The director of Ecuador’s National Service for Comprehensive Attention to Adults and Adolescents Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), retired Police General Guillermo Rodríguez, has resigned. President Guillermo Lasso accepted the resignation following a recent prison massacre with repercussions in several penitentiaries across the country. Rodríguez assumed office on October 10, 2022, and was the fifth person […]
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