Alejandra Cuevas case: this Monday the SCJN decides the future of the woman whom Gertz Manero accuses of homicide

This Monday, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) will decide the future of Alejandra Cuevas (69 years old, Mexico City), the woman accused by the Attorney General of the Republic, Alejandro Gertz Manero, of the murder of her brother. Since the 2015 parade of accusations began, a couple of judges and this woman's own defense have shown that the case is full of irregularities that make it inadmissible. The same lawyer who filed the indictment for the first time, Javier Coello Trejo, said it clearly: “The lady who is in prison has nothing to do with the issue.” Even so, she already has 514 days in prison.

The Mexican Court, in an isolated event, attracted the case on the orders of Alejandro Gertz. Although the presiding minister argued that they decided to do so because while it was decided in the courts there was a danger of influences that did not give room to impartiality of justice. Last week an audio was leaked in which Gertz Manero, who already acknowledged the authenticity of the material, pointed out that he had already had access to the Court's draft on the case, trying to put the balance in his favor by finding a way for the woman he points to as the one responsible for the death of his brother Federico, to stay in prison.

Protection is safe, Alonso Cuevas, one of Alejandra's sons, told Infobae in recent days. But her mother's future depends on what kind of protection the Court decides. The ideal, Alonso explained, is the plain one, with which his mother would directly obtain her freedom. But if the one who decides is the amparo that returns to some capital court, the case returns to the beginning. And it was in those instances that, for one thing or another, they extended Alejandra's stay in Santa María Acatitla.

Federico Gertz Manero died in September 2015 because of his deteriorating health. Alejandro has since waged a legal battle against his romantic partner Laura Morán Servín, then 88 years old. In the process, he added his daughters Alejandra and Laura to the accusation. But the last one - worth mentioning is the mother-in-law of the governor of the State of Mexico, Alfredo del Mazo - disappeared from the case.

Homicide for omission of care of Federico, is the cause for which Alejandra was sentenced with a formal prison order, which the Fourth Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City confirmed in February 2021.

The sentence referred to Alejandra as guarantor of Federico, that is, who was in charge of his care. But the only one who played that role was his mother, Laura, who should be noted, according to the terms of Mexican law, was also not in a position to be taken into account as such.

And this was what the Fifth District Judge of Amparo in Criminal Matters in Mexico City considered it in mid-September, for which she granted her an amparo that rendered the arrest warrant against her and her mother ineffective. But before the end of that month, the Attorney General's Office (FGR), led by Alejandro Gertz Manero, challenged the amparo.

Then three magistrates of the First Collegiate Criminal Court of the First Circuit of Mexico City were going to decide whether the appeal proceeded or not. For practical purposes, there was a high possibility that Alejandra Cuevas would then regain her freedom... until in an unexpected turn, in her capacity as prosecutor, Gertz Manero asked to be lured by the Supreme Court.

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