There has been much discussion about the effectiveness of firearms in Executive Protection. For many protectors, as well as for the protected, guns mean protection and, moreover, an indispensable requirement to be able to exercise it. This is why we set ourselves the difficult task of determining, with data and facts, how effective firearms really are in [...]
In the corporate security environment, where threats to executives can range from cyberattacks to physical assaults, the allocation of resources for protection is not a mere expense, but a precise financial calculation. The return on investment (ROI) in executive protection is triggered when a high consequential impact-the damage that could [...]
In the world of executive protection, practices inherited from the past do not always stand up to the scrutiny of today's reality. One such practice is the use of the escort vehicle when positioned behind the lead vehicle. The escort vehicle, as traditionally employed, is an obsolete relic that not only lacks [...]
A crowded rally, a busy street, an executive flanked by armed escorts. The scene looks like something out of a movie, where guns, quick reflexes and armored vehicles promise absolute security. But how effective are these measures when an attacker lurks in the shadows? An analysis of 139 attacks against public figures in the last 125 years [...]
For decades, firearms have been considered the primary and indispensable tool in executive protection. However, recent studies and historical events disprove this belief, revealing that their effectiveness in real-world conditions is surprisingly low, a mere 3.65% according to an analysis of 137 incidents against international public figures. In Mexico alone in [...]
On Tuesday, March 11, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, ministerial police intercepted a businessman identified as Alan Perez on the San Miguel de Allende-Dolores Hidalgo highway in order to serve an arrest warrant. The businessman tried to escape with the help of his bodyguards, who, while fleeing, fired shots at [...].
As we already know, modern executive protection is based on the techniques of Intelligence, Counter-Surveillance, Early Warning, Protective Logistics and other advanced methods that allow us to anticipate and defuse attacks far away from the protected in time and space. But in order to implement this protection scheme, the collaboration of both the protected and [...]
Executive protection has undergone a significant shift in recent years. Tragic assassinations of figures who had armed protection in Latin America, as well as assassinations in various parts of the world and assassination attempts on prominent personalities such as Donald Trump in the United States, demonstrate that protection strategies [...]
The U.S. Secret Service seems to be learning quickly from its mistakes. On Sunday, September 15, another "assassination attempt" was made on former President Donald Trump, the second in just two months, this time at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. At the time of the incident, Trump was enjoying a [...]
At midday on Friday, September 6, Queretaro businessman Jesús Calderón and his driver were traveling in a pick-up truck on Lomas de Balvanera street in Querétaro when they were ambushed by a group of armed men in at least four vehicles. The Prosecutor's Office of Querétaro informed that, according to the first [...]
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