Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional

Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional
Official Seal of the CISEN
Agency overview
Formed	September 18, 1947; 64 years ago (1947-09-18)
Preceding agency	Dirección Federal de Seguridad[1]
Headquarters	Centro del Cisen Camino Real a Contreras No. 35, Col. La Concepción, Ciudad de México, D.F.
Employees	2700
Annual budget	90.7 millon dollars
Agency executive	Alejandro Poiré Romero[2], Director
Parent agency	Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)
Website
cisen.gob.mx

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro_de_Investigaci%C3%B3n_y_Seguridad_Nacional
2. ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro_de_Investigaci%C3%B3n_y_Seguridad_Nacional#Directores_del_CISEN

External links

• (Spanish) Official website

Coordinates: 19°18′14″N 99°14′10″W / 19.304°N 99.236°W / 19.304; -99.236