They transfer six inmates who extorted inmates in Chonchocoro

For extorting, trafficking substances and forming power groups to commit illicit acts against inmates From the Chonchocoro prison, six dangerous inmates were transferred to other prisons in the country, in order to dismantle the criminal gang that they formed inside the prison.

The director of the Penitentiary Regime, Juan Carlos Limpias, indicated that this Sunday at dawn, a an operative in coordination with the General Directorate of the Penitentiary Regime and the National Directorate of Penitentiary Security, to transfer the six inmates involved in the illegal acts.

Those deprived of liberty who grouped together to extort money from the rest of the inmates and their families were arrested by the dcrimes classified as highly dangerous, such as murders, rapes, trafficking in controlled substances, among others, for which they will now serve their detention in the Palmasola penitentiary centers in Santa Cruz; Morros Blancos, from Tarija; and El Abra in the city of Cochabamba, in the maximum security blocks.

“The transfers carried out are to dismantle these power groups that seek to cause insecurity and disrupt the peaceful coexistence of the prison population, most of whom seek to work and study to reintegrate into society,” said Limpias.

These actions seek to control the actions of the inmates and stop the extortion that some inmates have been subject to. He assured that these operations will not only be carried out in Chonchocoro, but also in prisons in the rest of the country.

“During this management, the Penitentiary Regime has carried out the transfer of 70 prisoners, they have been removed to other prisons, The power groups have been dismantled with the searches that are carried out inside the penitentiary precincts. In addition, 40 police officers involved in illegal acts were prosecuted and an administrative official was removed and prosecuted, who introduced alcoholic beverages inside the Palmasola prison, “the authority reported.

The 40 police officers investigated for committing irregular acts processes are not only opened administrative if not, they are submitted to the investigations in the corresponding instances so that the degree of responsibility that exists is determined.