The president met with Corporal Santiago Olmedo, who is on trial for killing two criminals who wanted to assault a minor in Chimborazo.
This morning the president Guillermo Lasso He ratified the support for the actions of the members of the National Police against crime.
Lasso commented that on Wednesday, December 1, he received a police corporal, Santiago Olmedo, who killed two criminals who wanted to assault a minor, in the province of Chimborazo, and who is now facing a judicial process, wears a shackle and could face a sentence of 10 to 13 years in prison.
“I tell the police that the president is on their side; not on the side of the criminals, but on the side of the National Police, ”said Lasso.
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The Government continues to develop the draft Law on Defense of the Duty of the Public Force. Lasso pointed out that, in the medium term, it will be necessary to increase the number of uniformed personnel, both from the National Police and the Armed Forces (Armed Forces.).
“Thank you very much to the president, who has been really sorry for all this situation that is happening to me. He has given us a show of total support in the work that we carry out as the National Police, which is to protect citizen security and public order, ”said Olmedo, after the meeting with Lasso. (I)
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