Colombia's police director proposes resumption of death penalty

Colombia's police director proposed Sunday restarting the debate on death penalty, citing the recent killing of four children in the southwestern city of Florencia.

Colombia repealed the death penalty in 1910.

It is worth resuming the debate on whether death penalty should be imposed on those who commit heinous crimes, especially when the victims are underage, Rodolfo Palomino said while announcing the capture of two of the five suspects involved in the killing, Colombia's Caracol Radio network reported.

Someone like Christopher Chavez who was captured on Saturday and had been convicted of murdering and raping a woman in Ibague city, should not be in the streets because of the danger he clearly poses, Palomino said.

Chavez, aliased "El Desalmado" or the "The Soulless," who had been sentenced to 40 years in prison, was released on bail by a judge of Neiva city for good performance.

He is now facing charges of aggravated murder, conspiracy and illegal possession of weapons after allegedly killing the four children. Endi