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{{Short description|Mexican lawyer and politician}}
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| office = [[Attorney General of (Mexico)]]
| term_start = 18 January 2019
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| nominator = [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]
| predecessor = ''Office established''
| successor = Vacant
| office1 = 1st [[Secretariat of Public Security|Secretary of Public Security]]
| term_start1 = 1 December 2000
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| successor1 = [[Ramón Martín Huerta]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|10|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
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| education = [[Escuela Libre de Derecho]] ([[LLB]])<br>[[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] ([[PhD]])
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[[File:DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Meets with Gertz Manero.jpg|left|thumb|Gertz Manero meets with [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|U.S. Homeland Security Secretary]] [[Alejandro Mayorkas]] at FGR Headquarters in [[Mexico City]] in June 2021.]]
'''Alejandro Gertz Manero''' (born 31 October 1939) is a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] lawyer and current [[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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Perfil del legislador|url=http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=6909814|publisher=Legislative Information System|accessdateaccess-date=16 December 2014|language=es}}</ref>
 
== Controversies ==
'''Alejandro Gertz Manero''' (born 31 October 1939) is a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] lawyer and current [[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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Perfil del legislador|url=http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=6909814|publisher=Legislative Information System|accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref>
 
* 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ureste |first=Manu |date=2022-03-28 |title=Cronología del caso Gertz-Cuevas: un conflicto de 7 años que podría llegar a su fin |url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2022/03/cronologia-caso-gert-cuevas-conflicto-7-anos-fin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415122202/https://www.animalpolitico.com/2022/03/cronologia-caso-gert-cuevas-conflicto-7-anos-fin/ |archive-date=2022-04-15 |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Animal Político |language=es}}</ref>
In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists|International Consortium of Investigative Journalism]] cited his name in [[List of people and organisations named in the Paradise Papers|the list of politicians named in]] "[[Paradise Papers]]" allegations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/explore-politicians-paradise-papers/|title=Explore The Politicians in the Paradise Papers - ICIJ|work=ICIJ|access-date=2017-12-06|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
* He was accused of influence trafficking and criminal association by the former Counsel to the President, [[:es:Julio_Scherer_Ibarra|Julio Scherer Ibarra]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monroy |first=Jorge |date=24 April 2022 |title=Acusan de tráfico de influencias al fiscal Gertz Manero |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/politica/Julio-Scherer-Ibarra-denuncia-a-Gertz-Manero-por-presunto-trafico-de-influencias-20220424-0027.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425091159/https://www.eleconomista.com.mx//politica/Julio-Scherer-Ibarra-denuncia-a-Gertz-Manero-por-presunto-trafico-de-influencias-20220424-0027.html |archive-date=2022-04-25 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=El Economista}}</ref>
In 2020 Alejandro Gertz Manero violated the human rights and extorted the former spouse of his deceased brother, Laura Moran Servín and falsely imprisoned her daughter Alejandra Guadalupe Cuevas Moran.
* He owns several real estate properties in Madrid, Ibiza, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles, and bought 122 luxury vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=29 March 2022 |title=Alejandro Gertz Manero: los autos y casas de lujo en las ciudades más exclusivas del fiscal mexicano |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2022/03/29/alejandro-gertz-manero-los-autos-y-casas-de-lujo-en-las-ciudades-mas-exclusivas-del-fiscal-mexicano/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515111852/https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2022/03/29/alejandro-gertz-manero-los-autos-y-casas-de-lujo-en-las-ciudades-mas-exclusivas-del-fiscal-mexicano/ |archive-date=2022-05-15 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref>
 
* 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guillén |first=Beatriz |date=2021-06-10 |title=El fiscal Gertz maniobra para entrar en el Sistema Nacional de Investigadores tras ser rechazado durante 11 años |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-06-10/el-fiscal-gertz-maniobra-para-entrar-en-el-sistema-nacional-de-investigadores-tras-ser-rechazado-durante-11-anos.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515112817/https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-06-10/el-fiscal-gertz-maniobra-para-entrar-en-el-sistema-nacional-de-investigadores-tras-ser-rechazado-durante-11-anos.html |archive-date=2022-05-15 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=El País México |language=es}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Guillermo |date=2021-07-06 |title=Gertz Manero, a la sombra del plagio |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/guillermo-sheridan/gertz-manero-la-sombra-del-plagio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515114311/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/guillermo-sheridan/gertz-manero-la-sombra-del-plagio |archive-date=2022-05-15 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=El Universal |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Toche |first=Nelly |date=31 October 2021 |title=Investigadores solicitan al SNI revisar presunto plagio de Alejandro Gertz Manero |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/Investigadores-solicitan-al-SNI-revisar-presunto-plagio-de-Alejandro-Gertz-Manero--20211031-0068.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515120812/https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/Investigadores-solicitan-al-SNI-revisar-presunto-plagio-de-Alejandro-Gertz-Manero--20211031-0068.html |archive-date=2022-05-15 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=El Economista}}</ref>
After Alejandra Guadalupe Cuevas Moran’s arrest, through an intermediary, Alejandro Gertz Manero presented a list of demands to the Cuevas family.
* 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riva Palacio |first=Raymundo |date=27 April 2022 |title=Investiga EU a Gertz |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/raymundo-riva-palacio/2022/04/27/investiga-eu-a-gertz/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515114433/https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/raymundo-riva-palacio/2022/04/27/investiga-eu-a-gertz/ |archive-date=2022-05-15 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=El Financiero |language=es}}</ref>
 
• This consisted of a typed list with photos of Federico’s possessions that Laura had in her home (paintings, sculptures, rugs, etc.)
 
• $3,550,000 pesos that was in a joint account of Federico and Laura, that legally belonged to her.
 
• And a letter from Laura renouncing the monthly pension she receives from Federico’s Estate.
 
https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-03-29/un-cheque-de-35-millones-y-conversaciones-grabadas-la-disputa-del-fiscal-gertz-y-su-familia-politica.html
 
https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-03-30/la-controvertida-llamada-al-fiscal-general-gertz-de-su-familia-politica.html
 
https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-03-31/cuadros-de-diego-rivera-y-francisco-toledo-alfombras-persas-salseras-de-plata-la-lista-de-objetos-que-reclamo-el-fiscal-gertz-a-su-familia-politica.html
 
https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/mario-maldonado/la-fortuna-del-fiscal-gertz
 
==References==
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[[Category:21st-century Mexican politicians]]
[[Category:Mexican Attorneys Generalgeneral of Mexico]]
[[Category:People named in the Paradise Papers]]
[[Category:Deputies of the LXI Legislature of Mexico]]
[[Category:21st-century Mexican lawyers]]