Segurança integrada e defesa: um olhar sobre o projeto piloto do sistema integrado de monitoramento de fronteiras (SISFRON) (2012 – 2021)

Abstract

In the last decades, Brazil has increased the State's presence on its borders through the implementation of national defense policies, such as the National Defense Plan (PND) and the National Defense Strategy (END). This phenomenon was due to the increase of transnational crimes and the presence of criminal organizations along the borders. In particular, in the geographical area analyzed in this text, the region of Grande Dourados in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The region was chosen to receive the Pilot Project of the Integrated Border Monitoring System (SISFRON), created after the approval of the END in 2008. In this context, this text has as its research question: “What are the contributions of the Pilot Project od SISFRON to the construction of an integrated security policy in the borders of the Central Arc of the country, especially for the region of Grande Dourados?”. The objective of this work is to analyze the securitization process of the Central Arc borders, focusing on the installation of the SISFRON Pilot Project, under the responsibility of the 4th Mechanized Cavalry Brigade (4ª Bda C Mec) in Dourados-MS, and its results This text supports the following argument: that the SISFRON Pilot Project increased the capacity to repress crime by facilitating interagency cooperation and maximizing the ability of the 4ª Bda C Mec to monitor and control the border. Likewise, it allowed Brazil to increase regional cooperation, especially in the area of defense and public security, with neighboring countries, such as Paraguay. This qualitative research uses the inductive method. Furthermore, an analysis of selected bibliography and official documents and data was also carried out. The theoretical framework used is the Copenhagen School and the concept of securitization proposed by Barry Buzan, Ole Wæver and Jaap de Wilde (1998).