The president assures that the prisoners ‘will live for decades’ in the immense prison built as part of his controversial security strategy, where they will not be able to do ‘any more harm to the population’
The records, to which Human Rights Watch has had access, have exposed overcrowding, deaths in custody and the detention of over 1,000 minors including children as young as 12
The Mara Salvatrucha, the largest and most dangerous criminal structure in the country, is losing ground thanks to President Nayib Bukele’s state of emergency. But at what cost?
The move marks an escalation of the president’s controversial crackdown on criminal organizations, which has been widely condemned by human rights groups