Given the wave of violence in the first 15 days of 2019, the National Police has announced a number of changes of senior officers in the National District and the provinces of Santo Domingo, Santiago, Dajabón, Azua, María Trinidad Sánchez and Samaná.
The new head as director of the Anti-gang department of the National Police is Colonel Salustiano Tineo Matos, who is replacing Brigadier General Mario Objio Morales. Brigadier General Máximo Báez Aybar takes over as regional director of the National District, replacing Colonel Juan Francisco Solano Jáquez, and his post as Regional Director of Santo Domingo North is filled by Brigadier General Mario Objio Morales.
Colonel Juan Francisco Solano Jaquez has been assigned to Dajabon and Colonel Ronald Feliz Batista will assume his dutiess in Azua. In Nagua the head is Colonel Colonel Hanlen Garden Guzman and in Santiago, Colonel Juan Columna Montalvo. Other changes were made in Las Terrenas Villa Mella and Santo Domingo, as reported in Diario Libre.
The changes are occurring at a time when suspected drug trafficking related killings are on the rise. A Diario Libre editorial forecasts that the combination of breakdown in the public order, impunity for criminals, rising drug consumption and cultural and economic difficulties is giving rise to increases in drug trafficking and contracted killings.
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Diario Libre
16 January 2019
