BOGOTA, Colombia: Colombia's government on Wednesday fired the country's police chief, Henry Sanabria, weeks after the devout Catholic revealed he used exorcism and prayer to help him tackle crime and pursue drug lords.
Sanabria sparked a scandal in mid-March when he told an interviewer that he and other police officials were performing exorcisms to snag drug traffickers.He also expressed his opposition to abortion — which is legal in Colombia, a secular South American nation with Catholic traditions — and to the use of condoms.During the interview his office appeared cluttered with crucifixes, effigies of the Virgin Mary and other Catholic symbols.
Sanabria was recently implicated for negligence after a violent protest against an oil company in which two people died and 78 law enforcement officials were held hostage for days by protesters.According to a government official, Sanabria's ouster was not 'based on this operation' or his religious beliefs.
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