Since Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez’s appointment as chief of the National Police, the force has gone public with the names of those agents found to be involved in recent assaults, rape and kidnappings, in an apparent effort to purge the force of its undesirable element. According to a report in Hoy newspaper, public relations officer Simon Diaz has indicated that officers facing cases against them within the police organization itself now include Lieutenant Vitalio Ramirez Perez (Holguin), an officer identified as Sergeant Chocolate, Corporal Ney Rafael Encarnacion de los Santos, Armando Andujar, Francisco Montero de los Santos and Sergeant Domingo Sanchez Ramirez. Police officials have not disclosed the names of any others. Holguin is alleged to have collected protection money from criminals in Azua, and there are accusations he even murdered certain of them when they became of no further use. He is also accused of murdering a representative of Verizon in Azua.