AZMEX EXTRA 29-12-13

AZMEX EXTRA 29 DEC 2013

Note: Reaction to the many thousands of govt. firearms gone "missing"?


IFAI instructs Department of Defense to specify number of weapons in each state
Organización Editorial Mexicana
December 28, 2013
http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/notas/n3239779.htm
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Mexico City . - The Ministry of National Defense ( Department of Defense ) shall disclose the number of firearms registered in each state , broken down by state and federal law enforcement agencies , as instructed by the Federal Institute for Access to Information and data Protection ( IFAI) .

The resolution comes after the petition for review filed by an individual before the IFAI , following the refusal of the Department of Defense to provide the required information to argue that it was reserved as classified information of the agency .

The Department of Defense argued that the dissemination of information would impair the ability of the authorities of federal , state or municipal public security to preserve and protect the life or health of people .

Also explained that deliver the required information systems hinder interagency coordination of public safety, limit the ability of the authorities to prevent the commission of crimes.

While it would reveal the extent or condition of the police force groupings within the meaning of Article 13 , Section I of the Federal Law of Transparency and Access to Public Government Information.

In this situation, IAFI Commissioner Maria Elena Pérez- Jaén told the Department of Defense the audience to have access to confidential information , said that the group was granted official licenses by state .

That the same setting forth the number of weapons of each police corporation , and most states have two collective licensing, corresponding to the State Attorney General and other to State Department of Public Safety .

To revoke the reservation of such information, the Commissioner Pérez- Jaén stated among other arguments that the state force is made up of different elements that together aim at maintaining security and public peace .

I mean, is comprised of the ability to act and their objective and subjective elements .

In addition , the diffusion of the number of firearms registered in each state to the different police forces, and general strategies for the prevention and prosecution of organized crime , provided as online abstract action, and will likely not allow criminals to use data to anticipate and limit the effectiveness of the actions of the authorities .

Similarly, the Commissioner noted that disclose the amount of firearms dissociated from the technical level or specific capacity of each type of weapon , does not identify the level of total reaction from a police corporation.

She said that the official list of collective licenses you had before , it was found by type of arms, short and long , so that the data does not reveal technical and operational specifications of the arms .

In this sense, the criminals would not be in a position to know the strength of the police and consequently i, updating will not harm public security or national defense .

Therefore, the proposal of the Commissioner , the Full IFAI unanimously reversed the classification of the information and instructed the Department of Defense to make available the particular list that accounts for the number of firearms registered in each state's police for different groups , both federal and state .

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IFAI Requests to Department of Defense report the number of weapons by states and corporation
By Fernando Camacho Servin
Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:06
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2013/12/28/pide-ifai-a-sedena-dar-a-conocer-numero-de-armas-por-estados-y-corporacion-a-la-que-pertenecen-3889.html

Mexico , DF. The Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection ( IFAI ) instructed the Secretariat of National Defense ( Department of Defense ) to disseminate the number of firearms registered in each state , disaggregating data by law enforcement agencies federal and state .

A particular brought an appeal before the IFAI , the refusal of the Department of Defense to provide the information by claiming that it was reserved . The case was sent to Maria Elena Pérez- Jaén Commissioner for analysis and resolution.
The Department of Defense reiterated the classification of data , stating that the dissemination thereof may hamper the ability of the authorities of federal , state or municipal public security to preserve and protect the life or health of people .

Similarly, considered that deliver information systems hinder interagency coordination of public safety, limit the ability of the authorities to prevent the commission of crimes, and reveal the state of the police force groupings.

After quoting the Department of Defense to a hearing , Pérez -Jaén proposed repeal booking arguing that the spread in the number of firearms registered in each state to the different police forces does not allow the likely criminals use this information to limit the effectiveness of the actions of the authorities .
Similarly, estimated to disclose the amount of firearms dissociated technical level or specific capacity of each type of weapon , not to identify the level of total reaction from a police corporation.
Therefore, the IFAI plenary unanimously reversed the classification of reserves and instructed the Department of Defense to make available the particular list that accounts for the number of registered firearms in every state, for various police groups , both federal and state .

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From El Universal ( could not copy story)
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion-mexico/2013/pide-ifai-a-sedena-revelar-el-total-de-su-armamento-975855.html

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