New government building inaugurated
Date: Saturday, September 16
Topic: News
Last Friday, September 8, the new two-story building that houses the district attorney’s office and the public ministry was inaugurated. The building is located on Salida a Querétaro, between the jail (CERESO) and the new administrative building, opposite the Glorieta de los Héroes.
Built at a cost to the state government of 25,822,000 pesos, the new facility has nearly 1900 square meters of space on each of its two floors.
The building will house not only the district attorney’s office, now located on Correo, and the public ministry, currently in Colonia Guadalupe, but also the offices of the ministerial police, now housed at the CERESO facilities, and the departments of crime investigation and victims’ assistance, also currently located on Correo.
State governor Juan Carlos Romero Hicks inaugurated the building and unveiled a commemorative plaque. He was accompanied by Mayor Juan Antonio Jaramillo, State Attorney Daniel Chowell Arenas, District Attorney Pablo González Sierra, Gerardo Luis Rodríguez Orozco, director of the state department of public security and the mayors of Dolores Hidalgo and San Felipe.
State Attorney Chowell announced that the new building will have a gymnasium and bathrooms for the ministerial police officers and a library, as well as administrative offices.
The district attorney’s office for region “D” will house nine public ministry agencies and will cover 15 municipalities, among them San Luis de la Paz, Doctor Mora, San Diego de la Unión, Santa Catarina, Atarjea, Xichú, Victoria, Tierra Blanca, San José Iturbide, Dolores Hidalgo, San Felipe and Guanajuato.
“We are still working on programs for preventing crime and illegal drugs as part of our permanent fight against crime,” said Chowell. District Attorney González said that thanks to the interaction of the state legal association and citizens with the public ministry, public service has improved and there are fewer complaints.
All the departments will move to their new offices on September 20.
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