Ernestina Godoy: Who is the new attorney general of the Republic? Know his career

The Senate ratified Ernestina Godoy Ramos as the new attorney general of the Republic this Wednesday, December 3, 2025, with the vote in favor of Morena, PT, PVEM and Movimiento Ciudadano.

During the ordinary session, in a vote by ballot in which The qualified majority was reached, 97 votes were cast in favor and 19 against – from the PRI and the PAN -, as well as 11 null votes, with respect to the former Legal Counsel of the Presidency.

READ: Senate elects Ernestina Godoy as the new attorney general of the Republic

His name appeared on the shortlist sent by President Claudia Sheinbaum to the Senate, as part of the process to designate the person who will replace Alejandro Gertz Manero, who submitted his resignation on November 27, 2025.

The Senate approved the resignation of Gertz Manero with 74 votes in favor —from Morena, PVEM and PT— and 22 against from the PAN, PRI and MC. In a letter addressed to Castillo Juárez, the outgoing prosecutor reported that President Sheinbaum had proposed him to occupy an embassy abroad. Subsequently, it was announced that he will be appointed ambassador to Germany..

Profile of Ernestina Godoy

Originally from Mexico City, Ernestina Godoy He was born on January 17, 1954 in the current Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office. Is graduated in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she studied between 1974 and 1979.

Legislative Career

• Deputy in the VI Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (2012-2015).
• Federal representative in the LXIII Legislature (2015-2018).
• Local legislator in the I Legislature of the Congress of Mexico City, where she also served as coordinator of the Morena Parliamentary Group for District 28 of Iztapalapa.
• President of the Political Coordination Board of the capital Congress.

Experience in Public Administration

• General Director of Legal and Legislative Studies in the Legal Department of the then Government of the Federal District (2000-2008).
• Coordinator of Legal Affairs at the Social Attorney General’s Office of the Federal District (2008-2009).
• General Director of Delegational Development in Iztapalapa (2009-2012).

Stage as attorney and prosecutor

In 2018 he left his legislative position to become head of the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City, a role he maintained during the transition to the capital’s Attorney General’s Office.

In January 2024 he did not obtain ratification to continue leading the institution; In its latest report, it highlighted the obtaining of 6,994 convictions, as well as the arrest of 1,600 priority targets and 102 criminal leaders linked to organizations such as the Tláhuac Cartel, La Unión Tepito, “Los Rodolfos”, “Los Tanzanios” and “Los Maceros”.

Controversies and accusations during his time at the Prosecutor’s Office

During his management, Ernestina Godoy faced constant questions about the alleged political use of the Prosecutor’s Office, since various groups in the local Congress accused that the institution had been used to persecute opponents.

Its failed ratification revealed resistance—even within the ruling bloc itself—against what some described as a “militant prosecutor” model.

Civil organizations and the media also criticized the lack of autonomy, the persistence of impunity and the politicization of various processes in the FGJ-CDMX under his leadership.

A particularly controversial case was the destruction of information requested from telephone companies about the communications of PAN figures, including Santiago Taboada, Santiago Creel and Lilly Téllez. According to the PAN leader Jorge Romerothe Prosecutor’s Office notified the Judiciary that it had complied with the order to delete those files, an instruction that dated back to 2024.

Criticism has intensified since November 2023, when The New York Times revealed that the prosecutors’ offices in Mexico City and Colima had requested Taboada’s data from Telcel.under the argument that it was linked to investigations for forced disappearance.

What will be your role in the new administration?

Despite the controversies, her legal and legislative career, combined with her recognized political loyalty, make her a strategic figure for the government of Claudia Sheinbaum. His arrival at the Legal Department is interpreted as a gesture of continuity in justice and security projects, as well as a mechanism to maintain political control over relevant legal decisions.

For his supporters, Godoy represents the “old guard” of Morenoism: an experienced, technical and reliable officialwhose proximity to the movement makes her an important asset for the incoming administration.

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