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Guatemala Keeps Purging Police
Guatemala - A total of 14 National Civil
Police (PNC) members have been dismissed
from that entity's ranks the current year,
as part of a purging process that began in
2008, Guatemalan authorities reported on
Thursday.
Those dismissed include 12 agents, a
sub-inspector, and an officer, related to
crimes that range from insubordination and
individual rights violation to hiding,
altering or destroying evidence to hinder
justice.
PNC personnel manager Pedro Garcia Tobar
mentioned, among the most serious cases that
of Captain Hanser Abigail De Leon,
investigated for his supposed participation
in a group of seven police agents devoted to
steal fuel.
The current purging process within the PNC
began in 2008, and more than 1,400 elements
have been dismissed, including 50 captains.
To eliminate the deficit, the government
created a new academy recently, with
capacity to graduate 4,500 agents per year.
PNC Director Marlene Blanco said this center
would allow forming aspirants with vocation
and professionalism and with a more
preventive than reactive approach.
"We are confident that we will have more
community agents in the streets,
guaranteeing security," Blanco said.
The government's objective is to increase
the number of police agents from 19,600 to
30,000, to guarantee protection to the
citizenry in the country, where 6,292
homicides were registered in 2008 only.
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