# Rodolfo Delgado

### Context

El Salvador's Legislative Assembly re-elected Delgado as attorney general in December 2024 for another three-year term. (Source: [La Prensa Gráfica — 2024-12-23](https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Asamblea-Legislativa-reelige-y-juramenta-al-fiscal-general-por-tres-anos-mas-20241223-0054.html).)

His original 2021 appointment followed the legislature's removal of the previous attorney general and Constitutional Chamber judges, a sequence that Human Rights Watch treats as part of a broader erosion of institutional checks. (Source: [Human Rights Watch — 2026](https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/el-salvador).)

### Consequences

The central public-interest question around Delgado is prosecutorial independence: whether the attorney general can investigate politically sensitive matters without improper executive or legislative influence. (Source: [Human Rights Watch — 2026](https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/el-salvador).)

His re-election preserved continuity in the prosecution service during the government's continuing security crackdown. (Source: [La Prensa Gráfica — 2024-12-23](https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Asamblea-Legislativa-reelige-y-juramenta-al-fiscal-general-por-tres-anos-mas-20241223-0054.html).)

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