Peravia province senator, Wilton Guerrero, has said that the director of the National Police, Ney Aldrin Bautista, should resign as the director of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has done. Senator Guerrero said that the resignation of Major General José Eugenio Matos de la Cruz, from the DNCD was a responsible decision and suggested the director of the National Police should do the same. The resignation happened following the shooting of a police colonel at a drug sales point in Bani.
Guerrero went on to say that in his opinion the director of the Police is the main senior person responsible for the levels of violence increasing to levels never seen before. Guerrero has argued many times that drug trafficking operations are ongoing with the complicity of state security forces.
Meanwhile, President Danilo Medina has appointed Vice Adminral Félix Alburquerque Comprés as the new president of the DNCD. It is not known why 56-year old Matos de la Cruz resigned, after only five months in charge of the DNCD.
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El Dia
22 January 2019
