Hernán GOMEZ BRUERA

During 2025, Mexican journalist and political analyst Hernán Gómez Bruera continue facing judicial harassment and threats following the publication of his books Traición en Palacio (Grijalbo, 2023) and El ministro del poder: un infiltrado en la 4T (The Minister of Power: An Infiltrator in the Fourth Transformation (Grijalbo, 2025). These works allege instances of corruption and influence-peddling within the Mexican judiciary and Supreme Court.  

During the launch event for the second book on 20 May 2025, the author publicly denounced judicial harassment from the former legal adviser to the Mexican Presidency, Julio Scherer Ibarra, and other judicial authorities, aimed at preventing the book’s publication and promotion. Despite ongoing legal proceedings, threats and intimidation, the book was published. 

At the event, Gómez Bruera stated that he and Penguin Random House Mexico were facing three lawsuits -- two civil and one criminal -- which he believed was part of a broader strategy to suppress publication and limit his journalistic work.  

Hernán Gómez Bruera faced a previous defamation suit in relation to his 2023 book, Traición en Palacio: El negocio de la justicia en la 4T (Betrayal in the Palace: The Business of Justice in the Fourth Transformation).  

Hernán Gómez Bruera (1976) is a political analyst, academic, and investigative journalist specialising in corruption within Mexico’s justice system. He has been a columnist for newspapers such as El Universal, The New York Times, Milenio, and La Jornada, among others.