Government appoints new human rights undersecretary |
The government officially announced Alberto Baños’ resignation as human rights secretary on Thursday. He will be replaced by Joaquín Ignacio Mogaburu, an attorney who has been working as head of the human rights area within the defense ministry.
Baños’ departure had been confirmed by a justice ministry source to the Herald last week. A justice ministry statement published Wednesday said that the undersecretary was leaving due to “personal reasons,” highlighting that Baños “put an end to an oversized structure” within the department.
Baños was the government’s first human rights secretary, and later undersecretary after the department was demoted. He accepted the........