El Universal

[Scofield]

National gendarmerie created, new intelligence agency unveiled

Cuidad de Mexico, September XX, 20XX
Written by Michele Weatherly

Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio announced the formal establishment of Mexico's long-proposed national gendarmerie. The Mexican Civil Guard (Guardia Civil Mejicana, GCM) will be tasked with a wide range of tasks and responsibilities in rural and border areas, such as providing security, guarding airports and ports, manning customs and ports of entry, combating crime and terrorism in rural areas, functioning as bomb squads, and gathering intelligence and counterintelligence, and specialized operations such as search-and-rescue in difficult terrain, among with many others.

To alleviate concerns about functional and operational redundancy, the GCM will have plenary jurisdiction in rural areas, defined as small towns, suburbs, and villages, while the Federal Police will have jurisdiction in urban areas such as major cities and large towns. A strict employment qualification and evaluation system will be instituted in both organizations as to improve efficiency and reduce corruption; an oversight committee would be likewise established to improve inter-agency communication and coordination.

Furthermore, Secretary Osorio stated that the Executive Branch is moving toward a plan to create a centralized intelligence agency purported to be called the National Intelligence Center (Centro de Inteligencia Nacional, CIN). The agency, Osorio stated, "would consolidate intelligence collected by a myriad of Mexico's security and military organizations and institutions into a centralized processing hub, in order to improve efficiency in the ongoing fight against crime." As for the question of authority, the Secretary stated the agency would be headed by a Director-General and will report to the Center for Research and National Security (Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional, CISEN). As with the Federal Police and GCM, employment evaluations will be instituted, and oversight committees established to foster improved inter-agency cooperation.

On a somewhat related note, the Commerce Polices in the Metropolitan Districts will be renamed Metropolitan Guards (Guardia Metropolitana, GM) in order to remove negative connotations associated with the word 'Commerce'.

[Scofield]

The Mexican government would contact the American Commonwealth and the Principality of Tikal through secure channels and request them to take over the country as a protectorate. No reasons were given to any inquiries.

Edited October 4, 2013 by Scofield

[Lynneth]

Though contact with Mexico had been scarce, what relations had been established were considered cordial by Tikal's rulers. The Mexican request would be granted, Tikal sending three divisions into the wavering nation, though they would at most move into the Michoacán, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo and Veracruz states, leaving everything northwest of these to the Commonwealth.

The Commonwealth would be notified of these regions becoming a Tikal protectorate with no joint-administration of all of Mexico being desired at the time, though possibly pending negotiations.

 

OOC: Brown in this image is what I occupy.

[MostGloriousLeader]

American Commonwealth troops would find themselves policing another fallen nation yet again.  The third in a short period of time.  The requests of the Tikal government would be accepted and honored, with Commonwealth troops proceeding no further than the designated protectorate.