Gang Members, Cop Arrested In Filmmaker's
Slaying in El Salvador
(CNN) - Five men in El Salvador, including a
police officer, were arrested Wednesday in
connection with the killing last week of
French filmmaker and photographer Christian
Poveda, the country's attorney general's
office said.
Two of five men arrested Wednesday in
connection with the killing of French
filmmaker Christian Poveda.
Two of five men arrested Wednesday in
connection with the killing of French
filmmaker Christian Poveda.
A sixth man who allegedly ordered the murder
was already in prison, according to a
statement from the agency.
Poveda -- who recently finished a
documentary about a violent street gang,
part of the Mara 18 gang in El Salvador --
was found shot dead in the town of
Tonacatepeque, about 10 miles northeast of
the capital, San Salvador, on September 2,
authorities said.
Four of those arrested were members of the
same Mara 18 gang that was the subject of
Poveda's film, the attorney general's office
said.
National Civil Police Officer Juan Napoleon
Espinoza also was arrested, it said.
Poveda's documentary, "La Vida Loca," which
follows the lives of members of the Mara 18
gang, had been screened at a handful of film
festivals and is slated for wider release
later this month. His body was found in an
area controlled by that same gang, local
reports said.
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