This 29-page report examines the shortcomings of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and concludes that its main problem has been the inadequate support it has received from the government. President Vicente Fox created the Special Prosecutor’s Office in November 2001 to investigate and prosecute human rights violations committed under previous governments. A year and half later, the office has yet to produce significant results, and there is discouraging evidence that it lacks the powers and resources necessary to manage the task it has been assigned.