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NewsWhore
11-02-2006, 02:00 PM
The Army has announced that it has dismissed 15 military personnel in the last two months for a series of crimes, including drug consumption and trafficking, bribery, revealing sensitive information and general misconduct. Armed forces spokesman Hector Lizardo Jorge said that these dismissals send a message to the public and to the forces themselves that this type of behavior will not be tolerated. Though they have been discharged from their posts, none of the officials will be sent to trial. Lizardo became angry when journalists interviewing him kept asking why those dismissed were not being prosecuted. El Caribe reports that Lizardo's explanation was that the military did not possess the resources to send the accused to jail, so the only recourse was to send them dismissal notices.

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