Federal Investigations Agency

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agencyname = Federal Investigations Agency
nativename = Agencia Federal de Investigación
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abbreviation = AFI
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patchcaption = Shield of the Federal Investigations Agency

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formed = 2001, November 1
preceding1 = Federal Judicial Police
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country = Mexico
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constitution1 = Decree of the Union Executive on 2001, November 1
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headquarters = Mexico (city)
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website = [http://www.pgr.gob.mx/combate%20a%20la%20delincuencia/Agencia%20Federal%20de%20Investigacion/Agencia%20Federal%20de%20Investigacion.asp http://www.pgr.gob.mx/] (Spanish)
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Federal Investigations Agency (Agencia Federal de Investigación, AFI in Spanish) is an elite Mexican federal agency set up on November 1, 2001 to fight corruption and organized crime, through an executive order by Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada. The AFI replaced an earlier agency, the Federal Judicial Police. The agency is directed by the Mexican Attorney General's Office and may have been partly modeled on the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. AFI is differentiated strictly from other Mexican law enforcement agencies to stop possible "contamination" or corruption by older personnel of other government organizations.

AFI agents in action often wear masks to prevent themselves from being identified by gang leaders. While AFI agents are uniformed when carrying out raids, "street-level" uniformed federal police patrols and transport terminal security are handled by the Federal Preventive Police rather than the AFI.

Mexico's public safety secretary, Genaro Garcia Luna, hopes to reform the nation's long-troubled police. Among other steps, he has consolidated several agencies into a Federal Police force of nearly 25,000 [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexcopsbox15-2008sep15,0,3329902.story?track=rss]

Equipment

* IMI Galil
* Heckler & Koch MP5
* AR-15
* M4 Carbine

Helicopters

* Bell 212

External links

* [http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/album215 Pictures of AFI in action]
* [http://www.pgr.gob.mx Attorney General's Office] .

See also

* Federales
* People's Armed Police
* FBI
* Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
* Scotland Yard
* Federal police
* Civil Police (Brazil)

References