Reply #7: Suspects in deaths of Salvadoran politicians are murdered

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Suspects in deaths of Salvadoran politicians are murdered

CUILAPA, Guatemala: Four imprisoned Guatemalan police officers, important suspects in the grisly killings last week of three Salvadoran politicians, have been shot and killed in their cell, the police said.

Officers outside the jail in Cuilapa, 70 kilometers, or 40 miles, east of Guatemala City, showed reporters cellphone photos on Sunday of the bullet-ridden bodies of Luis Arturo Herrera, the head of the Guatemalan National Police organized crime unit, and three of his officers.

"It's confirmed — they killed the four of them," said Maria José Fernández, a spokeswoman for the national police. Fernández said she did not know who shot the prisoners.

Members of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang also rioted in the prison, capturing five prison officials, the police said. However, it was unclear if the gang riot started before or after the killings.

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On Feb. 19, assailants abducted and killed Eduardo D'Aubuisson — the son of El Salvador's late rightist leader, Roberto D'Aubuisson — along with two other Salvadoran officials and their driver.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/26/news/salvador.php