María Sol Salgado, a lawyer and the first commissioner for Disappearances of the State of Mexico; she is appointed special prosecutor for Missing Persons of the FGR

María Sol Berenice Salgado Ambros will assume the Special Prosecutor's Office for the Investigation of Forced Disappearance Crimes of the FGR on November 17. According to the Attorney General's Office (FGR), Salgado Ambros has extensive experience in investigating disappearance crimes, searching for persons, and attending to victims. "Her experience in these areas will contribute to strengthening institutional capacities, developing investigation and search efforts, as well as interinstitutional coordination to confront these crimes," the institution headed by Ernestina Godoy Ramos reported on Friday. According to her curriculum vitae, María Sol Berenice Salgado Ambros has held various positions in the former Attorney General's Office (PGR), the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico, and the then Attorney General's Office of the Federal District. At the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico, she participated in the case of the repression and human rights violations against members of the People's Front in Defense of the Land of the municipality of Atenco, which opposed the construction of the new Mexico City airport. At that agency, she was also assigned as Specialized Prosecutor for the Investigation and Prosecution of Crimes Related to Forced Disappearance of Persons and Disappearance Committed by Private Individuals, being the first woman to hold this position. She was Commissioner for the Search of Persons in the State of Mexico. Likewise, she served as Deputy Director General for Promotion and Public Policies for the Culture of Nonviolence at the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes of Violence against Women and Trafficking in Persons (FEVIMTRA) of the Attorney General's Office. At the then Attorney General's Office of the Federal District, she held the positions of Director of the Center for Attention to Domestic Violence (CAVI) and Director of the Support Center for Victims of Sexual Crimes. She also served as Operational Deputy Director for Trafficking in Persons matters at the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes of Violence against Women and Trafficking in Persons (FEVIMTRA), in the former Attorney General's Office, where she was in charge of supervising Federal Public Prosecutors and their actions in special cases. She studied law at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico and later earned a master's degree in law at the same institution. She holds a doctorate in law from the University of Spain and received an honorary doctorate from the Ibero-American Doctoral Assembly for her work in defense of women's rights and the prevention of gender violence.