El Salvador | Authorities confirm identity of victims in helicopter crash
In El Salvador, authorities confirm the identity of the people killed in the helicopter crash that took place near the border with Honduras. teleSUR
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00:00In El Salvador, authorities confirmed the identity of the people killed in the helicopter crash that took place near the border with Honduras.
00:07The National Civil Police of El Salvador confirmed the identity of the nine fatal victims in the accident that occurred on Sunday, September 8th.
00:16According to the information, in the aircraft was the former manager of the Santa Victoria Savings and Credit Cooperative, Manuel Cotto Barrientos,
00:25who was involved in the embezzlement of $35 million and who was handed over to the authorities by Honduras.
00:31President Nayib Bukele warned that the incident should not be considered an accident and urged an investigation into the helicopter crash.
00:39A night witness of the incident shares his experience.
00:48I felt the helicopter pass around 7 in the evening going that way.
00:55On the way back, I went to see my sixth sister,
01:00and by the time I was heading back,
01:04the helicopter was flying very low and making a very strange sound.
01:11The helicopter was flying very low,
01:15dangerously.
01:16We crashed.