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27-447: It was founded in 1824 as an agricultural colony. The government of Martín Rodríguez worked with William Parish Robertson to settle 500 Scottish immigrants in the town in the 1820s. It has an area of 22.57 km (8.71 sq mi) and a population of 109,644 inhabitants (2001 census [ INDEC ] ). Named for the Pago de Monte Grande founded by a Spanish Empire Conquistador ,

54-591: A superintendente , a less common word in Spanish. Both superintendente and the much more common Spanish word comisario normally translate into English as superintendent, which creates some translation problems when discussing Argentine police services. Training for all serving agents of the service is done by the following institutions: Aside from its former stations in Buenos Aires, it maintains provincial stations in select capital cities and several towns of

81-635: A university specializing in criminology , is associated with Interpol , and participates in special forces training programs at the Los Angeles Police Department . In January 2017, most of the Federal Police agents serving in the city of Buenos Aires were transferred to a new local law enforcement agency, the Buenos Aires City Police . The new agency took over the local policing responsibilities in

108-777: A second division was constituted in Rosario . In the next year the Buenos Aires group was formed. The unit was established under the denomination of Special Combat Teams in 1978, when Argentina hosted the Football World Cup . Ten years later, in 1988, the division changed its name to Police Operations Group and officially became the premier counter-terrorism team of the Federal Police . Officer Ranks (in descending order) Sub-Officer Ranks (in descending order) The Dirección General de Aviación Federal

135-628: A short-lived mutiny against the government that cost him the exile. He was succeeded in his post in 1824 by Juan Gregorio de las Heras , and returned to military duty. Rodríguez took part in the suppression of indigenous raids , and headed the Observation Army during the Cisplatine War , from 1825 to 1827. Rodríguez returned to Buenos Aires, and later became an opponent of Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas , joining Unitarian League leader José María Paz in an 1841-42 rebellion against

162-679: A unit of Hussars , Rodríguez organized the militias that menaced a political meeting in April 1811, in an attempt to support Cornelio Saavedra . As a result of this, Rodríguez was temporarily imprisoned in San Juan, Argentina . The following year Rodríguez intervened in the Battle of Salta . He was chief of the general staff of the Army of the North , and later acted as the president of Charcas . Rejoining

189-596: Is the national civil police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country. Until January 1, 2017, it also acted as the local law enforcement agency in the capital, Buenos Aires . The history of this police force can be traced to 1580, when the founder of Buenos Aires, Captain Juan de Garay , established a local militia for defense against potential Native American raids. The Policía de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Police) operated for

216-705: The 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution , whose article 129 granted the City of Buenos Aires greater self-governance. This in principle included the transfer of control of the 25,000-strong Federal Police to the Jefe de Gobierno (elected Mayor), and the Buenos Aires City Legislature . Shortly before the historic, June 30, 1996, elections to these posts, however, a senior Peronist Senator , Antonio Cafiero , succeeded in limiting

243-649: The Federalist regime. The uprising failed, however, and Rodríguez was exiled to Montevideo , Uruguay , where he died in 1845. He was interred in La Recoleta Cemetery . The city of General Rodríguez , west of Buenos Aires, was named in his honor upon its establishment in 1878. Argentine Federal Police 34°36′47″S 58°23′17″W  /  34.61306°S 58.38806°W  / -34.61306; -58.38806 The Argentine Federal Police ( Spanish : Policía Federal Argentina or PFA )

270-606: The March 1976 coup , when the force participated in the abduction, torture and murder of thousands of dissidents and others. It was only with the 1983 presidential elections (and the return to democratic rule) that the FP began restoring its prestige and its relations with the Argentine people, especially with the 1986 appointment of Juan Angel Pirker as police commissioner general. The 1993 Olivos Pact between President Carlos Menem and his predecessor, UCR leader Raúl Alfonsín resulted in

297-639: The Provinces of Argentina . The FFS also doubles as the state fire service as well. The GEOF is a specialized police unit of the General Directorate of International Terrorism and Complex Crimes. Although the existence of special forces in Argentina begins in 1930, the unit was officially created after the 1994 AMIA bombing . In 1994 its first section was established in Tucumán and in 1997

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324-457: The UCR sought to bring about reforms to the undemocratic electoral system , led to the appointment of a conservative congressman, retired Col. Ramón Falcón , to the post of chief of police; Falcón's repressive tenure ended with his 1909 assassination. The current entity resulted from an initiative by the chief of police, Col. Emilio Ramírez, assisted by LTCOL Enrique Fentanes . A panel convened by

351-576: The Bon Marché market. Esteban Echeverría Partido was established in 1913, with Monte Grande as its county seat. A number of meat packing plants operated here during much of the 20th century, though these eventually closed. A Coca-Cola bottling plant and the Sofía Santamarina Hospital thus became two of the largest employers in the city, which became a bedroom community with a services-oriented economy. In Monte Grande, there

378-550: The PFA, when the calculating populist had Alberto Villar named as chief at the behest of adviser José López Rega . Villar was a member of López Rega's newly organized paramilitary group, the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance , and Villar's participation in spiraling violence between the group and those on the far left led to his assassination in 1974. The institution's prestige was further damaged following

405-891: The capital city. The PFA is subordinate to the Ministry of Security . The organization is headed by the Chief of the PFA, the Comisario General Juan Carlos Hernández, assisted by the Deputy Chief of the PFA, Comisario General Osvaldo Mato. The PFA's headquarters, known as the Departamento Central de Policía , is located at 1650 Moreno Street, in the Montserrat section of Buenos Aires. The over 12,000 m (128,000 ft²) resulted from an 1868 proposal for its construction, which

432-437: The city's autonomy by advancing National Law 24.588, which reserved control of the force, among other faculties, to the national government . The controversial bill, signed in 1996 by President Menem, remained a sticking point between successive Presidents (most of whom have been Peronist) and Buenos Aires Mayors (none of whom have been). A 2005 agreement on principles between Mayor Aníbal Ibarra and President Néstor Kirchner

459-831: The estate until 1806. He then took part in the resistance to the British invasions of the Río de la Plata , during the Napoleonic Wars and later played an important role in the events of the May Revolution of 1810. Upon the establishment of the First Junta which resulted, he was sent to the province of Entre Ríos to support the activities of Manuel Belgrano in the Paraguay campaign . He married Manuela Carrasco in 1810, and they had 14 children. Later, as colonel of

486-636: The first three hundred years up to 1880, when the Federalization of Buenos Aires resulted in the creation of the Policía de la Capital (Police of the Capital). Incidents of social unrest in subsequent years helped prompt the Fraga Law in 1904, which provided for the inclusion of neighborhood representatives as commissioners in their respective precincts. The failed Revolution of 1905 , by which

513-584: The national executive increasingly made the force a political instrument during the country's often authoritarian regimes. General Juan Carlos Onganía , president after a 1966 coup, named a Federal Police director, Luis Margaride, who shared his distaste for modern culture, resulting in crusades against nightclubs, long hair, and miniskirts. Facing a government policy backdrop such as this, numerous avant-garde artists (and others, particularly in academia ) left Argentina, many never to return. The return of exiled President Juan Perón in 1973 resulted in conflict with

540-465: The police chief presented its findings to support the establishment of the Federal Police on November 8, 1943, and on December 24, Decree 17.750 was signed by President Pedro Pablo Ramírez (the father of the chief of police). The new force did not immediately replace the Capital Police, but was instead transferred duties under the latter's purview incrementally. The first important such transfer

567-486: The town initially grew around tala and ombú forests, to which vineyards and peach trees were later added. The Sociedad Coni, Sansinena y Cía., prominent Avellaneda -area saladero operators, purchased the land from the Fair family in 1889; Governor Máximo Paz signed a bill establishing Monte Grande on April 3 of that year. Among Monte Grande's first significant businesses were kiln opened by Coni & Sansinena, and

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594-541: The troops, he participated in the defeats of Venta and Media and in the Battle of Sipe-Sipe . Following months of political anarchy resulting from the collapse of the Argentine Constitution of 1819 , Rodríguez was named Governor of Buenos Aires Province in September 1820. He appointed Bernardino Rivadavia as Minister of State and undertook a series of reforms. He enacted land reform , promoting

621-740: The use of fallow lands, limited the power of the Church , the police and of the military , restored relations with Northeastern Caudillo Estanislao López , and founded the city of Tandil , the nation's first Natural Sciences Museum the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires and the University of Buenos Aires , among other public institutions. This reforms faced a strong opposition from clerics, like Francisco de Paula Castañeda , or conservative politicians, like Gregorio García de Tagle. The latter led

648-484: Was an oversea telegraphy radio station . This article about a place in Buenos Aires Province , Argentina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mart%C3%ADn Rodr%C3%ADguez (politician) Martín Rodríguez (4 July 1771 – 5 March 1845) was an Argentine politician and soldier. Born in Buenos Aires to Rufina and Fermín Rodríguez, he inherited a ranch and managed

675-489: Was followed by the modification of the especially contentious article 7, which denied the city its own, local police force, in 2007 - though the "Cafiero Law" otherwise remains in force. Efforts since 2007 by Mayor Mauricio Macri to declare it unconstitutional have thus far failed, and though the Mayor inaugurated a Metropolitan Police, issues of revenue sharing for its financing remain pending. The PFA, since 1974, maintains

702-598: Was the February 7, 1944, assignment as the Presidential Guard of the Casa Rosada , and on March 10, the process of unifying the two forces was initiated by decree, concluding officially on January 1, 1945. The Federal Police changed slowly in its organizational structure in subsequent decades. Initially maintaining 45 precincts, it added five in 1946, two in 1976, and a 53rd in 1999. Its subordinate role to

729-445: Was ultimately approved in 1884. Designed by Juan Antonio Buschiazzo , and engineered by Francesco Tamburini , the ornate headquarters is an eclectic structure with influences from Baroque architecture , and features a number of patios , notably the central, Palm Tree Patio. Argentine Passports were issued to local residents at this location until 1996. The organization of the PFA is as follows: Superintendencies are commanded by

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