Guatemala
The appointment of Ludin Astolfo Godínez seeks to end the administrative crisis in the penitentiary system, which has been marked by vacancies in the direction.
Penitentiary System authorities announce another change in the General Directorate. (PHOTO FREE PRESS: HEMERECA)
The General Directorate of the Penitentiary System (SP) from Guatemala reported a change with the designation of Ludin Astolfo Godínez as the new general director of the SP, replacing the lawyer Claudia Díazwho held the position in recent months.
The institution also confirmed that the Master Edgar Fabricio Yanes Galindo He will continue in his position as deputy general director of the Penitentiary System.
This change occurs in a context in which the SP has been under different administrative changes.
On April 15, there was another relay. Luis José Juárez Bolaños He was appointed director of the Penitentiary System replacing Sergio Velawhose dismissal was due to the “natural wear of the position.”
Beyond that justification, the authorities did not explain the reasons for the change in the position of a key institution for the government that claims to work in a process of transformation of prison management.
As for the dismissal of candle, its departure occurred after the former official disseminated information related to drilling a tunnel in the Puerto Barrios prison, where, he said, a escape plan was forged.
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