Innovation
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.
This article was adapted from our latest investigation, produced in partnership with Type Investigations: A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border.
Grupo Seguritech was founded in Mexico City in 1995 by father-son duo Shimon and Ariel Picker as a small company selling alarm systems for homes.
The company’s first foray into government work was installing a network of municipal security cameras, according to Seguritech’s website. By 2004, the company had installed its first video surveillance center. And in 2013, it designed Mexico’s first C5 command center, a type of facility that connects local, regional, and federal law enforcement agencies and integrates intelligence gathering with public emergency services.
