Word: salvatierra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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GLENDALE, Calif.--Police said yesterday they arrested the 17-year-old son of a Philippine newspaper executive and the youth's girlfriend for investigation of murder, alleging the two killed Oscar Salvatierra and used political turmoil as a cover for the deed...
Police Chief David J. Thompson said that the since the killing Wednesday, "there has been widespread speculation that Salvatierra's death was politically motivated" by supporters of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos...
...chief said, "Our ongoing, thorough and exhaustive investigation has discovered no evidence whatever to support that position." On the contrary, he said police believe Salvatierra's death was the result of domestic violence within the home and committed by his son, whose name was not released because he is a minor...
...Salvatierra, 41, who received a mailed death threat the day before he was shot to death at his home, worked in the Los Angeles bureau of the Philippine News, a San Francisco-based weekly that has been critical of Marcos. Salvatierra worked to increase circulation and advertising, and was not a writer...