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Gerson Javier Carias Molina (20) alias “Bad Face Tranquilo”, an alleged member of the 18 gang, is the first person arrested linked to the massacre that occurred in the Victoria Choloma neighborhood, where 13 people died.
The detainee was presented as an impact capture by the Minister of Security Sánchez, who personally said that all the teams of the security forces are working to bring justice in this case.
This is the first detainee and there are sufficient technical and scientific indications that lead us to assume that he is responsible for participating in this massacre. Alias ”Bad Face” was captured in the Jerusalem neighborhood of La Lima.
Alias ”Bad Face” was arrested wearing a vest with the legend of the National Directorate against Maras and Gangs and a weapon, which will be tested to see if it was used in the massacre, the minister explained. Also, for security reasons, he did not reveal how many involved are involved in the event.
In an Impact operation, DIPAMPCO has captured alias Bad Face linked to the recent massacre that occurred in Choloma, Cortés and that left thirteen people dead.
The authorities’ investigations establish that at about 9:00 pm on Saturday June 26, a group of seven individuals wearing vests with the DPI logo and armed with rifles broke into the pool hall and opened fire on the people who they were chatting in the establishment.
Ten men and one woman died at the scene and four more people were injured, two of whom died at the Social Security hospital. According to the information, the hitmen fled in two cars, a pickup truck and a double cab, one brown and the other black.
Hypothesis. The investigations of the Police preliminarily establish as the main hypothesis that the massacre that occurred in a pool hall in the Victoria de Choloma neighborhood is a systematic crime of the 18 Gang.
The authorities have indications that this crime is part of the escalation of this criminal structure in response to the repressive measures taken by the Security authorities in the prison system to regain control in the country’s prisons controlled by maras and gangs.
The multiple homicide, according to Police analysis, is part of a structured plan by the 18 Gang, which also includes the massacre of the 46 women murdered in the National Women’s Penitentiary for Social Adaptation (PNFAS).
Two Salvadoran citizens also appeared, who have an arrest warrant issued against them by Interpol, since they are allegedly gang members in the neighboring country and have committed one or more homicides.
These captures respond to the Padlock operation in response to the wave of crime affecting the region. Jaime Antonio Melara Chávez alias “La Perra” and Kevin Osmin Marroquin Clay alias “Bimbo”. They were arrested for aggravated homicide and aggravated robbery. Members of the 18th neighborhood in El Salvador and captured in Santa Cruz de Yojoa.
