Impact on the citizenry caused an Interference investigation, where it was accused that the general and director of the Police Intelligence Directorate (Dipolcar), Luigi Lopresti, was orchestrating a plan to “undermine” the Government of President Gabriel Boric, with decisions such as removing the round that Dipolcar troops carried out near the president’s home or delivering intelligence reports with incomplete information.
Immediately, the critics aimed at the general director of the institution, Ricardo Yáñez, with requests to retire Lopresti. However, this day, Yáñez ratified him in his position, asserting that he maintains his confidence “as long as there are no concrete antecedents.”
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“As the undersecretary (Monsalve) said, if there is no background, the general will continue working at Dipolcar,” Yáñez added according to reports. 24 hoursin reference to some statements by the Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve, who said that “it is very difficult for what is reported to happen, without the Government, the PDI or the ANI realizing it. Therefore, there are procedures that guarantee the veracity and quality of the intelligence information available to the Government”.
Yáñez emphasized that the uniformed institution “is subject to the civil authority of the legitimately constituted government.” “My commanders have internal controls and, obviously, the intelligence system works in a network that is regulated by a special law,” he added.
Along these lines, he said that the records were delivered to the Central North Prosecutor’s Office, to investigate the complaints issued in the investigative report of Interference.
While this investigation takes place, Lopresti -according to General Yáñez- “will continue to work in the Directorate so that this is clarified as soon as possible and thus give peace of mind to the citizens and to us.”
