Luis Marrero Díaz, one of the assassinated agents in Carolina, is promoted to sergeant

Luis Marrero Díaz, one of the officers killed last Monday in the middle of a chase in Carolina, was posthumously promoted to sergeant this Friday by Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa.

The rise of Marrero Díaz, who served for 18 years in the Puerto Rico Police, occurred in the parking lot of the Díaz Funeral Home in Toa Alta, where dozens of people have paid their respects since yesterday. .

The ceremony was attended by the Secretary of Public Security, Alexis Torres, as well as some of his main co-workers and relatives.

“In the family of the company Marrero Díaz, there are few words I can offer to calm his grief. But if anything I can tell you with all certainty and conviction is that, in the face of the loss of their loved one, they have won a giant family. Because behind you is a whole people supporting you. We join all the massive Puerto Rican police in these massive displays of solidarity. Know that each of us is and will always be part of your family“, López López expressed moments before the official acts began.

The Tactical Operations Division of the metropolitan area, led by Sergeant Miguel Alvarez, fired several salvo shots as an act of honor to Marrero Diaz. In addition, officers José Castro Fragoso and Eddie Irizarry, of the Puerto Rico Police Band, sounded their trumpets.

“With the power conferred on me by Law 20 of the Department of Public Safety and the Port Government, as the appointed Commissioner of Negotiation of the Puerto Rico Police, Luis A. Marrero Diaz rises to the rank of sergeant, plate 8- 28,835. Honor to those who deserve honor “, Expressed Lopez Figueroa at the time of ascending to Marrero Diaz to sergeant.

It was Marrero Díaz’s mother, Doña María Luisa Díaz Rivera and her daughter, Jheylimar Marrero Román, who received the flags of Puerto Rico and the United States as part of the ceremony.

The closing of the activity was in charge of the Motorized Unit of Carolina that carried out an ignition of the sirens in honor to the agent who worked in that unit.

Marrero Diaz stood out, in addition, like motorcyclist in the Tourist Seal of Green Island and like pelotero in the league of Double Ball To and Coliceba in several towns.

Police confirmed Wednesday that Marrero Diaz and Carolina Municipal Police officers Luis Salaman Conde and Eliezer Hernandez Cartagena were killed after a man identified as David E. Rivera Batiz shot them in the middle of a chase.

The killer’s body was found during Tuesday morning with several bullet impacts in Santurce. It was accompanied by a sign identifying him as the perpetrator.