Federales is a slang Spanish term for Mexican Federal Police, specifically the Federal Investigations Agency or by its mexican acronym AFI (formerly the Federal Judicial Police PJF) nowadays extended to the new Federal Police (which was known from 1998 to 2006 as the Policia Federal Preventiva PFP and was roughly and equivalent of the United States Marshals Service. Before merging with the former PJF, another two police agencies the Federal Highway Police (Policía Federal de Caminos or PFC) which was the enforcement arm of the Mexican Ministry of Communications, and the Policia Fiscal which was kind of a Mexican IRS police, became together on the late 90's as the main federal police agency in Mexico.
The term gained widespread usage by English-speakers as a result of being popularized in such films as The Wild Bunch and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Historically Federales was also the common term used for the Mexican regular or Federal Army, especially during the 34 year rule of Porfirio Díaz; (1876 to 1911 with one brief break). Following Díaz's overthrow by rebel forces led by Francisco Madero, the Federal Army remained in existence. It was eventually disbanded in July/August 1914 when Madero's successor Victoriano Huerta was in turn defeated by an alliance of forces led by Venustiano Carranza, Francisco "Pancho" Villa, and Emiliano Zapata.
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