Federal Intelligence Agency

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Federal Intelligence Agency
Agencia Federal de Inteligencia
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AFI headquarters in Buenos Aires
Agency overview
FormedMarch 2015
Preceding Agency
Dissolved15 July 2024;4 days ago (15 July 2024) [1]
Type Intelligence agency
JurisdictionArgentina
Headquarters Buenos Aires
Employees Classified (AFI personnel information is not allowed).
Agency executive
  • Sergio Neiffert, Interventor

The Federal Intelligence Agency (Spanish : Agencia Federal de Inteligencia) mostly known for its abbreviation AFI, was the principal intelligence agency of Argentina.

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This organization was the successor to the Secretariat of Intelligence (mostly known for its acronym "SIDE") and has two purposes: to collect national intelligence for governmental needs and criminal intelligence. It also was transferred from the Ministry of Security, to the National Criminal Intelligence.

The agency was created by Law 27,126 [2] amending the National Intelligence Act entering into force 120 days after enactment of the Act. According to regulations shall govern all communication by the Director General or Deputy Director General any interaction being punished by the members of the AFI any action or relationship regulated by the law establishing the Federal Intelligence Agency. In turn AFI officials should make affidavits without distinction of degrees.

The organization was dissolved in July 2024 by president Javier Milei, [1] restoring the Secretariat of Intelligence (SIDE). [3]

Overview

This agency was ruled by the Law of National Intelligence #25,520, promulgated in March 2015 and entered into force 120 days after that. Changes to previous legislation included the dissolution of Secretariat of Intelligence, with the AFI as its successor. Likewise, the Ministry of Security transferred the "National Direction of Criminal Intelligence" to AFI. [4]

The organization was put under the Supreme Court in 2015, alleging that "...the execution of a communication intervention order is carried out by a body other than the one that is part of the investigation" [5]

The Argentinian Federal Prosecutor Cecilia Incardona indictment against the former director of the AFI Gustavo Arribas and his deputy director Silvia Majdalani in 2020, for illegal espionage against 50 politicians, including the then president Cristina Kirchner in 2018. A group of 18 employees is said to have spied on Kirchner's notebooks, among other things.

In July 2024, president of Argentina dissolved the AFI, replacing it with the former intelligence agency, Secretariat of Intelligence (popularly known for its acronym "SIDE"). [3]

Board

The AFI main authorities (general director and vice-director) were appointed by the President of Argentina, then confirmed by the Senate. Their functions were regulated by Law 25,520. [6]

N.°DirectorPolitical PartyTermPresident
1 Oscar Parrilli [7] Justicialist Party 5 March 2015 - 10 December 2015 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
2 Gustavo Arribas [8] Republican Proposal 10 December 2015 - 10 December 2019 Mauricio Macri
3Cristina Caamaño (interventor) [9] Independent23 December 2019 - 6 June 2022 Alberto Fernández
4 Agustín Rossi (interventor) [10] Justicialist Party 8 June 2022 - 15 February 2023
5Ana Clara Alberdi (interventor) [11] Justicialist Party 15 February 2023 - 12 December 2023
6Silvestre Sívori (interventor) [12] Independent12 December 2023 - 27 May 2024 Javier Milei
7Sergio Neiffert (interventor) [13] Independent6 June 2024 - Present

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References

  1. 1 2 Cecilia Devanna (July 16, 2024). "El Gobierno lanzó el decreto que disuelve la AFI, repone la SIDE y la divide en cuatro organismos" [The government released the decree that closes the AFI, restores the SIDE and divides it in four sections] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  2. ↑ CREACIÓN DE LA AGENCIA FEDERAL DE INTELIGENCIA, promulgated 3 March 2015 on infoLeg
  3. 1 2 El Gobierno disolvió la AFI y anunció cambios en el Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional on Infobae, 15 Jul 2024
  4. ↑ Ya es oficial: Gils Carbó queda a cargo de las escuchas de Inteligencia, Clarín
  5. ↑ Macri transfirió las escuchas telefónicas a la Corte Suprema on Cba24n, 27 Feb 2018
  6. ↑ Modificatoria on InfoLeg
  7. ↑ "El Senado dio su acuerdo para que Parrilli y Mena sean director y subdirector de la AFI | Política". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "El empresario Gustavo Arribas será el nuevo titular de la Agencia de Inteligencia". La Capital. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Quién es Cristina Caamaño, la Interventora de la Agencia Federal de Inteligencia". Filo News (in Spanish). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Agustín Rossi asumió como Interventor de la AFI". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Ana Clara Alberdi asumirá como titular de la AFI tras la salida de Agustín Rossi". www.ambito.com. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Milei descabezó la AFI: le aceptó la renuncia a Silvestre Sívori | Política". Los Andes (in Spanish). 28 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "BOLETIN OFICIAL REPUBLICA ARGENTINA - AGENCIA FEDERAL DE INTELIGENCIA - Decreto 505/2024". www.boletinoficial.gob.ar. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

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