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Former El Salvador Colonel Accused of Illegal Gun Deals
1 October 2012
InSight Crime (Bogota)
Salvadoran prosecutors have accused a retired army coronel once in charge of its weapons stockpile of illegally selling arms, the latest such charge against the country's military.
An investigation by the Prosecutor General's organized crime unit found that retired Colonel Alberto Gonzalez Quezada sold two semi-automatic rifles to people who did not meet legal requirements to own them.
Gonzalez served as head of El Salvador's military's Logistics Division in 2010... (GunPolicy.org)