It happened on the Los Martínez farm, El Chayal canton, Atiquizaya municipality. The cops were meeting the gang members, getting drunk. The most wanted 100 managed to escape. The pistols were taken from the officers so as not to mislead them, according to a report.
Last Sunday, three police teams from the Santa Ana delegation organized an operation to capture Erixon Benjamín Murga Blanco, alias Ríper, Desquiciado, Lora or Berrenchengue, a member of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), who appears on the list of the 100 most searching for.
However, when they arrived at a place where an informant warned them that a member of the gang was, along with other friends, the police officers of the Operational Tactical Section (STO) Santa Ana were puzzled to find five police officers in the same place.
According to police sources, the five police officers, including these two from the Department for the Protection of Important Personalities (PPI), were meeting with several gang members, having 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 Ana delegation confirms that the police were talking about intoxicating drinks and that they were all carrying the weapons that the police institution had assigned to carry out their duties.
According to the police report, on Sunday in the afternoon they received the information that in the village of Los Martínez, El Chayal canton, Atiquizaya, Ahuachapán department, a group of men gathered, including a member of the most wanted gang of 100.
Upon receipt of such information, the officer in charge of the operational tactical section of the Santa Ana delegation informed the head of that delegation who gave notice to continue the capture operation, for which the duty officer The same delegation and that of the Ahuachapán delegation, so that they were aware of the activity where police support was needed.
Three teams were formed, which left the STO Santa Ana base at 15:20 At 16:00 they arrived at the indicated place. When police informed the subjects that they were going to identify them, a group fled down a ravine to several coffee plantations.
When they were pursued, the members of the gang who were in Murga Blanco’s safety fired at the police, generating an exchange of fire after which a gang member was injured and a .38 mm caliber revolver was confiscated, say the sources. But the leader of the most wanted left them.
Where are the five police officers who were meeting with gang members?
According to the police report, the police officers who were in the same place with the gang members were properly identified. They turned out to be Ronald Aníbal AS, prominent in the STO of Ciudad Delgado and resident in the canton of El Chayal; Jairo Alonso CS, highlighted in the position of San Pablo Tacachico; Cristian Armando GG, stationed at the base of the rural police in the La Paz department.
Police officer José Edgardo AT, a PPI agent, and Jilmer Alberto GC, a PPI agent assigned to the security of the Santa Ana Judicial Palace, were also identified.
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The 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 weapons from the team for security measures or to prevent their loss. The document indicates that everyone was told to bring them to the base of the Operational Tactical Section in Santa Ana, the next day, when they were sober.
Who are the 100 most wanted?
Murga Blanco has two arrest warrants for the homicide, according to the police report, where the head of the Santa Ana police delegation is informed about the exchange of fire against gang members last Sunday.
Court documents indicate that this gang member has been brought to justice several times. In 2013, he was sent to trial at the Santa Ana Court of Specialized Instruction for the crime of illegal groups.
It is also linked to a lawsuit, according to documents from October 2019.
Since October 2018, the National Civil Police has included him on the list of the 100 most wanted, for the crimes of homicide and illicit groups.
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