Federal Police (Mexico)
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Federal Police Policía Federal |
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| Abbreviation | PF | ||||
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| Formed | June 2, 1928 | ||||
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| Employees | 40,500 + (2009) | ||||
| Annual budget | US$34.6 billion (2010) | ||||
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency | ||||
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| Federal agency | Mexico | ||||
| Governing body | Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico) | ||||
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| Headquarters | Mexico City | ||||
| Agency executive | Manelich Castilla Craviotto, General Commissioner | ||||
| Parent agency | Secretariat of the Interior | ||||
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| Anniversary | Federal Police Day, June 2 |
The Federal Police (Spanish: Policía Federal, PF), formerly known as the Policía Federal Preventiva (Federal Preventive Police), is a Mexican police force under the authority of the Secretariat of the Interior. They are sometimes referred to by the slang term "Federales". Typically, agents of the Federal Police are heavily armed and wear dark blue, black, or gray combat fatigues.
The Federal Preventive Police was created by the merger of four other federal organizations in 1998 and 1999 in order to better co-ordinate the fight against the growing threat of drug cartels. The agency merged the Federal Highway Police, the Fiscal Police, an Interior Ministry intelligence unit called the Investigation and National Security Center, and military personnel transferred en masse from the Mexican army's 3rd Military Police Brigade.
On account of its heavily armed agents, its culture, and its origins, the Federal Police as a whole may be considered a gendarmerie. However, two of the seven "divisions" (i.e. branches of service) of the Federal Police have particularly military characteristics: The Federal Forces Division and the National Gendarmerie Division. The National Gendarmerie Division was created in 2014, and is legally defined as a military force within the Federal Police.
There is an investigation division within the Federal Police. Investigation of federal crimes can also be handled by the Ministerial Federal Police directed by the Attorney General of Mexico.
On May 29, 2009, the Federal Preventive Police name was changed to Federal Police, and some duties were added to it. The Federal Police was created as the main Federal Preventive Police in 1999 by the initiative of President Ernesto Zedillo (1994–2000) to prevent and combat and to enforce the law that drugs will not run around on Mexico's streets. The PF has been assuming its authority in stages over time, as its budget has grown and it has combined and reorganized police departments from major agencies such as those for migration, treasury, and highways. Many large bus stations and airports in Mexico are assigned a PF detachment.
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