Juarez City.- Two custodians of the Social Reintegration Center No. 1, located in Aquiles Serdán, were separated from their positions last Friday, after a photograph circulated in which they posed with cash in the dormitory area of the prison, where they also drank alcoholic beverages. Informed the staff of the State Public Security Secretariat (SSPE).
This photograph was spread on the social network Facebook in one of the groups of relatives of people deprived of their freedom at Cereso 3 in this city. Corporation spokesman Jorge Armendariz Fernandez confirmed that the General Directorate of the Penitentiary System, Prevention and Social Reintegration informed him that “this photograph is very old, so it is not a current photo.”
“In fact, one of the elements appearing in it no longer works in the organization. In any case, internal affairs was notified to start an investigation and we will remain vigilant, however, the photograph does not correspond to the current period of the penitentiary system,” he asserted.
However, the spokesperson did not respond to a request for data on the date of entry of guards and the element that was presumably discharged on the day they did not work at the prison.
Two custodians were officially identified by SSPE personnel: Juan Carlos GG and Hector Joel MV.
Through the National Transparency Platform (PTN), it was observed that the two men were kept in the current state administration, while the penitentiary system was in charge of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) and this year became controlled by the SSPE.
Only the salaries received by both custodians between 2022 and 2033 are visible on the portal, i.e., salaries paid by FGE and SSPE.
A related fact is that while both custodians were on the FGE payroll, they received a monthly net salary of 9,306 pesos, according to PTN.
In the report updated in the month of November 2023, the salary assumption has been significantly reduced as the platform shows that Juan Carlos received a net salary of 6,626 pesos per month last year, while his partner’s net salary was 5 thousand 435. peso during 2023.
Photograph
In the picture shared on the social network, two men are seen smiling, one wearing a sweatshirt with the letters K9 on the right side and the other wearing a blue uniform. Both are sitting on a bed, which is part of the furniture in the guard’s lounge.
As explained last Monday during a tour of Cereso 3, this room for guards is within the facilities of all prisons.
In front of him are two tables; One of them is tall and dark in color and you can see 11 stacks of bills of different denominations as well as a row of beer cans.
On another wooden table, which is placed in front of the two custodians, you can see four lines of piled bills, of different denominations, as well as another can of beer.
Next to the uniformed guard is another can of beer.
Compliance with the CNDH recommendation is pending
On July 31, the National Human Rights Commission issued Recommendation 132/2023 to the Government of the State of Chihuahua for acts and omissions of the authorities resulting in violations of the human rights to social reintegration, personal integrity, life, legal security and legitimacy. , cites the official document.
It was more than clear to this organization that the state government “responsibly neglected its responsibilities to manage, organize and operate Cereso on the basis of the national law on criminal enforcement, and failed to maintain order and discipline of those deprived of the law. Freedom, as well as within the detention center.” Keep the peace.” And custody staff were the main link between criminals and prison administrators, according to an investigation conducted by the prosecutor’s office itself, and these acts of corruption led to the mass escape of 30 inmates on January 1, 2023.
