Dirección Federal de Seguridad

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The Dirección Federal de Seguridad ('Federal Security Directorate', DFS), known commonly as the "secret police", was the Mexican intelligence agency commanded by the Secretariat of Governance created in 1947 by the president Miguel Alemán Valdés, with the assistance of U.S. intelligence agencies (namely the CIA) as part of the Truman Doctrine of Soviet Containment during the Cold War, with the official duty of preserving the internal stability of Mexico against all forms of subversion and terrorist threats. The agency was used by the Mexican government to spy political opposition and commit human rights violations during what is called the Mexican Dirty War. It was dissolved in 1985 following the uncovering of its involvement in the torture and murder of Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, succeeded by the General Directorate of Investigation and National Security (Dirección General de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional), which later was renamed as the National Security and Investigation Centre (Centro...

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