ASUNCION, Paraguay -- Three police chiefs imprisoned for torture have finally have been fired after collecting their salaries from behind bars since 1995, Paraguay's interior minister said Tuesday.
The former officials are serving 25-year terms in maximum security prison for human rights offenses under the dictatorship of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, including the torture of opposition politicians.
Stroessner was toppled in a 1989 military coup, but the regime's allied Colorado Party held on to power until 2008.
Interior Minister Rafael Filizzola called it unfortunate that the convicts - Camilo Almada Morel, Lucilo Benitez and Juan Martinez - were able to collect pay for so long.
"This government promised to do everything in its power to strengthen democracy and avoid situations that may weaken its credibility and the democratic system," Filizzola said.
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