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The Director of Citizen Security of the Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia, was appointed this Tuesday, December 22, as the new director of the institution, replacing General Óscar Atehortúa, who spent two years at the head of the Public Force.
(In context: General Óscar Atehortúa leaves the direction of the National Police)
President Iván Duque, accompanied by the Minister of Defense, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, and the leadership of the Police, announced on Tuesday the changes and the new command structure of the institution. Due to its seniority, the deputy director of the institution, General Gustavo Alberto Moreno, also leaves the Police Maldonado, and the inspector general, William René Salamanca.
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Duque praised the work of General Atehortúa as Chief of Police. “Alias Guacho, alias Cadete, alias David, alias Pácora, alias Puntilla and alias Uriel fell,” he said. In addition, he pointed out that 2020 closes with the lowest homicide rate in 46 years, the lowest kidnapping rate in almost four decades, the highest drug seizure and the highest manual eradication of coca.
Likewise, the president highlighted that Atehortúa “has had experience in such important issues as the fight against drug trafficking (…) he was in Dijín working on criminal investigation, he was a regional commander in Córdoba, Health Directorate.”
Finally, he insisted on his gratitude for the commitment of General Atehortúa and his family: “This is a family that knows and knows the value of the police institution. In these two years he has worked hand in hand with our leadership and very important results have been achieved ”.
The outgoing Police Director had been facing a difficult situation due to the disciplinary trial that faces in the Attorney General’s Office for alleged irregularities in the construction of police houses in San Luis, Tolima, and for alleged excesses and influence peddling to, supposedly, stop investigations that could compromise him.
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The uniformed man, who has maintained that he is innocent and that he has not committed crimes, had been attending all the hearings in the Public Ministry.
The new dome
President Duque entrusted the new police department with the task of maintaining crime reduction and the homicide in the country that has been registered so far this year.
The new director of the Police has a track record in intelligence matters and during his long work as head of the Police Intelligence Directorate (Dipol), some of the hardest blows were given to the now-defunct FARC guerrilla and powerful networks. of drug traffickers.
The officer was part of the team that led the operations in which former guerrilla commanders such as ‘Raúl Reyes’ and ‘Mono Jojoy’ died.
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General Vargas Valencia was born in Bucaramanga, Santander, he is the son of Mrs. Oliva Valencia and Brigadier General (r) José Luis Vargas Villegas.
He entered the ‘General Francisco de Paula Santander’ Police Cadet School at age 18. He graduated from business administrator and police administrator.
He has postgraduate degrees such as Conflict Resolution Specialist, Comprehensive Security Specialist and Master’s Degree in Public Security, as well as complementary studies in police management, strategic management and intelligence, among which are those of National Strategic Intelligence (Charles Sturt Canberra University, Australia), course on Intelligence Operations, Interdiction of Narcotics and Explosion Investigation with the United States and the High Government Program at the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government of the Universidad de los Andes.
The senior officer will be accompanied by the new deputy director general of the Police, General Hoover Alfredo Penilla, who until January was as commander of the Police in Bogotá.
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Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo announced that Major General Jorge Luis Ramírez will be in the position of Inspector General, who was in charge of the Atinarcóticos direction. Major General Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez, current Director of Transit and Transportation, arrives in the direction of Citizen Security.
At the head of the Antinarcotics Directorate will be Major General Germán Bustamante Jiménez, who is currently in charge of the Carabineros direction. And, finally, in the Dijín will be Major General Fernando Murillo Orrego, current Anti-kidnapping director.
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