El Salvador's chief of police dies in suspicious helicopter crash

The president has ordered an investigation, saying the crash should not be treated as an accident.

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Police Director-General Mauricio Arriaza was escorting a suspect in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme to the capital, San Salvador, when the helicopter came down shortly after take-off.

The suspect, fugitive former bank director Manuel Coto, had been accused of involvement in the embezzlement of $35m (£27m) from a credit union in El Salvador.

Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele wrote on X that he did not think the crash should be considered an accident and ordered an investigation.

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