Suspect in murder of Paraguayan prosecutor handed over to Colombia
A woman suspected in the murder of a Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor was expelled from El Salvador and handed over to Colombian authorities, the Colombian prosecutor's office said.
Margareth L Chacon Zuniga is accused of being involved in the "planning, financing and logistics of the murder of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci" and will appear before a supervisory judge, the investigative body said.
Her capture brings to seven the number of people detained over Pecci's murder in May last year.
The prosecutor was killed in front of his pregnant wife while they were on their honeymoon on the Colombian island of Baru, near the tourist port of Cartagena on the Caribbean coast.
El Salvador's Justice Minister Gustavo Villatoro earlier announced Chacon's expulsion on Twitter, accompanied by photographs showing the 42-year-old Colombian woman being escorted by Interpol agents as she boarded a plane.
Chacon was arrested together with Salvadoran Wilber Huezo, 47, who is accused of having hidden her in the Central American country.
Salvadoran authorities raided two houses where the suspect was hiding and seized Colombian passports, cellphones, laptops, and about $16000 , as well as some dollars and Colombian and Mexican pesos.
Colombian, Paraguay and US authorities are searching for the masterminds of the assassination, who they say are linked to drug trafficking networks.
