Major General Jose Matos de la Cruz of the Army and Police chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo have agreed to increase patrols in vulnerable areas. Matos de la Cruz said the army backup for the patrols would start this weekend, 30-31 August-2014. “We are ready to help the Police prevent crime. We are going to step up our presence in cities and capital city barrios that have become vulnerable,” he said, as reported in Diario Libre.
General Matos is also director of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces that operates within the National Citizen Security Plan. He said that the army would make all necessary army personnel available for preventive patrols.
General Matos made the statements when speaking with the press after meeting with the chief of the police.
Read more in Spanish: http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2014/08/28/i766321_ejrcito-polica-nacional-acuerdan-aunar-esfuerzos-contra-delincuencia.html