El Fiscal Imperial / The Imperial Prosecutor

NUEVA EDICI N

«Alejandro Gertz Manero no est acostumbrado a que se le cuestione ni critique en sus encargos p blicos. Su personalidad no es la de un negociador. Es un hombre que tiene un extra o gusto por el ejercicio del poder.

Durante el sexenio de Andr s Manuel L pez Obrador, no se logr revertir la tendencia al alza de los ndices de impunidad. Como justificante de ello, oficialmente se acus a la inercia del estado de descomposici n social heredado de las dos anteriores administraciones federales, sin embargo, nunca se prest atenci n ni se se al la escasa actuaci n de la Fiscal a General de la Rep blica (FGR), que es el primer rgano procurador de justicia.

En esta s lida investigaci n period stica, J. Jes s Lemus se ala que el fiscal general de la Rep blica, Alejandro Gertz Manero, se ha dedicado desde sus inicios, cuando comenz a trabajar como inspector y abogado al servicio del Estado, a proteger a sus amistades e intereses personales. Y que como titular de la fiscal a ha seguido haciendo lo que mejor sabe hacer: servir a la clase privilegiada a la que pertenece y mantenerse esquivo a la hora de rendir cuentas. Este libro busca desentra ar las razones por las que hoy la FGR y su titular contin an con la tendencia de impunidad marcada desde el pasado.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

NEW EDITION

"Alejandro Gertz Manero is not accustomed to being questioned or criticized in his public commissions. His personality is not that of a negotiator. He is a man with a peculiar taste for the exercise of power."

During the administration of Andr s Manuel L pez Obrador, the upward trend in impunity rates could not be reversed. Officially, this was blamed on the inertia of social decay inherited from the two previous administrations. However, little attention was given to the limited action--or inaction--of the Office of the Attorney General (FGR), the nation's primary institution for the pursuit of justice.

In this thorough work of investigative journalism, J. Jes s Lemus argues that Alejandro Gertz Manero, Mexico's attorney general, has devoted his career--from his beginnings as inspector and lawyer serving the State--to protecting his friends and personal interests. As the head of the FGR, he has continued to do what he knows best: serve the privileged class to which he belongs while evading accountability. This book seeks to uncover the reasons why both the FGR and its director remain mired in an inherited pattern of persistent impunity.