National Police  (PN) Commissioner (PN), Jacinto Chinto Gómez, was dismissed from his post on Thursday, January 2. The police disciplinary board  made the decision to fire  Gomez, after a session that lasted 10 minutes.

He offered no defense and has five days to file an appeal. Upon discharge, an officer loses pension rights..

Gomez served as deputy director and general director in charge of the Police in the last months of the administration of Juan Carlos Varela (2014-2019).

He served as deputy secretary of the National Security Council, close to the former head of that entity, Rolando "Picuiro" López, also in the past administration.