The director of the National Police (PN), Major General Edward Sánchez González, reported that a joint commission composed of members of this institution and the Ministry of Defense was created to investigate the incident that occurred between an agent of the General Directorate of Land Traffic and Transportation Security (Digesett) and a general.
The announcement was made during a press conference at the Palacio Nacional, where González noted that the commission was set up to manage the situation and issue the corresponding report at the appropriate time.
The director of the PN expressed that the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Luciano Díaz Morfa, appointed the Inspector General of the Armed Forces, Major General José Manuel Castillo Castillo, and that he was also appointed by the Police. inspector general.
Yesterday the director of the Digesett, General Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta, also reported on the investigation and said he would wait for the results.
the incident
The incident took place in Pedro Henríquez Ureña Street with Màxim Gómez Avenue and has been spread on social media and in the traditional press.
It is observed when the general Jose Manuel Fredes Rodriguez reprimands to two agents of the Digesett not to pay honors to him at the time of inspecting his vehicle, parked on a section of the ciclovía of the National District, zone in which is no parking.
A video posted on social media shows Fredes Rodriguez demanding “respect” for Digesett agents and that they be put in a position of “attention” because of their rank. “Pay attention to Amet, pay attention to Amet, but what is that?” He hears the officer say to one of the officers in a defiant attitude.
Then the other agent arrives to intervene in the situation, and the general tells him, “He must pay attention and respectfully say sir, identify, heard. When I identify myself, he must greet me as a general and then tell me ‘Commander you can’t stop here’.