Alejandro Máynez (born Armando Martínez; c. 1970s) is a Mexican alleged serial killer and fugitive.
[1] Along with Ana Benavides[2] and Melchor Máynez,[3] he killed at least two women in Ciudad Juárez, but he is believed to be responsible for 50 victims in all.
During the 1970s, he was adopted by Guillermo Máynez, a Chihuahua business entrepreneur and owner of approximately 20 bars and nightclubs in Juárez, and his family, who gave him his surname and changed his name to Alejandro.
[2] During the 1980s and 1990s, Alejandro and Melchor, cousins, joined a gang of drug and jewelry traffickers that smuggled contraband into the United States.
[5] Earlier, in 1995, Abdul Latif Sharif was arrested and faced charges for tens of femicides; he claimed to be innocent and accused Máynez of being the true "Juárez Ripper".