The head of El Salvador's police force is among nine people who died when the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed in the Central American nation on Sunday evening local time.


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El Salvador's police director and a fugitive banker are among 9 dead in a helicopter crash

The president has ordered an investigation, saying the crash should not be treated as an accident.

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El Salvador's chief of police dies in suspicious helicopter crash

El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the country.

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The head of El Salvador's police forces and a man accused of a multi-million dollar embezzlement were killed when the military helicopter in which they were travelling crashed on Sunday night, the government said. Police director Mauricio Arriaza was escorting former cooperative manager Manuel Coto back to El Salvador. Coto, who was is accused of embezzling $35 million, had been arrested earlier on Sunday in Honduras after attempting to flee to …

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El Salvador Police Chief, Man Accused Of $35 Million Fraud Killed In Helicopter Crash

El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the country

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NINE people have been killed after a military helicopter crashed in El Salvador. Among those onboard were a chief of civil police and a money laundering suspect when the chopper of the El Salvador Armed Forces fell near the southeastern city of Pasaquina. GettyNine people were killed in a chopper crash in El Salvador[/caption]
Video shows what appears to be the chopper’s wreckageTwitter TwitterPeople could be seen scouring the jungle with flashl…

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Nine dead after helicopter crashes with police chief & suspect onboard

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military […]

SAN SALVADOR - The head of El Salvador's police forces and a man accused of a multi-million dollar embezzlement were killed when the military helicopter in which they were travelling crashed on Sunday night, the government said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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El Salvador police director, accused embezzler killed in helicopter crash

A military helicopter that was taking a former credit union manager, who was suspected of embezzling $35 million, back to El Salvador crashed on Sept. 8 on its way from neighboring Honduras.
The head of El Salvador’s police forces, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, was killed along with Manuel Coto Barrientos, the manager of the Santa Victoria cooperative bank (Cosavi), whom Chicas was escorting back from Honduras after he was arrested there last week.
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El Salvador Helicopter Crash Kills Alleged Embezzler and Police Chief

El Salvador's police chief, known for leading the country's "war" on gangs, was killed in a helicopter crash along with several others, the army said on Monday.National Civil Police Director Mauricio Arriaza Chicas led El Salvador's crackdown on criminal gangs since March 2022, a campaign that has netted nearly 82,000 suspected gang members under a system that allows arrests without warrants.The helicopter was also carrying Manuel Coto, a former…

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El Salvador police chief dies in helicopter crash

SAN SALVADOR — The head of El Salvador's police forces and a man accused of a multi-million dollar embezzlement were killed when the military helicopter in which they were traveling crashed on Sunday night, the government said. 
Police director Mauricio Arriaza was escorting former cooperative manager Manuel Coto back to El Salvador. 
Coto, who was is accused of embezzling $35 million, had been arrested earlier on Sunday in Honduras after attemp…

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