translated from Spanish: Veracruz Congress removes Jorge Winckler from Prosecutor’s Office

Jorge Winckler was temporarily removed from the position of prosecutor of Veracruz, for not complying with the revalidation of his certificate of trust.
Between cries, the Congress of Veracruz held protests as dispatch manager to Verónica Hernández Giadans, who served as Legal General Director of the Secretary of State Government.
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According to reports from the newspaper Reforma, local PAN deputies classified the separation process as an ‘albazo’ and claimed that the legislative process was illegal, as a prosecutor can only be dismissed by a trial of provenance or a impeachment.
Panist lawmakers warned that what happened was a “federal crime.”
Local media Al Calor Político released a video observing the deployment of poapers from the Veracruz Ministry of Public Security to safeguard the premises of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

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Winkler’s temporary separation came a day after he held a meeting with the governor of Veracruz, Cuitláhuac García, to discuss the issue of violence recorded in Coatzacoalcos.
Among the cases that the Veracruz Prosecutor’s Office currently has are two criminal proceedings ongoing against Javier Duarte for corruption and whose hearings are scheduled for september 9, as well as an arrest warrant for disappearance forced and an apprehension order against his wife, Karime Macías, for alleged fraud.
They also have the research folder for the fire in a bar in Coatzacoalcos that left as a balance 30 people dead, which is integrated in collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office, and another by the disappearance of two young people in which the alleged complaint is reported state police.
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Original source in Spanish