Alberto Otarola announces police reform after El Espanyol’s alleged ties to the high command.

After Raul Alfaro be removed from General Command of the National Police for his alleged ties to Jorge Hernandezknown as “El Espanyol”, the first Alberto Otarola announced this afternoon that the government Dina Boluartethrough Ministry of the Interiorinitiates the reform process within the PNP.

At a press conference, the Prime Minister recalled that recently the President Dina Boluarte instructed the Minister of the Interior Vincent Romeroinitiate a reform process to hire the best technical staff and step up the fight against citizen insecurity and corruption.

“The Minister of the Interior was instructed, the President insistently told him to initiate a reform process in National Police and that this reform means the recruitment of technical personnel, the promotion of those who have done a good job in the field of citizen security and, of course, the frontal fight against corruption,” he said.

“We are cleaning the facility, and I believe that this cleaning needs to be done immediately,” he added.

“We found an unarmed minter”

at another time Alberto Otarola emphasized that the discovery of the alleged influence of “El Espanyol”, who actually acted as the Minister of the Interior, shows how “civil security” was managed in Managed by Pedro Castillo.

We believe that this person [El Español]which would have had a parallel espionage and decision-making apparatus in the previous government, is another example of how the issue of citizen security was handled and confirms my position on how we found the Ministry of the Interior: fragmented, unarmed, no base offices, no rudimentary process decision-making, which allows you to take care of public order, ”he said.

Also Prime Minister recalled that as soon as the journalistic complaint about the alleged connection between Raul Alfaro and El Espanyol was made public, executive branch removed from office police high command and appointed in his place Jorge Luis Angulo.

“The government has taken an immediate decision regarding the commander-in-chief of the police, Raul Alfaro. This decision meant not only the resignation of the general who held this position, but was also preceded by several changes in positions, which will mean a new focus on the security of citizens and the fight against corruption,” he commented.

“We believe that our Police, that thousands of police officers, expect from the new commander clear leadership, convinced and unconditional in the fight against corruption. [de la Policía]”, he sentenced.