Federal Police (Mexico)

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The Federal Police (Spanish: Policía Federal, PF), formerly known as Federal Preventive Police (Spanish: Policía Federal Preventiva) and sometimes referred to as Federales in the United States, was a Mexican national police force formed in 1999. It operated under the authority of Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection. In 2019, it was incorporated into the National Guard. The Federal Police was formed through the merger of four previously independent federal police agencies — the Federal Highway Police, the Fiscal Police, the Investigation and National Security Center, and the Mexican Army's 3rd Military Police Brigade — and was initially referred to as the Federal Preventive Police. Throughout its 20-year existence, the Federal Police was dogged by allegations of widespread corruption and abuse allegations which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said influenced his administration's decision to disband the force. Since its disbandment, two high-ranking commanders have been arrested...

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