El Salvador Cops Allegedly Formed a Death Squad
Revelations show extermination units operating within a police special forces group
September 6, 2017
The government of El Salvador has yet to provide a convincing response to allegations that senior officers of the national police created criminal networks within the institution that engaged in extrajudicial killings, sexual assault and extortion.
The allegations resurfaced following an investigation by Revista Factum that revealed how four police officers in the Special Reaction Forces [FES] of El Salvador‘s National Civil Police [PNC] allegedly participated in three extrajudicial killings, as well as the possible sexual assault of two adolescents and at least one case of extortion.
The report also delved into the existence of internal communication networks in which dozens of high-level police officers exchanged information to facilitate the killings of gang members or to tamper with crime scenes in order to make executions appear to be justifiable killings.
Following the publication of the investigation, Police Director Howard Cotto announced the arrest of the four policemen involved, as well as the opening of an internal investigation. Cotto said that he had also advised the Attorney General’s Office of the investigations. On Aug. 28, Attorney General Douglas Meléndez announced that he had also opened an investigation, but did not specify whether or not he would charge the police officers with any crimes.
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