Overview
- The Fiscalía de la Nación issued Resolution No. 1744-2026 on Wednesday, June 17, ending Germán Juárez Atoche's provisional posts as national coordinator and fiscal superior and naming Juan Bautista Mendoza Abarca as the new coordinator.
- A separate anticorruption office opened preliminary diligences on June 8 based on indicios of cohecho pasivo específico linked to Juárez's time with the former Equipo Especial Lava Jato.
- Investigators have asked the Fiscalía to send, confidentially, all documents from colaboración eficaz folders involving Gustavo Salazar Delgado that were handled by the old Lava Jato team.
- Juárez retains his career status but was reassigned to the Segunda Fiscalía Supraprovincial; the decision also cited a report from the Autoridad Nacional de Control showing two complaints in process against him.
- Observers warn the personnel shake-up could harm public trust and slow high-profile Odebrecht/Lava Jato probes because colaboración eficaz files are central to those cases and leadership changes can disrupt continuity.