María Consuelo Porras
Porras in 2023
Attorney General of Guatemala
Assumed office
May 17, 2018
PresidentJimmy Morales
Alejandro Giammattei
Preceded byThelma Aldana
Deputy Magistrate of the Constitutional Court
In office
April 14, 2016 – May 10, 2018
Nominated bySupreme Court of Justice
Preceded byCarmen María Gutiérrez Sole
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
María Consuelo Porras Argueta

(1953-08-23) 23 August 1953
Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
Gilberto de Jesús Porres de Paz
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(m. 1991)​
Alma materUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

María Consuelo Porras Argueta (born August 23, 1953) is a Guatemalan attorney who has been serving as the Attorney General of Guatemala since 2018. She previously served as Deputy Magistrate of the Constitutional Court from 2016 to 2018. President Jimmy Morales nominated Porras as the new Attorney General and Chief of the Public Prosecutor's Office in May 2018, succeeding Thelma Aldana.[1][2][3][4][5]

Porras' tenure has been criticized for its backsliding in the fight against corruption.[6]

Porras maintained a strained relationship with the Head of the Special Prosecutor's Office against Impunity, Juan Francisco Sandoval, finally dismissing him in July 2021.[7][6] In September 2021 the United States Department of State announced that it had added Porras and five judges from El Salvador to a list of "undemocratic and corrupt" officials.[8] According to the US State Department, Porras "actively undermined" the corruption investigations conducted by Sandoval and his team.[8]

In December 2023, the Organization of American States called Porras' actions to annul the election of Bernardo Arévalo "an attempted coup d’état."[9] In late December 2023, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project named Porras the "2023 PERSON OF THE YEAR in Organized Crime and Corruption", for acting "as an efficient instrument used by the government to eviscerate the rule of law."[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ María Consuelo Porras Argueta es la nueva fiscal General
  2. ↑ La magistrada devota
  3. ↑ Jimmy Morales y María Consuelo Porras: ¿con CICIG o sin CICIG?
  4. ↑ Nueva fiscal general María Consuelo Porras
  5. ↑ María Consuelo Porras Argueta es nombrada como Fiscal General y jefa del Ministerio Público
  6. 1 2 Blinken, Antony [@SecBlinken] (July 25, 2021). "We stand with the people of Guatemala and with Prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval, whom I recognized this year with an Anticorruption Champion Award. His dismissal undermines the rule of law and strengthens the forces of impunity. Guatemalans deserve better" (Tweet). Retrieved July 26, 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Juan Francisco Sandoval y su lucha contra la corrupción". elPeriódico de Guatemala (in Spanish). 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  8. 1 2 "U.S. adds top Guatemalan, Salvadoran officials to corruption list". swissinfo.ch. September 20, 2021. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  9. ↑ Montes, Juan. "Guatemala Prosecutors Say Presidential Election Results Must Be Annulled". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  10. ↑ Staff, OCCRP. "María Consuelo Porras". OCCRP. Retrieved 28 December 2023.


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