Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional
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Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional (National Security and Investigation Center, CISEN) is a Mexican
intelligence agency
controlled by the Office of Coordination of the Presidency. CISEN was established in 1989 after its predecessors ceased to operate. The Army, Navy and Air Force maintain intelligence agencies dedicated to help the respective branches of the military body.
Formally, CISEN has the function of articulating the national intelligence, being comparable to the current CIA or the Soviet KGB, keeping proper proportions. Although its main function is to counter espionage and provide analysis of strategic information, in the past it had a role to suppress dangerous opposition groups at an international level.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
intelligence agency
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
controlled by the Office of Coordination of the Presidency. CISEN was established in 1989 after its predecessors ceased to operate. The Army, Navy and Air Force maintain intelligence agencies dedicated to help the respective branches of the military body.
Formally, CISEN has the function of articulating the national intelligence, being comparable to the current CIA or the Soviet KGB, keeping proper proportions. Although its main function is to counter espionage and provide analysis of strategic information, in the past it had a role to suppress dangerous opposition groups at an international level.