A woman suspected of killing a Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor was deported from El Salvador on Friday and handed over to Colombian authorities, Colombian prosecutors said.
Margareth L Chacon Zuniga is accused of participating in the “planning, financing and logistics of the murder of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci” and on Sunday will appear before the supervisory judge, the investigative body said on Twitter.
His arrest led to the arrest of seven people for the murder of Pecci in May last year.
The prosecutor was killed in front of his pregnant wife while 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 deportation on Twitter, accompanied by a photo showing the 42-year-old Colombian woman being escorted by Interpol agents as she boarded the plane.
“We repeat: El Salvador will not be a haven for international criminals,” Villatoro wrote.
Chacon was arrested on Wednesday along with Salvadoran Wilber Huezo, 47, who is accused of hiding him in the Central American country.
Salvadoran authorities raided two homes where the suspect was hiding and seized a Colombian passport, cellphone, laptop, and about 15,000 euros ($16,000), as well as several Colombian and Mexican dollars and pesos.
Colombian, Paraguayan and US authorities are looking for the mastermind of the killing, who they say is linked to a drug-trafficking network.
Pecci investigates crime gangs based in Brazil and money laundering in the region where the borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina join.
The United States has offered a $5 million reward for information on his murder.
Four people arrested so far, including the hitman, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 23 years in prison in June.