Ernestina Godoy Ramos

Ernestina Godoy Ramos
Godoy Ramos in 2024
Attorney General of Mexico
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 November 2025[a]
Preceded byAlejandro Gertz Manero
Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive
In office
1 October 2024 – 27 November 2025
PresidentClaudia Sheinbaum
Preceded byMaría Estela Ríos González [es]
Succeeded byEsthela Damián Peralta
Attorney General of Mexico City
In office
10 January 2020 – 9 January 2024
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byUlises Lara López
Prosecutor General of Mexico City
In office
5 December 2018 – 10 January 2020
Head of GovernmentClaudia Sheinbaum
Preceded byEdmundo Garrido Osornio
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Other offices
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
1 September 2024 – 30 September 2024
Preceded byCitlalli Hernández
Succeeded byKaren Castrejón Trujillo
ConstituencyMexico City
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 September 2015 – 31 August 2018
Preceded byCarlos Augusto Morales López
Succeeded byGerardo Fernández Noroña
ConstituencyMexico City's 4th district
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District
In office
16 September 2012 – 31 August 2015
Preceded byEdith Ruíz Mendicuti
Succeeded byAna María Rodríguez Ruiz
Constituency27th district
Personal details
Born (1954-01-17) 17 January 1954 (age 72)
Mexico City, Mexico
PartyNational Regeneration Movement (since 2014)
Other political
affiliations		Party of the Democratic Revolution (2000–2012)
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB)
OccupationLawyer, politician

Ernestina Godoy Ramos (born 17 January 1954) is a Mexican lawyer and civil servant who serves as federal attorney general. She previously served as Attorney General of Mexico City [es] from 2018 to 2024. She was briefly a Senator of the Republic in 2024 before serving as Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive under President Claudia Sheinbaum from October 2024 to November 2025. On 3 December 2025, the Senate elected her to serve as the federal attorney general.

Godoy is a founding member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and was previously affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).

Career

Born on 17 January 1954,[1] Ernestina Godoy Ramos graduated from the Law School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[2]

She founded various civil society organizations, such as the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, Civic Alliance, and Convergence of Civil Organizations for Democracy. In 1985, she set up an office to give legal assistance to victims of the Mexico City earthquake.[3]

She was a civil society representative in the Commission for Monitoring and Verification of the San Andrés Accords signed by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the government.[4]

As a public official, Godoy was Director of Borough Development in Iztapalapa, Coordinator of Legal Affairs in the Social Prosecutor's Office of Mexico City, and General Legal and Legislative Studies Director in the Judicial and Legal Services Council of the Federal District.[5]

In her political career she was a local deputy in the 6th Legislature of the Mexico City Assembly and a federal deputy in the 63rd Legislature of the Congress of the Union (2015–2018), representing the 4th federal electoral district of Mexico City.[2][6] She was also a local deputy in the 1st Legislature of the Congress of Mexico City, coordinating the MORENA parliamentary group.[2][7]

On 22 November 2018, mayor Claudia Sheinbaum named Godoy as Mexico City's next Attorney General.[8] She took office on 5 December.[9]

Godoy Ramos sought election as one of Mexico City's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the second place on the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition's two-name formula alongside Omar García Harfuch.[10] Despite the coalition's victory in the election, Godoy was later named president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's choice for Legal Counsel to the Federal Executive; her Senate seat was therefore assumed by her substitute, Karen Castrejón of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).[11]

Attorney General of Mexico (2025–present)

Election

Following the resignation of Alejandro Gertz Manero as Attorney General, he appointed Godoy to lead the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Competition Control, a position that made her eligible to serve as acting attorney general upon the declaration of the vacancy. She subsequently resigned as Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive to assume the acting post.[12][13]

The Senate opened a public registration period from 28 to 30 November, during which 43 candidates, including Godoy, were registered.[14][15] On 2 December, the Senate approved a list of ten finalists to be submitted to President Claudia Sheinbaum.[15] The following day, Sheinbaum returned a shortlist composed exclusively of women: Godoy, Luz María Zarza Delgado, and Maribel Bojorges Beltrán.[16]

On 3 December 2025, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate, Godoy outlined a vision of justice centered on scientific, evidence-based investigation and respect for human rights, saying investigations should be based on intelligence and the "route of money" behind sophisticated criminal operations. She also pledged zero tolerance for torture and emphasized respect for constitutional autonomy while affirming continued coordination with the federal security cabinet.[17][18][19]

The Senate confirmed Godoy’s appointment by a vote of 97–19, with 11 null votes, exceeding the required two-thirds majority. The nomination received the backing of the ruling coalition, all six Citizens’ Movement senators, and four National Action Party senators.[20] She was sworn in later that day by the President of the Senate, Laura Itzel Castillo.

Tenure

During her first weeks in office, Godoy reoriented the Attorney General’s Office toward closer coordination with the federal government, marking a departure from the more isolated management style of her predecessor.[21] She subsequently implemented senior personnel changes, appointing close collaborators of Omar García Harfuch to lead the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO) and the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC),[22] and replacing Adriana Campos López with Richard Urbina Vega as head of the Internal Affairs Prosecutor’s Office (FEAI), who had previously worked with Godoy during her tenure in Mexico City.[23]

Notes

  1. ^ Acting: 27 November – 3 December 2025

References

  1. ^ Ávila, Selene (24 November 2018). "Ernestina Godoy: quien quiera dinero que no se meta de político" [Ernestina Godoy: Whoever Wants Money Does Not Become a Politician] (in Spanish). Político.mx. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Villavicencio, Diana (25 July 2018). "Perfil. Ernestina Godoy, coordinadora electa de Morena para primer Congreso de CDMX" [Profile. Ernestina Godoy, Elected Coordinator of Morena for the First Mexico City Congress]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ Olson, Georgina (9 September 2018). "Ernestina Godoy, experimentada defensora social" [Ernestina Godoy, Experienced Social Advocate]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. ^ Serieys, Luis (27 July 2018). "Quién es Ernestina Godoy y cuál es su cercanía con Clara Brugada" [Who is Ernestina Godoy and What is Her Proximity to Clara Brugada]. Capital México (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ Olson, Georgia (22 November 2018). "Ernestina Godoy, la próxima fiscal general de la Ciudad de México" [Ernestina Godoy, the Next Attorney General of Mexico City]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Ernestina Godoy Ramos, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Procuradora General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México" [Attorney General of Mexico City] (in Spanish). Government of Mexico City. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Ella es Ernestina Godoy, la próxima procuradora de la CDMX" [She is Ernestina Godoy, the Next Attorney General of Mexico City]. Polemón (in Spanish). 23 November 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. ^ Cruz Monroy, Filiberto (5 December 2018). "Asume Ernestina Godoy Ramos como procuradora capitalina" [Ernestina Godoy Takes Over as Capital Attorney]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Elecciones 2024: Candidatas y candidatos". INE. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  11. ^ Mayen, Baruc (20 June 2024). "Quién es Karen Castrejón Trujillo, la presidenta del PVEM que suplirá a Ernestina Godoy en la Cámara de Senadores". Infobae. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  12. ^ Mosso, Rubén (27 November 2025). "Ernestina Godoy asumirá la FGR como encargada de Despacho". Grupo Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  13. ^ Martínez, Brenda; Romero, Nataly (27 November 2025). "Ernestina Godoy se queda como encargada de la FGR tras salida de Gertz". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  14. ^ López, Mayolo (1 December 2025). "Se inscriben 43 para FGR, entre ellos Godoy". Reforma (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  15. ^ a b Becerril, Andrea; Saldierna, Georgina (2 December 2025). "Aprueba Senado lista de 10 candidatos para la FGR; la turna a la Presidenta". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  16. ^ Corona, Salvador; Dina, Eduardo (3 December 2025). "Terna de Sheinbaum para la titularidad de la FGR la conforman tres mujeres". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Senado elige a Ernestina Godoy para la FGR en proceso exprés; oposición acusa estaba decidido de antemano". Animal Politico (in Spanish). 3 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  18. ^ Torres, Mauricio (3 December 2025). "Ernestina Godoy es la nueva fiscal general de México". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  19. ^ "Ernestina Godoy es elegida fiscal de la República: 'No fabricaremos culpables', dice". El Financiero (in Spanish). 3 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  20. ^ Lara, Ricardo (3 December 2025). "Eligen a Ernestina Godoy como nueva titular de FGR" [Ernestina Godoy elected attorney general]. Excélsior. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  21. ^ "Ernestina Godoy anuncia reestructura de la FGR; promete coordinación plena con la estrategia nacional de seguridad". Animal Politico (in Spanish). 11 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  22. ^ "Funcionarios cercanos a Harfuch quedan al frente de FEMDO y AIC en la FGR de Godoy". ADNPolítico (in Spanish). 29 November 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  23. ^ Mendoza López, Diego (18 December 2025). "Ernestina Godoy hace más cambios en la FGR: remueven a Adriana Campos López, fiscal de Asuntos Internos". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2025.
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