Victoria chief prosecutor to lead Chile’s Public Prosecutor’s Office in La Araucanía
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- National Prosecutor Ángel Valencia appointed Héctor Leiva, Victoria’s chief prosecutor, as regional prosecutor for La Araucanía.
- Leiva joined the Public Prosecutor’s Office in 2000 and has led the Victoria office since 2022; he will assume the new post on September 14.
Héctor Leiva, the chief prosecutor in Victoria, will take charge of Chile’s Public Prosecutor’s Office in the La Araucanía Region after an appointment by National Prosecutor Ángel Valencia.
Leiva studied law at the University of Concepción and completed postgraduate studies in criminal law. He joined the Public Prosecutor’s Office in 2000 as an assistant prosecutor at the local Victoria office.
He became head of that office in 2022. Leiva will replace Roberto Garrido, who left the La Araucanía regional post to take the equivalent position in Biobío.
Leiva is scheduled to assume the position on September 14.
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