Salvadorean authorities have arrested another suspect in their investigation into the September 2009 murder of Christian Poveda, a documentary filmmaker with dual French and Spanish nationality, according to Reporters sans Frontières (RSF).
The latest detainee is Iván Antonio Leiva, 23, an alleged member of the “Mara 18” gang who was wanted on suspicion of directly participating in Poveda’s murder. Arrested in a San Salvador suburb on May 6 as a result of a tip-off, he is to be tried on a charge of aggravated homicide.
Daniel Cabrera Flores, the “Mara 18” leader who allegedly gave the orders for Poveda’s murder, was arrested last month. Leiva’s arrest brings the number of people held in connection with the murder to 35.
