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Jesús Murillo Karam (born 2 March 1947) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[1] Born in Real del Monte, Hidalgo, he is of Lebanese[2][3][4] descent.
Jesús Murillo Karam | |
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| Attorney General of Mexico | |
| In office 4 December 2012 – 27 February 2015 | |
| President | Enrique Peña Nieto |
| Preceded by | Marisela Morales |
| Succeeded by | Arely Gómez González |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 September 2012 – 4 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Óscar Martín Arce Paniagua |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Arroyo Vieyra |
| 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 Real del Monte, Hidalgo |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Hidalgo |
Murillo Karam was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1979 mid-terms (for Hidalgo's 4th district) and again in the 1985 general election (for Hidalgo's 6th district), and to the Senate in 1991.[5] He served as governor of Hidalgo from 1993 to 1998. In 1998 he became Undersecretary of Public Security and then joined the campaign of Francisco Labastida in the 2000 presidential election.
In the 2006 general election he was re-elected as a senator for his state, and in February 2007, he was elected general secretary of his party with Beatriz Paredes as president. He was president of the Commission of Interior in the Senate. In September 2012, he was elected to the 62nd Congress as a plurinominal deputy, during which he served as the president of the Chamber of Deputies.[5] He later passed his seat to his substitute 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.[6]
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.[7] The case against Murillo Karam was later suspended by a judge who "openly admonished the new prosecutors for shoddy work".[8] On 13 April 2024 he was released from incarceration and placed under house arrest at his home, in Mexico City.[9]
* Requested a leave of absence to leave his post to serve as secretary general of his party.
References
edit- ^ Grayson, George W. (2010). Mexico: narco-violence and a failed state?. Transaction Publishers. p. 145. 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.
- ^ a b "Perfil: Diputado Jesús Murillo Karam". Sistema de Información Legislativa. SEGOB. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ 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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