Salvadorian Ex-Cop Arrested As 10 Bodies Found On His Property [View all]
Natalia Ningthoujam | May 17 2021, 12:12AM EDT
Police have found 10 bodies at the residence of a former Salvadorian cop, who has been arrested for killing two women.
The former cop, Hugo Osorio Chavez Osorio, 51, was detained earlier this month for killing a woman and her daughter. Following his arrest, his house in the eastern town of Chalchuapa was searched. The police found seven pits with 10 bodies, some of them were believed to have been buried up to two years ago, reported ABC News.
He has been in trouble in the past as well. Osorio was earlier investigated for sex crimes. He is now facing charges in the murder of the 57-year-old woman and her 26-year-old daughter. He admitted to murdering them.
On the basis of information regarding the case, arrest warrants have been issued for nine other suspects who may have acted as accomplices in the murder of 13 people, including the killing of eight women. According to the prosecutors' office, the victims may include minor girls aged nine and seven along with a child as young as two years old.
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El Salvador police find 10 bodies at home of ex-cop who confessed to killing a mother and her daughter
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A search at the home of a former policeman in El Salvador who was arrested last week for the murder of two women has turned up 10 other bodies, prosecutors say.
Authorities said the case revealed the existence of a murder ring that allegedly killed as many as 13 people.
Ex-cop Hugo Osorio Chávez Osorio, 51, was detained last week for killing a woman and her daughter.
After that, a search was launched of his home in the eastern town of Chalchuapa.
The search turned up seven pits that held 10 bodies, some of which may have been buried up to two years ago.
Mr Chávez Osorio, who has previously been investigated for sex crimes, already faces charges in the killings of the 57-year-old woman and her 26-year-old daughter.
He confessed to killing the two.
Based on the information in the case, prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for nine other suspects who may have acted as accomplices in 13 killings, including the murders of eight women.
The prosecutors' office said the victims may include girls aged nine, seven and two.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-16/el-salvador-former-cop-confessed-murder-bodies-found-home/100142376
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