The National Police announced this Sunday the dismissal of his duties as Colonel Neris Aguiar, who was commander of the municipality of Boca Chica, after the leak of an audio where he claimed that he would arrest members of the press during the touchdown. remains.
“Journalism professionals are important people in our society, as with their valuable work they manage to keep the public informed, so we will not allow trampling or disrespect towards this valuable option,” says part of the communiqué of the military institution.
They also reported that the officer is being investigated by the Inspectorate General.
“Under no circumstances will we tolerate any of our members preventing the representatives of the press from fulfilling the development of their work,” the entity said in the document.
In the aforementioned audio, Aguiar could be heard indicating that it was not enough for journalists, photographers and cameras to identify themselves with the card of the medium to which they belong, but that they needed the government traffic permit.
In addition, he said they need a physical document setting out the activity they would be covering during the restricted hours.