11 Sep 2009 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
On 10 September four men suspected of killing Franco-Spanish journalist Christian Poveda in El Salvador were arrested. One of suspects is a police officer. The other three are members of Mara 18, a street gang that Poveda filmed for this 2008 documentary La Vida Loca. According to police, the journalist’s murder was ordered by a jailed member of the gang who believed him to be a police informant.
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4 Sep 2009 | News and features
The killing of documentary maker Christian Poveda represents a sad loss for a region much in need of greater understanding, writes Deborah Bonello
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3 Sep 2009 | Uncategorized
Documentary maker Christian Poveda has been found dead north of San Salvador, El Salvador. Poveda had courted controversy in El Salvador with his 2008 documentary about El Salvador’s gang wars, La Vida Loca.
Deborah Bonello of MexicoReporter interviewed Poveda earlier this year.
You can watch the interview and clips, and read the interview here
