ARTICLES AND NEWS
Analysis, experience and news on executive protection and security.
This study evaluates the historical effectiveness of various measures utilized in Executive Protection through the analysis of 142 verified assassination attempts against high-level political and public figures.
Ivan Ivanovich
The assassination of businessman Alberto Prieto Valencia in Zapopan confirms, once again, that executive protection based exclusively on armed response and escort vehicles is ineffective.
Ivan Ivanovich
How do we manage an influence that does not appear on the org chart, yet can shape the decisions of an entire operation?
Ivan Ivanovich
Instead of waiting to be surprised by the attacker, let us be the ones who surprise him during the preparation of his action.
Ivan Ivanovich
Close protection concentrates every resource into the last few meters and the last few seconds. Strategic depth extends them to where the attack is actually prepared: weeks earlier and kilometers away.
Ivan Ivanovich
We insist that the executive change his routines, yet the one routine we fully control is our own: if the detail repeats itself every day, whoever is watching no longer needs to study the principal.
Ivan Ivanovich
The diamond formation is the most widely taught technique in Executive Protection, yet the attacks on Klaus, Colosio, Rabin, Abe, Fico and Manzo prove that surrounding the principal does not stop an assailant from reaching him.
Ivan Ivanovich
This study evaluates the historical effectiveness of executive protection measures through 141 verified assassination attempts. Results show reactive measures have only 17.73% effectiveness, while anticipatory strategies demonstrate significantly higher potential.
Ivan Ivanovich
The recent incident of sexual harassment against President Claudia Sheinbaum, which occurred in the heart of Mexico City's Historic Center and in front of her protection team...
Ivan Ivanovich
Let's repeat it once more: armed agents alone do not reduce risks or prevent assassinations. Hard data shows quite the opposite: in the...
Ivan Ivanovich
On the afternoon of Monday, October 13, 2025, around 4:50 PM, lawyer David Cohen Sacal was murdered on the exterior stairs of the José...
Ivan Ivanovich
On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31 years old and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was murdered during a public debate at the...
Ivan Ivanovich