C O 5 6 3 5 8 2 31ED U S Department of State Cas KFp -P1P32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 -- SECRET NOFORN ENVELOPE RATCZYUW RUEHMEA0535 2732106-CCCC--RUZDTPW ZNY CCCCC ZZH HEADER R302106Z SEP 11 FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO TO RUEHC SECSTATE WASHDC INFO ALL US CONSULATES IN MEXICO COLLECTIVE WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE RHEHOND DIR ONDCP WASHINGTON DC RELEASE IN PART RHMCSUU DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC 1 4 B B1 B7 E 1 4 D RHMCSUU DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC RHMCSUU HQ USNORTHCOM RHMCSUU HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL IDECONTROLLED RHMCSUU JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC RUEABND DEA HQS WASHINGTON DC RUEABNE EPIC EL PASO TX RUEAORC US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC RUEKJCS SECDEF WASHINGTON DC RUEPTRS DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC RUEPWAI ATF INTEL WASHINGTON DC RUZDFBI FBI WASHINGTON DC BT CONTROLS C O N F I D E N T I A L assified by Director A GIS IPS Acting DoS on 04 29 2016 - Class F NFIDENTIAL Reason 1 4 B 1 4 D - Declassify on 09129 2036 MEXICO 000535 I STATE FOR INL AND WHA MEX TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST FBI DIR FOR LA CU OC DB OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC AO DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR OIA WHB THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE BODY E O 13526 DECL 2021 09 30 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT SSP CHIEF GARCIA LUNA LAYS OUT VISION FOR FEDERAL POLICE IN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR WAYNE CLASSIFIED BY KEITH MINES DIRECTOR DOS NAS REASON 1 4 B D 1 THIS CABLE IS CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY 2 22 C IN AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR WAYNE SEPTEMBER 2011 SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SECURITY GENARO GARCIA LUNA THANKED THE AMBASSADOR FOR THE ASSISTANCE THE U S HAS PROVIDED MEXICO THROUGH THE MERIDA INITIATIVE AND SAID HE VALUES THE VERY CLOSE SECRET NOFORN REVIEW AUTHORITY Alan Flanigan Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State CaseGS W-MENTM32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 I C 0 5 6 3 5 8 2 3 1 ED U S Department of State Cas qp- fPAP32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 SECRET NOFORN COOPERATION THE U S AND MEXICO HAVE DEVELOPED ON SECURITY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS HE REVIEWED THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE SECRETARIAT OF PUBLIC SECURITY SSP SINCE THE HE CALDERON ADMINISTRATION IN 2006 AS IT EVOLVED INTO A FULL SERVICE SECURITY INSTITUTION THAT CAN FILL ONE MAJOR GAP IN MEXICOS SECURITY B1 1 4 B 1 4 D HE BLAMED THE CURRENT WAVE OF VIOLENCE ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS FIRST THE SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN AGAINST DTO LEADERSHIP WHICH HAS LEFT A VOID THAT IS BEING FILLED BY MORE VIOLENT LESS BUSINESS SAVVY CRIMINAL FOOT SOLDIERS WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE SIMPLER BUSINESS LINES OF EXTORTION AND KIDNAPPING SECOND CHANGES IN THE DRUG MARKET ITSELF AND THIRD GANG COMPETITION OVER MEXICO'S OWN GROWING INTERNAL DRUG MARKET GARCIA LUNA ALSO DISCUSSED HIS STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM I END SUMMARY PLATAFORMA MEXICO CENTRAL TO SCIENTIFIC POLICING ------------------------------------------------------------------3 SBU AMBASSADOR WAYNE WAS FIRST GIVEN A TOUR OF THE BUNKER THE NATIONAL COMMAND CENTER RUN BY THE SSP AT THE CONSTITUYENTES FACILITY HE WAS SHOWN HOW THE SSP HAS INTEGRATED ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA BASES INTO PLATAFORMA MEXICO GIVING THE COUNTRY A SINGLE SOURCE FOR MANAGING CRIMINAL INFORMATION I 1 4 D 131 B7 E THANKS FOR MERIDA AND U S ASSISTANCE START OF SECTION 2 STATE FOR INL AND WHA MEX TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST FBI DIR FOR LA CU OC DB OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC AO DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR OIA WHB SECRET NOFORN I UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State CaseMW-0114 tA132 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 C O 5 6 3 5 8 2 T IED U S Department of State Cas qp- -MP32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 i SECRET NOFORN E O 13526 DELL 2021 09 30 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT SSP CHIEF GARCIA LUNA LAYS OUT VISION FOR FEDERAL POLICE IN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR WAYNE 4 SBU AMBASSADOR WAYNE THEN PAID A COURTESY CALL ON SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SECURITY GARCIA LUNA WHO BEGAN BY THANKING THE UNITED STATES FOR WHAT IT HAS DONE TO ASSIST THE FEDERAL POLICE IN ITS DEVELOPMENT AS AN INSTITUTION -- BOTH THE ASSISTANCE THE SSP HAS' RECEIVED THROUGH MERIDA AND THE TRAINING AND ADVICE OFFERED BY THE VARIOUS U S LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HE SAID THERE IS A LEVEL OF TRUST AND COLLABORATION THAT IS SIMPLY UNPRECEDENTED IN OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP POLICING IN MEXICO 101 I 5 SBU GARCIA LUNA THEN OFFERED AN EXPLANATION FOR HOW THE SSP HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS 1 4 B 1 4 D B1 6 SBU WHEN MEXICO BEGAN THE TRANSITION TO TRUE DEMOCRACY IN 2001-2002 IT SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT SECURITY SYSTEM IN PLACE SOME 42 PERCENT OF THE POLICE WERE MUNICIPAL WHILE THE ONLY TRULY CAPABLE SECURITY INSTITUTION IN THE COUNTRY WAS THE MILITARY NEITHER WITH THE CAPACITY NOR THE PROPENSITY TO FILL THIS CRITICAL SECURITY GAP AND COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM EACH OTHER II NOW WITH A TRULY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE RIGHT INSTITUTIONS WITH THE RIGHT CAPABILITIES TO MANAGE SECURITY ACROSS THE FULL SPECTRUM SSP BUILDS A FORCE TO FILL ONE SECURITY GAP -------------------------------------------------------- ---------- SECRET NOFORN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State CaseO dNll 1M#tTJAI32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 I I C O 5 6 3 5 8 2 3 IED U S Department of State Caseft fp -PAL32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 SECRET NOFORN 7 SBU THE SSP HAS BEEN BUILDING ONE COMPONENT OF THIS NEW FORCE GARCIA LUNA OFFERED ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THE SSP IS WORKING HARD TO DEVELOP NEW CAPABILITIES IS IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOUR START OF SECTION 3 STATE FOR INL AND WHA MEX TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST FBI DIR FOR LA CU OC DB OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC AO DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR OIA WHB E O 13526 DECL 2021 09 30 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT SSP CHIEF GARCIA LUNA LAYS OUT VISION FOR FEDERAL POLICE IN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR WAYNE YEARS AGO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SENDING FINGERPRINTS AND OTHER DATA BY FAX 8 SBU THE SSP HAS ALSO BEGUN TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN AN ENTIRELY NEW FORCE WHEN GARCIA LUNA TOOK OVER AT THE BEGINNING OF PRESIDENT CALDERON'S SIX YEAR TERM THE SSP HAD A FORCE OF 12 000 OF WHOM 6 000 WERE ON LOAN FROM THE ARMY HE SAID HE HAS BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR 24 YEARS SOME 3 000 OF THE MILITARY MEMBERS STAYED BEHIND WHILE ANOTHER 3 000 TO 4 000 FEDERAL POLICE PASSED VETTING AND MOVED INTO THE NEW FORCE FROM THIS SMALL VETTED FORCE THEY BEGAN TO BUILD AND TRAIN A NEW FEDERAL POLICE FORCE 1 4 B 1 4 D B1 9 SBU THE SSP SAID GARCIA LUNA NEEDED NEW CAPACITIES AND BEGAN TO TRAIN USING A FRESH CONCEPT OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS AND POLICING THEY HIRED 8 000 NEW OFFICERS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES EVENTUALLY BUILDING TO THE CURRENT FORCE OF 36 000 DIVIDED INTO SIX COMPONENTS REGIONAL FORCES INVESTIGATORS INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS SCIENTIFIC POLICE ANTI-DRUG AND FEDERAL FORCES SWAT OPERATIONS CROWD CONTROL ETC THEY ARE DEVELOPING EFFICIENT FORCES AND TRANSPARENT SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING AND ADVANCEMENT WITH NEW MANUALS SOPS AND PERSONNEL SYSTEMS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR PERSONNEL WITH THE IDEA THAT IF THEY ARE SUPPORTED AS INDIVIDUALS THEY WILL GIVE BACK TO THE INSTITUTION I I ------------------------------------------------------ -----------BUT A LARGER SECURITY - STATE AND LOCAL - REMAINS ------------------------------------------------------------------- SECRET NOFORN I UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State CaseMNFINEXTIAI32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 I C 0 5 6 3 5 8 2 3 IED U S Department of State Cas rql -MP32 Doc No 005635823 Date 05 03 2016 SECRET NOFORN 10 SBU THE KEY THEME IN ALL OF THIS GARCIA LUNA SAID IS HOW TO FILL THE MISSING GAP IN SECURITY AT THE STATE AND MUNICIPAL LEVELS WITH CAPABLE FORCES MEXICAN LAW DICTATES THAT FEDERAL FORCES HAVE JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES THAT IMPACT ON THE STATE ITSELF TERRORISM SUBVERSION NARCO-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZED CRIME ATTACKS ON THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ABOUT 7%- OF CRIMES OF WHICH NARCOTRAFFICKING IS ONLY 3 4W STATE AND MUNICIPAL FORCES HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ALL OTHER CRIMES - ROBBERY KIDNAPPING EXTORTION MURDER SOME 93W OF CRIMES THE FORCE HAS BEEN MORE OR LESS ALIGNED TO THIS REALITY FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS WITH 8$ OF SECURITY FORCES FEDERAL AND 92%- STATE AND LOCAL 11 SBU WITH REGARDS TO THE CURRENT WAVE OF VIOLENCE GARCIA LUNA SAID THAT THE SSP AND MILITARY HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE TOP LEVEL OF TRAFFICKERS AND DTO LEADERS BUT HAVING TAKEN OUT THE CAPOS THEY OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE CRIMINAL START OF SECTION 4 STATE FOR INL AND WHA MEX TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST FBI DIR FOR LA CU OC DB OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC AO DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR OIA WHB E O 13526 DECL 2021 09 30 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT SSP CHIEF GARCIA LUNA LAYS OUT VISION FOR FEDERAL POLICE IN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR WAYNE FOOT SOLDIERS AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THE DTO LEADERSHIP PYRAMID TO TAKE OUT THE MIDDLE LEVEL OF BROKERS AND MANAGERS LEAVING ORGANIZATIONS RUN BY KILLERS WHO HAVE TURNED TO EXTORTION AND KIDNAPPING BACKED UP BY EXTREME VIOLENCE AND SOCIETAL INTIMIDATION RATHER THAN FOCUS ON THE MORE COMPLICATED TRAFFICKING OF DRUGS THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN CHANGES IN THE DRUG MARKET ITSELF WHICH UNLEASHED COMPETITION AMONG DTOS AND THERE IS A FAST GROWING INTERNAL MARKET FOR DRUGS IN MEXICO THAT HAS LED TO GANG COMPETITION AND EXPLAINS MUCH OF THE LOCAL VIOLENCE 12 SBU WHAT MEXICO NEEDS GARCIA LUNA SAID IS A WHOLE NEW MODEL FOR POLICING AND HE IS PRESSING HIS CASE FOR FUNDAMENTAL RESTRUCTURING WITH THE MEXICAN CONGRESS AND THE CALDERON ADMINISTRATION F SOME TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEXICAN SECURITY BUDGET THAT IS TRANSFERRED TO THE STATES GOES TO THESE MUNICIPAL POLICE r --- --- ---- - SECRET NOFORN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State CaseQN W-0ff4TJAIi2 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 I I C 0 5 6 3 5 8 2 3 1 ED U S Department of State Cas NFpM fML32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 SECRET NOFORN --------------- --------------------------------------------------PENITENTIARY SYSTEM ALSO GETS A NEW LOOK 14 SBU GARCIA LUNA THEN TURNED TO HIS PARALLEL REFORM OF THE MEXICAN PENITENTIARY SYSTEM MEXICO CURRENTLY HAS SOME 221 000 PRISONERS OF WHOM 177 500 ARE INCARCERATED FOR COMMON CRIMES FUERO COMUN AND 44 000 FOR FEDERAL CRIMES FUERO FEDERAL ABOUT 60$ OF THE COMMON CRIMINALS AND 59% FEDERAL PRISONERS HAVE BEEN SENTENCED PRIOR TO THE CURRENT SIX YEAR PRESIDENTIAL TERM NEARLY ALL PRISONERS WERE HELD BY THE STATES WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYING THE STATES TO HOUSE FEDERAL PRISONERS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONLY MAINTAINED TWO PRISONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CALDERONS ADMINISTRATION THE SSP HAS BEGUN TO TRANSFORM THE PRISON SYSTEM BY TRAINING AND EQUIPPING ITS PERSONNEL WHILE PUTTING INTO PLACE BETTER CONTROL OF PRISONERS TO INCLUDE A RECENT ADDITION OF BIOMETRIC REGISTRATION OF ALL PRISONERS WITH THEIR DATA CAPTURED IN PLATAFORMA MEXICO GARCIA LUNA SAID HE HAS BEGUN AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM FOR BUILDING AND REHABILITATING PRISONS START OF SECTION 5 STATE FOR INL AND WHA MEX TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST FBI DIR FOR LA CU OC DB OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC AO DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR OIA WHB E O 13526 DECL 2021 09 30 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT SSP CHIEF GARCIA LUNA LAYS OUT VISION FOR FEDERAL POLICE IN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR WAYNE INCLUDING SEVERAL NEW HIGH SECURITY FACILITIES THE TRANSFER OF SEVERAL PENITENTIARIES BACK FROM THE STATES AND THE MEDIUM SECURITY BUT ISOLATED PRISON ON ISLAS MARIAS THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BETTER SECURE PRISONERS IN FACILITIES THAT ARE AT THE SAME TIME SAFE FOR THE PRISONERS AND SAFE FOR SOCIETY SECRET NOFORN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case0@W-MXTtAI32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016 C O 5 6 3 5 8 2 3 IED U S Department of State Cas pJ M f AP32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 0312016 SECRET NOFORN 15 C COMMENT- k- LIKE MOST MEMBERS OF CABINET HE IS SEIZED WITH DOING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE END OF CALDERON'S TERM TO SHORE UP THE GAINS MADE IN THE SSP AND TURN OVER AN INSTITUTION THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED AND IS FULLY CAPABLE OF PERFORMING 17 MISSION END COMMENT FEELEY ADMIN BT #0535 NNNN SECRET NOFORN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State CaseGOW-0114TMI32 Doc No C05635823 Date 05 03 2016