervantes, Opens Way for His Future Immunity from Corruption Charges (Mexico Voices)

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