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Resolution by which the permanent Armed Force is available to carry out public security tasks.

11 May 2020 /

On May 11, 2020, the Ministry of National Defense ("SEDENA") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the Resolution by which the permanent Armed Force is available to carry out public security tasks in an extraordinary, regulated, supervised, subordinated and complementary way (the "Resolution")

On May 11, 2020, the Ministry of National Defense ("SEDENA") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the Resolution by which the permanent Armed Force is available to carry out public security tasks in an extraordinary, regulated, supervised, subordinated and complementary way (the "Resolution"), highlighting the following points:  

  • The head of the Federal Executive ordered the permanent Armed Force to participate in an extraordinary, regulated, supervised, subordinated and complementary way with the National Guard in its public security functions, during the time the National Guard develops its structure, capacities and territorial implementation, setting as a limit of those attributions March 27, 2024.


  • The permanent Armed Force, in compliance with the provisions of the Resolution, shall collaborate, on an interim basis, with certain functions provided for in the National Guard Law, such as (i) assist in the prevention of crimes and administrative offences, (ii) make arrests or seizure of property related to criminal acts, (iii) participate with other federal, local or municipal authorities in joint operations, among others.
  • The Resolution establishes that the tasks performed by the permanent Armed Force during the aforementioned period shall be under the supervision and control of the internal control body of the corresponding government unit.


  • Finally, the Resolution establishes that the permanent Armed Force shall be governed at all times with strict respect to  human rights established in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and shall observe the National Law on the Use of Force and other regulations on the subject.     

For more information, please consult the following link:

https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detall...  

For any questions or information associated with the publication of the above-mentioned Resolution, please contact our lawyers:  

Carlos Antonio Flores Flores

Partner

cflores@rdabogados.com.mx  

Guillermo Federico Manning Martínez

Partner

gmanning@rdabogados.com.mx

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