Mexican Police

Can anyone elucidate on the organisation and uniforms of the Mexican Police forces

Hi Sean, law enforcement in Mexico is pretty complicated and in many ways is similar to the US:

Federal:
- Federal Preventive Police/Policia Federal Preventiva (uniformed federal gendarmerie type force - wear dark blue BDU uniforms)
- Federal Investigations Agency/Agencia Federal de Investigación (Mexico's version of the US FBI - do not wear uniforms but have jackets, baseball caps, ballistic vests, etc that say "AFI")
- Mexican Customs/Audana (I have absolutely no details on them)
- Policia Frontera (Mexico's border patrol - I believe they wear green uniforms kinda like the US Border Patrol)

Federal District of Mexico City:
- Federal District Preventive Police
- Federal District Judicial Police

State: (in each of Mexico's 31 states)
- State Preventive Police
- State Judicial Police

Municipal:
- Municipal Police called Policia Municipal

I really dont know much about them, its next to impossible to find any details on uniforms, rank insignia, etc for the Mexican police.

Yes, I have heard they are complex organisations.
And also difficult to get info on.
Here's one from the early part of the last century
http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/22/09/10/pol1210.gif
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