During the last three years of Alejandro Gertz Manero at the head of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), the high-profile agents and prosecutors assigned to the agency They had VIP insurance, with coverage that included medical attention in accidents and protection in activities such as bullfighting, skiing, motorcycling, diving, mountaineering or regattas.
This scheme cost the treasury 1,57 million pesos.
Despite the restrictions provided for in the Republican Austerity Law, which eliminated major medical expense insurance for public servants in 2019, It operated with enhanced insured sums that reached up to 20 million pesos for the attorney general, and between 3 million and 7 million for middle and senior managers, in addition to additional amounts for family members.
The contract FGR/LPN/CN/SERV/022-11/2022 and the tenders LA-49-812-049000975-N-7-2024 and LA-49-830-049000975-N-5-2025, available on the Compras MX platform, They also contrast with the internal guidelines of rationality and austerity that the FGR itself published in 2023, where it ordered limiting private insurance and restricting operating expenses.
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According to an estimate made, the 1,57 million 190 thousand pesos were disbursed by the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic in three items: In 2023, 350 million pesos were granted to the company MetLife México, SA de CV; in 2024, 328 million 590 thousand pesos to the companies Seguros Atlas, SA, and Seguros Argos, SA de CV, and in 2025 there were 378 thousand 600 million pesos to Seguros Atlas SA; Seguros Argos, SA de CV, and Agroasemex, SA
Valid until the end of the year
Alejandro Gertz Manero tells, from January 1, 2025 to December 31 of this year, with a basic coverage sum of 7 million pesos enhanced up to 20 million pesos.
The specialized prosecutor, the special prosecutor, the head of the Criminal Investigation Agency, the Inspector General of Operations, the Inspector of Operations, the heads of units, the heads of specialized units, The head of the Chief Officer’s Office, executive administrators, the head of the Internal Control Body and the general counselor have a basic coverage amount of 7 million pesos until December 31 of this year.
Federal prosecutors, unit heads, subunit heads and executive deputy coordinators are covered by an amount of 5 million pesos. and, finally, specialized supervisors, special supervisors and special, executive and specialized administrators are in an amount of 3 million pesos, also until the end of 2025.
In accordance with the technical annex of the contracting service for major medical expenses for public servants of the substantive branchthe policy covers hospital expenses in a standard private room with food, the cost of an extra bed for a companion during the time the insured is in the hospital, plus any medications needed, medical fees for consultations and interventions, and fees for private nurses.
The payment of transport in ambulances stands out, whether land or air, which can be for standard or emergency cases.from airport to airport, with a medical prescription requesting it.
Covers the costs added by the operating room, where applicable, recovery and cures; the anesthesia team; transfusions, application of plasma, serums or other substances; expenses incurred during the insured’s stay in the event of needing intermediate or intensive therapy, laboratory tests essential for diagnosis, and purchase or rental of medical and orthopedic devices.
Likewise, radiotherapy treatment, inhalation therapy, physiotherapy and chemotherapy, reconstructive treatments, dental, alveolar or gingival treatments; maxillofacial treatments and pre-existing conditions.
Indicates that the insured have coverage for expenses as a result of injuries due to professional, amateur or occasional practice of activities such as “bullfighting, motor racing, land or water motorcycling, cycling, skiing in any of its forms, surfing, regattas (sailboats, yachts, etc.), diving, horse riding, charrería, polo, hockey, mountaineering, mountaineering, caving, rappelling, aerial sports and similar, velideltism, boxing, freestyle or Greco-Roman wrestling, karate, martial arts, etc.”.
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Also claims resulting from injuries resulting from the use of motorcycles and similar motor vehicles.
Medical or surgical treatments for the nose, hernias, breast tumors, anorectal, prostate, gynecological conditions, varicose veins, cataracts and urinary tract; births, cesarean sections, miscarriages and pregnancy complications, vision problems, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), as long as the affected person has 48 months of continuous coverage of dependency expenses and medical or surgical treatments for congenital conditions.
The insurance policy also includes “illnesses or accidents resulting from the fact that in the performance of duty he was affected by another person by supplying and entering his body with drugs and/or alcoholic beverages, provided it is proven that he was induced and was carrying out an operation” during working hours.
In the case of claims abroad, the insured sum is 50 thousand dollars, which, at today’s currency exchange rate, is equivalent to one million 27 thousand pesos.
The insurance covers semi-private room and food for the patient, fees for doctors, surgeons and anesthetists; medications, medical supplies and operating room costs; laboratory tests, ambulance service and orthopedic devices or prostheses required for treatment.
The service must be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for holders from 18 to 100 years old, spouses and ascendants from 18 to 85 years old, and children from zero to 24 years old.
Among other coverages, the policy also considers injuries resulting from the use of motorcycles and similar vehicles when they occur during the line of duty, as well as higher vision correction surgeries. at four diopters, glasses, contact lenses and hearing aids necessary for work performance, with amounts that reach 16 thousand pesos.
It also includes HIV/AIDS care as long as the insured person has completed a continuous period of 48 months of insurance validity without prior detection of the virus, and allows circumcision for holders, except when it comes to prophylactic procedures.
Other covered surgical procedures include treatments of the nose and paranasal sinuses, tonsils and adenoids, and different types of hernias, as well as breast tumors, anorectal, prostate and gynecological conditions. Likewise, interventions for varicose veins, perineal floor insufficiency, cholecystitis, cataracts, kidney stones and urinary tract obstructions.
The list of hospitals does not include public clinics and lists to Hospital Ángeles Metropolitano, Ángeles Acoxpa, Ángeles Mocel, Ángeles Lindavista, Hospital Christus Muguerza Monterrey, Hospital San Javier, Star Médica Lomas Verdes, Corporativo Hospital Satélite, Hospital Español, Hospital Ángeles Clínica London, Grand Hospital Roma, Hospital Ángeles Universidad, Hospital Ángeles del Pedregal, Hospital Ángeles de Las Lomas, Médica Sur, Hospital ABC Observatorio y Santa Fe, Ángeles de Querétaro and Hospital San José de Monterrey.
Policies
Sums insured by hierarchy:
Range // Amounts insured
Attorney General (highest authority) // Basic sum: 7 million pesos, boosted to 20 million pesos
Senior managers (specialized prosecutor, AIC holder, inspectors, unit heads) // Basic sum: 5 million pesos
Federal prosecutors and unit holders // Basic sum: 5 million pesos
Supervisors and administrators (specialized, executive, special) // Basic sum: 3 million pesos, enhanced to 7.5 million pesos
Source: Tender 2025
Hiring
Sums insured by year and type of agreement:
Year // Amount // Procedure / Contract
2023 // 350 mdp // Contrato FGR/LPN/CN/SERV/022-11/2022
2024 // 328 million pesos // Tender LA-49-812-049000975-N-7-2024
2025 // 378 million pesos // Tender LA-49-830-049000975-N-5-2025
TOTAL // 1,057 mdp
Source: tenders
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