Argentine National Gendarmerie Gendarmería Nacional Argentina | |
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Abbreviation | GNA |
Motto | Centinela de la Patria (lit. 'Fatherland's Sentinel') |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1938 |
Employees | 75,000 |
Volunteers | All non commissioned personnel are volunteers. |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | Argentina |
Operations jurisdiction | Argentina |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Ave. Antártida Argentina and Gendarmería Nacional St., Buenos Aires |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executives |
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Regional Headquarters | |
Website | |
argentina.gob.ar/gendarmeria |
The Argentine National Gendarmerie (Spanish: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina, GNA) is the national gendarmerie force and corps of border guards of the Argentine Republic. As at 2011, It has a strength of 30,000[1]
The gendarmerie is primarily a frontier guard force but also fulfils other important roles.[2] The force functions from what are today five regional headquarters at Campo de Mayo, Córdoba, Rosario, San Miguel de Tucumán and Bahía Blanca.
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