Alejandro Gertz Manero[b] (born 31 October 1939) is a Mexican luxury-car collector, wealthy real-estate owner, art-collector, lawyer and politician. [1] He served as secretary of public security from 2000 to 2004 during the first part of Vicente Fox's government. In the 2009 mid-term election, he was elected to a plurinominal seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] He later served as attorney general under Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Claudia Sheinbaum from 2019 until his resignation in November 2025.[3]

On 7 January 2026, President Sheinbaum announced her intention for Gertz Manero to be appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom.[4] He presented his letters of credence to King Charles III on 6 May 2026.[5]

Controversies

In 2021 he was admitted to the National Researchers System by a special committee, after having tried unsuccessfully for 11 years due to insufficient scientific output.[6] 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.[7][8]

In 2022 he was accused of abusing his position as federal attorney general for a personal vendetta, illegally persecuting and jailing Alejandra Cuevas and Laura Morán for the death of his brother Federico Gertz in 2015.[9] He was accused of influence trafficking and criminal association by the former Counsel to the President, Julio Scherer Ibarra [es].[10] He owns several real estate properties in Madrid, Ibiza, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles, and bought 122 luxury vehicles.[11]

When he was secretary of public security in the government of president Vicente Fox, Gertz Manero was detained by DEA and ATF when he landed in New York in an official government plane, carrying a false passport and US$50,000 in cash. In 2022 the US government opened another investigation on him.[12]

Gertz Manero meets with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at FGR Headquarters in Mexico City in June 2021.

Notes

  1. ↑ Although Gertz Manero was part of the Convergence parliamentary group during the 61st Legislature of the Mexican Congress, he was not formally a member of the party.
  2. ↑ In this Mexican name, the surname is Gertz and the second or maternal family name is Manero.

References

  1. ↑ The, Editorial (23 June 2026). "Gertz Manero hace público su patrimonio: 13 inmuebles, joyas, obras de arte y dos Rolls-Royce, entre otros bienes". Aristegui Noticias. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Perfil: Dip. Alejandro Gertz Manero". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) (in Spanish). SEGOB. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Espinosa, Joshua (27 November 2025). "¿Quién es Alejandro Gertz Manero, fiscal de la república que presentó su renuncia?". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  4. ↑ López Castro, Fernanda (7 January 2026). "Sheinbaum anuncia que Gertz Manero será embajador de México en Gran Bretaña". Infobae.
  5. ↑ "Gertz Manero presenta Cartas Credenciales ante Carlos III; se acredita como embajador de México en RU". La Jornada. 6 May 2026.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Alejandro Gertz Manero: los autos y casas de lujo en las ciudades más exclusivas del fiscal mexicano". infobae (in Spanish). 29 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  12. ↑ 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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