Law enforcement in Nicaragua
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Law enforcement in Nicaragua
falls under the jurisdiction of La Policia Nacional
of Nicaragua. They are in charge of regular police functions and sometimes work in conjunction with the Nicaraguan military, making it an indirect and rather subtle version of a gendarmerie.
However, the Nicaraguan National Police work separately and have a different established set of norms than the nation's military.
National Guard of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
falls under the jurisdiction of La Policia Nacional
Policía Nacional (Nicaragua)
The National Nicaraguan Police Force is the national police of Nicaragua. The force is in charge of regular police functions and, at times, works in conjunction with the Nicaraguan military, making it an indirect and rather subtle version of a gendarmerie.However, the Nicaraguan National Police...
of Nicaragua. They are in charge of regular police functions and sometimes work in conjunction with the Nicaraguan military, making it an indirect and rather subtle version of a gendarmerie.
However, the Nicaraguan National Police work separately and have a different established set of norms than the nation's military.
Historical secret police organizations
- Dirección General de Seguridad del Estado (DGSE) (Directorate-General of State Security)
See also
Nicaraguan National PolicePolicía Nacional (Nicaragua)
The National Nicaraguan Police Force is the national police of Nicaragua. The force is in charge of regular police functions and, at times, works in conjunction with the Nicaraguan military, making it an indirect and rather subtle version of a gendarmerie.However, the Nicaraguan National Police...
National Guard of Nicaragua
National Guard (Nicaragua)
In Nicaragua, the National Guard was a militia and a gendarmerie created during the occupation of that country by the United States from 1909 to 1933. It became notorious for human rights abuses and corruption under the regime of the Somoza family.-Creation:...
Sources
- World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto. by Taylor & Francis. 2004,
- World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, 2nd. edition, Gale., 2006
- Sullivan, Larry E. et al. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005.