Federal Police (Mexico)

The Federal Police ( Policía Federal spanish, short PF ) is a police order THE SERVICE organ of government in Mexico, which is subordinated directly to the Secretaría de Seguridad today Pública (SSP).

History and tasks

Founded as Policía Federal Preventiva

The PF was established in December 1998 as the Policía Federal Preventiva (PFP, dt: Federal Police ) composed under President Ernesto Zedillo with the aim of maintaining the internal security of military and police components of the federal and legitimized in January 1999. Approx. 5000 men came from the area of the military, especially from the 3rd brigade of the military police. (German: federal immigration police) On the police side of the Policía Federal de Migración went with about 1,500 officials and the Policía Federal de Caminos y Puerto (German: Federal Police for roads and ports ) with about 4,000 officials in the PFP on. The Policía Fiscal Federal ( German: Federal Financial Police ) and the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Mexican intelligence agency Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional were incorporated.

The tasks of the PFP passed, and others in:

  • Preservation of freedoms, public order and the public peace
  • Combat and prevent crimes that are sanctioned by federal laws
  • Protection and control of eg boundaries, customs stations, roads, airports and seaports, communication facilities, Federal facilities
  • To request assistance from other security forces during disasters, riots or other emergencies
  • Procurement, storage and analysis of information to combat crime.

The jurisdiction of the PFP was mainly in the prevention of crime, less in their education. (German: Federal investigative authority ) for the prosecution of crime, the Agencia Federal de Investigación was responsible.

The Policía Federal Preventiva was structured military, as many members came from the armed forces, found military mindsets and values ​​input.

Restructuring the Policía Federal

The Policía Federal Preventative Police should various units that had previously belonged to different ministries, unite with each other. This project was, however, considered even by the chief of police of the PFP, José Luis Figueroa Cuevas as a failure, mainly because of rivalries between the members of the various predecessor organizations. The PFP was affected by corruption and rights abuses.

As a result, the PFP was incorporated in 2009 with the Agencia Federal de Investigación and renamed Policía Federal. Consequently, only leaving a police organization at the federal level. The remit has been extended accordingly to investigative duties. Along with the military takes the Policía Federal in the drug war in Mexico part.

Structure

The Policía Federal consists of the following departments:

  • División Antidrogas: combating drug-related crime
  • División Científica: scientific- technical department
  • División de Fuerzas Federales: Department of the forces
  • División de Inteligencia: Center for Enlightenment
  • División de Investigación: Investigation Department
  • División de Seguridad Regional: observation of the state of public safety
  • Secretaría General: General Secretariat
  • Unidad de Asuntos Internos: Unit for Internal Affairs

2010 included the Policía Federal at about 35,000 officers. A Comisionado General ( General Manager ), which is used directly by the President of Mexico, heads with wide-ranging powers the institution. Maribel Cervantes Guerrero broke off in February 2012 Facundo Rosas Rosas, who has held the post since 2009.

Criticism

Corruption, links to organized crime, illegal enrichment and unjustified use of force set in the Mexican police generally represents a big problem too, the freedom of action and the stakes of the PF or PFP were repeatedly criticized in the past because it partly resulted in significant human rights violations. 2003 2200 officials from the PFP eliminated because they were accused of criminal offenses. After the inauguration of President Felipe Calderón in 2006, inter alia, all 34 regional commander of the PFP were removed from service. 2010, 4600 officers of the Policía Federal dismissed for corruption, which corresponded to 13 % of the total strength.

The military component is controversial, since, according to Article 129 of the state constitution, the use of military inside the peace is prohibited.

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