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Guatemala Fires 120 Detectives
In its purification process, new Guatemalan
Interior Ministry authorities will purge 120
detectives from the Criminal Investigation
Division (DINC) for corruption or poor work,
National Police director Julio Hernandez
announced on Friday.
DINC is facing a serious credibility crisis
after it was verified that four DINC members
were the actual perpetrators of the murder of
three Salvadoran legislators and their driver on
February 19.
The crime and the later execution of the
Guatemalan agents in a maximum security prison
provoked a scandal which motivated the
resignations of the Guatemalan Interior minister
and directors of the police and penitentiary
system.
In April, 561 police officers were fired for
failures or serious infractions, and it was then
announced that between 1,200 and 1,500 more
might also be fired.
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