2024-09-10 23:08:37
With deep regret, the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, friends, family, ministers, politicians, diplomatic corps, colleagues, media and thousands of Salvadorans, mourn the death of the crew members who were traveling aboard the UH-1H helicopter of the Air Force that crashed in the San Eduardo, Pasaquina, La Unión sector.
The victims were: General Commissioner of the National Civil Police, Mauricio Antonio Arriaza Chicas; Commissioner Romulo Pompilio Romero Torres; Commissioner Douglas Omar Garcia Funes; Corporal Abel Antonio Arevalo; Lieutenant Jonathan Alexander Raymundo Moran; Lieutenant Alexis Alberto Quijano Lopez; Sub-Sergeant Gerson Ricardo Batres Lucero and journalist David Heman Cruz Guevara.
“All of them, in their respective positions, are part of the thousands of heroes who have risked their lives so that Salvadorans can live in peace and freedom,” said the Salvadoran president, who lamented the irreparable loss. Many are the messages that relatives and friends of the victims have shared on social media, remembering who they were in life and the legacy they have left for future generations.