Group created to purge security sectors

The authorities should look inward for security agencies to fight crime when admitted criminologist Marco Aurelio Alvarez, who said gangs and organized crime groups have infiltrated security principals.

Alvarez said the recent events, which has been linked to cases of police and caught of drug trafficking, should lead the authorities to reflect to find urgent corrective.

The criminologist, who aspires to be an ombudsman said, that of not taking urgent decisions, the country runs the risk of experiencing high levels of insecurity.

The most recent case occurred in the exclusive area of ​​Punta Pacifica, where one person with Colombian nationality died and an agent of the National Police got multiple blows.

Regarding this fact, the director of the National Police, Omar Pinzon, denied that the unity of that security establishment who was injured participated in the lie, but was in line of duty.

Actions

Against this background , President of the Republic , Juan Carlos Varela , acknowledged the problem and announced that, through a cabinet decree was formally created an elite group within the security sectors .

This is a group of intelligence to be called "Guide" , which is already conducting operations.

Varela explained that the group had an official guide with many years of experience.

"It's a panel, to ensure that no units of the security sectors is linked with organized crime activities ," said the president.

According to Varela , the cases that have appeared in the media of units linked to drug events are part of the fruits that has given this group , which has been released now .

Although he did not specify , he said there are cases that have been referred to the courts to prosecute units and others that , at present , are in the research phase .

Reserve

The announcement gave by President Juan Carlos Varela , to show the faces of individuals alleged to have committed the murder at the mall El Dorado, it has generated reactions from legal experts .

For the vice president of the Economists Association, Juan Carlos Arauz, this may cause an imbalance of law, met the president's announcement Varela.

According to Arauz , there is an institution called presumption of innocence , which is protected by the Constitution and laws , which seeks to uphold the guarantees of every person who is the subject of an investigation, even if it is Suspect most abhorrent murder .

Meanwhile, the lawyer Roniel Ortiz said President Varela can not act on emotion, and it would give rise to processes fall in court.