2024-08-27 12:36:57
The director general of the PDI, Eduardo Cerna, called for the retirement of the PDI prefect in Cachapoal, in the O’Higgins Region, after the robbery at the Brinks branch in Rancagua.
The provincial prefect of the Investigative Police (PDI) in Cachapoal, Alex Zunigawas called to retirement por the general director of the institution, Eduardo Cerna, after the millionaire robbery at the Brinks company in Rancagua.
According to reports, the police chief made the decision regarding Zúñiga because of “their eventual responsibility in the delay in the delivery of the background information to the Public Prosecutor’s Office“regarding the robbery at the branch of the money transport company in the capital of the O’Higgins Region.
Going deeper into the subject, the Deputy Director of Police and Criminal Investigation of the PDI, General Prefect Hugo Haeger, recalled that a day before the robbery, “a detective from the Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins Police Region received information related to a possible theft crime that would affect a securities company located in the city of Rancagua”.
Haeger said that “in this context, This information was channeled to the then provincial prefect of Cachapoal, whose assessment, analysis and characterization was ignored by him.which delayed its channeling to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.”
He added that “in light of the above, and consistent with the high standards required of each PDI officer, Director General Eduardo Cerna He called for the immediate retirement of the provincial prefect of Cachapoal for his possible responsibility in the delay in the delivery of the background information to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, instructing in addition the opening of a administrative summary, to clarify the causes and circumstances of these events“.
Who is the PDI prefect called to retirement?
Alex Zuniga Castaneda He had been serving in the Investigative Police for more than three decades, having joined in early 1994.
In his LinkedIn profile, Zúñiga stated that He studied at the Higher Academy of Police Studiesfrom where he graduated with a degree in Criminal Investigation.
Alex Zuniga has extensive academic trainingwhich includes a diploma in Security Management and Police Investigation, in the University of Barcelonaand a diploma in Leadership and Management of Organizations and a master’s degree in Leadership and Management of Organizations at the Tarapacá University.
The call for the prefect’s retirement by the director of the PDI came after the robbery that took place on August 16 at the Brinks branch in Rancagua, from where Criminals stole nearly $12 billion.