federales
Mexican federal agents
Federales is Spanish for federal police or federal agents, borrowed into English primarily in the context of Mexican law enforcement.
The word appears in crime narratives, border stories, and discussions of drug trafficking: The federales set up checkpoints along the highway.
In American usage, it sometimes refers loosely to any federal agents, including U.S. ones, often with a slightly ironic or dramatic tone.
Mexican police
Mexican state, Pacific coast
US federal agents
Federal narcotics agency
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- ATFFirearms oversight agency
- ICEImmigration enforcement bureau
- Homeland SecurityFederal domestic protection agency
Sinaloa
Mexican state, Pacific coast
convoy · plaza · comandante · checkpoints
control
Authority to direct
Zapata
Mexican agrarian revolutionary
- VillaProper noun, various uses
DEA
Federal narcotics agency
- 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
federal, federalism, federally, federalize, federalized, federalizes, federalizing, federals, federalization