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Mar 16, 2000

Farmer gunned down in Valley of Peace

A Salvadoran farmer from the Valley of Peace was gunned down at his home on Wednesday night. 63 year old Theodoro Lopez, died from a bullet wound to the chest, after three masked men approached the house armed with shotguns. His wife told police they demanded that she get her husband and when he came out they opened fire. His daughter was grazed in the arm by a pellet. Police do not know the motive for the killing and have not made any arrests so far.


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