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Political leaders and journalists who “led and participated” in the process known as the gang truce in Savior they will be “shown at the judicial level” so that
Political leaders and journalists who “led and participated” in the process known as the gang truce in Savior they will be “shown at the judicial level” so that they “are responsible for an apology for the crime“, according to the director of the National Civil Police (PNC), Mauricio Arrias Chicas, said on Tuesday.
“Those political leaders who led this, like some journalists who were also in this (…) Salvadoran justice, and those who were in charge of politics criminal prosecution at any time will be brought at the judicial level and they will have to answer for those actions in which they made many apologies for the crime,” Arriaza Chikas said in an interview with the state channel.
The PNC director did not go into details and did not name the people he was talking about.
Between 2012 and 2014 Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), Barrio 18 and other minority gangs they maintained a truce to reduce the number of murders supported by the government of former President Mauricio Funes (2009-2014).
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, this truce provided benefits for these gangssuch as prison benefits for imprisoned leaders, public investment in communities under their control, and a reduction in the presence of security forces in areas dominated by these structures.
A criminal court in El Salvador sentenced former President Funes (2009-2014) to 14 years in prison, which currently residing in Nicaragua for crimes committed under said truce.
The prosecutor’s office explained that Funes received 8 years on charges of illegal formations and 6 years for violation of official duties.
After testifying before prosecutors in 2016, Funes denied that his government provided benefits to gang leaders. incarceration in exchange for a decrease in the number of murders.
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However, in the trial against the so-called truce operators, retired General Munguia Payes testified as a witness and changed the official story while pointing out that the truce was a policy of “appeasement”.
June 2019 the anti-mafia court sentenced them to terms of two to three years from jail seven operators of a disputed truce between gangs. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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