The Minister of Interior and Police and the National Police Chief have confirmed that the pension granted to the former director of the National Police’s Central Anti-Narcotics Directorate (Dican), who is accused of stealing 950 kg of cocaine along with other officers linked to the case, is legal. Minister Jose Ramon Fadul and Major General Manuel Castro Castillo said that it is mandated in the Police Law.
According to the law, a senior officer who has been in service for more than 20 years is granted a pension and other benefits, even after having committed a criminal infraction.
According to media reports today, Thursday 5 March 2015, the police chief said that they have asked the legislators to eliminate this “distortion” in the bill for this law, which is currently being reviewed in Congress.