Health Secretary Francisco Alabí, head of security, has been identified as one of the attackers of a group of FMLN militants last Sunday, two of whom died; He is originally from a town in Cuscatlán.
In Candelaria, a town in the department of Cuscatlán, located on the eastern shore of Lake Ilopango, few know that Diego Francisco Alvarado Peña worked as a security guard for the Minister of Health, Francisco Alabí.
Blanca and Francisco, her parents, don’t know how she got that position either; What they do say they are certain is that he is a member of the National Civil Police (PNC) and that he left his home for work in San Salvador the Friday before.
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Diego, as he is known in his hometown, is 30 years old, and once he completed his high school diploma at a private school in Cojutepeque, he entered the National Academy of Public Security (ANSP).
As far as they know, Diego’s parents confirm that he will continue in the PNC.
However, they are amazed that no one from the police institution has informed them of his health status and the legal problem he is allegedly involved in: after they shot a group of supporters of the FMLN party, two of which died.
Yesterday, both people said they don’t know much about their son’s situation. They stated that they have not been able to see or speak to him because they have been told he is unconscious. “Maybe when he wakes up, he’ll tell you how I got confused by all this,” explains Blanca, who says she’s afraid something bad will happen to them because of everything that’s going on about her son and the case. has been said.
In Candelaria it is no longer a secret that Diego is referred to in the media and social networks as one of those responsible for the attack on a group of FMLN sympathizers.
Yesterday, in the middle of the afternoon, many locals had already seen the photos of Diego where he supposedly appears on the pier of Lake Ilopango, and another where he is seen with a rifle in a vehicle.
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Shortly after the armed attack, it turned out that members of the FMLN had been attacked by people in an apparent state of drunkenness and that fans of a football club had fired on the political caravan.
To Diego’s parents, however, this is surprising because their son, as far as they know, went to work on Friday, and they have never seen him get drunk and drink a bad drink, they said.
Neighbors from the Candelaria municipality are also surprised by the allegations made against Diego; They claim he was never known as a problematic person instead.
What if they have no doubts is that since the Front’s caravan is said to have been attacked, the car is Diego.
Another attack from a security secretary
It is not the first time that security personnel of officials of this government have been involved in bigotry.
On March 12, 2020, Melvin Omar Quezada Hernández, responsible for the security of the Environment Minister, was arrested for shooting another motorist with his firearm, in part of Merliot Boulevard, in Santa Tecla municipality.
The recording was taken after surveillance cameras revealed details of the attacker and the vehicle he was driving, a motorcycle.
Unlike Diego Francisco Alvarado Peña, Quezada Hernández’s neighbors described him as a problematic person, arguing with one of his neighbors in the Jardines del Volcán neighborhood, where he installed a series of video surveillance cameras, supposedly part of his security measures.