ComPol Meets with Hospital Staff in San Ignacio

Commissioner of Police Chester Williams met with the management and staff of San Ignacio Community Hospital this afternoon.  The meeting follows an incident on June first during which several men, described as gang members, stormed the facility shortly after David Galindo was admitted to ward with life-threatening injuries.   Galindo was no stranger to the law and had been targeted by gunmen on a previous occasion in 2021.  On the night in question, the forty-year-old had been shot multiple times while purchasing food at a location in Santa Elena Town.  When he was rushed to the hospital, Galindo’s relatives and friends showed up not long after and reportedly terrorized the staff working the shift that night.  The incident has raised serious concerns about the safety and wellbeing of medical personnel working at the hospital.  Prior to his meeting, Commissioner Williams spoke with reporters.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“I was the one who suggested that we have a meeting and have arranged a meeting with the authorities from the San Ignacio Community Hospital.  So I will be meeting with them this afternoon at two [o’clock] in San Ignacio and again, the purpose is to be able to look at what their concerns are and to see what protocols we can develop moving forward to ensure that there is no recurrence of what actually took place on June first.  So I agree with everything said, in terms of the way how things unfolded, it ought not to have.  The best that we can do now is to make sure that we put things in place to avert any future recurrence.”

 

Reporter

“And any update in finding the perpetrators?  I know you said at least one had eluded the police up to yesterday and still now.”

 

Chester Williams

“One has been charged and we’re still searching for the other one.  We are hoping that he will be coming out of where he is hiding very soon and we will be able to take him into custody and address that matter with him.”

 

In a statement provided to another news outlet this morning, Mynor Galindo, sibling of the deceased David Galindo, said, “no one has been arrested or charged for my brother’s death.  Instead, police are relentlessly pursuing us rather than the actual culprits.  Despite providing detailed descriptions of the attackers and their vehicle to the authorities, there has been no discernible progress in the investigation.  The authorities have utterly neglected their duty to ensure our safety and have instead harassed our family, baselessly accusing us of involvement in criminal activities.  We have received no support or justice from the authorities, and the media has perpetuated false narratives.”