El Salvador's military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the ...

Mauricio Arriaza Chicas led the nation’s police force during a crackdown on gang violence. The president expressed doubt that the crash had been an accident. By Mike Ives The chief of El Salvador’s ...

El Salvador's police chief, the leader of the country's "war" on gangs, was killed in a helicopter crash while bringing home a fugitive, the army said Monday. Mauricio Arriaza Chicas was killed with ...