#Seguritech
Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it’s expanding into the U.S. and across Latin America https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-profile/?utm_campaign=row-social
A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border
Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it's expanding into the U.S. and across Latin America.
restofworld.org
May 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
5/ Chihuahua officials admit they already share data with Customs and Border Protection, the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, and ICE. Meanwhile Seguritech has quietly registered its own companies in Texas and Delaware since 2016, building a foothold inside the country it is watching.
August 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
6/ This is not a clean operator. A $220 million Tamaulipas contract was flagged for financial and legal irregularities. A $59 million helicopter deal in Michoacan drew the same warning. A former Guanajuato governor later moved into a Texas home tied to a Seguritech executive.
August 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it’s expanding into the U.S. and across Latin America https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-profile/?utm_campaign=row-social
A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border
Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it's expanding into the U.S. and across Latin America.
restofworld.org
August 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
3/ Grupo Seguritech started in 1995 as a small home alarm business run by a father and son, Shimon Picker and Ariel Zeev Picker Schatz. Today the firm runs at least 188 command centers and operates in 26 of Mexico's 32 states. That is what unchecked growth looks like.
August 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The Mexican surveillance giant is expanding into the U.S. after building a 20-floor intelligence tower and drone network along the border https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire
Founded as a home alarm business in 1995, Grupo Seguritech now operates 188 command centers across Mexico and has at least 31 subsidiaries. Now it's coming to the U.S.
restofworld.org
May 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it’s expanding into the U.S. and across Latin America.

Read our new investigation, written by José Olivares and produced in collaboration with @typeinvestigations.org: restofworld.org/2026/mexico-...
A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border
Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it's expanding into the U.S. and across Latin America.
restofworld.org
April 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The Mexican surveillance giant is expanding into the U.S. after building a 20-floor intelligence tower and drone network along the border https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire
Founded as a home alarm business in 1995, Grupo Seguritech now operates 188 command centers across Mexico and has at least 31 subsidiaries. Now it's coming to the U.S.
restofworld.org
June 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The Mexican surveillance giant is expanding into the U.S. after building a 20-floor intelligence tower and drone network along the border https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire
Founded as a home alarm business in 1995, Grupo Seguritech now operates 188 command centers across Mexico and has at least 31 subsidiaries. Now it's coming to the U.S.
restofworld.org
July 14, 2026 at 11:38 PM
What does it take to build a surveillance empire? For Grupo Seguritech, it meant moving beyond simple security cameras to pioneer top-to-bottom intelligence packages for the Mexican government https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_campaign=row-social
The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire
Founded as a home alarm business in 1995, Grupo Seguritech now operates 188 command centers across Mexico and has at least 31 subsidiaries. Now it's coming to the U.S.
restofworld.org
April 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The Mexican surveillance giant is expanding into the U.S. after building a 20-floor intelligence tower and drone network along the border https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire
Founded as a home alarm business in 1995, Grupo Seguritech now operates 188 command centers across Mexico and has at least 31 subsidiaries. Now it's coming to the U.S.
restofworld.org
June 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
not quite finished reading yet (it's long) but this is a really good article on the state of mass surveillance in mexico and how it got there. grupo seguritech in particular is becoming one of the biggest firms in latin america and is starting to make moves in the u.s.
A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border
Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it's expanding into the U.S. and across Latin America.
restofworld.org
September 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The Mexican surveillance giant is expanding into the U.S. after building a 20-floor intelligence tower and drone network along the border https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire
Founded as a home alarm business in 1995, Grupo Seguritech now operates 188 command centers across Mexico and has at least 31 subsidiaries. Now it's coming to the U.S.
restofworld.org
June 26, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Grupo Seguritech started as a small home alarm business in 1995, but it has since built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire that operates 188 command centers across Mexico https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_campaign=row-social
The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire
Founded as a home alarm business in 1995, Grupo Seguritech now operates 188 command centers across Mexico and has at least 31 subsidiaries. Now it's coming to the U.S.
restofworld.org
April 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
With a new 20-floor "Sentinel" tower rising in Juárez, Mexico's dominant surveillance firm is deploying an integrated network of helicopters and drones to monitor the border in real time https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_campaign=row-social
April 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
April 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
La empresa mexicana Seguritech ―la de la "Casa Azul" de Diego Sinhue― acumula denuncias por corrupción en todo el país que trata de borrar eliminando su huella en internet.

De la misma forma, oculta sus vínculos con la industria militar israelí que perpetra un genocidio en Gaza.
July 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A little-known Mexican company has built a $1.27 billion surveillance business. Now it’s expanding into the United States.

Our latest investigation, produced in collaboration with @typeinvestigations.org, examines Grupo Seguritech and its growing role at the U.S.-Mexico border
April 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Además: el fotoperiodista Héctor AD Quintanar tendrá que someterse a una operación, a un mes de haber sido atacado por la policía de Los Angeles.

Y nuestro reportaje sobre exsoldados israelíes en escuelas de Chiapas impacta en Italia y en Grecia.

Entérate aquí: www.MundoAbierto.info/p/seguritech
Entre escándalos, Seguritech oculta relación con industria militar israelí
Eco internacional de nuestro reportaje sobre exsoldados israelíes en Chiapas / Héctor Quintanar, periodista mexicano agredido en California, al quirófano
www.MundoAbierto.info
July 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🔐 “Yo no conozco en lo personal el C5 de Guanajuato; nosotros no nos metemos ni recomendamos ninguna empresa”: Omar García Harfuch, titular de la SSPC, sobre los contratos con #Seguritech y el C5 de Guanajuato.

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October 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There have also been questions about how these contracts are awarded: In one case, a former governor in Mexico moved into a home in Texas registered to a former Seguritech executive after leaving office, prompting calls for an investigation that was later closed
April 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Mexican Surveillance Company

Grupo Seguritech is a Mexican surveillance company that is expanding into the US.
Mexican Surveillance Company
Grupo Seguritech is a Mexican surveillance company that is expanding into the US.
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April 21, 2026 at 11:06 AM