Jorge Rojas announced yesterday he would step down form his post as director of the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ), ending a 32-year career with Costa Rican law enforcement.
The news, announced in a statement from his press office, did not come as a surprise. In an interview with The Tico Times in October, Rojas, a 51-year-old lawyer, expressed dismay at what he described as a severely short-staffed force, and threatened to resign (TT, Oct. 5).
Rojas reiterated his complaint to the daily La Nación yesterday afternoon.
“Criminal investigation is degenerating because of a lack of resources,” he said.
Rojas cited an average of 58,000 cases annually that must be tended to by an average of 500 investigators.
“I'm leaving, deeply concerned.”
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