FMLN general secretary, Óscar Ortiz, condemned the incident and described it as a “terrorist”. The Attorney General reported that three detainees were reportedly responsible for the incident and one was injured. From the FMLN, two are dead and two more injured who are being treated in Rosales.
Nidia Díaz, head of the FMLN faction, denounced this afternoon that after holding a meeting in the Redondel Constitución, the candidate for mayor of San Salvador, Rogelio Canales, a caravan of FMLN militants was attacked on their way to the headquarters of the party. in the center of San Salvador, known as “229”.
“The shots came from a blue sedan that crossed over and pulled out a gun and started firing at the comrades,” Díaz said.
At the end of the night, police announced that two died, while according to Díaz there is another who is torn between life and death in the Intensive Care Unit of Rosales Hospital and that others have been injured while being cared for in Rosales. the Rosales hospital. delicate, Díaz said, through an audio he sent to journalists.
The names of the deceased are: Gloria Rogel de López and Juan de Dios Portillo Tejada, FMLN sources reported.
Attorney General Raúl Melara said that evening that what had happened was “serious.” “There has been an attack on supporters of a political party, in which two people have been killed and five injured. This is serious, the election contest must not become a bloodbath. We are now investigating, we will prosecute those responsible, ” he wrote on Twitter.
This is what the back of the vehicle the FMLN militants transported to looked like after the attack. The deputy Nidia Diaz filed this complaint. Photo EDH / Courtesy
“It is a total crime to attack people in this way, it is an expression of bigotry and the hatred that Nayib Bukele promotes among the population, the electoral rules are not, I ask the prosecutor to take action in the case and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, “the FMLN leader confirmed.
“One colleague has already passed away and another colleague is in intensive care, there are injuries, this is the hatred that Bukele has, dictatorship never again,” Díaz explained early, before confirming that two had died.
‘We are furious. We want to condemn this act of terrorism on behalf of our party to send a message of rejection, of conviction, of this vicious criminal act committed at 6:25 pm today by a group of gunmen aboard a car that deliberately provoked a vehicle transported our duly identified fellow combatants who came from an activity, ”said FMLN general secretary Óscar Ortiz at an impromptu conference he held at Rosales Hospital.
This fact is very serious, Ortiz noted, saying they had already contacted the prosecutor to start the investigation soon. That the police are also responsible for bringing up the facts.
In this regard, Bukele reported a few minutes after the FMLN conference that the police had managed to capture two persons sitting in the blue sedan, “suspected of shooting the FMLN militants. One of the suspects is undergoing emergency surgery because he also has gunshot wounds to the abdomen, “the president said.
The attorney general who was also present at the Rosales hospital confirmed Bukele’s version, but he spoke of three inmates for the bloody event and he was injured.
Ortiz pointed out that they have previously received repeated signs of threat, of blackmail, but that the FMLN would not be intimidated, but they have always warned that the exercise of democracy, not violence, should prevail, by being “ the most violent person. on the most rapist of all who is the president of the republic, inciting violence, hatred and confrontation and not just through his tweets, ”noted Ortiz.
I’m sorry about the last thing I saw of the one called the president of the republic: ‘At least I don’t know him at the moment, I don’t know that man who holds the presidency because I think he wanted one, he’s running it land in chaos, to an unnecessary situation of social confrontation, later we will have more regrettable events than we experience, ”Ortiz reflected.
Murders on the street, in the presence of countless witnesses and in an electoral context, are a cruel and cruel act that especially damages democratic coexistence. Investigate, chase and stop is inevitable. Blood-stained elections would be disgusting. Justice is the only way, ”wrote on his Twitter account, priest José María Tojeira, director of social ministry at the UCA.
The Office of the Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights published on Twitter its “vigorous condemnation of the criminal action against FMLN militants, who were victims of a firearm attack, on Sunday afternoon, in downtown San. Salvador. The incident took place after they returned from a meeting, ”said the PDDH.
Other FMLN delegates joined the public complaint. “I condemn that at 6:20 PM a brigade of duly identified comrades from the FMLN was attacked with bullets, between 11 Avenida Norte and 1a. Poniente Street. This attack on our companions leaves four injured and one dead. I demand an investigation and immediate action from the prosecutor’s office and the PNC, ”posted Deputy Yanci Urbina on her Twitter.
“The president’s hate speech leads to violence and death. This afternoon, comrades of the FMLN were attacked in downtown San Salvador, injuring four and killing one. The Prosecution must act immediately, the murderers will not control the Assembly. We promise to win, ”said Lorena Peña, the leader of the FMLN, on her Twitter.
FMLN sources reported there are two people, two tubes and one shed.
Meanwhile, police reported in their Twitter account that there was an attack on people from the FMLN in downtown San Salvador.
“We have begun to search and track those responsible for this infamous act, as the police will not allow violence due to the election campaign,” the PNC published.
According to the prosecution, “alleged Alianza fans fired on the grounds of the FMLN,” but FMLN sources explained to El Diario de Hoy that it was gunmen following the caravan, apparently drunk, but they were not fans of the Alliance, say the sources.
The Attorney General convened the secretaries general of all political parties for an emergency meeting in his office tomorrow Monday.
“Mr. Attorney General, count on my presence and the support of ARENA in this serious situation that has arisen. We are waiting for the presence of the other presidents or secretaries and not those of the deputies ”, published on Twitter, Coena’s president, Erick Salguero.
ARENA strongly condemns political violence that threatens security, life, democracy and human rights. These actions are the visible result of incitement to hatred, bigotry and division, ”added Salguero.
“We condemn this act of violence that claimed the lives of several FMLN militants and we stand in solidarity with the families of the victims. We reject hateful language and demand immediate justice; this country should never again tolerate political violence, ”the Nuestro Tiempo party said on Twitter.
The President of the Assembly, Mario Ponce, of the PCN, condemned the attack and demanded that the state institutions conduct a thorough investigation to bring those responsible for the act to justice, he said in a tweet.
Bukele also spoke on his Twitter account. “It seems that the dying parties have carried out their latest plan. What desperation not to lose their privileges and corruption. I thought they couldn’t get any lower, but they fell, ”he said.
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