It happened in the small village the Martinez, corner the Chayal, municipality of Atiquizaya. The cops were gathered with the gangs, intoxicated. The 100 most wanted managed to escape. Officers were stripped of their weapons so they would not be lost, a report says.
Last Sunday, three police teams from the Santa Anna delegation mounted an operation to capture Erixon Benjamin Murga Blanco, alias ripper, upset, Lora or Berrenchengue, a member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), who appears on the list of the 100 most searched.
However, when they arrived at the spot where an informant had alerted them that the brigand was there along with other comrades, the Santa Anna Tactical Operations Section (STO) police officers were perplexed to find five cops in the same place.
According to police sources, the five police officers, between these two from the Department of Protection of Important Personalities (PPI) were reunited with various gangs, handing out intoxicating drinks while enjoying a cockfight.
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A report signed by the head of the Department of Specialized Operations Areas of the Santa Anna Delegation, confirms that the police were conversing with intoxicating drinks and all were carrying the weapons that the police institution has assigned them for the performance of their duties.
According to the police communiqué, in the middle of Sunday afternoon they received the information that in the small village the Martinez, corner the Chayal, of Atiquizaya, department of Ahuachapán, there was a group of reunited men, between these was a brig of the 100 most searched.
Upon receiving this information, the officer in charge of the Operational Tactical Section of the Santa Anna delegation informed the head of this delegation who gave the endorsement to proceed with the capture operation, for which which was also reported to the service officer of the same delegation and that of the delegation of Ahuachapán, so that they would be informed of the activity in case police support became necessary.
Three teams were formed, leaving the Santa Anna STO base at 3:20 pm At 4:00 pm they arrived at the indicated location. When police informed the subjects they were going to identify them, a group ran down a ravine to some coffee makers.
As they were being chased, members of Murga Blanc’s security walking gang shot at police, sparking an exchange of gunfire after which a brigand was injured and had a .38 mm caliber revolver confiscated. , Say the sources. But the leader of the most wanted went.
Where are the five policemen who were meeting with the waiters prominent?
According to the police statement, police officers who were at the same location with the gangs were duly identified. These turned out to be Ronald Aníbal AS, outstanding in the STO of Thin City and resident in the corner the Chayal; Jairo Alonso CS, outstanding in the place of San Pablo Tacachico; Cristian Armando GG, prominent in the Base of the Rural Police of the Department of Peace.
Police officers José Edgardo AT, PPI agent, and Jilmer Alberto GC, also a PPI agent assigned to the security of Santa Anna Judicial Palace, were also identified.
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All five police officers were tested for alcohol in the same place. The test results determined that four of them had consumed alcohol, although no more than 50 ml.
According to the report, the five police officers had their weapons retained for security reasons or to prevent them from being lost. The document indicates that they were all told to take them to the base of the Santa Anna Operational Tactical Section, the next day, when they were sober.
Who is the 100 most wanted?
Murga Blanc has two arrest warrants for the crime of homicide, according to the police statement where the head of the Santa Anna police delegation was informed of the exchange of gunfire against gangs last Sunday.
Judicial documents indicate that this brigand has been brought to justice several times. In 2013 he was tried in the Specialized Court of Instruction of Santa Anna, for the crime of illegal groupings.
He is also linked to a lawsuit, according to documents dated October 2019.
Since October 2018, the National Civil Police included him in the list of the 100 most wanted, for the crimes of homicide and illicit groupings.
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