According to court documents, a search warrant was executed on a cell phone belonging to Zamorano. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death. “He was very high on meth when he was arrested nearby and had to be taken to the hospital,” a law enforcement officer said.Īlso charged by criminal complaint is Christian Martinez, 28, who was arrested on Jin Palestine. Zamorano has addresses in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley. The alleged driver, Homero Zamorano, 45, was arrested after officials say he abandoned the tractor-trailer in a desolate area near Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and fled the scene. It was one of the deadliest such episodes in recent history. The cloned semi-truck carrying possibly 100 migrants, of which 53 have died was seen at multiple checkpoints along its route from Laredo to San Antonio, Texas.įederal authorities arrested four people Tuesday in connection with a human smuggling incident on San Antonio’s Southwest Side that left 53 migrants dead after a harrowing journey in a sweltering tractor-trailer. Until before the government's attack, some 16,000 of their members were incarcerated.īut with the arrests of the last three months, 59,567 members are behind bars, 85% of the 70,000 members officially considered to exist in the country. The Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18 gangs mainly operate in El Salvador. Organizations such as Amnesty International and the NGO 'Human Rights Watch', in addition to the United States Government, have called on Bukele to respect human rights. In response to an escalation of 87 murders committed between March 25 and 27, Congress accepted a request from the Salvadoran president to decree an exceptional regime, which has been extended until at least the end of July, and has allowed arrests without a court order. On Tuesday, after the crime, Bukele promised to intensify the "war" against the gangs. The arrests were recorded just as this Thursday in Coatepeque, the town of Santa Ana, dozens of police officers participated in the funeral of Carlos Mauricio Velásquez, one of the three murdered agents, whose coffin was covered with the country's blue and white flag.Īgent Franklin Lemus was buried in Atiquizaya, while Martha Lisset Alas, in Tacuba, both cities in the department of Ahuachapán.īukele promised to intensify the "war against the gangs" Our policemen are unharmed," Bukele said. When our special forces entered, the terrorist 'Robiño, identified as Rodolfo Mejía, fired at our agents, but was shot down instantly. One of them was killed in the operation, the other 3 have been captured," he detailed. Today, our National Civil Police intercepted the other 4.
"One of them was injured in the confrontation and is in hospital custody. "Five were the 18-S terrorists who murdered our heroes," Bukele said on Twitter. The gang members of the Barrio 18, Sureños faction (18-S), were located in an inn on the outskirts of Santa Ana, the second largest city in the country, 60 kilometers west of San Salvador, where the events occurred last Tuesday.
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced Thursday that a member of the Barrio 18 gang was killed and four others were captured for the murder of three policemen, as part of a "war" that his government is waging against these organizations.
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