The BG Carlos Triana will be a new police director, after departure from William Salamanca

He General William René Salamanca left the direction of the National Policeas confirmed by the Ministry of Defense.

According to the portfolio, Salamanca himself was the one who made the decision to step aside, which was accepted by President Gustavo Petro.

The general had arrived at the institution in April 2023in replacement of Henry Sanabria. In the race, its passage to the Directorate of Citizen Security and the General Inspection of the Police, the body in which it was the head of key investigations for alleged corruption.

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It is worth mentioning that he had not assumed the position immediately, since he had to be reinstated to the police for being in retirement, being the second in history to return from the retirement to take the reins of this civil body.

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Similarly, the portfolio reported that the Brigadier General (BG) Carlos Fernando Trianawho worked in the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá and who left there during the current Petro government, It will be your successor.

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