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Three months after the body was found Poveda, el2 September in a rural area of the town of Tonacatepeque, 16 miles north of San Salvador, the National Civil Police (PNC) had eight men and two women, between 18 and 30 yearsof age, those responsible for this crime.

“These subjects are now attributing them stop losdelitos of aggravated murder, and conspiracy to elhomicidio proposition,” said deputy director of research at the PNC, Howard Coto, in a press conference.

Four of those arrested will be prosecuted for murder agravadoen degree of co-authorship and the rest of instigation and conspiracy paracometer aggravated murder . They also will be judged illegal porpertenencia clusters.

The police chief said quepermanecen nine other gang members in different jails of the country were linked tambiena this case.

With these arrests, carried out between Tuesday night and today in Tonacatepeque lamadrugada and the municipality of Soyapango, both in the department of San Salvador, amounting to 25 lossospechosos of having participated in some way in this murder.

Police charged last September NelsonLazo gang members (who already was in jail who is accused of autoriaintelectual), Calixto Escobar, Jose Melara, Roberto Romero and Ortiz MiguelAngel, all members of the “Mara 18″.

Napoleon also the policeman John Evans, who, laFiscalia, maintained a close relationship with gangsters and Poveda acusoa being an informer of security forces, has versionque been denied.

Those captured in the last hours “involved in holding meetings in which it was decided” to kill Poveda, in eltraslado arms and acted as “vigilantes,” he noted Coto Efe.

“We believe that the shooters already in detention, at least two of them,” police chief, who abstained deprecisar whether there will be further arrests.

He said the murder occurred Poveda unafuerte amid conflict within the “Mara 18″ and ruled that the documentary “Lavida Loca,” where the photographer tells the daily life of ungrupo The colony gang Campanera Soyapango, you have the trigger for that fight.

“The contradictions of the gang 18 are not generated by Poveda elcaso nor a documentary (…) We have information desdehace two, almost three years, that have strong conflicts between them, “added the deputy director of the PNC, who explained that Elcontrol fight over territory or the activities of the group.

He admitted, however, that the documentary was an “element” deenfrentamiento between these groups.

“There were members of the same gang who disagreed inwhichthe a documentary of these out to light, to leave them illegal (…) loshechos commit, drug use and that creoincremento a power struggle, “he noted.

added that, in turn, was given the “circumstance” that a police report that allegedly leaked information Poveda, what quecalifico as “totally false”.

A source told Efe PNC under the condition that at that delanonimato area there are two “cliques” or groups of “M-18″, that compete for territorial control of six zones, known in the jargon of those bands as “courts”.

Poveda “was among those fighting and sediment may never realize what was happening,” the source said.

Besides the “M-18″, operates in El Salvador “Mara Salvatrucha”, both accused of committing all sorts of crimes.

Gangs have their origins in the USA where jovenescentroamericanos came together to defend themselves from other gruposraciales. Its spread to Central America is attributed to masivasdeportaciones from that country. EFE

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