Federales
Federal police, capitalized
Federales is the informal Spanish term for Mexican federal police or law enforcement agents, used widely in English when discussing Mexican crime, drug trafficking, or border issues.
The term appears frequently in news coverage, crime fiction, and discussions of cartel activity.
The federales set up checkpoints along the highway.
In casual American usage, it sometimes refers loosely to any Mexican police, though it properly designates only federal-level officers.
Mexican guerrilla leader
- Emiliano ZapataAgrarian reform martyr
- guerrillasIrregular combatants, unconventional warfare
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
Civil law enforcement
- agentsThose who act for others
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- raidSudden armed incursion
- arrestSeize by law
badge · investigation · narcotics · squad · tactical · undercover · uniform · checkpoint
Mexican state, Pacific coast
- GuadalajaraMexican state capital
- TijuanaMexican border city
- JuárezNorthern Mexican border city
- plazaPublic open square
capos · sicarios · marihuana · shootout · kingpin · extradition · turf
Capital of its nation
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
mandate · sovereignty · authority · governance · regulation · oversight
Pancho Villa
Mexican guerrilla leader
- Emiliano ZapataAgrarian reform martyr
- guerrillasIrregular combatants, unconventional warfare
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
police
Civil law enforcement
arrest · badge · investigation · narcotics · squad · tactical · undercover · uniform · checkpoint · roadblock
Sinaloa
Mexican state, Pacific coast
- GuadalajaraMexican state capital
- TijuanaMexican border city
- JuárezNorthern Mexican border city
plaza · capos · sicarios · marihuana · shootout · kingpin · extradition · turf
Mexico City
Capital of its nation
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- executiveSenior organizational leader
jurisdiction · mandate · sovereignty · authority · governance · regulation · oversight
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
Federalesstate police
Regional law enforcement agency
municipal police · city police · beat cops · neighborhood watch · neighborhood patrol
- federal powersCentral government's legal authority
- federal governmentCentralized national ruling body
- federal jurisdictionLegal domain of central government
- federal agentNational law enforcement officer
- Federal Reserve SystemUS central banking system
- federal crimeViolation of national statutes