agente auxiliar

Joshua Parker (asker) May 17, 2018:

Based on the link provided by Lorena (thank you), I think this is just the term used to describe members of the institution in question (public defenders who file legal proceedings). Still unable to come up with anything better than "agent" though. Not sure we could use "court-appointed..."/"guardian ad litem" as the person is not appointed by a court as such but rather the Procuraduría General of San Salvador, which in El Salvador "se encarga de ejercer la defensa técnica a los procesados ante los tribunales de Justicia". Or could that still be classified as a court?

AllegroTrans May 16, 2018:

Court-appointed representative/agent or maybe a guardian ad litem?

Robert Carter May 16, 2018:

@Joshua If experience with Mexican terminology is anything to go by, I think Lorena's reference is a good bet here. For example, in Mexico, "agente" in this context usually refers to an official law-enforcement figure, as in "agente del ministerio público", etc., not an agent of a private party, which is usually a "representante legal" or "apoderado", or even, per Neil, "gestor", but rarely ever, as far as I can recall, an "agente". I can't speak for El Salvador terminology though.

neilmac May 16, 2018:

= Gestor IMHO it's just an agent, unless you fancy oddball options like factotum or go-between...

lorenab23 May 16, 2018:

Found this, don't know if it helps From El Salvador:
Denominaciones
[...]
f) "Agentes Auxiliares, Fiscales Auxiliares o Fiscales", para referirse a todas las personas en quienes el Fiscal General de la República hubiere delegado el ejercicio de sus atribuciones legales;
http://www.oas.org/juridico/PDFs/mesicic4_slv_regla_especial...