The Federal Ministerial Police ( Spanish : Policía Federal Ministerial , PFM ) is a Mexican federal agency tasked with fighting corruption and organized crime, through an executive order by President Felipe Calderón . The agency is directed by the Attorney General's Office (FGR) and may have been partly modeled on the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. PFM agents in action often wear masks to prevent themselves from being identified by gang leaders. PFM agents are uniformed when carrying out raids.
8-427: "Street-level" uniformed federal police patrols and transport terminal security are handled by the service personnel of the National Guard . It was formed in 2009 as a reform and renaming of the Federal Investigative Agency (Agencia Federal de Investigación or AFI) which had replaced an earlier agency, the Federal Judicial Police . Some agents of the Federal Investigations Agency were believed to work as enforcers for
16-563: A plan to create the National Guard under control of the Mexican Armed Forces which would be in charge of "preventing and combating crime". López Obrador stated that the new National Guard would be critical to solving Mexico's ongoing security crisis. On 28 February, Congress voted to approve a 60,000-member national guard. On 27 May 2019, the law regulating the National Guard entered into force. On 30 June 2019,
24-556: The Mexican Congress transferred command of the National Guard to the Secretariat of National Defense . The National Guard was launched by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2019. It has since played a major part in intensifying the enforcement of immigration policy. Before becoming president, López Obrador campaigned on a promise to take the military off the streets. Shortly after assuming office, he released
32-636: The Sinaloa Cartel . The Attorney General's Office reported in December 2005 that 1,500 of 7,000 AFI agents — nearly 25% of the force — were under investigation for suspected criminal activity and 457 were facing charges. In November 2008, Rodolfo de la Guardia García, the No. 2 official in the AFI from 2003 to 2005, was placed under arrest as investigators looked into the possibility that he leaked information to
40-525: The National Guard was officially established. In June 2019, as part of a deal with the United States , Mexico agreed to deploy the newly formed National Guard to its border with Guatemala . While the guard was always intended to enforce immigration policy , it was not intended to do so as soon as announced. A 2019 survey sponsored by The Washington Post and Mexican newspaper Reforma gathered information on public opinion regarding both
48-634: The Sinaloa Cartel in return for monthly payments. On 29 May 2009, the Federal Investigations Agency was restructured and renamed. National Guard (Mexico) The National Guard (Spanish: Guardia Nacional ) is the national gendarmerie of Mexico , created in 2019 by absorbing units and officers from the Federal Police , Military Police , and Naval Police . In 2022, a reform package approved in
56-510: The domestic force. Furthermore, the survey said 51% of Mexicans support utilizing the country's recently formed National Guard to repel migration by illegal immigrants. Legislative acts of Congress assign full control of the National Guard to the Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection , who is in charge of all matters related to the work of the NG in law enforcement and public security, and
64-404: The new National Guard and illegal immigration to Mexico . The survey was conducted from 9 July to 14 July 2019, among 1,200 adults across the country in 100 election districts by way of face-to-face interviews. A 53% majority voiced their trust in the national guard, with two-thirds saying that they would like the national guard to be in their city, whereas 45% report that they feel more safe with
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