Jesús Murillo Karam
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Jesús Murillo Karam | |
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Governor of Hidalgo | |
| In office 1 April 1993 – 28 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Adolfo Lugo |
| Succeeded by | Humberto Lugo Gil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1948 Hidalgo |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Hidalgo |
Jesús Murillo Karam (born 2 March 1947) is a Mexican
descent.In 2006 he was elected
Senate. In September 2012, he was elected to the LXII Legislature of Congress as the President of the Chamber of Deputies
. He later resigned this position to become Attorney General.
He became Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) on 4 December 2012 and resigned on 27 February 2015 to head the Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development.[5]
In August 2022 Murillo Karam was arrested over multiple charges (torture, forced disappearances, and offences against the administration of justice) related to the
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping during his tenure as attorney general.[6] The case against Murillo Karam was later suspended by a judge who "openly admonished the new prosecutors for shoddy work".[7] As of 13 April 2024 he was released from incarceration and placed under house arrest at his home, in Mexico City.[8]
* Requested a leave of absence to leave his post to serve as secretary general of his party.
References
- ISBN 978-1-4128-1151-4. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Jesús Murillo Karam, artífice del triunfo presidencial". 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Presencia de México en el mundo libanés | Opinión | Impacto". Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "El Periódico de Saltillo". Elperiodicodesaltillo.com. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Torres, Manuel (4 December 2012). "Jesús Murillo Karam es ratificado por el Senado como nuevo procurador". CNNMéxico (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ "Former attorney general of Mexico arrested over multiple charges related to disappearance of 43 students". 20 August 2022.
- ^ Kitroeff, Natalie; Bergman, Ronen; Lopez, Oscar (26 October 2022). "Evidence 'Invalidated' in Explosive Report on Mexico's 43 Missing Students". New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ Torres, Mauricio (13 April 2024). "El exprocurador Jesús Murillo Karam, acusado en el caso Ayotzinapa, cumple prisión domiciliaria" (in Spanish). CNN. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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