Posted on 09/04/2009 3:22:39 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Christian Poveda spent years documenting El Salvador's Mara 18 street gang, practically living among its members while filming initiations, drug use, tattoo sessions and funerals.
Authorities believe Poveda, 53, fell victim to the same brutal violence he portrayed in his documentary "La Vida Loca," after the French filmmaker was found shot in the head in a car outside the capital, San Salvador.
Police arrested a purported gang member suspected of involvement in the killing on Thursday, a day after Poveda's body was discovered. Inspector Oscar Nuila Ramos declined to give further details of the arrest, saying he did not want to undermine the investigation.
Gang violence in impoverished El Salvador fuels one of the highest homicide rates in Latin America.
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Do not associate with Monsters.
Hang out with murderers, wind up murdered.
Duh!
Sort of a Latin American version of Tim Treadwell aka Grizzly Man.
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