Compañía de Tropas de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Troops Company, CTOE) is the premier special operations

Special operations

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 force of the Santa Fe Province Police, Argentina

Argentina

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The service was created on May 4, 1990, and depends directly of the Chief of the Province Police. Agents of the unit were heavily trained in different international centers, such as the British

United Kingdom

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 NCIS

National Criminal Intelligence Service

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, and the Israel

Israel

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i Yamam

Yamam

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; also its personnel have received specialized formation in many Latin America

Latin America

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n countries.

See also

• Scorpion Group
  Grupo Alacrán
  The Grupo Alacrán is a special operations service of the Argentine National Gendarmerie, often referred as the Equipo Antiterrorista de Gendarmería . The division is headquartered in Evita City and responds to high-risk and counterterrorist situations throughout Argentina, but primarily in the...
  
  
• Albatross Group
  Grupo Albatros
  The Grupo Albatros is a special operations service of the Prefectura Naval Argentina. Located in the province of Buenos Aires, it conducts river and maritime operations in the lakes and rivers and anything close to the coast line...
  
  
• Hawk Special Operations Brigade
  Brigada Especial Operativa Halcón
  The Brigada Especial Operativa Halcón is a special operations division of the Buenos Aires Provincial Police in Argentina....
  
  
• Federal Special Operations Group
  Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (Argentina)
  The Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales is a special operations division of the Policía Federal Argentina trained to strategically perform counterterrorist and counternarcotics missions...
  
  
• Santa Fe Province Police
  Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe
  The Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe is an Argentine police agency, responsible for policing the Santa Fe province.New ranks since 2007:Director General de Policia ,...