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De la Cruz, 79, also lost his daughter Mirna Cruz Lima and grandson Alexis Palomo Lima inside that house, according to police, in an atrocity that has shocked all El Salvador. The family raised US$7,000 for the trip by mortgaging de la Cruz’s house and contacted Osorio’s brother, who allegedly worked as a human smuggler, de la Cruz said.After the family delivered the money, Osorio arrived at the store where Mirna and Jacquelinne worked, saying that Alexis had been kidnapped but that he knew where he was being held, according to an account told to de la Cruz. He would not say who told him.
Reuters has been unable to obtain information from the Attorney General’s office or the Security Ministry about the precise number of victims. The Attorney General’s office has said that the majority of the victims may be women.