Alejandro Gertz Manero, former head of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), held the position since February 2019. His tenure was involved in various controversies such as the case of his former sister-in-law Laura Morán and Alejandra Cuevas Morán.
On March 28, 2022, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) ordered the release of Alejandra Cuevas Morán, held since October 16, 2020 in the Santa Martha Acatitla prison, for the alleged intentional homicide of Federico Gertz Manero, brother of the Prosecutor.
They also canceled the arrest warrant for the same case against Laura Morán Servín, 94 years old.mother of Cuevas Morán and romantic partner of the Prosecutor’s brother.
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In the midst of this scandal and accusations of owning luxury properties in Spain, in March 2022, Gertz Manero appeared in the Senate itself with the support of the members of the Political Coordination Board and without receiving any questions.
Another controversial issue was the case of 31 scientists from the then National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), which was directed by María Elena Álvarez-Buylla. In 2021, the Prosecutor accused the scientists of organized crime, money laundering, embezzlement and illicit use of powers and powers; however, the case was archived in 2022 because there was no crime to pursue.
On August 24, 2022, a Federal Court granted protection to one of the affected people, A request was made to order the non-exercise of criminal action and the case was archived because there was no crime to prosecute.
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On June 23, 2022, telephone conversations were leaked, where the Prosecutor asked Emilio Lozoya Thalmann, father of Emilio Lozoya Austin, former director of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), to withdraw from an injunction while they were negotiating the criteria of opportunity and Javier Coello Trejo pressured him to have his son Emilio change his lawyer at the time.
In the case of Lozoya Austin, the FGR did not make substantial progress in obtaining sentences in the case of alleged case of corruption by the construction company Odebrecht against Mexican officials during political campaigns.
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On April 22, 2022, according to Mexicans Against Corruption, Julio Scherer, former legal advisor to the Presidency, filed a complaint against Gertz Manero for the crimes of influence peddling and criminal association.
Scherer stated that, in October 2021, the Prosecutor asked him to request before the Judicial Branch of the Federation (PJF) that The protections promoted by Laura Morán and Alejandra Cuevas were denied and Scherer opposed.
On February 10, 2020 at the conference of the then President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, The Prosecutor delivered a check for two billion pesos to the then head of the Institute to Return Stolen Things to the People (Indep), Ricardo Rodríguez Vargas.
This is a case that was being investigated and that these funds will be used to pay for the raffle prizes related to the presidential plane. In February 2022, that amount returned to Infonavit, to which it belonged since it was obtained as part of reparation for damage to the Institute.
On April 29, 2025, Gertz Manero indicated that the Izaguirre ranch in Jalisco was used as a recruitment and training center by the Nueva Generación Cartel. and that there was not a single piece of evidence that could prove that it was a cremation place.
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