María Consuelo Porras

María Consuelo Porras Argueta (born August 23, 1953) is a Guatemalan lawyer. She served as Deputy Magistrate of the Constitutional Court since April 2016. She was appointed by President Jimmy Morales as the new Attorney General and Chief of the Public Prosecutor's Office to replace Thelma Aldana.[1][2][3][4][5]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Porras and the second or maternal family name is Argueta.
María Consuelo Porras
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(s)
Gilberto de Jesús Porres de Paz
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(m. 1991)​
Alma materUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

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 US State Department announced that it had added Porras and 5 Salvadorian judges 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]

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. 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. "U.S. adds top Guatemalan, Salvadoran officials to corruption list". swissinfo.ch. September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.


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