The Birth and Professionalization of Mexico's Confidential Department
Learn about the birth and professionalization of Mexico's confidential agents, who were tasked with gathering political and social information in the early 20th century.
The Confidential Department was one of the first intelligence services in Mexico. Its job was to find out about the country's political and social scene. Not instructing the agents had its consequences; therefore, in 1925, training courses were implemented, and years later, the profile that the future detective had to cover was even established.
Today, when we elaborate on “secret agents,” we mean people who have received top-tier intelligence agency training and instruction. However, it took a few years for these parts to become more professional. This was the case with the first Mexican detectives of the 20th century. They worked for the Confidential Department, which was the first intelligence group in the country that was responsible for political espionage.
