Prosecutor Elsy Amaya said the new charges are part of a second criminal case against Roman Catholic priest Antonio Rodriguez Tercero, who had been released on bail Monday for the earlier allegation but was re-arrested hours later.
Amaya said she has evidence Rodriguez Tercero negotiated with unidentified officials to lower the intensity of cellular signal-blocking devices in the prisons to allow gang members to use contraband cellphones to extort their victims. She said the priest can be heard making that request in recorded phone conversations.
The priest also negotiated the transfer of several gang members to more lenient prisons and held several conversations with imprisoned gang leaders, she charged.I'm still not sure what to think of the case. It seems rather far-fetched that Padre Toño (not that I know him) would have done these things unless he was being duped or threatened.
My post on the need for Salvadoran businessmen to invest in their own country was picked up by the Christian Science Monitor.
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