Death Squad Agent Accuses Salvadoran Mayor of Paying for Three-Dozen Murders

<p>A cooperating witness from Halcón 32, a death squad within the Salvadoran Police, confessed to 97 murders, including a priest, businessmen, and alleged gang members. He told prosecutors that Salvador Menéndez, Mayor of La Paz Oeste, paid for at least 36 of them. Three officers were convicted, but not the mayor, who told El Faro that he has never been summoned by any authority.</p>