Top Police Officer Quits After Uribe Takes Over
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Colombian Defense Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez announced the resignation of the country’s top police officer, whose force was rocked by scandals that include the disappearance of about $2 million in U.S. anti-narcotics aid.
Gen. Ernesto Gilibert was widely expected to be removed as chief of the country’s National Police under the new government of right-wing President Alvaro Uribe.
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