The aggression was derived from talks between the attackers and left-wing militants, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
The General Prosecutor’s Office presented videos and photos that show that the head of security for the Minister of Health, Francisco Alabí, and two employees of the aforementioned ministry were the ones who attacked the caravan of FMLN militants, leaving two dead and three injured.
Two of the prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office who attacked the FMLN militants were taken to the 10th court in Paz, San Salvador, on February 3. The third alleged perpetrator is hospitalized in Rosales.
“What we cannot deny is the direct participation of these three people in the assassination of Mrs. Gloria Rogel and Mr. Juan de Dios Tejada, which is why the request was submitted,” said Attorney General Raúl Melara.
Diego Francisco Alvarado Peña, head of security for the Minister of Health, Francisco Alabí; The aforementioned guard dog, Roberto Carlos Coto de Paz, and his motorist, Héctor de Jesús Castaneda, were charged yesterday before the Tenth Peace Court in San Salvador with the murders of Gloria Rogel de López and Juan de Dios Tejada Portillo; former combatants and militants of the FMLN party.
The family killed in the attack on the militants demands that this case not go unpunished
Only Alvarado Peña was not prosecuted because he was injured in the incident, but the Prosecutor’s Office still does not know the circumstances in which he was injured.
They will also be charged with attempted murder of two other members of the aforementioned political party and who were acquitted by the General Prosecutor’s Office in a preliminary manner of the accusations made by the Police that they injured Alvarado Peña.
Melara said it was not preliminary that these people injured the PPI agent. The two are hospitalized.
The head of the San Salvador Prosecutor’s Office, Santiago Hernández, said that there are four moments in the videos and photos that were shown to the press yesterday. In one of the sequences, the blue vehicle in which the defendants were driving is observed when they disputed the road with the driver of the white truck in which the militants of the FMLN party were traveling.
Another indicated moment is the obstruction of the blue car to the truck. Later, it is observed that three individuals get out of the blue car. You can immediately see when the truck driver backs up as if avoiding subjects.
“Don’t shoot, there are children, there are children”, the pleadings of FMLN militants who were attacked in a caravan
In the fourth sequence, a person who was in the white pickup is seen coming out of it and taking a “strange” position in front of her.
Two of the prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office who attacked the FMLN militants were taken to the 10th court in Paz, San Salvador, on February 3. The third alleged perpetrator is hospitalized in Rosales.
The video shows two individuals who should attack the occupants of the truck return to the blue car and then leave.
A few seconds later, you can see when the white truck is already passing with the injured people.
Alvarado Peña and Coto de Paz are the first to get out of the blue car and head for the FMLN militants.
“We see here Diego Francisco’s movement to the place where the victims are, with the firearm already in his hands ready to take any violent action,” prosecutor Hernández said.
The photos show two of the three individuals returning to the blue vehicle, but none of them are seen injured.
At this time, the tax authorities could not determine how he could have been injured. “People who are seen returning to the car return to the Ministry of Health and drop it off in the parking lot. We could not speculate that he (Alvarado) caused his own shooting, it will be necessary to analyze the weapons found and any projectiles withdrawn from him. I can’t venture to say it “, said Melara.
President Nayib Bukele wrote a tweet in which he assured that the police had a video in which an FMLN militant is observed shooting Alvarado Peña.
Prosecutor Melara was asked if the video supported by the Police is part of the evidence in the possession of the Prosecutor’s Office. Melara replied that for the time being, the videos of the businesses near the place have been analyzed, but other videos from the surveillance cameras in the area must also be analyzed.
“It could be that video in which we show someone coming down from the picket and adopting a position that seems to shoot, it was discussed with the police and the prosecution team and it was not possible to determine if he really fired from that location. Therefore, it is important to continue watching the videos that are still being analyzed in order to have a better detail of them “, said Melara.
The blue vehicle in which the attackers were driving is the property of PPI agent Alvarado Peña and in which heroin residues were found.
At this time, a rifle and a 9 mm pistol were confiscated from the Ministry of Public Health.