It happened in Los Martínez farm, El Chayal canton, Atiquizaya municipality. The police officers met with the gang members and got drunk. The one with the 100 most wanted managed to escape. The officers had their weapons taken so they wouldn’t lose them, a report says.
Last Sunday, three police teams from the Santa Ana delegation set up an operation to destroy Erixon Benjamín Murga Blanco, aka Ríper, Desquiciado, Lora or Berrenchengue, a member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), who is on the list of the 100 most wanted .
However, when they arrived at the site where an informant had warned them that the gang member, along with other cronies, were the police officers of the Santa Ana Operational Tactical Section (STO), they were perplexed to find five police officers in the same place.
According to police sources, the five police officers, including these two from the Department of Protection of Important Personalities (PPI), met several gang members while drinking intoxicating drinks while enjoying a cockfight.
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A report signed by the head of the Santa Ana Delegation’s Department of Specialized Operations Areas confirms that the police officers were talking with intoxicating drinks and that they were all carrying the weapons assigned to them by the police agency to perform their duties. feed.
According to the police report, they received information in the middle of Sunday afternoon that a group of men had gathered in the village of Los Martínez, in the canton of El Chayal, Atiquizaya, in the department of Ahuachapán, including a gang member of the 100 most wanted.
Upon receipt of such information, the officer in charge of the Operational Tactical Section of the Santa Ana Delegation notified the head of that Delegation, who authorized the continuation of the conquest operation, for which the Service Officer of the Same Delegation and that of the Ahuachapán delegation, so that they were aware of the activity in case police support was needed.
Three teams were formed, which left the STO base in Santa Ana at 3:20 PM. At 4 pm they arrived at the indicated place. When the police told the subjects that they were going to identify them, a group ran through a ravine to some coffee plantations.
When chased, the gang members who were in Murga Blanco security fired on the police officers, generating a gunshot exchange, after which a gang member was injured and a .38mm caliber revolver was seized, sources say. But the leader of the most wanted left them.
Where are the five police officers who met the prominent gang members?
According to the police report, the police officers who were in the same place as the gang members were duly identified. This turned out to be Ronald Aníbal AS, prominent in the STO of Ciudad Delgado and living in the canton of El Chayal; Jairo Alonso CS, featured in the position of San Pablo Tacachico; Cristian Armando GG, based at the National Police Base in the Department of La Paz.
Police officer José Edgardo AT, PPI agent, and Jilmer Alberto GC, also PPI agent assigned to the security of the Santa Ana Judicial Palace, were also identified.
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The five police officers were tested on their alcohol test in the same place. The results of the tests showed that four of them had drunk alcohol, although not more than 50 ml.
According to the report, the five police officers had held their team weapons for security measures or to prevent them from being lost. The document indicates that they were all told to take them to the Operational Tactical Section base in Santa Ana the next day, if sober.
Who is the 100 most wanted?
Murga Blanco has two arrest warrants for the felony murder, according to the police report that informed the head of the Santa Ana police delegation of the gunfire against gang members last Sunday.
Court documents show that this gang member has been brought to court several times. In 2013, he was prosecuted in the Santa Ana Specialized Investigation Court for the crime of illegal groups.
According to documents from October 2019, it is also linked to legal proceedings.
Since October 2018, the National Civil Police has included him in the list of the 100 most wanted crimes of murder and illegal groups.
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