The non -governmental humanitarian relief organization denounced that these are “persons processed and without condemnation” and pointed out that 94% of the deceased “had no gang profile.”
From the beginning of the exception regime in El Salvador In March 2022, 427 detained people died in criminal centersas reported by the non -governmental organization Humanitarian Legal Relief (SJH).
Through an X publication, the NGO communicated: “We regret He pointed out that, according to his information, “these are prosecuted and without conviction.”
In that sense, the SJH said that 94% of the deceased “He had no gang profile” and warned that there could be more than 1,000 deaths in custody of the State although “there is information that is wanted to hide in mass judgments.”
The criminal reform approved in 2023 by the Legislative Assembly allows mass and collective criminal proceedings by gang group to be carried out. This way, individual processes are eliminated.
While there was still no sentence under this procedure, human rights organizations point out that “violates and violates the right to due process“Of the investigated people.
How is the exception regime that governs in El Salvador more than three years ago
In March 2022, it was approved in El Salvador an exception regime that suspends constitutional guarantees in order to advance against gang’s crimes, which in that Then they had killed 80 people in three days. The system extended 40 times for periods of 30 days at the request of the government of Nayib Bukele.
From the beginning of this regime, There were 87,100 arrests of alleged gang members or people linked to the bands. The government itself He admitted that around 8,000 would be innocent.
Despite having managed to fight gangs, humanitarian organizations received more than 6,400 complaints of human rights abuse as arbitrary arrests, torture and disappearances of short duration.
Analysts and organizations warn that this regime is maintained as a “Social Control Mechanism And to pursue critical voices from the Executive of Bukele “.
Source: Ambito
