SEIDO
| Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime Subprocuraduría Especializada en investigación de Delincuencia Organizada | |
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| Abbreviation | SEIDO |
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| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | Mexico |
| Operations jurisdiction | Mexico |
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| Operational structure | |
| Parent agency | Attorney General of México |
| Website | |
| http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Paginas/default.aspx | |
The Deputy Attorney General's Office for Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime (Spanish: Subprocuraduría Especializada en Investigación de Delincuencia Organizada, SEIDO) is the organized crime investigatory division of Mexico's Attorney General's Office.
History and Organization
SEIDO was formed in the wake of a 2003 scandal that found agents in the Attorney General's anti-narcotics prosecution office, FEADS, actively working for or protecting Mexican drug cartels.[1] As a result, SEIDO was formed with 117 agents whose backgrounds and psychological profiles were intensely researched, in the hope that agents prone to cartel corruption would be weeded out before they could enter the force.[2]
In October 2012, the organization changed its name from SIEDO to SEIDO.[3]
References
- ^ Mexico disbands anti-drugs force in drive against corruption, Reuters, January 2003
- ^ But Will They Get it Right?, Border Reporter, May 2009
- ^ Mosso, Ruben (17 October 2012). "Se convierte SIEDO en SEIDO". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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