| Center for Research and National Security | |
|---|---|
| Official Seal of the CISEN | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | September 18, 1947 |
| Preceding agency | Dirección Federal de Seguridad |
| Headquarters | Centro del Cisen
Camino Real a Contreras No. 35, Col. La Concepción, Ciudad de México, D.F. |
| Employees | 2700 |
| Annual budget | 90.7 millon dollars |
| Agency executive | Jaime Domingo López Buitrón, Director |
| Parent agency | Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) |
| Website | |
| cisen.gob.mx/site/ingles/cisen.htm | |
The Center for Research and National Security[1][2] (Spanish: Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional, "National Security and Investigation Center," CISEN) is a Mexican intelligence agency controlled by the Office of Coordination of the Presidency. CISEN was established in 1989 after its predecessors ceased to operate. The Army, Navy and Air Force maintain intelligence agencies dedicated to help the respective branches of the military body.
Formally, CISEN has the function of articulating the national intelligence, being comparable to the current CIA or the Soviet KGB, keeping proper proportions. Although its main function is to counter espionage and provide analysis of strategic information, in the past it had a role to suppress dangerous opposition groups at an international level.