“I have also just been the object of death threats again yesterday (Sunday), the complaint has already been filed with the police,” Julio Olivo said in a radio interview.
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), in a statement released this Monday, has denounced that some magistrates have been threatened with death.
The letter’s number 3 states that “the acts of violence that took place as part of the election process, on January 31 this year, in which 3 militants were injured and 2 people died, after participating in a caravan, as well as the acts of deprivation of liberty of the magistrates, titular magistrates and workers of the TSE, and the recent death threats against some magistrates; they are framed not only in behaviors classified as “crimes”, but also constitute acts that violate the obligations and purposes set forth in the electoral law for the supporters, activists and leaders of the political parties legally registered by this electoral authority ”.
This complaint was confirmed by magistrate Julio Olivo in an interview with YSKL radio on Monday, where he stated: “I have just been subject to death threats again yesterday (Sunday), the complaint is already with the police”.
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Although the presiding magistrate of the TSE, Dora Esmeralda Barahona, denied having received any threats against her person, she reaffirmed Olivo’s complaint and said he was the object of threats ”.
However, the statement says “some magistrates”, but in an interview with Radio Sonora on Tuesday, the magistrate said she did not know that other magistrates had been threatened with death.
“I was even surprised when it was stated that they were threatened because they do that in the plural, it means that not just one magistrate has been threatened,” said Magistrate Barahona, explaining that she was not taking part in the issue. of the statement.
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Regarding the attack on FMLN militants, the magistrate said she cannot classify it as an act of political violence, and it will be the corresponding authorities who will name the motive for the attack, she also called on the political parties to respect the life, honesty and opinions of all people.