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Dozens die in custody under El Salvador’s state of exception | Human Rights News

In the days after 32-year-old Walter Vladimir Sandoval Penate’s March 30 arrest in El Refugio, El Salvador, his mother travelled

Authorities in El Salvador have committed “massive human rights violations” in a sweeping gang crackdown, Amnesty International has said, including

On May 17, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, the head of El Salvador’s National Civil Police, took to Twitter to broadcast the

Wilfredo Gutierrez had planned a quick run to a store near his home in Soyapango, on the outskirts of San

Rights groups have accused the government of arbitrary arrests and violations of due process amid two month crackdown. Legislators in

When I arrived in El Salvador on April 12 – a bit more than two weeks into the national state

Police say 30,506 arrests carried out in less than two months since ‘state of exception’ invoked after deadly violence. More

The woman was given a 30-year sentence for homicide over the death of an unborn child. A woman in El

Alexander Eduvay Guzman Molina’s daughters want to know when he will be coming home. They have not seen their father,

From: Inside Story The government has imposed a state of emergency to curb fighting between rival gangs. Tens of thousands