The assault stemmed from discussions between attackers and left-wing party militants, according to prosecutors.
The Attorney General’s Office presented videos and photographs that preliminarily show that the head of security of the Minister of Health, Francisco Alabi and two employees of the said ministry were the ones who attacked the caravan of militants of the FMLN, with the balance of two dead and three wounded.
Two of the accusers by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for attacking militants of the FMLN were taken to the 10th Court of Peace, in San Salvador, on 3 February. The third suspect involved is hospitalized in Rosales.
“What we cannot deny is the direct participation of these three people in the murder of Dona Glòria Rogel and Mr. Joan de Déu Tejada, which is why the request has been submitted,” said Attorney General Raúl Melara .
Diego Francisco Alvarado Peña, head of security of the Minister of Health, Francisco Alabi; the vigilante of the mentioned ministry, Roberto Carlos Vedat de Pau and the motorist of the same, Hèctor de Jesús Castaneda, were accused yesterday before the court Tenth of Peace of San Salvador by the homicides of Glòria Rogel de López and Joan de Déu Tejada Portillo ; ex-combatants and militants of the FMLN party.
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Only Alvarado Peña was not taken to court because he was injured in the incident, but the prosecution is still unaware of the circumstances in which he was injured.
They will also face charges for attempted murder in two other members of the said political party and those who were acquitted by the Attorney General’s Office in a preliminary manner of the accusations made by the Police of having injured Alvarado Penya.
Melara assured that it was not found in a preliminary manner that these people had injured the PPI agent. The two are hospitalized in a hospital.
The head of the San Salvador Public Prosecutor’s Office, Santiago Hernández, said that there are four moments in the videos and photographs that were shown to the press yesterday. One of the sequences shows the blue vehicle in which the defendants were driving when the road was disputed with the driver of the white truck in which the militants of the FMLN party were traveling.
Another of the moments shown is the obstruction of the blue cart to the truck. It is later observed that three individuals got off the blue act. It is immediately seen when the driver of the truck backs up as if to evade the subjects.
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In the fourth sequence a person is seen going to the white pick up gets off the same and takes a “peculiar” position in front of it.
Two of the accusers by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for attacking militants of the FMLN were taken to the 10th Court of Peace, in San Salvador, on 3 February. The third suspect involved is hospitalized in Rosales.
The video shows when two individuals allegedly attacked the occupants of the truck return to the blue car and then retreat.
Seconds later he sees when the white truck passes already with the injured people.
Alvarado Peña and Vedat de Pau are the first to get off the blue act and go to the FMLN militants.
“We see here Diego Francisco’s displacement to where the victims are, with the firearm already in his hands ready to carry out any violent action,” prosecutor Hernandez said.
The photographs show two of the three individuals returning to the blue vehicle, but none of them are seen injured.
So far, tax authorities have failed to establish how he may have been injured. “People who are seen returning to the car return to the Ministry of Health and they deposit it in the parking lot. I could not speculate that he (Alvarado) has self-infringed this shot, it will be necessary to analyze the weapons found and some projectile withdrawn to him. I can’t venture to say, “Melara said.
President Nayib Bukele wrote a tweet in which he claimed that the Police had a video in which an FMLN militant is observed shooting Alvarado Penya.
Prosecutor Melara was asked if this video he says police has is part of the evidence in the prosecution’s possession. Melara responded that so far videos of businesses close to the scene have been analyzed, but other videos from surveillance cameras in the area need to be analyzed.
“It could be this video in which we showed someone coming down from the pick-up and taking a position to seemingly firing, it has been discussed with police and the tax team and it has not been possible to determine whether he shot from that location, so it’s important to still watch the videos that are still being analyzed so we can have a better detail of it, “Melara said.
The blue vehicle in which the attackers were riding is owned by PPI agent Alvarado Peña and in which heroin residues were found.
So far, a 9 MM shotgun and a pistol have been confiscated from the Ministry of Public Health.