SEIDO

Subprocuraduría Especializada en Investigación de Delincuencia Organizada, 'Assistant Attorney General's Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime'(SEIDO), is the organized crime division of Mexico's Office of the Attorney General.

Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime Subprocuraduría Especializada en investigación de Delincuencia Organizada
Abbreviation	SEIDO
Agency overview
Preceding agency	Fiscalia Especializada para la Atencion a Delitos Contra la Salud (FEADS)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Mexico
Operations jurisdiction	Mexico
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Parent agency	Attorney General of México
Website
http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Paginas/default.aspx

In October 2012, the organization changed its name from SIEDO to SEIDO.^[1]

History and Organization

SEIDO was formed in the wake of a 2003 scandal that found agents in the Attorney General's anti-narcotics prosecution office, FEADS, actively working for or protecting Mexican drug cartels.^[2] As a result, SEIDO was formed with 117 agents whose backgrounds and psychological profiles were intensely researched, in the hope that agents prone to cartel corruption would be weeded out before they could enter the force.^[3]

See also

• Mexico portal

• Attorney General of Mexico (Spanish: Procuraduría General de la República)
• Crime in Mexico
• Drug Cartel
• Federales
• Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Mexico)
• Los Zetas
• Los Negros
• Gulf Cartel
• Rurales