Fiscalía General de la República

What Fiscalía General de la República does

The Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) is Mexico's autonomous federal prosecutor's office, constitutionally established in 2019 as the successor to the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR). Its mandate is the investigation and prosecution of federal crimes, crime prevention, victim and witness protection, and the promotion, respect, and guarantee of human rights within Mexican society. The institution operates under principles of autonomy, legality, objectivity, efficiency, professional competence, gender perspective, interculturality, and impartiality, and is headquartered in Mexico City.

FGR is structured as a platform of 12 specialized prosecution units (Fiscalías) addressing distinct crime categories: FECOC (jurisdictional competence), FECOR (regional control), FEMDO (organized crime), FISEL (electoral crimes), FEMCC (anti-corruption), FEMDH (human rights), FEVIMTRA (violence against women, vulnerable groups, and human trafficking), FEAI (internal affairs), AIC (criminal investigation), OEMASC (alternative dispute resolution), OM (administration), and OIC (internal control). Supporting infrastructure includes the CEDAC citizen service platform, the Alerta AMBER México missing-children alert system, the 'Has Visto A…?' missing-persons awareness program, and the AM/PM Ante Mortem/Post Mortem forensic database containing 12,647 missing-persons records. The Sistema de Gestión Antisoborno implements ISO 37001:2016 anti-bribery standards. Operations are delivered through 32 federal prosecutor's offices spanning every Mexican state.

FGR does not generate commercial revenue; it is funded entirely through Mexican federal government budget allocations and does not charge citizens for prosecutorial services. Its distribution channels include the nationwide office network, CEDAC, official website (fgr.org.mx), transparency portal, and dedicated social-media channels for each state office. The institution maintains active strategic partnerships with the US Drug Enforcement Administration, INTERPOL, the Argentine Ministry of Justice, and US Customs and Border Protection for transnational crime operations, extraditions, and joint interdictions.

Name

Fiscalía General de la República

Legal name

Fiscalía General de la República

Website

https://fgr.org.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

The Fiscalía General de la República is Mexico's autonomous federal prosecutor's office, constitutionally mandated to investigate and prosecute federal crimes through 12 specialized units and 32 state offices, serving Mexican citizens and crime victims nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Prosecution Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Public Administration (92)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Risk, Controls & Audit (Public Sector) (BPAIAEAH)

Keywords

• Federal prosecution services
• Criminal investigation
• Organized crime prosecution
• Victim protection services
• Anti-corruption enforcement

Headquarters

HQ city

Cuauhtémoc

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices32 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) is Mexico's constitutional autonomous federal prosecutor's office that investigates and prosecutes federal crimes. It operates through 12 specialized prosecution units (fiscalías) covering organized crime, corruption, electoral crimes, human rights, violence against women, internal affairs, and alternative dispute resolution. The institution delivers services through 32 federal prosecutor's offices across all Mexican states and a central citizen complaint platform (CEDAC).

Product overview

FGR operates as a platform of 12 specialized prosecution units (Fiscalías) coordinated through a central structure. The core offerings include specialized units for organized crime (FEMDO), anti-corruption (FEMCC), human rights (FEMDH), electoral crimes (FISEL), and regional coordination (FECOR). Supporting infrastructure includes citizen service platforms (CEDAC), public safety programs (Alerta AMBER, 'Has visto a...?'), forensic databases (Base de Datos AM/PM for missing persons identification), compliance systems (ISO 37001 anti-bribery), and specialized units for internal affairs, criminal investigation, and alternative dispute resolution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CEDAC: Centro de Denuncia y Atención Ciudadana - citizen complaint and attention center
• Alerta AMBER México
• Has Visto A

Products and services

• FEMDO - Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 August 2026FGR maintains ongoing cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration for joint operations targeting drug trafficking organizations, financial tracking of cartel operations, and intelligence sharing across borders. The DEA confirmed close collaboration with Mexican authorities in the detention of suspected financial operators for Los Chapitos cartel.
• Argentine Ministry of Justice and Argentine GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 August 2026Cooperation with Argentine authorities led to the deportation of former Mexican Navy Rear Admiral Fernando Farías Laguna from Argentina to face fuel smuggling charges in Mexico. The operation involved coordination between Mexican FGR, Argentine justice officials, and US authorities.
• INTERPOLcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 August 2026FGR works with INTERPOL for international fugitive apprehension, cross-border information sharing, and coordination on transnational crime investigations. INTERPOL Red Notices support FGR extradition and deportation requests.
• US Customs and Border ProtectioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 August 2026Joint interdiction operations with US CBP at border points, including the seizure of 760 kg of methamphetamine at the Pharr International Bridge originating from Reynosa, demonstrating binational cooperation against drug trafficking routes.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ministerio Público (Peru): Peru's autonomous public ministry handling federal criminal prosecution, with specialized units and a nationwide territorial network. Operates in a comparable Latin American security and corruption context to FGR.
• Fiscalía General del Estado (Spain): Spain's federal-style prosecutorial authority with constitutional organic status, hierarchical structure, and nationwide territorial presence. Shares the Spanish-language operational context and a comparable mix of organized crime, corruption, and human rights caseloads.
• Fiscalía General de la Nación (Colombia): Colombia's autonomous federal prosecutorial body with a near-identical organizational model to FGR — constitutional autonomy, specialized unidades, and nationwide field offices — operating in a comparable Latin American security context with significant organized crime exposure.
• Ministerio Público (Chile): Chile's autonomous prosecutorial institution with a comparable constitutional autonomy framework and federal-style jurisdiction. Functionally analogous to FGR with a strong recent reform trajectory in anti-corruption and organized crime.
• Ministerio Público Fiscal (Argentina): Argentina's federal prosecution service with autonomous status and federal crime jurisdiction. Comparable to FGR in mandate structure and operating environment, and recently cooperated with FGR on the deportation of Fernando Farías Laguna.
• Direzione Nazionale Antimafia (Italy): Italy's national anti-mafia prosecution authority, with specialized focus analogous to FGR's FEMDO and FEMCC units. Comparable in mandate to pursue organized crime and corruption through dedicated, coordinated prosecutorial structures.
• Ministério Público Federal (Brazil): Brazil's federal prosecution service, structurally analogous to FGR with constitutional autonomy, federal crime jurisdiction, and specialized units. Comparable in mandate scale and operating environment complexity across Brazil's 26 states plus federal district.

Regional players

• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): U.S. federal agency operating outside Mexico but with active operational cooperation with FGR on drug trafficking cases. Not a prosecution counterpart per se, but a primary international partner whose mandate on transnational drug enforcement overlaps directly with FGR's FEMDO priorities.

Broad incumbents

• Crown Prosecution Service (United Kingdom): UK's national prosecuting authority with autonomous status and nationwide territorial structure. Operates as a broader prosecution service rather than specializing in federal crime categories like FGR, but shares the autonomous prosecution model.
• U.S. Department of Justice: Federal prosecution and law enforcement authority of the United States, the closest functional analogue to FGR with federal crime jurisdiction, specialized units, and international cooperation mandates. Significantly larger in scope and resources than FGR.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FGRMexico
• Facebookfacebook.com/FGRMexico
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fgrmexico

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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