Alejandro Gertz Manero (born 31 October 1939) is a Mexican lawyer and Attorney General of Mexico. He served as Secretary of Public Security during part of Vicente Fox's government. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the State of Mexico.[1]
Alejandro Gertz Manero | |
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| Attorney General (Mexico) | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| 1st Secretary of Public Security | |
| In office 1 December 2000 – 3 June 2004 | |
| President | Vicente Fox |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Martín Huerta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 October 1939 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Education | Escuela Libre de Derecho (LLB) National Autonomous University of Mexico (PhD) |
| Profession | Lawyer and politician |
Controversies
edit- In 2022 he was accused of abusing his position as Federal Prosecutor for a personal vendetta, illegally persecuting and jailing Alejandra Cuevas and Laura Moran for the death of his brother Federico Gertz in 2015.[2]
- He was accused of influence trafficking and criminal association by the former Counsel to the President, Julio Scherer Ibarra.[3]
- He owns several real estate properties in Madrid, Ibiza, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles, and bought 122 luxury vehicles.[4]
- In 2021 he was admitted to the Mexican National Researchers System by a special committee, after having tried unsuccessfully for 11 years due to insufficient scientific output.[5] Writer Guillermo Sheridan showed evidence of plagiarism in a biography of Guillermo Prieto published by Gertz Manero, which was also reported by a group of 77 researchers.[6][7]
- When he was Public Safety Secretary in the government of Vicente Fox, Gertz Manero was detained by DEA and ATF when he landed in New York in an official Mexican government plane, carrying a false passport and $50,000 dlls in cash. In 2022 the USA government opened another investigation on him.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Perfil del legislador" (in Spanish). Legislative Information System. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ Ureste, Manu (2022-03-28). "Cronología del caso Gertz-Cuevas: un conflicto de 7 años que podría llegar a su fin". Animal Político (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Monroy, Jorge (24 April 2022). "Acusan de tráfico de influencias al fiscal Gertz Manero". El Economista. Archived from the original on 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ^ "Alejandro Gertz Manero: los autos y casas de lujo en las ciudades más exclusivas del fiscal mexicano". infobae (in European Spanish). 29 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ^ Guillén, Beatriz (2021-06-10). "El fiscal Gertz maniobra para entrar en el Sistema Nacional de Investigadores tras ser rechazado durante 11 años". El País México (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ^ Sheridan, Guillermo (2021-07-06). "Gertz Manero, a la sombra del plagio". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ^ Toche, Nelly (31 October 2021). "Investigadores solicitan al SNI revisar presunto plagio de Alejandro Gertz Manero". El Economista. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ^ Riva Palacio, Raymundo (27 April 2022). "Investiga EU a Gertz". El Financiero (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
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