JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua State Police Chief Gilberto Loya Chávez confirmed to ABC-7 that they laid off 50 state police employees for alleged illegal activity inside state prisons in Chihuahua.
The Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE) has been overseeing the control of all the CERESOS (state prisons) in the state for the past 34 months since a riot occurred inside CERESO 3 in Juárez in January 2023.
“We’ve been arresting people, some of whom are prison staff, including guards, workers, and technical personnel, as well as doctors we’ve detained for trying to smuggle prohibited items,” said Chihuahua Police Chief Loya…