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Tamaulipas State Guard Guardia Estatal de Tamaulipas | |
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Common name | Tamaulipas Force |
Abbreviation | SSPT |
Agency overview | |
Employees | ~5,000 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | MEX |
Location of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico | |
Size | 80,249km2 |
Population | 3,527,735 (2020) |
Legal jurisdiction | Tamaulipas |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas |
Parent agency | Secretaría Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas |
Website | |
Official Site(In spanish) |
The Tamaulipas State Guard (Spanish: Guardia Estatal de Tamaulipas), also known as the Tamaulipas Force (Spanish: Fuerza Tamaulipas), is a state agency of law enforcement in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It operates public safety services. It is a division of the Secretariat of Public Safety of Tamaulipas (Spanish: Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Tamaulipas).
Police academy
The state police academy is located in Colonia Benito Juárez in Ciudad Victoria.
Prisons
The agency operates the state of Tamaulipas's prisons for adults. Each is called a "Centro de Rehabilitacion Social" (CERESO, "Social Rehabilitation Center"). As of 2010 the state has eight prisons with almost 8,000 prisoners. 25% of the prisoners faced federal charges.
The prisons include:
- CERESO Altamira
- CERESO Mante
- CERESO Matamoros II - 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Matamoros
- CERESO Miguel Alemán
- CERESO Nuevo Laredo II
- CERESO Reynosa
- CERESO Tula
- CERESO Victoria
Gallery
References
- "México en cifras". January 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- "Academia Estatal de Policía Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine." Tamaulipas Secretariat of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ^ Negrete Lares, Angeles. "Prison director replaced following Matamoros jailbreak." The Brownsville Herald. January 1, 2003. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- Althaus, Dudley. "85 escape prison in border city." Houston Chronicle. September 11, 2010. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ^ "sria_seg_pub.pdf." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ^ "Población en los Centros de Ejecución de Sanciones del Estado Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine." Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
External links
- Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety (in Spanish)
- CNN Wire Staff. "Officials: At least 141 inmates escape from Mexican prison." CNN. December 18, 2010.
- Former Tamaulipas State Police website - Archived version