Rojas Ends 38 Year Career With the OIJ

Following almost four decades with the Poder Judicial, the Director del Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ), Jorge Rojas, said goodbye on Friday, handing over the reigns of the country's judicial police, OIJ deputy director, Francisco Segura.

On Monday a nominating committee will announce a public competition to choose a new director.

Rojas, began working at the OIJ in 1974, where he served in the Sección de Inspecciones Oculares, the crime scene investigations unit. In a few years he moved to the OIJ headquarters, excelling in the robbery-assault division, traffic section adn then headed the department of criminal investigations.

In 1997 he was named deputy director after heading the Alajuela delegation of the OIJ. On November 12, 2001, he was named as new director, assuming his duties in January 2002, a post he held until yesterday.

Some of the requirements of the post of Director of the OIJ are having a law degree, courses in criminology and administration and must belong to the Colegio de Abogados (Bar Association), among others.

The new director will be announced within the next three months.