He President Gustavo Petro announced that William Salamanca, retired generalis the new director of the Colombia National Police.
According to what the president said, Salamanca is a reserve major with 37 years of experience within the civil authority body and will replace Henry Sanabria. alson confirmed the departure of Jackeline Navarro Ordóñez, who was acting as deputy director of the entity.
(Petro appoints four expert provisional commissioners in the Creg).
“I appreciate the hard work of General Henry Sanabria and General Jackeline Navarro in the Police. The new director of the Police will be General ® William Salamanca, who is a Major General of the Reserve, with more than 37 years of experience in the institution.”, Petro mentioned on his Twitter account this Wednesday.
(Issuer Bonds, Petro’s alternative to compensate victims).
Major General Salamanca is close to the president and is known in the political sphere for having been in charge of carrying out the connection process with the Police on the day of the presidential inauguration of the current president.
(They will investigate the Colombian mayor who undressed in a nightclub).
However, he is also known for having been involved in a controversy that occurred in 2019, when the then director of the Police, Óscar AtehortúaI send Salamanca to 400 vacation days while doing a inquiry for apparent cheating in flight hours, added to an alleged narcojet from the institution.
(Petro insists on redistributing the issuance of banknotes in the country).
Despite this, Salamanca, for almost four decades of service, was General Inspector of the Police and also passed through the Citizen Security Directorate. At present she was working as Colombian Consulate in Miami, USAworking alongside Luis Gilberto MurilloColombian ambassador in the North American country.
Despite this, Salamanca will not be able to assume the position of Director of the Police immediately, since he has to go through the due process of reincorporation into the civilian body. Meanwhile, General Tito Castellanos will be the director in charge.
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