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To have the National Guard for the same objects, in the terms that section IV of Article 76
prevents.

While, under Article 76 of the Constitution (Exclusive Powers of the Senate), the High

Chamber has the power to:

Give consent for the President of the Republic to have the National Guard out of their

respective States, establishing the necessary force.

It should be noted that, despite the National Guard is embodied in seven articles of the
Constitution, lacking a statutory law, only appears as a dead letter in the Basic Law of

Mexico.

Although for the Secretariat of National Defense of Mexico (2001: 379), internal security is

the "Providence adopted to maintain the peace of the Nation", there is a legal gap and lack of
definition of that security category in Mexico.

Wherefore, it is convenient to take advantage of the doctrine developed by the International

Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), focusing on situations of domestic violence that are

defined as internal disturbances and internal tensions, in which the police are often exceeded
in their dissuasive capacity and reactive, forcing the efforts of the military to restore internal

order and public tranquility. (Harroff-Tavel, 1993) Subsequently, in a document entitled

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