El Salvador police chief dies in 'suspicious' copter crash

El Salvador's police chief and a man accused of multimillion-dollar embezzlement are among the nine victims of a military helicopter crash in southeastern El Salvador's Pasaquina department. The cause of the accident, which happened Sunday evening near the Central American country's border with Honduras, is still under investigation, according to authorities. This is reported by the Reuters agency.

El Salvador's police chief, who was among the most prominent figures in the so-called war on gangs, was killed when a helicopter crashed, along with police, military personnel, a Justice Department official and a fugitive arrested on drug abuse charges, officials said Monday. the authorities of the central American state. Police chief Mauricio Arriasa was accompanying Manuel Coto, the former head of a financial institution accused of misappropri…

El Salvador's police chief has been killed in a helicopter crash with nine others, but the president does not believe it was an accident.

The director of the police and leader of the “war” against gangs, Commissioner Mauricio Arriaza, and his companions died on Sunday when the military helicopter they were traveling in northeastern El Salvador crashed, the army said Monday. “We regret to confirm the death of all the people who were traveling in the Salvadoran Air Force UH-1H helicopter, which crashed in Pasaquina, La Unión,” about 180 km northeast of San Salvador, the Armed Forces…

What began as a night of victory ended in mourning this Sunday for the authorities of El Salvador. After announcing the capture of a fugitive from justice accused of a millionaire bank fraud, the helicopter in which he was being transported collapsed, leaving all the crew dead, including the entire elite of the National Civil Police: the director, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, and his two main deputy directors: Rómulo Pompilio Romero, Deputy Director…

(Mexico City=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Jae-rim = The police chief who was at the forefront of the Central American country El Salvador's strong anti-gang policy has died in a helicopter crash.