Mexico City.- The Attorney General, Alejandro Gertz, 83 years old, has not been to his office since the last fortnight of December last year because, according to relatives, he underwent prostate surgery in the United States. He has been convalescing in his house since the second week of this year. According to sources, from there he issues official instructions.
AMLO said yesterday morning that Gertz “is very well” but “as we all sometimes need some repair.”
“Alejandro Gertz Manero is very well, he is doing his job. Well, like everyone, we sometimes need some repair, right? But he is very good. And he is a good person, a good public servant and he is working,” he replied.
Juan Ramos López, Specialized Prosecutor for Jurisdictional Control, was in charge of the FGR during the absence of Gertz Manero.
Gertz is expected to return to his office in the Glorieta de Insurgentes in a few days.
The first two Mondays of this year the meetings that Gertz holds weekly with the heads of the different FGR prosecutors did not take place.
Nor was he present at the North American Summit, held last week in Mexico City. In fact, he was the only member of the cabinet who was not present at the bilateral and trilateral meetings, despite the fact that he was included in the agenda and that of his US counterpart Merrick Garland attended.
Regarding his absence, last week the Secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, explained that Gertz was not present at the summit “because he was not notified in time” and had other commitments. He did not say the prosecutor was in the United States recovering from surgery.
Gertz is close to turning 84 and his term as head of the FGR will end until 2028. By then, he will be 90 years old.
