Journalist detained in El Salvador
November 22nd, 2010 - 11:52 am ICT by IANSSan Salvador, Nov 22 (IANS/EFE) A journalist who wounded a man allegedly trying to steal his vehicle in El Salvador is being held by police while they determine whether or not he acted in self-defence, authorities said.
Eduardo Martinez, the Central America correspondent for the “Cierre de Edicion” news show on Channel 62 in Los Angeles, California, was assaulted Saturday on a street in this capital by two men who took his cell phone and money, the La Prensa Grafica newspaper reported.
Martinez pulled out his weapon when the men tried to steal his car, a move that resulted in an exchange of gunfire in which one of the alleged assailants was wounded.
The journalist alerted a police patrol as to what had occurred and the officers detained him for injuring the other man, who was also arrested and taken to a San Salvador hospital, where he remains in custody, a National Civilian Police, or PNC, spokesman told EFE.
Martinez is being held awaiting a preliminary hearing in which prosecutors will either have to file or drop charges against him, the police spokesman said.
The prosecutor’s office has 72 hours to decide which course of action to take.
Martinez is being held at a PNC station in downtown San Salvador.
–IANS/EFE
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